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I don't like the Tory government but I would not support a military coup to topple it.
If the Tory Party started rounding up its opponents, banning criticism of its record, carrying out extra-judicial killings, interning dissenting judges, and proposing reintroducing capital punishment for its enemies, would you be okay with that, because it won the last general election?
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Some PBers have some shocking knowledge when it comes to science, fortunately you and I are here to educate them, as we saw in yesterday's thread headerRobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
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Nah - being the second kid I take the Irish side of my mother's family, not the Scottish.Tim_B said:
No 'ilk'?Charles said:
Only a single barrelled name, I'm afraid...kle4 said:
Equating barrelled surnames to poshness, I expect Charles has about a septuple barrelled name.Mortimer said:
Happy to have played a part in first getting Richard elected in 2010. I have only a double barrelled name, but us non-single-namers need to stick together....kle4 said:
Has to be the best name in Parliament, in the Commons at least (let us not forget Lord Thomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith after all).SeanT said:
Why is she quibbling? She should just stand, and the white working classes will swiftly come flocking to the electoral standard of THANGAM DEBBONAIREAndyJS said:Thangam Debbonaire on Channel 4 News.
https://www.facebook.com/thangam.debbonaire/posts/10157204442320083
Though I have a soft spot for Richard Grovesnor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax.
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Sam Coates Times ✔ @SamCoatesTimesTheScreamingEagles said:ttps://twitter.com/SamCoatesTimes/status/755155112667078656
Exclusive Times / YouGov poll - Jeremy Corbyn's ratings go UP in last fortnight (from net +3 to +14)
Jeremy Corbyn will be re-elected imho – Momentum own the party now.0 -
Just because people will NOT vote for Corbyn, doesn't mean they WILL vote for Smith/Eagle.TheScreamingEagles said:
The wording of that question is actually quite unhelpful to Corbyn yet he's still well ahead of... anyone.0 -
I was completely unaware of that. Is there an interesting reason why this is? Or is it just some boring Physics reason?RobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
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Your extensive knowledge of mineralogy is second only to your command of the AV system.TheScreamingEagles said:
Some PBers have some shocking knowledge when it comes to science, fortunately you and I are here to educate them, as we saw in yesterday's thread headerRobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
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The news from Germany is sounding a little more positive, if such a thing can be positive, but authorities are scaling back the numbers of those physically injured.0
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I fear it is the latterLowlander said:
I was completely unaware of that. Is there an interesting reason why this is? Or is it just some boring Physics reason?RobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
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The omission of "degree" indicates that it is not relative to an arbitrary reference point like the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales (although the Rankine scale continued to use "degree Rankine"), but rather an absolute unit of measure which can be manipulated algebraically (e.g. multiplied by two to indicate twice the amount of "mean energy" available among elementary degrees of freedom of the system).
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20 pints? Better than Hague thenTheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Truly wonderful news.TheScreamingEagles said:twitter.com/SamCoatesTimes/status/755155521418715141
The Labour Party are over.0 -
I don't think that can be considered a bolt of lightning that came from nowhere.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Satanic Verses kicked it off, IIRC.FrankBooth said:
Whatever the difficulties have always been with integration, Islamism wasn't a major problem here till the 1980s. The mass propaganda campaign has made a real difference.SeanT said:
Delusional. You don't understand religion.Chameleon said:
Instead of targeting Muslims we need to target the sources of funding for extreme Islam. Saudi Arabia, until we do that we're fucked. If we cut off the money supply for extreme versions of Islam then Muslims, like most other religions in the UK will slowly become a smaller and smaller part of Muslims' lives.SeanT said:
If it is another Islamist attack, I stand by my sentiments.Chameleon said:Why do we reckon the attacker in Germany did what he did?
Not really acceptable dear chap. One of easiest ways to turn co-operative integrating muslims into west-hating jihadis is to villanise all of themSeanT said:I want Muslims to LEAVE. Fuck them. Kick them out. UGH
All of them, every one of them. Let them go hence.
Enough now.
Western policy should be gently oriented towards the ultimate goal of peaceably removing most Muslims from the western world. Let them prosper in the Middle East. Good luck to them. The idea of happy coexistence, between Islam and plural secularity, within a liberal Europe, is a fond delusion. A delusion which has ended.
Except for the faint of brain.
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Who are these people? Which is worse, a sect or a cult? It's certainly not an actual political party any longer.TheScreamingEagles said:
There's a parasitic liver fluke that infects ants. Each evening, it manipulates the ant's nervous system to force it to climb up a blade of grass, and then locks its mandibles in place. It repeats this every evening until the ant is eaten by a ruminant. The fluke completes its life cycle within said ruminant.
It's like a parable.0 -
So, he's basically a top candidate for the next England opener?HaroldO said:
That is awful....that kids footwork is all over the shop, bat away from his body and everything. Kids today.TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Weather forecasters need to rermber Celsius needs "degrees" before it!TheScreamingEagles said:
Some PBers have some shocking knowledge when it comes to science, fortunately you and I are here to educate them, as we saw in yesterday's thread headerRobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
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May be we should offer him a place on the team?HaroldO said:
That is awful....that kids footwork is all over the shop, bat away from his body and everything. Kids today.TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
My hunch that Corbyn was value above evens was correct.
