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So the dinosaurs was the common era, right, and that was their word for it was it? All time is indefinite, as huguenot tried to say, any definition is an arbitrary thing. plus, this may be the 2017*th year of your lord, but he ain't no lord if mine. *I think it's commonly thought he was born in 6 bc.

Just to reinforce poor strafer's point that the 'news' story was an editorial clarification by the beeb giving programme makers free reign to use whatever they want, nothing is being banned. Back on the daft discussion I have to say I'm no fan of CE BCE, as it is rather meaningless in a sort of denying the origins of our calendar sort of way. Having said that Anno Domini is pretty absurd too (so is the use of Ad Hominem rather than personal but that's another bugbear of mine), but I don't suppose most people saying AD know what it means. Thinking about it, use of BC or AD (or whatever) is pretty much limited to clarifying stuff about ancient history anyway, noone would say I was born in 1968 AD would they, so really this is a lot of fuss about nothing, affecting a couple of BBC 4 programme makers which nobody (bar me apparently judging by the threats to the channel) watches anyway. As usual I have no idea what Silverfox is blithering on about. Dinosaurs?! I thought they were a cosmic joke to make scientists believe in the ridiculous theory of evolution anyway ;-P

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Naaah, science should be fun, like smuggling the magnesium out of science lesson at school and burning it during the lunch hour!

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Timster Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > silverfox Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Children are also subjected to maths and > history > > and brain washing about five a day and global > > warming - so what? > > > Ok. I now understand why I am not going to win > this debate. Yeah, I wrote and deleted about 8 different responses before realises how pointless it was and gave up.

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You can't close the case like that Timster because the obvious answer is "ideally ?x paying 0p, but I understand the state needs some money so the least amount possible to make it function" whilst the gov't is thinking "in reality I'm going to take the maximum amount possible without losing your vote (or residency for that matter)" and therein lies the debate about where and why those lines are drawn. That should have gone without saying really ;) As for the lines regards what the state should and shouldn't be doing that's a whole new can of worms.

I didn't really know where to post this, so thought a thread for things of scientific interest wasn't a bad thing to do. Anyway, here it is, time lapse footage from the International Space Station above some pretty dramatic aurora hmm, embeds no longer work. ho hum, you'll have to click through

In the light of another news story at the mo, i thought this was in an interesting insight into efficacy vs perception of why governments do things.

It being politics cuts both ways of course. If we can agree that the policy has a marginal economic impact, then I'm a bit lost as to why so many people are up in arms about it, especially as I'm willing to bet that the vast majority of them won't ever even need to pay that extra ten p!! It really is a case of nothing to see here, move along.

I wasn't aware I was on a side on this one, let alone swapping. If i'm going to be called out on it, back to the original question I'd go perception. The figures raised aren't insubstantial in an absolute way, but in terms of the wider policy they are marginal meaning such palarver is because of the political not economic impact.

depends, how much tax to we get to raise off of that sixth figure ;)

i think the whooshing just broke my windows.

We've been doing testing on humans with smoking for years!!!! You couldn't ask for a larger or more complete sample set surely.

The nhs it debacle was diktat from TB. Nobody wanted it, there were no real require,nets other than a vague policy requirement that expensive consultants tried to fill. Luckily it was reigned in by GB and is now an expensive aftermath as we pay off contracts. Total cost, a totally wasted 4-5 billion. Meaningless? Try telling that to anyone with prostate cancer whom NICE deem are unworthy of expensive new treatments as uneconomic!

citizenED Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mockers - I was going to cite Parachutes (been > playing it along with Bjork) but thought I might > feel your wrath or disdain! Ouch, am I that bad? I think on this one i may have popped my head above the parapet before in support of that album, but otta is absolutely right in his assertion. Back on track, Help She Can't Swim had a cracking debut a good follow up and then grew up and got jobs or something. Very disappointing. I guess it probably turned out that five or six musos buying their album wasn't going to pay for their dinner :(

Dare I moot Parachutes as a good debut without being shot down in flames? I haven't liked anything since, but that first one has charm.

Mind you two and three weren't great.

Coool Maxxi. I've a fifth album up my sleeve too. The Shamen produced god-awful post goth indie-rock psychedelia fare until dropping some pills and producing the then classic En-Tact, before resuming on the turgid [now dancey] rubbish path. It hasn't aged well though.

I loved the tourism poster on Murray's wall in Flight of the Conchords that said 'New Zealand, it's like Scotland but further away'.

I'm not sure there are dictionary definitions for these MM, just like the whole class differentiation says more about the definer than the definitions, which are at best woolly. I guess I'd consider a high flyer, regularly on business class, with a pied-a-terre in the City and A nice home in surrey and a sports car, rich, even if he's a few missing paychecks away from disaster. Those that will simply never have to give it a thought I'd define as super-rich, but sue me as I'm not sure anyone has the definitive ... er.. definition, gosh that sounds tautological.

Bonus points for fourth I reckon!!

I toyed with Cocteau Twins in that Treasure was their first classic, but Head over Heels is far too good to dismiss.