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by Paul
April 4th, 2024, 5:00 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: norway
Replies: 923
Views: 181508

Re: norway

People are soft. Not me though! Not long ago I saw a large fish floating in the Pacific, swam out to look, it might have been an ulua. It was in quite good condition considering it was dead. Had a hook with octopus bait in its mouth. I swam back to shore with it. I ate quite  a lot of it (it's a big...
by Paul
March 31st, 2024, 12:57 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Go Green
Replies: 144
Views: 47956

Re: Go Green

@ " you seem to see a broad green conspiracy" Just ignorance, mass hysteria, and a few smart asses making a good deal out of it. I don't believe in any conspiracy, unless it's been exposed ;-)  I started a conspiracy theory over dinner in Mexico once. Concerning the movie “The Magnificent...
by Paul
March 31st, 2024, 12:54 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Go Green
Replies: 144
Views: 47956

Re: Go Green

Once we are weaned off oil for energy what will we do with the extra oil? I know, more plastics! I think I’d rather we burned the oil.
Joke/thought experiment/conversation starter.

Not prediction.

Unless it turns out to be true.

Sigh.
by Paul
March 31st, 2024, 10:28 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: RIP thread
Replies: 450
Views: 114565

Re: RIP thread

Don't worry, Don Juan, we don't gossip about married men :-P
Damn those unintended consequences!
by Paul
March 30th, 2024, 8:41 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Go Green
Replies: 144
Views: 47956

Re: Go Green

“One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.” Bertrand Russell Got to call you out, Paul: you're clearly just trying to instigate fights so you can "passively" ...
by Paul
March 30th, 2024, 8:20 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Go Green
Replies: 144
Views: 47956

Re: Go Green

“One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.” Bertrand Russell
by Paul
March 28th, 2024, 9:20 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Go Green
Replies: 144
Views: 47956

Re: Go Green

Once we are weaned off oil for energy what will we do with the extra oil? I know, more plastics! I think I’d rather we burned the oil.
by Paul
March 26th, 2024, 2:37 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Go Green
Replies: 144
Views: 47956

Re: Go Green

Here we go again, lefties wanting to turn everything into a fight!

My default for everything is now "on the fence." There's a much better view, it's not so crowded, and the people you meet up here are much more interesting!
by Paul
March 26th, 2024, 9:51 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Go Green
Replies: 144
Views: 47956

Re: Go Green

having to touch your toes to pick up the merchandise. 
Clearly you know it (too) well!
by Paul
March 26th, 2024, 7:27 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Go Green
Replies: 144
Views: 47956

Re: Go Green

I can't (ever) disagree with kat. I went into a Primark yesterday, acres of plastic destined/designed to last a few days. In a corner was a recycling container where customers could put their castoffs. This container was slightly larger than a pedal bin. To be fair, it was a full pedal bin.
by Paul
March 24th, 2024, 6:15 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Go Green
Replies: 144
Views: 47956

Re: Go Green

The west will invent a battery the size of a postage stamp that will power a whole city for a century. China will, ahem, "borrow" the technology. They will then close down all their polluting power stations. Climate change fixed. So spend less time worrying about the fate of the planet and...
by Paul
March 23rd, 2024, 8:08 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: If you are bored with Deep Networks
Replies: 579
Views: 136479

Re: If you are bored with Deep Networks

AI is going to ruin this year's April Fools Day.
by Paul
March 13th, 2024, 5:23 pm
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: GCHQ latest
Replies: 17
Views: 566

Re: GCHQ latest

YOUR GCHQ MINGE

That's no way to talk about Betty from accounts.
by Paul
March 13th, 2024, 4:59 pm
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: GCHQ latest
Replies: 17
Views: 566

Re: GCHQ latest

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by Paul
March 13th, 2024, 4:44 pm
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: GCHQ latest
Replies: 17
Views: 566

Re: GCHQ latest

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