Anyway, does anyone know how yougov are able to verify who are/aren't members?
Do they just poll people on their panel who have previously declared themselves to be members and go with that?
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ZDF journalist is reporting Bayern "Home Secretary" states attacker was a 17 year old Afghan.
https://twitter.com/ethevessen/status/755156982814928896
I am going to take a wild guess and say we find out he wasn't actually 17.0 -
The PB team or England? He could get in either somewhere in that middle order.Charles said:
May be we should offer him a place on the team?HaroldO said:
That is awful....that kids footwork is all over the shop, bat away from his body and everything. Kids today.TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Why, I wonder, did God think of that? An odd thought in the creation process?John_M said:
Who are these people? Which is worse, a sect or a cult? It's certainly not an actual political party any longer.TheScreamingEagles said:
There's a parasitic liver fluke that infects ants. Each evening, it manipulates the ant's nervous system to force it to climb up a blade of grass, and then locks its mandibles in place. It repeats this every evening until the ant is eaten by a ruminant. The fluke completes its life cycle within said ruminant.
It's like a parable.0 -
He's being pedantic - temperatures in Kelvin are expressed as a number followed by K. The number is of course a number of degrees. It is expressed as 140 K rather than 140 degrees KLowlander said:
I was completely unaware of that. Is there an interesting reason why this is? Or is it just some boring Physics reason?RobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
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The reasoning behind it makes sense, see my post below, but I agree it is a tad pedantic.Tim_B said:
He's being pedantic - temperatures in Kelvin are expressed as a number followed by K. The number is of course a number of degrees. It is expressed as 140 K rather than 140 degrees KLowlander said:
I was completely unaware of that. Is there an interesting reason why this is? Or is it just some boring Physics reason?RobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
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Without evil, can there be good?OldKingCole said:
Why, I wonder, did God think of that? An odd thought in the creation process?John_M said:
Who are these people? Which is worse, a sect or a cult? It's certainly not an actual political party any longer.TheScreamingEagles said:
There's a parasitic liver fluke that infects ants. Each evening, it manipulates the ant's nervous system to force it to climb up a blade of grass, and then locks its mandibles in place. It repeats this every evening until the ant is eaten by a ruminant. The fluke completes its life cycle within said ruminant.
It's like a parable.0 -
I ignored the polling and bet with my gut on Brexit. First four figure political win. Also a couple of cases of cheap(er) en primeur thanks to Robert's canny tip.edmundintokyo said:
Yes. It got Brexit within a few percent, and detecting a move is usually easier than getting the exact level right.Mortimer said:
O. We're trusting polling again are we?edmundintokyo said:
The polling so far has been moving in the opposite direction.peter_from_putney said:Now the Brits have had the courage to opt for Brexit (it always seems to have to be us as prime movers), expect much more similar sentiment in other EU states over the next couple of years - especially those with elections pending.
Ignore it and bet with your gut if you like, YMMV.
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How about this, Labour led by Jeremy Corbyn at a general election will obtain −273.15° MPs, which is also known as absolute zeroRobD said:
Your extensive knowledge of mineralogy is second only to your command of the AV system.TheScreamingEagles said:
Some PBers have some shocking knowledge when it comes to science, fortunately you and I are here to educate them, as we saw in yesterday's thread headerRobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
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In Fahrenheit they do rememberSunil_Prasannan said:
Weather forecasters need to rermber Celsius needs "degrees" before it!TheScreamingEagles said:
Some PBers have some shocking knowledge when it comes to science, fortunately you and I are here to educate them, as we saw in yesterday's thread headerRobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
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Evolution moves in mysterious ways its wonders to performOldKingCole said:
Why, I wonder, did God think of that? An odd thought in the creation process?John_M said:
Who are these people? Which is worse, a sect or a cult? It's certainly not an actual political party any longer.TheScreamingEagles said:
There's a parasitic liver fluke that infects ants. Each evening, it manipulates the ant's nervous system to force it to climb up a blade of grass, and then locks its mandibles in place. It repeats this every evening until the ant is eaten by a ruminant. The fluke completes its life cycle within said ruminant.
It's like a parable.
. The fluke forces the ant down as the sun rises - it dies if the temperature becomes too warm.
Poor ants. They have the most gruesome parasites going.0 -
Tories set for ~800 seats in the 650 seat Commons. Yes please!TheScreamingEagles said:
How about this, Labour led by Jeremy Corbyn at a general election will obtain −273.15° MPs, which is also known as absolute zeroRobD said:
Your extensive knowledge of mineralogy is second only to your command of the AV system.TheScreamingEagles said:
Some PBers have some shocking knowledge when it comes to science, fortunately you and I are here to educate them, as we saw in yesterday's thread headerRobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
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England hasn't become a terrible team overnight, but it is a team that has two of the best batsmen in the world, a very high quality seam attack amid a total dearth of decent spin and a shaky middle order.HaroldO said:
The PB team or England? He could get in either somewhere in that middle order.Charles said:
May be we should offer him a place on the team?HaroldO said:
That is awful....that kids footwork is all over the shop, bat away from his body and everything. Kids today.TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
There is not really a good reason why the "degree" is omitted; but it does serve as a reminder that kelvins are slightly less arbitrary than celsius, as they are an absolute scale.Tim_B said:
He's being pedantic - temperatures in Kelvin are expressed as a number followed by K. The number is of course a number of degrees. It is expressed as 140 K rather than 140 degrees KLowlander said:
I was completely unaware of that. Is there an interesting reason why this is? Or is it just some boring Physics reason?RobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
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Listening to German News, the Bavarian interior minister has said, 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured and the other 14 on the train unharmed. – Attacker was shot dead, attempting to escape.FrancisUrquhart said:The news from Germany is sounding a little more positive, if such a thing can be positive, but authorities are scaling back the numbers of those physically injured.
