<t>>Come on man, where's your sense of humour? Other people had other greatest, like Cola lite, breast implants .. I would not bat an >eyelid if you said Java was the greatest. >So, what I don't understand is WHY you react in the way you do. Why? My friend, I think you are finding the reason why mos...

<t>rblaser: I believe they use an 'infinite deck' i.e. each card still has the same probability of being drawn, which prevents counting.QuoteOriginally posted by: farmer To me, trying to beat the casino is kind of like having sex with a dog. Sure, you could do it. But why would you want to? Thorpe i...

<t>Actually to get the correct divisor you need to purchase it from FTSE.Sure, you can get an estimate of the market cap, but to know it exactly you need to know the amount of shares that FTSE themselves count as 'outstanding'. There are various rules about free-float etc, which you should find on t...

Sounds good - I'm very surprised noone in charge here has got back to you either way in the past 3 weeks since your original message. I think a lot of the political posts would be better without Farmer taking them off topic with crazy rants.

<t>QuoteI am committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President next year." - Wally O'Dell, CEO Diebold, in Republican fundraising letter.I believe in PA it was found that this wasn't a Dem headstart, but the counter was actually the number of times the machines had been used bef...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: farmerQuoteOriginally posted by: divineprofitHe knew that if he supplied weapons to the terrorists then the U.S. would invade Iraq.Invented off the top of your head as you typed.Straw man arguementQuoteOriginally posted by: farmerQuoteOriginally posted by: divineprofitm...

<r><URL url="http://www.georgewbush.com">www.georgewbush.com</URL> is blocked outside of the USA. While ignoring the rest of the world may seem like just another extension of Bush's foreign policy, this is a shame: as a US citizen abroad I'd like to see Bush's response to the recent news:1. More Bus...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: farmerQuoteOriginally posted by: kc11415For example, one guy liked to joke about america's history of supporting brutal regimes. I pointed out to him that the Nike clothing he bought while visiting the USA was made by child laborers in a third world country who got almo...

<t>As someone who has recruited in the past, let me add my 2c.I get sent a lot of CVs (unsolicited) by guys like Orgtel and Huxley and a few others - and they tend to get binned. If I am recruiting and get two CVs from different HHs, I throw both away to make my life easier.I agree with tomboythree,...

<t>DCFC you raise many good points about the inaccuracies in the article, particularly about the anti-semitism.However, as an American living in London, I'd say to Mike - yes it can be quite bad, and is probably far worse than the average American would expect when they come over. This is less true ...

would somebody mind telling me what is NP?

how about looking at it this way:The Bush family is very rich.Some of their money may have come from profiting from Auschwitz slave labour during the second world war.If this is found to be true, should they give the money back?

23 days late, wrong magnitude and wrong location.I think it would be great if this guy could predict earthquakes, but I dont think this is one that he called.

<t>> If he would be prepared to sat that he was initially in favor of removing Saddam, but seeing how things had turned out, realised > the error of his ways, I'd look on him more favorably I'd agree. He should be able to say something like "yes I supported the war because the intelligence said it w...

<t>sorry, we disagree here!I don't believe that>Should the resolve of our allies wane to pursue this matter until an acceptable inspection process has been reinstituted — which I>hope will not occur and which I am pleased to say at this moment does not seem to have even begun — the United States mus...