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  1. Ada Lovelace Day

    Drat - I missed it, it was 14th October. A celebration of the world's first computer programmer. This is someone who needs way more attention in the real world. I keep forgetting she was Lord Byron's daughter, and I'm glad her predilection was...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 15 Oct 2014 09:00 AM
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  2. The Scottish Choice

    Well, the time is finally here, tomorrow Scotland gets to choose its future. Does it stay with the Union, as it has been for the last 300 years or so and head towards something akin to Home Rule or does it take the step of independence splitting the...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 17 Sep 2014 07:16 AM
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    01 Oct 2014 04:18 PM Go to last post
  3. Not so Numerate country

    It appears that the geneal standard of numeracy in the UK has been falling year on year. Whether that is due to poor teaching or a rise in a range of electronic gadgets to do sums for you, it seems that at least a third of adults over the age of 18...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 12 Mar 2014 08:18 AM
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    03 Apr 2014 09:53 PM Go to last post
  4. The UK Europe debates

    Something that we haven't had for about forty years is a good debate on Europe. Last time, it was about joining up to the European Trade agreement and since then a lot has changed. There has been the Euro, closer political integration and a general...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 02 Apr 2014 03:30 PM
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  5. Knox and Sollecito face retrial

    The ongoing trial for the murder of Meredith Kercher is about to start again with an appeal against the quashing of the guilty verdict for Amanda Knox and Rafael Sollecito. Chances are that any trail will be done in absentia, as I cannot see the...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 26 Mar 2013 10:04 AM
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    31 Jan 2014 09:46 PM Go to last post
  6. Underground concreting

    While travelling in Central London on the Tube, you get to hear all sorts of reasons as to why trains are running late from the serious ones of ill people, to the wrong kind of snow in the tunnels causing problems. They have managed to come up...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 24 Jan 2014 08:01 AM
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  7. Going Plastic

    At some point in the future it appears that the UK will start to use plastic, or rather polymer, banknotes instead of the paper ones that we currently use. They will be introduced in 2016 with the new £5 with Winston Churchill and will be...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 19 Dec 2013 10:56 AM
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    15 Jan 2014 02:07 AM Go to last post
  8. A Scottish Referendum

    Today a fairly historic declaration has been made, allowing the Scots to have a referendum saying whether they want in or out of the UK. There were several options being considered by both sides, and from it, there is no second question about...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 15 Oct 2012 09:13 AM
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    12 Nov 2013 12:32 AM Go to last post
  9. Reversing Global Warming

    A clever team from Britain has come up with a novel way of preventing Global Warming by mimicing volcanoes. The idea is to launch a giant balloon in to the upper atmosphere that can release millions of tiny chemical particles which can then float...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 14 Sep 2011 08:02 AM
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    28 Oct 2013 08:59 AM Go to last post
  10. US Government Shutdown

    Well, it looks as though both parties have taken each other over the fiscal cliff and not signed through any spending plans for the US Government forcing it to send all non-essential personnel on unpaid leave. Yet again, the sticking point was...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 01 Oct 2013 08:16 AM
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    17 Oct 2013 10:10 AM Go to last post
  11. Rebuilding Crystal Palace

    Crystal Palace was a wonder of British Engineering which stood atop a large hill in London until it burned down in a great fire in 1936. it was the largest construction of its kind of iron and glass at the time it was built for the Great Exhibition....

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 03 Oct 2013 09:58 AM
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    03 Oct 2013 01:17 PM Go to last post
  12. Proof of Alien Life?

    A group of British scientists sent a balloon 27km up into the sky to see what they could find and it came back bearing micro-organisms that they are claiming could only have come from outer space. There claim goes on to say that there is no known...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 20 Sep 2013 09:10 AM
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    20 Sep 2013 06:33 PM Go to last post
  13. How to translate British politeness

    Someone has come up with a handy guide to translating what the British say into what they actually mean and not exactly what your foreign ears may hear. Story here Anyone got any of their own. I would add "I'm not happy with this.".