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Where are Dan Hodges boys now ?TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
I believe the 14 are being treated for shock.SimonStClare said:
Listening to German News, the Bavarian interior minister has said, 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured and the other 14 on the train unharmed. – Attacker was shot dead, attempting to escape.FrancisUrquhart said:The news from Germany is sounding a little more positive, if such a thing can be positive, but authorities are scaling back the numbers of those physically injured.
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FPTP means they have no choice.FrancisUrquhart said:Labour can't remain as one party if Corbyn wins a stonking re-election.
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Btw I think we know who 138 of the 172 are now.0
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You've had a complete breakdown, haven't you?YellowSubmarine said:
Yes you're right on both counts. But we must at least try. The only silver lining to Brexit is the ' Drawbridge Downers ' are no longer the establishment. We're free to run shrill post truth culture wars our self now. I think I'm going to enjoy it.nedmundintokyo said:
Their plan is to blame people's problems on foreigners again. I think their plan will work better than your plan.YellowSubmarine said:My alternative plan for post Brexit polis is this. When the ex industrial Leave voting areas of E + W are even poorer in 5 years time and their fleeting illusion of " control " turns to even deeper anger I'm going to point. " Look over there. That group of voguish libertarian internet eighties with huge equity and two degrees each sold you a crock of *****. They used you to make a political point and usher in an even *more* globalised world that they'll thrive even better in. Why don't you hang them from a lamp post ? "
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If the ZDF report is accurate, Merkel is going to be in big big do do.0
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That certainly seems to be the case.John_M said:
Evolution moves in mysterious ways its wonders to performOldKingCole said:
Why, I wonder, did God think of that? An odd thought in the creation process?John_M said:
Who are these people? Which is worse, a sect or a cult? It's certainly not an actual political party any longer.TheScreamingEagles said:
There's a parasitic liver fluke that infects ants. Each evening, it manipulates the ant's nervous system to force it to climb up a blade of grass, and then locks its mandibles in place. It repeats this every evening until the ant is eaten by a ruminant. The fluke completes its life cycle within said ruminant.
It's like a parable.. The fluke forces the ant down as the sun rises - it dies if the temperature becomes too warm.
Poor ants. They have the most gruesome parasites going.
It seems that the average ant brain is merely a joystick for whatever parasite is making use of it at the time.0 -
ZDF?FrancisUrquhart said:If the ZDF report is accurate, Merkel is going to be in big big do do.
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Absolute zero is -273 kelvin. One would presume that is arbitrary reference point?RobD said:
I fear it is the latterLowlander said:
I was completely unaware of that. Is there an interesting reason why this is? Or is it just some boring Physics reason?RobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
Edit:
The omission of "degree" indicates that it is not relative to an arbitrary reference point like the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales (although the Rankine scale continued to use "degree Rankine"), but rather an absolute unit of measure which can be manipulated algebraically (e.g. multiplied by two to indicate twice the amount of "mean energy" available among elementary degrees of freedom of the system).
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Afghanistan?FrankBooth said:
I don't think that can be considered a bolt of lightning that came from nowhere.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Satanic Verses kicked it off, IIRC.FrankBooth said:
Whatever the difficulties have always been with integration, Islamism wasn't a major problem here till the 1980s. The mass propaganda campaign has made a real difference.SeanT said:
Delusional. You don't understand religion.Chameleon said:
Instead of targeting Muslims we need to target the sources of funding for extreme Islam. Saudi Arabia, until we do that we're fucked. If we cut off the money supply for extreme versions of Islam then Muslims, like most other religions in the UK will slowly become a smaller and smaller part of Muslims' lives.SeanT said:
If it is another Islamist attack, I stand by my sentiments.Chameleon said:Why do we reckon the attacker in Germany did what he did?
Not really acceptable dear chap. One of easiest ways to turn co-operative integrating muslims into west-hating jihadis is to villanise all of themSeanT said:I want Muslims to LEAVE. Fuck them. Kick them out. UGH
All of them, every one of them. Let them go hence.
Enough now.
Western policy should be gently oriented towards the ultimate goal of peaceably removing most Muslims from the western world. Let them prosper in the Middle East. Good luck to them. The idea of happy coexistence, between Islam and plural secularity, within a liberal Europe, is a fond delusion. A delusion which has ended.
Except for the faint of brain.
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ZDF is kinda of the German equivalent of the BBC. They have a journalist reporting that the attacker was a 17 year old Afghan.Chameleon said:
ZDF?FrancisUrquhart said:If the ZDF report is accurate, Merkel is going to be in big big do do.
