The Walrus

In response to:You can't believe the Telegraph...

2009-11-20T13:29:28+01:00

Dur. It all goes to show that what we tend to believe (in subjects of which we know little) is probably just as suspect. I am always spotting mistakes, or grossly misleading oversimplifications for the lowest common denominator, in IT and science-related subjects, not to mention statistics and probability etc. Since journos started writing their own stuff and all the subs got sacked, they only check for potential libel I imagine.

In response to:Celebrating!

2009-11-20T00:49:34+01:00

LOL...well, he'll go down in history...:) That's what Blair was after...instead of one among many PMs...:) GBHs...XXX

In response to:Celebrating!

2009-11-20T00:36:24+01:00

That is such a cool name...

In response to:Celebrating!

2009-11-20T00:35:43+01:00

Now he is free to take up his rightful place, as soon as CallMeDave steps down...

In response to:Celebrating!

2009-11-20T00:13:57+01:00

Let's not get carried away there, after all Blair says that...

In response to:Celebrating!

2009-11-20T00:12:22+01:00

Would that it were so!

In response to:Celebrating!

2009-11-19T21:45:28+01:00

The Belgian guy, Herman Van Rompuy, is the first President and Baroness Ashton got the High Representative for Foreign Affairs ...:) So that's a good news...any news that doesn't include Blair is excellent news...LOL...GBHs...XXX

In response to:Celebrating!

2009-11-19T21:37:43+01:00

I was very well pleased to hear that news tonight!!...:) GBHs...XXX

In response to:Celebrating!

2009-11-19T20:49:13+01:00

People in Hell are planning to leave when Blair gets there!

In response to:Celebrating!

2009-11-19T20:21:33+01:00

There is a God afterall

In response to:Celebrating!

2009-11-19T19:57:24+01:00

blair is going to hell.

love+light to you+yours

In response to:You can't believe the Telegraph...

2009-11-19T19:00:27+01:00

Newspapers stopped having sub-editors to smash a union. After all, who needs fact checking....

In response to:You can't believe the Telegraph...

2009-11-19T18:32:18+01:00

Quite scary to think that we are soaking up so much false information. But a great picture, all the same.

In response to:You can't believe the Telegraph...

2009-11-19T16:35:52+01:00

I would agree wih...George Monbiot is the only I know of.. msy be others.. However, who needs authentic science if you have the 'Press' as your Master! ;)

In response to:You can't believe the Telegraph...

2009-11-19T16:21:48+01:00

It's one of those strange things, that people with a reasonable knowledge of science somehow hardly ever seem to get into journalist jobs. George Monbiot is a notable exception, obviously.

This is why there are so many absurd stories around, like the idea that the large hadron collider (which has to be typed with care) might create a black hole that would suck the whole world in. Although I often wonder if this has already happened...

In response to:You can't believe the Telegraph...

2009-11-19T16:18:36+01:00

Yes they may be wrong but my dad won't know that will he! ;o)
Looking forward to the sheep post...

In response to:You can't believe the Telegraph...

2009-11-19T16:13:10+01:00

Astro-physics probably 'way beyond the Telegraph':));)

In response to:You can't believe the Telegraph...

2009-11-19T15:57:06+01:00

Be careful! Some of my opinions may be wrong...

The Bullingdon club may not have been a society that helped poor boys to learn how to serve society, and some wolves may indeed wear sheep's clothing. Errm, hang on. Sheep's clothing? I feel another post coming on...

In response to:You can't believe the Telegraph...

2009-11-19T15:54:33+01:00

You are welcome!

In response to:You can't believe the Telegraph...

2009-11-19T15:34:59+01:00

I would have believed the Telegraph too! Thank goodness I know better now. I'm going straight to my dads house tonight from work and I will casually pick up the telegraph and thumb my way to the cloud page. It is then I will give him my immense knowledge on clouds... he is gonna think I'm a whizz. (I'll mention your name later...) ;o)

In response to:You can't believe the Telegraph...

2009-11-19T15:32:32+01:00

That is so cool.
thanks for showing it

In response to:Annoying Amazon

2009-11-19T09:11:16+01:00

I must admit I haven't sold on there for a couple of years due to massive problems changing bank details to a euro account when we moved. Shame cos it used to be quite a good forum for selling and buying x

In response to:Annoying Amazon

2009-11-19T08:26:09+01:00

But eBay mess sellers round even more...

In response to:Annoying Amazon

2009-11-19T05:37:28+01:00

WOW that is really cool, brilliant colour too. If Amazon are gonna mess you about best to stick with ebay :D

In response to:It's silly of me, but...

2009-11-17T18:01:31+01:00

I already moderate comments; it's just annoying that so many of them are spam.

In response to:It's silly of me, but...

2009-11-17T16:56:26+01:00

I think you can set (in Settings, General, Post Properties) the Default Comment Status to "Moderated - Only Visitors", which should mean that comments from non-members are presented to you for approval before they appear, if I have understood it correctly.

In response to:It's silly of me, but...

2009-11-17T15:11:13+01:00

They're always from visitors to the site.

In response to:It's silly of me, but...

2009-11-17T14:49:51+01:00

I hope that if you keep deleting them and always report the poster, maybe they will eventually go and bother somebody else...

In response to:It's silly of me, but...

2009-11-17T14:44:03+01:00

I'm having a lot of problems with spam comments about hotels to my posts with geographic tags or references.

In response to:It's silly of me, but...

2009-11-17T14:16:40+01:00

Hurray, hurray! No third cheer, because they'll be back soon...