Posts by gandalfcn

China sets goal of running single-stack IPv6 network by 2030, orders upgrade blitz

Re: A possible truth?

Sounds like the USA then. OK.

We've seen things you people wouldn't believe. An exoplanet building its own moons

But does it make coffee?

Re: Amazing!

RIP DNA

Anyone fancy a Snowmobile full of Bags O'Crap? It'll be on the list somewhere

Re: Fortunately for the rest of the world...

Zuck seems to be challenging him in taking over the world.

I must confess that my first reaction to the headline was "Bag O' Dicks", which Bezos is, was the well known USA Amazon style seller https://bagofdicks.com

Re: Don't need

ROFL.

Good news: Jeff Bezos went to space. Bad news: He's back

Re: Oh dear

To the downvoter. Thanks for proving me correct.

To the ignorant downvoters, why didn't you check rather than being knee jerk jerkers?

That he is not the glorious hero so many are depicting him as. The ones that totally ignore Sputnik, Gagarin, Apollo etc. They were the real heroes.

Funny that Bezos is demanding billions in state help isn't it. NASA could do with that and do a better job. Similarly with all the money given to Musk.

Re: Oh dear

Cheers. Have a few pints. It seems to be rather a common problem, a knee jerk reaction to headlines without reading the article. The thing is it seems more prevalent amongst the sort of people I was referring to.

You had two rocks! sheer luxury. We only had a pebble and a stick!

The things you mentioned were either invented a long time ago or were invented by relatively poor people

Using the tech developed by NASA.

Re: Oh dear

Shame they had to bring mythology and fairy stories into a scientific endeavour.

And that is why I received this comment : "It’s time for people to understand that government USA bunch of lying devils. Trust God and Trump in that order. God is using President Trump to expose the truth about these lying devils like God used Noah, Moses and Abraham."

Re: Oh dear

Money.

Re: But did you get a shag?

Norty. How about trois?

Re: Executive Summary

Apparently there is a scientific explanation - for the rocket. It was quite entertaining.

Re: Ban it!

Yes and no. Sorry.

"You do know that Branson has been selling his Virgin Galactic shares?" I wasn't at all surprised, he has a history of selling high when the media is full of him. Which is one reason he is so wealthy.

Bollocks. Total bollocks. Mass production if things invented by relatively poor people made them practical and affordable, very often based on old inventions. Printing. Sumeria and China

"The Asian priority of invention movable type is now firmly established, and that Chinese-Korean technique, or a report of it traveled westward is almost certain."

Gutenberg was not rich, comfortably well off probably describes his upbringing.

Similarly with the rest of your claims.

Re: Oh dear

But did you get a shag?

Re: Executive Summary

According to his fanbois he is some sort of saviour, keeping starvation from the door of his employees. and others say that his employees get the bigliest work packages.

Apple delays recalling staff to offices until October as Delta variant romps across US

Re: On the topic of mask wearing

So you agree masks work. OK So all your others comments were lies and bs. Thanks.

Re: Who Knew?

https://pws.byu.edu/covid-19-and-masks

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-07-08-oxford-covid-19-study-face-masks-and-coverings-work-act-now/

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-what-does-the-science-actually-say-about-face-masks-12349337

Maybe you should spend more than a few msec googling things, and take some time to read them. Hypocrisy rules!

Also try ecosia , it doesn't criminally rip you off.

Re: Who Knew?

Cherry-picking countries does not support your hypothesis.

Re: Who Knew?

Why are you lying?

"Ok then, find me one published and peer-reviewed paper that says such a thing." Why didn't/ don't you do that first. You made the claim.

Nah, don't bother, you won't, you'll run away, so here are the facts

https://pws.byu.edu/covid-19-and-masks

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-07-08-oxford-covid-19-study-face-masks-and-coverings-work-act-now/

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-what-does-the-science-actually-say-about-face-masks-12349337

Re: Who Knew?

You mean Dave down the pub?

Re: Who Knew?

"From, what I have see or read " You do know Fox, the Mail et al are not exactly reliable sources donl't you.

Re: Who Knew?

You were good until "Germanys RKI refuses to count according to WHO standard".

"mask or not is not and has never been the sole factor of difference in numbers." but it is an imprtant one, one denied by idiots.

UK. 7th for deaths, 4th for new cases. 20th deaths per mn

Hong Kong 141st total deaths 142nd for new cases. 174th deaths per mn

Main differences. HK is far, far more densely populated than the UK and has a higher %age of people moving in and out. People understand respiratory diseases and give them the respect they deserve. People wear masks without being forced to.