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https://twitter.com/georgeeaton/status/755159005580918784Pulpstar said:
Where are Dan Hodges boys now ?TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Oh I don't think it's awful, I was just ribbing. In my opinion they have around 8 test quality players at best, and as you say they are short of batsman most of the time as at least two and sometimes three in the side are out of form.Pulpstar said:
England hasn't become a terrible team overnight, but it is a team that has two of the best batsmen in the world, a very high quality seam attack amid a total dearth of decent spin and a shaky middle order.HaroldO said:
The PB team or England? He could get in either somewhere in that middle order.Charles said:
May be we should offer him a place on the team?HaroldO said:
That is awful....that kids footwork is all over the shop, bat away from his body and everything. Kids today.TheScreamingEagles said:
Good enough to compete with all the current test sides, but a few players shy of getting ahead of them all.0 -
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, - equivalent of BBC2 (ish)Chameleon said:
ZDF?FrancisUrquhart said:If the ZDF report is accurate, Merkel is going to be in big big do do.
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Can't say I'm surprised if that's true.FrancisUrquhart said:
ZDF is kinda of the German equivalent of the BBC. They have a journalist reporting that the attacker was a 17 year old Afghan.Chameleon said:
ZDF?FrancisUrquhart said:If the ZDF report is accurate, Merkel is going to be in big big do do.
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You mean celsius, right? 0 celsius isn't that arbitrary, since it is freezing point of water. Similarly for Fahrenheit and brine.Moses_ said:
Absolute zero is -273 kelvin. One would presume that is arbitrary reference point?RobD said:
I fear it is the latterLowlander said:
I was completely unaware of that. Is there an interesting reason why this is? Or is it just some boring Physics reason?RobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
Edit:
The omission of "degree" indicates that it is not relative to an arbitrary reference point like the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales (although the Rankine scale continued to use "degree Rankine"), but rather an absolute unit of measure which can be manipulated algebraically (e.g. multiplied by two to indicate twice the amount of "mean energy" available among elementary degrees of freedom of the system).
Confirmed!
0 Kelvin definitely isn't arbitrary, as it is the lowest possible temperature.0 -
Actually RobD's explanation makes it clear there is a very good reason why the degree is omitted - its redundant because Kelvin is an Absolute Scale.TheWhiteRabbit said:
There is not really a good reason why the "degree" is omitted; but it does serve as a reminder that kelvins are slightly less arbitrary than celsius, as they are an absolute scale.Tim_B said:
He's being pedantic - temperatures in Kelvin are expressed as a number followed by K. The number is of course a number of degrees. It is expressed as 140 K rather than 140 degrees KLowlander said:
I was completely unaware of that. Is there an interesting reason why this is? Or is it just some boring Physics reason?RobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
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The Honorable and Venerable Order of PB Pedants wish to inform the gentleman that absolute zero is −273.15°C (to two decimal places), which is 0K. Thank you.Moses_ said:
Absolute zero is -273 kelvin. One would presume that is arbitrary reference point?RobD said:
I fear it is the latterLowlander said:
I was completely unaware of that. Is there an interesting reason why this is? Or is it just some boring Physics reason?RobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
Edit:
The omission of "degree" indicates that it is not relative to an arbitrary reference point like the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales (although the Rankine scale continued to use "degree Rankine"), but rather an absolute unit of measure which can be manipulated algebraically (e.g. multiplied by two to indicate twice the amount of "mean energy" available among elementary degrees of freedom of the system).
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It is absolute not arbitrary. Electons stop moving at that point.Moses_ said:
Absolute zero is -273 kelvin. One would presume that is arbitrary reference point?RobD said:
I fear it is the latterLowlander said:
I was completely unaware of that. Is there an interesting reason why this is? Or is it just some boring Physics reason?RobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
Edit:
The omission of "degree" indicates that it is not relative to an arbitrary reference point like the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales (although the Rankine scale continued to use "degree Rankine"), but rather an absolute unit of measure which can be manipulated algebraically (e.g. multiplied by two to indicate twice the amount of "mean energy" available among elementary degrees of freedom of the system).
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Remember Ray Honeyford, long before the Rushdie fatwa? He pointed out the problems there were with having communities living here who refused to integrate and he pointed out the issues with girls being taken out of school to be married to distant cousins who then settled in Britain. And look at all the abuse he got.FrankBooth said:
I don't think that can be considered a bolt of lightning that came from nowhere.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Satanic Verses kicked it off, IIRC.FrankBooth said:
Whatever the difficulties have always been with integration, Islamism wasn't a major problem here till the 1980s. The mass propaganda campaign has made a real difference.SeanT said:
Delusional. You don't understand religion.Chameleon said:
Instead of targeting Muslims we need to target the sources of funding for extreme Islam. Saudi Arabia, until we do that we're fucked. If we cut off the money supply for extreme versions of Islam then Muslims, like most other religions in the UK will slowly become a smaller and smaller part of Muslims' lives.SeanT said:
If it is another Islamist attack, I stand by my sentiments.Chameleon said:Why do we reckon the attacker in Germany did what he did?
Not really acceptable dear chap. One of easiest ways to turn co-operative integrating muslims into west-hating jihadis is to villanise all of themSeanT said:I want Muslims to LEAVE. Fuck them. Kick them out. UGH
All of them, every one of them. Let them go hence.
Enough now.
