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961.
by zabzonk 3y ago
and loved the covers!
962.
by zabzonk 3y ago
also says that is "endemic" - if they haven't been seen for years, how do they know that? not a brilliant article, imho.
963.
by zabzonk 3y ago
also, a marble clock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IF4esSNA3k
964.
by zabzonk 3y ago
of course, drac does make it much later in the 20thC in kim newman's books, for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_Cha_Cha_Cha
965.
by zabzonk 3y ago
not to mention ant-based computers hosting super-human level AIs, which seems highly unlikely. but it did work for terry pratchet.
966.
by zabzonk 3y ago
well, for a little revenue, make them foss and ask for donations. i've made a few thousand quid doing this, you generate some goodwill, and you can put it on your cv for prospective employers to look at. it's unlikely you will be
967.
by zabzonk 3y ago
given two consecutive failures of uk launched tridents, i think a lot of people have doubts, and that is very dangerous.
968.
by zabzonk 3y ago
if no-one wants what you have produced, which seems to be the case here, produce something else. or find yourself a full-time job doing something that you enjoy. i don't see any other alternatives.
969.
by zabzonk 3y ago
click on time since posted to get a flag button - exactly why hn works this way is a bit of a mystery, to me at least
970.
by zabzonk 3y ago
i worked for a university of london microbiology department in the early 80s, and one of my least favourite tasks was to go down to the thames (i used steps outside the national theatre) and get a couple of litres of river water for the stu
971.
by zabzonk 3y ago
i think this is my point - i don't have a driving licence. i don't see why i should need to identify myself to anybody, or why a driving license/id card/passport even reliably does that. it is just bad methods of contro
972.
by zabzonk 3y ago
> The UK is odd when it comes to IDs, you don't need to carry one around at all. why should that be seen as odd, as opposed to being civilised?
973.
by zabzonk 3y ago
in the uk you will effectively need a photo id (passport, driving license etc.) i had to get a passport in order to sell a flat i had owned for 30 years (i needed no id to buy it). the whole anti-money laundering thing has gone mad here.
974.
by zabzonk 3y ago
> Voter ID was recently introduced really, just conservative gerrymandering.
975.
by zabzonk 3y ago
can't say that my dad (RAF v-bomber captain) ever did.
976.
by zabzonk 3y ago
perhaps it is all true, and we are all living in end times?
977.
by zabzonk 3y ago
no, this is all nonsense. really, did any consumer buy an SGI workstation? or a Sun? i mean, i used both at the time, but they were bought for me at ludicrous prices by the companies i worked/consulted for. windows 2k was something you
978.
by zabzonk 3y ago
i said "rich", not "billionaires". agree on your other points though.
979.
by zabzonk 3y ago
link?
980.
by zabzonk 3y ago
or higher taxes on the rich?
981.
by zabzonk 3y ago
i meant that 2k preceded xp. i had a copy of 2k professional on a couple of consumer sony vaios, bought in high-street stores i.e. consumer products.
982.
by zabzonk 3y ago
> I guess a product that is dominantly colonised by harmless bacteria is unlikely to be taken over by nasty thing much like human skin, gut, etc.
983.
by zabzonk 3y ago
i very rarely say this, but - "what?"
984.
by zabzonk 3y ago
windows 2000 was first
985.
by zabzonk 3y ago
germany declared war on the us
986.
by zabzonk 3y ago
no, it isn't. ad hominem is attacking a person. i was criticising his writings.
987.
by zabzonk 3y ago
not ad hominem - i know nothing about him as a person. i have read 3 or 4 of his books (have you?) and found them pretty worthless.
988.
by zabzonk 3y ago
oh, yes. uncle bob. oh god. at one time he tried to establish himself on stackoverflow but was very quickly dumped for knowing nothing.
989.
by zabzonk 3y ago
look at any of the bullet points in the article. it's very hard to constructivly criticise any of them, they are all so vapid. typical of beck's writings.
990.
by zabzonk 3y ago
refers to underpants, with some perhaps dubious stains. common uk english.

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