Friday, 4 December 2009
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
So: that was a(nother) rather torrid few days. The NHS is wonderful!
On another note, I arrived home yesterday to the news that I don't owe someone £1300 despite their previous apparent conviction that I do. We've been scrimping a bit for a good few months now just in case they turned out to be right. CAB (citizen's advice bureau) rules! Might go and splurge on something now. A freesat box sounds good (?). We've got a dish but it might need upgrading.
When all the dust has died down a BT landline/broadband will probably be on the way. This 3g thing I'm on now is rather poor. Speeds of <100kb/s & constantly losing connection (it's dropped since I started this entry so I'll have to reconnect before posting) Then we can start our Wiki: we know what we want to do but can't risk it on this connection.
I've been on a mail list for Canadian Cathy Thorne's lovely cartoons for a while now: she's good (IMHO).
On another note, I arrived home yesterday to the news that I don't owe someone £1300 despite their previous apparent conviction that I do. We've been scrimping a bit for a good few months now just in case they turned out to be right. CAB (citizen's advice bureau) rules! Might go and splurge on something now. A freesat box sounds good (?). We've got a dish but it might need upgrading.
When all the dust has died down a BT landline/broadband will probably be on the way. This 3g thing I'm on now is rather poor. Speeds of <100kb/s & constantly losing connection (it's dropped since I started this entry so I'll have to reconnect before posting) Then we can start our Wiki: we know what we want to do but can't risk it on this connection.
I've been on a mail list for Canadian Cathy Thorne's lovely cartoons for a while now: she's good (IMHO).
Friday, 2 October 2009
So: we've been out all day and returned home at about quarter past five. CHAOS! The cats have knocked over the (nearly full) paper shredder, which wouldn't have been so bad if they'd left it alone, but then they'd apparently spent an hour or two spreading the contents all over the room and even other rooms. Both had bits of paper in their fur so it seems that they'd either been rolling in it or (more likely) fighting in it.
Note: Domino mortally hates Gingernuts who treats her with total contempt.
The shredder is of the crosscut variety so the bits are about 4mm x 25mm - they don't half get about.
Note: Domino mortally hates Gingernuts who treats her with total contempt.
The shredder is of the crosscut variety so the bits are about 4mm x 25mm - they don't half get about.
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Moer Ed (3)
Ed creates a Template on WP which consists entirely of some crap about Gore:
The man's becoming more and more unhinged as time goes by.
He's also got a very strange "thing" which he apparently thinks is a proposed Wikipedia policy, guideline, or process when it's really him convoluting through his maundering mind to try to stop people smearing the Moonies.
My desktop computer's out of action so I'm working on my phone: the above took me about an hour!
There is some irony in the fact that Vice President Gore——
one of the most scientifically literate men to sit in the White
House in this century——[is] resorting to political means to
achieve what should ultimately be resolved on a purely scientific
basis. The measure of good science is neither the politics
of the scientist nor the people with whom the scientist
associates. It is the immersion of hypotheses into the acid of
truth. That’s the hard way to do it, but it’s the only way that
works. The Revelle-Gore Story: Attempted Political Suppression of Science
one of the most scientifically literate men to sit in the White
House in this century——[is] resorting to political means to
achieve what should ultimately be resolved on a purely scientific
basis. The measure of good science is neither the politics
of the scientist nor the people with whom the scientist
associates. It is the immersion of hypotheses into the acid of
truth. That’s the hard way to do it, but it’s the only way that
works. The Revelle-Gore Story: Attempted Political Suppression of Science
The man's becoming more and more unhinged as time goes by.
He's also got a very strange "thing" which he apparently thinks is a proposed Wikipedia policy, guideline, or process when it's really him convoluting through his maundering mind to try to stop people smearing the Moonies.
My desktop computer's out of action so I'm working on my phone: the above took me about an hour!
Monday, 7 September 2009
Science speaks
The existence of a supernatural being in the form of a god who can dish out punishment in the afterlife may have been an important force in the past that helped to keep societies together as co-operative entities – but not so in the future. Independent Monday, 7 September 2009
"In such systems, there is unquestioning respect for authority. Faith trumps evidence. But if indeed this is broadly the explanation for how co-operative behaviour has evolved and been maintained in human societies, it could be very bad news. Because although such authoritarian systems seem to be good at preserving social coherence and an orderly society, they are, by the same token, not good at adapting to change."
At last someone who thinks these nutters are dangerous. Will he now try to influence the gov't to STOP the insertion of creationism into the newfangled PFI schools?
"In such systems, there is unquestioning respect for authority. Faith trumps evidence. But if indeed this is broadly the explanation for how co-operative behaviour has evolved and been maintained in human societies, it could be very bad news. Because although such authoritarian systems seem to be good at preserving social coherence and an orderly society, they are, by the same token, not good at adapting to change."
At last someone who thinks these nutters are dangerous. Will he now try to influence the gov't to STOP the insertion of creationism into the newfangled PFI schools?
Sunday, 6 September 2009
Saturday, 5 September 2009
Uploaded a few recent pics to Flickr. I really wish I didn't suffer from acrophobia. The views from the big wheel must be tremendous, although the cars seem to have smoked windows. I see Martin from Totnes has demonstrated his sense of the macabre. The food at the market was eggsellent; but why no English stuff? French, Italian, Greek, Chinese, German, Dutch; but no English. Going to Retford today.
Boring?
Yup: boring.
Ed's being his modest self on WP
Did I mention that I'm a devoted stumbler?
Boring?
Yup: boring.
Ed's being his modest self on WP
Blast from the past I took a trip down memory lane tonight and discovered that back in 2002 I was Wikipedia's 6th-most-frequent contributor. I was even dreaming about Wikipedia! Well, thank God I've tapered off a bit, eh? --Uncle Ed (talk) 03:28, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
Did I mention that I'm a devoted stumbler?
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