Western policy should be gently oriented towards the ultimate goal of peaceably removing most Muslims from the western world. Let them prosper in the Middle East. Good luck to them. The idea of happy coexistence, between Islam and plural secularity, within a liberal Europe, is a fond delusion. A delusion which has ended.
Except for the faint of brain.
We have to remove them.
And yet if we had listened to him and thought sensibly about what he was saying and acted on it we might have avoided the problems we have had since then. Too many ifs, alas. We are where we are. Still, just because it is difficult now is no excuse for inaction.
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0 DEGREES Celsius, Mr NON-scientist!RobD said:
You mean celsius, right? 0 celsius isn't that arbitrary, since it is freezing point of water. Similarly for Fahrenheit and brine.Moses_ said:
Absolute zero is -273 kelvin. One would presume that is arbitrary reference point?RobD said:
I fear it is the latterLowlander said:
I was completely unaware of that. Is there an interesting reason why this is? Or is it just some boring Physics reason?RobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
Edit:
The omission of "degree" indicates that it is not relative to an arbitrary reference point like the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales (although the Rankine scale continued to use "degree Rankine"), but rather an absolute unit of measure which can be manipulated algebraically (e.g. multiplied by two to indicate twice the amount of "mean energy" available among elementary degrees of freedom of the system).
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That's an insane approach.... mind you they thought January was a decent cut off point when that includes Corbyn's most feverish fans and excludes all who left because of him....TheScreamingEagles said:
https://twitter.com/georgeeaton/status/755159005580918784Pulpstar said:
Where are Dan Hodges boys now ?TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
The "deal" between Smith & Eagle is completely pointless in an AV system, and just makes the leadership plot look even sleazier.0
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I think you mean elections. Too cold for the voters.foxinsoxuk said:
It is absolute not arbitrary. Electons stop moving at that point.Moses_ said:
Absolute zero is -273 kelvin. One would presume that is arbitrary reference point?RobD said:
I fear it is the latterLowlander said:
I was completely unaware of that. Is there an interesting reason why this is? Or is it just some boring Physics reason?RobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
Edit:
The omission of "degree" indicates that it is not relative to an arbitrary reference point like the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales (although the Rankine scale continued to use "degree Rankine"), but rather an absolute unit of measure which can be manipulated algebraically (e.g. multiplied by two to indicate twice the amount of "mean energy" available among elementary degrees of freedom of the system).
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Axe boy is 17 year old Afghan according to Reuters. I blame Merkel TBH.0
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SeanT wants us gone you know.TheScreamingEagles said:
Some PBers have some shocking knowledge when it comes to science, fortunately you and I are here to educate them, as we saw in yesterday's thread headerRobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
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That's a bloody mental idea. If Corbyn wins he'll take it as a mandate to do whatever tf he wants.TheScreamingEagles said:
https://twitter.com/georgeeaton/status/755159005580918784Pulpstar said:
Where are Dan Hodges boys now ?TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Keir Hardie, Aneurin Bevan, Tony Blair, Clement Attlee, Eddie Izzard, Diane Abbot we have beaten them all. Dan Hodges can you hear me, Dan Hodges, your party took a hell of a beating.Pulpstar said:
Where are Dan Hodges boys now ?TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
God Sky saying no idea background of attacker....Can they not use the internet machine or watch German TV? Its not a unconfirmed rumour, a Bayern Minister is quoted by a ZDF journalist.
As always PB the best place to be for the most up to date news from around the world.0 -
It's not pointless. It avoids the issue that occurred last time round when 3 candidates attacked each other whilst Corbyn sneaked down the left wing..... By the time the other candidates noticed it was too late...vik said:The "deal" between Smith & Eagle is completely pointless in an AV system, and just makes the leadership plot look even sleazier.
Plus if the election is 1 attempt and out it means you aren't losing all the plausible candidates if they are adopting that multiple attempts approach...0 -
Sounds like it may be a relatively lucky escape hopefully (in comparison with what it could have been). To my knowledge Germany has not experienced any major islamic terrorism so far - is there an obvious reason why, when compared with the UK, France, or even Spain?FrancisUrquhart said:
I believe the 14 are being treated for shock.SimonStClare said:
Listening to German News, the Bavarian interior minister has said, 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured and the other 14 on the train unharmed. – Attacker was shot dead, attempting to escape.FrancisUrquhart said:The news from Germany is sounding a little more positive, if such a thing can be positive, but authorities are scaling back the numbers of those physically injured.
