Posts by Sosman

Deprivation Britain: 1930s all over again? Codswallop!

You've picked up a few down votes here; mainly I think due to the word 'poverty'. Its commonly assumed that unqualified use of 'poverty' refers to the commonly quoted definition of relative poverty - which is much derided as a measure of inequality rather than poverty. I suspect that 'almost a third of all children' [live in poverty] is thus lacking in credibility.

Brit kids match 45-year-old fogies' tech skill level by the age of 6

Anyone can produce stats like this report just by asking the 'right' questions.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 region-locking saga CLEAR AS MUD

The marketing people have taken control at Samsung, is this the beginning of the end?

10-day stubble: Men's 'socio-sexual attributes' at their best

This is not so much "evolution and human behaviour " , more like fashion.

Move over, Mythbusters: Was Archimedes an ancient STEVE JOBS?

I think his birthadya was 17th March, 2300 years ago.

Google donates 15,000 Raspberry Pis to UK schools

Nexus 7

What would be the point of a Nexus 7 in schools?

Better value than Ipads

This is financially and educationally much better value than that silly idea of handing out Ipads.

Metric versus imperial: Reg readers weigh in

I like the comments

Most of these humorous comments are better than those of the self opinionated 'retentive 'serious' debaters.

Pollution from car exhausts 'helps city dwellers fight stress'

"— approximately 1-15 parts per million every half hour —" - I don't think this makes sense, 1-15 ppm is a 'continuous' rate.