Posts by JeremyH

PHWOAR! Huh! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing, Prime Minister

Re: Not just little Jonny

Easy solution: don't buy Little Jonny a computer! Buy him a tin drum, a crossbow or one of those fun toys that loving Uncles would buy their beloved nephews and, as these are enlightened times, nieces. Little Jonny will have much more fun with a crossbow.......

grown-ups and computers

I love the implied admission by the PM that adults (with some notable exceptions) are computer illiterate fules who cannot be trusted to click on the big-red-button labelled ' NO PORN' . Yep, no amount of advertising in the Daily Mail, Sky Sports etc would help transition these sad products of a miserably poor education system into reasonably sentient life-forms. Probably applies to Dave Cameron himself - when lots of his peers (he isn't one is he?) were struggling with the mysteries of computer science in Oxford he was off getting pissed - and why not? Techno stuff is soooo boring. Brilliant.

Anyway, now that HMG (Her Majesty's Government) has finally figured out computers are hard, maybe they will stop pushing (even forcing) all those computer-incompetent people out there (and lots of them) to do everything connected with government - taxes, benefits, licenses etc - via their computers. Oh, yes - and stop banks etc from doing the same. It is, evidently, much too difficult for ordinary Tory voters to manage.

Climate-cooling effect 'stronger than volcanoes' is looking solid

Re: CH3CHOO!

Hi,

I guess the carbonyl group is just as reactive if you write it as 'CH3COOH' or as 'CH3CHOO' - can't really see why there is a need to change the standard way of writing the formula for ethanoic acid (acetic acid or, if in the chippy, non-brewed condiment (though what this has got to do with contraception I don't know)) - it is still the standard je presume?

sleep well, happy people

BAE Saudi 'corruption' case could go to US Supremes

Which 'Supreme Court"

Hi,

Being a bore and all that, but we now the tedious situation that the UK has copied the US title 'Supreme Court' for its highest court (sigh, gold old Law Lords not modern enough). Anyway, as a result sludge-for-brains people like me find it hard to know which 'Supreme Court' is being referred to (I suppose the context should enough, but who can be sure?). All a bit sad really, both having sludge-for-brains and the fact that HMG lacked the creativity/self confidence to think of a more unique name for the new Law Lords doodah.