Germany has a muslim population not far off France in % terms, but it would appear they are much better integrated - they had a much smaller number who went off to Syria. Is that just because the majority of muslims are secular turks, or is Germany doing something right in their assimilation approach?0 -
Are they just going to have an endless cycle of challenges now?TheScreamingEagles said:
https://twitter.com/georgeeaton/status/755159005580918784Pulpstar said:
Where are Dan Hodges boys now ?TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
He's gone through this phase before.nunu said:
SeanT wants us gone you know.TheScreamingEagles said:
Some PBers have some shocking knowledge when it comes to science, fortunately you and I are here to educate them, as we saw in yesterday's thread headerRobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
I remember when he wanted to intern all Muslims, or anyone who looked like a Muslim0 -
It's like The Ring cycle, it's never going to end.BigIan said:
Are they just going to have an endless cycle of challenges now?TheScreamingEagles said:
https://twitter.com/georgeeaton/status/755159005580918784Pulpstar said:
Where are Dan Hodges boys now ?TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Sean is a drama Queen. In fact, he's Queen of the drama Queens. Just remember, most of us are sensible peoplenunu said:
SeanT wants us gone you know.TheScreamingEagles said:
Some PBers have some shocking knowledge when it comes to science, fortunately you and I are here to educate them, as we saw in yesterday's thread headerRobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
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From that YouGov poll, only 47% want Corbyn to lead Labour at the general election0
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TrumpCorbyn will just get more and more support - see Orkney and Shetland, Winchester etc. Slightly different but I think the same principle would apply.BigIan said:
Are they just going to have an endless cycle of challenges now?TheScreamingEagles said:
https://twitter.com/georgeeaton/status/755159005580918784Pulpstar said:
Where are Dan Hodges boys now ?TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
From what I can gather, there were only 20 people on the train / train carriage when the guy attacked.Paristonda said:
Sounds like it may be a relatively lucky escape hopefully (in comparison with what it could have been). To my knowledge Germany has not experienced any major islamic terrorism so far - is there an obvious reason why, when compared with the UK, France, or even Spain?FrancisUrquhart said:
I believe the 14 are being treated for shock.SimonStClare said:
Listening to German News, the Bavarian interior minister has said, 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured and the other 14 on the train unharmed. – Attacker was shot dead, attempting to escape.FrancisUrquhart said:The news from Germany is sounding a little more positive, if such a thing can be positive, but authorities are scaling back the numbers of those physically injured.
Germany has a muslim population not far off France in % terms, but it would appear they are much better integrated - they had a much smaller number who went off to Syria. Is that just because the majority of muslims are secular turks, or is Germany doing something right in their assimilation approach?
As for the big terror attacks, I think it has been well reported that they managed to head off several imminent attacks e.g. remember they cancelled that international football match a few months ago. So I think it might have been luck more than anything else that they haven't had one, they have definitely been planned.0 -
You could approach it like that. I was referring to the inserted comment that kelvin did not have a reference point but I was thinking it does as you say the lowest temperature possible.RobD said:
You mean celsius, right? 0 celsius isn't that arbitrary, since it is freezing point of water. Similarly for Fahrenheit and brine.Moses_ said:
Absolute zero is -273 kelvin. One would presume that is arbitrary reference point?RobD said:
I fear it is the latterLowlander said:
I was completely unaware of that. Is there an interesting reason why this is? Or is it just some boring Physics reason?RobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
Edit:
The omission of "degree" indicates that it is not relative to an arbitrary reference point like the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales (although the Rankine scale continued to use "degree Rankine"), but rather an absolute unit of measure which can be manipulated algebraically (e.g. multiplied by two to indicate twice the amount of "mean energy" available among elementary degrees of freedom of the system).
Confirmed!
0 Kelvin definitely isn't arbitrary, as it is the lowest possible temperature.
Incidentally sea water (brine if you prefer) freezes at below 0degrees due to salt content and can freeze as low as -2 or even -3 dependent on salinity.
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I consider myself suitably admonished and will concentrate on my homework a bit more closely in future. In fairness and mitigation that homework was over 40 years ago.John_M said:
The Honorable and Venerable Order of PB Pedants wish to inform the gentleman that absolute zero is −273.15°C (to two decimal places), which is 0K. Thank you.Moses_ said:
Absolute zero is -273 kelvin. One would presume that is arbitrary reference point?RobD said:
I fear it is the latterLowlander said:
I was completely unaware of that. Is there an interesting reason why this is? Or is it just some boring Physics reason?RobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
Edit:
The omission of "degree" indicates that it is not relative to an arbitrary reference point like the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales (although the Rankine scale continued to use "degree Rankine"), but rather an absolute unit of measure which can be manipulated algebraically (e.g. multiplied by two to indicate twice the amount of "mean energy" available among elementary degrees of freedom of the system).
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It's not just ants. We humans may also be susceptible to behaviour modification. There's evidence that the parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis, Toxoplasma gondii, tends to make its carriers more likely to engage in risk-taking behaviour. The parasite is carried by cats and other felines, and is passed on to humans through contact with their faeces.John_M said:
Evolution moves in mysterious ways its wonders to performOldKingCole said:
Why, I wonder, did God think of that? An odd thought in the creation process?John_M said:
Who are these people? Which is worse, a sect or a cult? It's certainly not an actual political party any longer.TheScreamingEagles said:
There's a parasitic liver fluke that infects ants. Each evening, it manipulates the ant's nervous system to force it to climb up a blade of grass, and then locks its mandibles in place. It repeats this every evening until the ant is eaten by a ruminant. The fluke completes its life cycle within said ruminant.
It's like a parable.. The fluke forces the ant down as the sun rises - it dies if the temperature becomes too warm.
Poor ants. They have the most gruesome parasites going.
It's hypothesised that this effect stems from the time when humans were subject to being eaten by lions and other large cats. Increased risk-taking would have made the human carrier more likely to end up as a tiger's dinner, thus completing the life cycle of the parasite.