Similarities. NHS and HA. Relu on international finance.

One can carry out this exercise for all countries and the one fact that stands out is that countries where the wearing of masks is accepted as sensible tend to have the lowest numbers of cases and deaths.

But of course that doesn't suit the agenda of Fox/Mail or similar. and therein lies the problem. The long present woke cancel culture of the religious right.

But would you trust BoJo? Or Trump when he was in? I have never trusted either of them.

Re: Who Knew?

No it isn't, so stop lying, but then people like you are inveterate liars "Not really as no formal scientific proof has ever been released proving that masks actually prevent anything."

No. The exact opposite is the case. do Fox, the Mail, RT and the Kremlin pay well these days?

Re: Who Knew?

sort of, but the facts tell a different story. look at the deaths and cases by country worldwide and relate those numbers to how the different countries approached the use of masks. Russia and the USA are at the top and the UK not far behind. Countries where masks were used are way down the list.

"When you wear a real mask, one that actually does something you wont smell a thing when wearing it," Bollocks.

Re: Who Knew?

You may not be an anti-vaxxer but you aren't too bright.

Scientific proof? There was one attempt in Denmark but it was a load of bollocks.

USA. 1st for deaths, rejected masks.

UK. 7st for deaths, rejected masks.

HK. 145th or something. Accepted masks, as did Taiwan, Japan etc.

Presumably the doctors you cite never, ever wear masks. Of course not. most of the studies people cite are taken out of context or wilfully misinterpreted. Do you know the difference between prevent and mitigate or minimise etc?

England's controversial extraction of personal medical histories from GP systems is delayed for a second time

What are you on?

Re: Why can’t it be opt-in?

No. “Johnson referred to the Telegraph as “my real boss”

"an organisation that's tried multiple times to pull this kind of stunt " Isn't it the government's policy?

Re: Establish limits?

Which is a good argument against BoJo;s sell off.

Australian government in talks to buy Pacific Islands' top telco

Seems kosher. Aus sells coal, oil and ores to the PRC and uses the money to buy Digicel Pacific.

India IT minister denies illegal use of NSO Pegasus spyware

Re: Just imagine the Stink if NSO

Yes Thomas. The PRC and its entrepreneurs didn''t drag its population out of abject poverty by being prissy and finicky. And why wouldn't they sell it? Nice profit from selling it to others to facilitate their spying on their own and destroying themselves.

Lawn care SWAT team subdues trigger-happy Texan... and other stories

Re: Bloody hell, nobody told me the police would cut my lawn!

Agreed, which is why it is important not to destroy the countryside This is not the countryside.

Some of the insects could be a problem however and other creatures as well.

Re: The Lawnmower Man

LOL. Indeed, but there is a difference between a lawn in a city and a country hedgerow. If you don't want to live in a city/neighbourhood and live by its rules than you are perfectly at liberty not to live there. But if you do choose to then stop bleating.

Re: The Lawnmower Man

Bless. It is your ilk that has resulted in the massive environmental damage. loss of habitat, millions of endangered species, AGW and so on. The "aholics" are you lot but you have little empathy you are totally divorced from the natural, i.e. real, world.

Re: The Lawnmower Man

And sun and wind and nuclear.

Re: The Lawnmower Man

Ah, the joys of Tory's and their Shires.

Re: The Lawnmower Man

To some degree. But humans are amongst the most sociable of animals. People have been living in cities for rather a long time now and many have evolved to like it.

I agree that living away from the urban jungle is nice, but then I am a country boy who spent many years at sea, and that's pretty isolated on most merchant ships. I have also lived in the Sprawl, which was OK. In many countries living in close proximity to others has been the norm, in the UK it hasn't until relatively recently and many Brits have an aversion to living in high rises etc. That may be a class thing though.

Re: Male mosquitoes ...

Bless!

Happy 'Freedom Day': Stats suggest many in England don't want it or think it's a terrible idea

Re: Odd...

Border officials are no longer required to make basic Covid checks on people arriving in England from green and amber list countries, according to leaked instructions that have prompted claims that the government is turning a blind eye to the risk of importing Covid cases.

Re: SNAFU

Border officials are no longer required to make basic Covid checks on people arriving in England from green and amber list countries, according to leaked instructions that have prompted claims that the government is turning a blind eye to the risk of importing Covid cases.