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 06 Sep 2013 07:04 AM
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  14. George Zimmerman innocent of murdering Trayvon Martin

    It's been over a year since this happened and the verdict has finally been given. Not surprisingly there has been outrage from some parts of the community and cheers from other parts. Actually, I think given the nature of what happened, there was...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 15 Jul 2013 08:32 AM
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    15 Jul 2013 08:23 PM Go to last post
  15. Glastonbuy Festival Time

    If you ever wondered what 135,000 people camping in a set of fields looked like. I wonder at what point, they will run out of room.

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 27 Jun 2013 10:17 AM
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    02 Jul 2013 02:51 PM Go to last post
  16. 60 Years of Everest

    60 years ago, Mount Everest was conquered for the first time by Hilary and Tenzing. Since then it has been climbed by lots of people and currently there is a waiting list of people all trying to get to the top. It's become one of those bucket...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 29 May 2013 08:46 AM
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    15 Jun 2013 08:38 PM Go to last post
  17. Galactic's SpaceShipTwo

    Virgin's very own space ship underwent its first rocket test today which went successfully. nhJ3lJpss6o Should only be a few years before it starts full flights into space.

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 30 Apr 2013 07:13 AM
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    01 May 2013 07:05 PM Go to last post
  18. North Korea is rattling sabres like rarely before.

    If they launch, do you expect them to be put down immediately and how do you think China will respond? I know we have B-52s and B-2s and Carriers in the area. I know we have that country mapped out to the square inch. Is Kim Jong Un...

    Started by What Exit?‎, 28 Mar 2013 07:23 PM
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    29 Mar 2013 05:47 PM Go to last post
  19. North Dakota Personhood Bill

    From time to time, I weep for my fellow humans. For their complete lack of basic human comprehension, their stupidity, their ignorant railing against the world. This is one of those times. North Dakota Senate passed its personhood bill, which...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 25 Mar 2013 10:38 AM
    • Replies: 1
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    25 Mar 2013 08:24 PM Go to last post
  20. How in hell did a cruise liner run aground and capsize?

    I mean seriously, it was apparently 4 miles of course, and it looks like it's no farther than an easy swim from shore. WTF happened? I hate to speculate unfairly, but I wonder if whoever was in charge of navigating last night was drunk or...

    Started by Sarahfeena‎, 14 Jan 2012 07:07 PM
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    10 Mar 2013 08:24 AM Go to last post
  21. The Bradford Batman

    Bradford in England has its own caped crusader, although not perhaps the Bruce Wayne, that was expected. Batman wandered into the police station with someone he had apprehended and handed hmi across to the police with thei wntire incident being...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 05 Mar 2013 10:03 AM
    • Replies: 3
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    06 Mar 2013 08:19 PM Go to last post
  22. Lance Armstrong on Oprah Winfrey

    Apparently Lance Armstrong is going to appear in a no-holds barred show of Oprah Winfrey, discussing everything and anything. This will either be a massive mea culpa about his drug taking went massively out of hand, how it wasn't his fault and...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 09 Jan 2013 09:18 AM
    • Replies: 7
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    21 Jan 2013 08:38 AM Go to last post
  23. Helicopter Crash in London

    This has happened just down the road from my usual office. I'm not there today, but if I had been I would probably have been getting in at the same time as the crash occurred. It's a really built up area, so for only two people confirmed dead is...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 16 Jan 2013 08:56 AM
    • Replies: 1
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    16 Jan 2013 10:48 AM Go to last post
  24. Gerry Anderson RIP

    Gerry Anderson, creator of Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlett, and many other excellent TV shows, has died aged 83. He introduced many British kids to sci-fi with puppets that had a better range of acting skills than several Hollywood actors I could...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 27 Dec 2012 08:24 AM
    • Replies: 1
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    27 Dec 2012 08:16 PM Go to last post
  25. 2012 U.S. Presidential campaign

    So it's Romney/Ryan v. Obama/Biden. My money's on the latter, but it'll definitely be closer than four years ago.

    Started by Elendil's Heir‎, 11 Aug 2012 09:07 PM
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  26. Texas petition to secede.