Cat ownership really can affect your brain.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/toxoplasma-gondii-parasite-that-breeds-in-cats-could-affect-human-behaviour-when-it-infects-people-a6861221.html0 -
Sorry to horribly aftertime
But the thread I had planned to run yesterday afternoon was about you know Corbyn was going to win was that the likes of Cooper, Jarvis etc weren't putting themselves up against Jez.
They knew they'd get mullered0 -
He didn't sneak anywhere. He won a landslide of votes and didn't even need three quidders to win.eek said:
It's not pointless. It avoids the issue that occurred last time round when 3 candidates attacked each other whilst Corbyn sneaked down the left wing..... By the time the other candidates noticed it was too late...vik said:The "deal" between Smith & Eagle is completely pointless in an AV system, and just makes the leadership plot look even sleazier.
Plus if the election is 1 attempt and out it means you aren't losing all the plausible candidates if they are adopting that multiple attempts approach...
I think it is also pretty ridiculous to imagine that Smith and Eagle would not end up attacking one another. The very fact Smith is standing is an attack on Eagle's fitness to lead Labour (and probably a very justified attack).0 -
Aren't most of them Turks? That may explain it. In part anyway.Paristonda said:
Sounds like it may be a relatively lucky escape hopefully (in comparison with what it could have been). To my knowledge Germany has not experienced any major islamic terrorism so far - is there an obvious reason why, when compared with the UK, France, or even Spain?FrancisUrquhart said:
I believe the 14 are being treated for shock.SimonStClare said:
Listening to German News, the Bavarian interior minister has said, 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured and the other 14 on the train unharmed. – Attacker was shot dead, attempting to escape.FrancisUrquhart said:The news from Germany is sounding a little more positive, if such a thing can be positive, but authorities are scaling back the numbers of those physically injured.
Germany has a muslim population not far off France in % terms, but it would appear they are much better integrated - they had a much smaller number who went off to Syria. Is that just because the majority of muslims are secular turks, or is Germany doing something right in their assimilation approach?0 -
Nor actually from Afghanistan.FrancisUrquhart said:ZDF journalist is reporting Bayern "Home Secretary" states attacker was a 17 year old Afghan.
https://twitter.com/ethevessen/status/755156982814928896
I am going to take a wild guess and say we find out he wasn't actually 17.0 -
Sky news saying German minister confirming that the attacker on the train was a refugee.0
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What about it? The war with the Soviet Union? The Taliban?Sunil_Prasannan said:
Afghanistan?FrankBooth said:
I don't think that can be considered a bolt of lightning that came from nowhere.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Satanic Verses kicked it off, IIRC.FrankBooth said:
Whatever the difficulties have always been with integration, Islamism wasn't a major problem here till the 1980s. The mass propaganda campaign has made a real difference.SeanT said:
Delusional. You don't understand religion.Chameleon said:
Instead of targeting Muslims we need to target the sources of funding for extreme Islam. Saudi Arabia, until we do that we're fucked. If we cut off the money supply for extreme versions of Islam then Muslims, like most other religions in the UK will slowly become a smaller and smaller part of Muslims' lives.SeanT said:
If it is another Islamist attack, I stand by my sentiments.Chameleon said:Why do we reckon the attacker in Germany did what he did?
Not really acceptable dear chap. One of easiest ways to turn co-operative integrating muslims into west-hating jihadis is to villanise all of themSeanT said:I want Muslims to LEAVE. Fuck them. Kick them out. UGH
All of them, every one of them. Let them go hence.
Enough now.
Western policy should be gently oriented towards the ultimate goal of peaceably removing most Muslims from the western world. Let them prosper in the Middle East. Good luck to them. The idea of happy coexistence, between Islam and plural secularity, within a liberal Europe, is a fond delusion. A delusion which has ended.
Except for the faint of brain.
We have to remove them.0 -
Amusing that alot of the attacks on Trump are because he is perceived as too left wing.0
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Ready for the reloaded media spin cycle? Wonder how fast they will get through it this time?SeanT said:
That's it. I think. Die Rechnung.FrancisUrquhart said:ZDF journalist is reporting Bayern "Home Secretary" states attacker was a 17 year old Afghan.
https://twitter.com/ethevessen/status/755156982814928896
I am going to take a wild guess and say we find out he wasn't actually 17.0 -
Been out most of today, I'm assuming this has been mentioned, I do love the choice of Justices
https://twitter.com/JoshuaRozenberg/status/7550302659285073920 -
@Paristonda
'Sounds like it may be a relatively lucky escape hopefully (in comparison with what it could have been). To my knowledge Germany has not experienced any major islamic terrorism so far - is there an obvious reason why, when compared with the UK, France, or even Spain?
Germany has a muslim population not far off France in % terms, but it would appear they are much better integrated - they had a much smaller number who went off to Syria. Is that just because the majority of muslims are secular turks, or is Germany doing something right in their assimilation approach?'
Yes the majority are Turks and in many cases contract workers without the German citizenship.
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Actually, it's the atomic nuclei that stop vibrating. The electrons are always moving, insofar as they can be considered to be discrete particles.foxinsoxuk said:
It is absolute not arbitrary. Electons stop moving at that point.Moses_ said:
Absolute zero is -273 kelvin. One would presume that is arbitrary reference point?RobD said:
I fear it is the latterLowlander said:
I was completely unaware of that. Is there an interesting reason why this is? Or is it just some boring Physics reason?RobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
Edit:
The omission of "degree" indicates that it is not relative to an arbitrary reference point like the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales (although the Rankine scale continued to use "degree Rankine"), but rather an absolute unit of measure which can be manipulated algebraically (e.g. multiplied by two to indicate twice the amount of "mean energy" available among elementary degrees of freedom of the system).
