Posts by Sir Runcible Spoon

Sir

Didn't you get the memo? They can levitate now.

Scariest thing in the whole of the entirety of the new Dr Who series', but ironically based on all the older ones.

Sir

OP - Surely you don't think they would rely on naturally occurring seaweed do you?

They would farm it you plankton.

Let's see.

Platinum Membership

Sir

Service for those of you with cut'n'paste fatigue..

XKCD#685

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Sir

I get this occasionally with FF running win7 64 bit, so not o/s or browser specific imho.

Is there also any way to insert a carriage return after a full stop to make long rambling posts slightly more readable? (Oh, and after question marks as well I suppose)

Can we have little icons for smilies and stuff, and what about avatars?

just kiddin'

Sir

I used the same html in the main article (I think) that I posted in here. I'll have another go in preview mode and see what shows up.

Cake

Have linkies been disabled in t' main forums then?

@TeeCee

"you can see that the locals are like a fat kid given 50 quid and let loose in a sweetshop"

Oy! I resemble that remark!

Sir

You're right Ru, there are dealers up and down the country openly selling this stuff in bakeries, shops, even newsagents ffs.

Dangers of Cake

Sir

Ok, I'll bite: Amy Pond is a skank, and whilst Rose was a bit bucktoothed, at least the storylines were a little more grown up :)

You are obviously a lot more versed in the subject than I am, but I have a question.

If everyone is subject to these group dynamics, where then does this leave the true Gnostic?

Even if someone were to have a truly original thought would it inevitably lead to it being hijacked by psychological forces and subverted? If so, is there any incentive for the Gnostic to impart his hard won insight?

I think I already know the answer, but I'd like to hear if there is a more substantiated view of the matter :)

Bugger

must remember H T M L..< / a> missing <- not really trying to break anything, it threw it out with no spaces (quite right too)

<i>No, I'm the last</i>

Sorry to burst your bubble Andrew but I'd never heard of it until you mentioned it, now I'm going to have to look it up..damn you!

How to buy Philosophy

Sir

Personally I think it's ok to hold whatever view you like in private, but when you encourage others to hold the same view - such as a public announcement that you think you might be at risk if you slept in the next bed to a gay man then you have definitely moved out of the private opinion area.

My wife holds the most outrageous views on many subjects - sometimes they offend even me - but I know that she doesn't act on any of them in public (apart from leaping away from the small snotty child that's trying to put their hands on her) so they are not illegal. If she were to post on public blog that she would like to see compulsory sterilisation for arseholes (and give examples) then she would probably be in trouble.

Thankfully I'm pretty ambivalent regarding other peoples' sexuality - put to the test when I was invited out for drinks with friends in Amsterdam and spent the whole evening in a gay bar without even realising it until someone said I 'seemed alright for a bloke' which made me think 'what the fuck are you on about?' and pay more attention to my surroundings. Much to the hilarity of those present I might add. I didn't even know my friend was gay until she went back to her houseboat with her girlfriend.

This planet is a weird old place.

Sir

As the Beeb would say "Other dimensions are available" :)

Sir

"The easiest way to think about the expansion is like living on a surface of an inflating balloon where you can only perceive the 2-dimenstions, and trying to figure out where the expansion originates from."

Um, below?

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"Hubble is only well known due to its longevity and by operating in the visible spectrum, which also has its limits."

Not arguing the point, but when you are looking for public backing for trillion dollar budgets pretty pictures go a long long way. Just over 13 billion years away apparently.