    Now, I know that the Lone Star state is not a great fan of Obama, but is the answer really to form your own country and say to hell with the reas of the USA. Apparently, at least 25k people there agree with the sentiment in signing a petition for...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 13 Nov 2012 04:48 PM
    • Replies: 8
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    16 Nov 2012 03:32 PM Go to last post
  27. Defamation of the stupid kind

    It seems that there is going to be a major set of lawsuits being launched shortly in the UK over the misidentification of someone as being a child molester. Following the Jimmy Saville revelations, it was strongly hinted by several people that...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 09 Nov 2012 03:27 PM
    • Replies: 2
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    10 Nov 2012 05:36 PM Go to last post
  28. The Edenbridge Effigy

    Edenbridge bonfire society have a great way to celebrate Guy Fawkes' Night by having a celebrity effigy burnt each year. This year, its the turn of Lance Armstrong, after all the doping allegations, mixed up with a Jim'll Fix it Badge following...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 02 Nov 2012 10:57 AM
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    02 Nov 2012 03:12 PM Go to last post
  29. World's Highest Skydive

    Today is the day that Austrian Felix Baumgartner is going to try and break a fairly long standing record by freefalling from 120,000 ft up, about 22-23 miles, and attempting to be the first person to break the sound barrier without being in a...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 09 Oct 2012 07:31 AM
    • Replies: 7
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    15 Oct 2012 09:20 AM Go to last post
  30. 99 Red Balloons...

    It seems that Balloons really can do the kind of damage that has been sung about. A child's helium balloon floated and knocked out power to Greece's main flight radar grounding planes until they managed to fix the issue. I never knew they could...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 02 Oct 2012 09:54 AM
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  31. Neil Armstrong has died

    http://photos.cleveland.com/plain-dealer/2012/08/neil_armstrong_first_person_on_1.html American Heritage had a brief article a few years back, a reminiscence by an Ohio man who'd been a Boy Scout working on Aviation merit badge in the early...

    Started by Elendil's Heir‎, 25 Aug 2012 05:14 PM
    • Replies: 3
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    14 Sep 2012 09:28 PM Go to last post
  32. U.S. Ambassador killed in Libya

    This is sad and worrying news. The US Ambassador to Lilbya was killed during an assault on the American Consulate building in Benghazi. The attack is believed to be in retaliation for a anti-Islam film recently produced in the USA, and was...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 12 Sep 2012 09:24 AM
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    13 Sep 2012 10:18 PM Go to last post
  33. Mass shootings at "Dark Knight" screening

    http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/20/us/colorado-theater-scene/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 For those who'd like to discuss it, as suggested in Orual's big summer movie thread. Yet another example of random, senseless gun violence in this land I love. My...

    Started by Elendil's Heir‎, 21 Jul 2012 12:00 AM
    • Replies: 19
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    14 Aug 2012 11:00 AM Go to last post
  34. The Race for the Republicans

    So, there are seven days left until the first caucus in Iowa state and all of the Candidates are there trying to drum up support. It is the first stop on the long road to win the nomination for the Republican candidate to take on the Democrats...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 27 Dec 2011 01:28 PM
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  35. The end of Hotmail

    It looks very much like Microsoft will be closing down Hotmail after many many years. Looks like everyone will be moved across to a new webmail service call, what else, Outlook.com More here I think I've had an account there for well over 10...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 03 Aug 2012 07:39 AM
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    07 Aug 2012 01:09 AM Go to last post
  36. TomKat - End of a Union

    It seems that Katie Holmes has come to her Roman Catholic senses and decided that allowing her young daughter to be raised as a Scientologist by Tom Cruise and co is not for her and as such has filed for divorce. Another celebrity breakup would...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 02 Jul 2012 09:48 AM
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    15 Jul 2012 01:58 AM Go to last post
  37. The Higgs-Boson?

    It looks as though the fabled God Particle, "The Higgs Boson" has been found by Cern. At least, they are 99.999% certain it is a Higgs Boson. In some ways,if true, this is quite the discovery and will certainly help push our understanding of the...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 04 Jul 2012 09:30 AM
    • Replies: 7
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    11 Jul 2012 11:26 AM Go to last post
  38. New Top Level Domains

    In 2013, a whole new set of Top Level Domains may be activated sitting alongside TLD's such as .com and .net. This will include such TLD's as .sex and .porn. Google has gone for .google and .youtube, the Beeb has gone for .bbc. Overall there...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 13 Jun 2012 12:40 PM
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    09 Jul 2012 11:55 AM Go to last post
  39. Americans: Even Dumber Than Previously Thought.

