Posts by ian

Sorry, doesn't match the profile

The gunman in the photo doesn't match my preconcieved notions of what a yank looks like: he is not obese and we all know they are all obese. OTOH, I suspect that the FoTW winner is just a troll, because he fits the profile too perfectly.

You've all been taken in by a poseur.

Saddam's Super Gun?

As I recall, the Germans developed a canon in WWII that achieved amazingly high muzzel velocities. Saddam Hussein built one, designed to hit Israel and capable of putting a slug into low Earth orbit (as I recall- could be wrong).

These guns involved a shed load of plumbing and were extremely ungainly, but could easily be fitted to a ship, and wouldn't rely on any dodgy new technology.

Mild facial paralysis?

I've felt the same effect often enough - after dental surgery, after a night at the boozer, and no need to go to Japan and risk my life eating over-priced undercooked fish.

My thrills are cheap.

Re: Urdu

"The French are always just desperate to persuade someone to speak it."

Yes- so they can sneer at your pronunciation.

Will no one think of the deaf cockney speakers, gov? What about ID cards for them?

Aboard the ISS

The steely-eyed rocket men of the good ship pISS no longer rent their beer, they have long-term leases.

I'm looking forward to the hundreds of comments on this story.

7,500 m2!

I didn't know Switzerland was that large, but now we know the herb in riccola, and it ain't edelweiss!

@Stuart

Arrr Stuarrrt! Dinna come to Glasgow, ye cake-eatin, Beurla-speaker. Arrr!

I love listening to stereo-types.

Is this the same part of Nigeria?

Is this northern Nigeria where a woman was stoned to death (Sharia law don't you know) fpr adultery? I hope the sheeple were made into shishkebabs as punishment in this case. Mmmm, car thief.

"under-educated, non-English speakers"

In Spanish, these people are called "pendejos".

@Wonderkid

Good point. Given that the good Doctor has reversed himself and now is a denier, how much credence can we give him? Will he change his mind again in a few months? The sheeple who welcome him into their midst now that he becomes a "true disbeliever" may be embarrased by him.

Without the aid of Wikipedia...

Without the aid of Wikipedia I thought that Aretha Franklin was dead. If she was, they reanimated her in a robust form for O'Bama's (obviously he's a Black Irishman) inauguration.

Misinformation does not require input from others. Sometimes we can generate it unaided.

@Steve & @Iani

I agree that fuel cells are the future of automotive propulsion and they always have been. Like fusion power, fuel cell cars are a decade away and have been for decades. I've been waiting for my fuel cell powered car, but I'll take a plug-in hybrid if its the only option.

I've completely given up on the fusion-powered flying car.

The smaller the prize....

... the greater the struggle. The solution is to let Israel and the Palestinians fight over something worth the candle, because the Gaza isn't worth all of this effort.

2.5 million cars? In Ireland??

The entire island has a population of only 4 million. Can we have some fact checking done here?

wtf #2

So Formula 1 are going hybrid? What next- pit monkeys swapping monster batteries in/out of these vehicles? Huge speakers to simulate the growl of internal combustion engines?

I was completely unaware that the racing circuit had gone green. I had thought that massive expenditures of money and energy were the object of the exercise.

Googlegasm!

Was it good for you too?

So now that Google has had its way with the users, it just abandons them? No tender words? No postplay? Just a few screen shots to remember what they had together?

Cue the flying penises!

Norty?

On the "horror meets comedy" theme:

"Nuke'em all, let God sort'em out", and the ever popular "Nuke'em 'til they glow, then shoot'em in the dark".

Photos...

... or it didn't happen. Playmobil reenactment is acceptable also.

Bemused

I think it odd that Palin identifies herself as a bitch (a female dog) when she claims to be a pitbull. Given the pitbull's reputation, is she a bitch on wheels?

Has no one in the republican party considered this?

Have they called the help desk yet?

Desk: <click> Yes, this is the help desk, what is the problem?

Me: My space telescope won't boot up.

Desk: Please check that the power cord is connected to the mains.

Me: Yes, but it is in orbit about the Earth.

Desk: Sir, there is no need to earth the unit.

Me: <click>

Star Wars science

Listening to the low rumble of a passing space shuttle while enjoying the fresh scent of perihelion, were they?

Must have been better than the scents inside the station (sweat, stale food, hot ventilation motors).

OWWWNNN GOOAALL!

Give the US military credit. With all of the electronic kit they carry, what better weapon could they develop than one designed to destroy said kit. No matter how secret they keep the EMP-producing technology, others will find a way to duplicate it. Physics is funny that way.

Petards.

Project GANDALF?

Is GANDALF an acronym, or is that a secret? I'm surprised it wasn't labelled something like "Aye O'Sauron" or some such.

You are what you buy

As I recall, the Chinese masses were critical of Westerners because they didn't like having their tykes playing with lead-painted toys from China. Or having their silly pets poisoned by pet food from China.

It seems Westerners are actually the canary in the coal mine. Pay attention Chinese masses, you too will suffer!

Where is the dead bird icon when its so appropriate?

Just as well

Schleswig-Holstein is hardly the garden spot of Germany, judging by warm, wonderful Kiel.

The Chinese are the winners

When FNMA (Fanny Mae) almost went titsup, the govt. stepped in because FNMA bonds are how the Chinese recycle dollars back into the USian economy. If the Chinese were to sell the bonds they hold (or cease to buy entirely) the US economy would crash. So Bush had to move right quick.

Lehman Bros. either weren't too big to fail (i.e. no socialism for them), or Bush has made yet another wise decision.

In the meantime, will the City become the Village?

What ever happened to TDRSS?

As I recall, TDRSS was planned, but seems to have fallen by the wayside. Does this new vehicle implement a TDRSS node?

Details, please.

Photoshopping can be detected

In fact, it can be easily detected, simply google "Detecting photoshopping". If the NYPD plods have good advise, they'll trust but verify (tm).

Otherwise, this scheme does seem much better than videoing every square metre of the British Isles, 24 hours per day and then ignoring the result because the resolution is crap.

Assuming we all survive...

What will CERN do with the tunnel after they bin the LHC? It might make a wonderful thrill ride, but the riders might need to flash passports as they speed across the Swiss/French border.

Or perhaps it could become a velodrome.

Some forward planning is required here. Unless CERN know there is no need...