    One in Five Americans believe the sun revolves around the Earth.At the AAAS meeting in February, scientists warned of increasing attacks on science and scientific research, at a time when the tools of science are ever more needed to cope with an...

    Started by Tuckerfan‎, 08 Jul 2012 11:18 AM
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  40. Poll Poll: How likely is it that Obama returns for a second term? A Poll.

    Just asking.

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 24 Feb 2012 03:31 PM
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    08 Jul 2012 12:21 PM Go to last post
  41. Neil Armstrong interview

    The first man on the Moon doesn't give interviews very often, but he did to an Australian accountant, of all people. You can find all four installments here: http://thebottomline.cpaaustralia.com.au/ The last installment includes a nifty...

    Started by Elendil's Heir‎, 06 Jun 2012 03:19 PM
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    07 Jun 2012 12:02 AM Go to last post
  42. Washington's 1790 letter to Touro Synagogue is finally going on display

    Good stuff. A bedrock commitment to religious liberty: just one more reason to admire Washington. Article on the exhibit:...

    Started by Elendil's Heir‎, 24 May 2012 01:38 PM
    • Replies: 4
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    04 Jun 2012 09:21 PM Go to last post
  43. Skydiving without a parachute

    Deliberately in this case. Stuntman Gary Connery in a specially adapted wingsuit dropped from 2400 feet before flying down and landing in a large strip of cardboard boxes. It took about a minute and he reached speeds of 80mph before gliding...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 24 May 2012 07:52 AM
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    04 Jun 2012 09:08 PM Go to last post
  44. Newt Gingrich is running.

    This is the dude's last hurrah. He's 68 next month, which would make him a nearly 70-year-old first term president. So this is the guy's last shot. But, does he have a shot? I think he's a selfish prick for running, frankly. He can't...

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 10 May 2011 01:56 PM
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    21 May 2012 09:01 AM Go to last post
  45. A big bug

    Here is a link to the world's largest insect, happily sat on someone's hand and eating a carrot. Link for those not squeamish Unfortunately, it's an endangered species, so it wont be taking over any time soon.

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 15 May 2012 09:59 AM
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    15 May 2012 09:55 PM Go to last post
  46. Extended Maya calendar found

    http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-sci-ancient-mayan-calendar-20120511,0,2590417.story Another calendar nearby comprises 17 baktuns, or 400-year periods, encompassing an additional 4,000 years beyond the 21st century. So what...

    Started by kk fusion‎, 10 May 2012 11:53 PM
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    14 May 2012 10:06 AM Go to last post
  47. Obama in favor of marriage equality

    Article here. I know that Obama's been pretty tepid with his support for LGBT issues during his presidency, so I'm pretty surprised that he actually came out and said this in an election year.

    Started by Orual‎, 09 May 2012 02:35 PM
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    13 May 2012 07:38 PM Go to last post
  48. Titanic II - Sailing in 2016

    An Aussie Billionaire has decided to tempt fate by ordering the construction of a cruise ship which will sail from London to New York called the Titanic II. Details on his new hobby here. It does mention it is the first of four ships he is...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 30 Apr 2012 10:22 AM
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    07 May 2012 09:40 PM Go to last post
  49. The French Presidential race

    Perhaps not quite as important as the USA one, but still an interesting microcosm on that part of Europe. For the first time in ages a left-wing candidate, François Hollande, is leading the race. For the last few years, the right wing has been...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 23 Apr 2012 07:40 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 1,813
    27 Apr 2012 11:50 PM Go to last post
  50. Egypt's Farewell Sex Law

    Based off the teachings that a couple are married for a while after the death of one of the pair, Egypt is looking to logically extend the law in a really gross way. As they are married, a husband can have sex with his dead wife for up to six...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 27 Apr 2012 10:14 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 1,834
    27 Apr 2012 11:46 PM Go to last post

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