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"Danke, Germany for letting me into your wonderful country! Now I'll just attack some of your citizens!"Tykejohnno said:Sky news saying German minister confirming that the attacker on the train was a refugee.
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I'm betting it's because the awful Germans didn't didn't give him a big enough house.FrancisUrquhart said:
Ready for the reloaded media spin cycle? Wonder how fast they will get through it this time?SeanT said:
That's it. I think. Die Rechnung.FrancisUrquhart said:ZDF journalist is reporting Bayern "Home Secretary" states attacker was a 17 year old Afghan.
https://twitter.com/ethevessen/status/755156982814928896
I am going to take a wild guess and say we find out he wasn't actually 17.0 -
That's very interesting - I was only vaguely aware of that.FeersumEnjineeya said:
It's not just ants. We humans may also be susceptible to behaviour modification. There's evidence that the parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis, Toxoplasma gondii, tends to make its carriers more likely to engage in risk-taking behaviour. The parasite is carried by cats and other felines, and is passed on to humans through contact with their faeces.John_M said:
Evolution moves in mysterious ways its wonders to performOldKingCole said:
Why, I wonder, did God think of that? An odd thought in the creation process?John_M said:
Who are these people? Which is worse, a sect or a cult? It's certainly not an actual political party any longer.TheScreamingEagles said:
There's a parasitic liver fluke that infects ants. Each evening, it manipulates the ant's nervous system to force it to climb up a blade of grass, and then locks its mandibles in place. It repeats this every evening until the ant is eaten by a ruminant. The fluke completes its life cycle within said ruminant.
It's like a parable.. The fluke forces the ant down as the sun rises - it dies if the temperature becomes too warm.
Poor ants. They have the most gruesome parasites going.
It's hypothesised that this effect stems from the time when humans were subject to being eaten by lions and other large cats. Increased risk-taking would have made the human carrier more likely to end up as a tiger's dinner, thus completing the life cycle of the parasite.
Cat ownership really can affect your brain.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/toxoplasma-gondii-parasite-that-breeds-in-cats-could-affect-human-behaviour-when-it-infects-people-a6861221.html
Apparently we're also susceptible to manipulation by our gut bacteria. Having read a lot of Peter Watts, I'm not entirely convinced we're captains of our selves. Much of the time we're merely rationalising actions that something else initiated. 0 -
Off topic: Yasir Shah at top of bowling rankings - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/36825027.
Toss crucial at Old Trafford I think.0 -
You have to wonder about the mindset of some of these people.Sunil_Prasannan said:
"Danke, Germany for letting me into your wonderful country! Now I'll just attack some of your citizens!"Tykejohnno said:Sky news saying German minister confirming that the attacker on the train was a refugee.
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Taliban happened after the Soviet War, it was the Mujihadeen.FrankBooth said:
What about it? The war with the Soviet Union? The Taliban?Sunil_Prasannan said:
Afghanistan?FrankBooth said:
I don't think that can be considered a bolt of lightning that came from nowhere.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Satanic Verses kicked it off, IIRC.FrankBooth said:
Whatever the difficulties have always been with integration, Islamism wasn't a major problem here till the 1980s. The mass propaganda campaign has made a real difference.SeanT said:
Delusional. You don't understand religion.Chameleon said:
Instead of targeting Muslims we need to target the sources of funding for extreme Islam. Saudi Arabia, until we do that we're fucked. If we cut off the money supply for extreme versions of Islam then Muslims, like most other religions in the UK will slowly become a smaller and smaller part of Muslims' lives.SeanT said:
If it is another Islamist attack, I stand by my sentiments.Chameleon said:Why do we reckon the attacker in Germany did what he did?
Not really acceptable dear chap. One of easiest ways to turn co-operative integrating muslims into west-hating jihadis is to villanise all of themSeanT said:I want Muslims to LEAVE. Fuck them. Kick them out. UGH
All of them, every one of them. Let them go hence.
Enough now.
Western policy should be gently oriented towards the ultimate goal of peaceably removing most Muslims from the western world. Let them prosper in the Middle East. Good luck to them. The idea of happy coexistence, between Islam and plural secularity, within a liberal Europe, is a fond delusion. A delusion which has ended.
Except for the faint of brain.
We have to remove them.0 -
"RAMPAGE IN WÜRZBURG
Afghan (17) attacked by train with ax
++ He shouted "Allahu Akbar" ++ perpetrators shot ++ Three seriously injured ++ 14 passengers in shock ++"
http://www.bild.de/news/2016/amoklauf/amok-wuerzburg-46881746.bild.html0 -
I posted this back on 15th July.Paristonda said:
Sounds like it may be a relatively lucky escape hopefully (in comparison with what it could have been). To my knowledge Germany has not experienced any major islamic terrorism so far - is there an obvious reason why, when compared with the UK, France, or even Spain?FrancisUrquhart said:
I believe the 14 are being treated for shock.SimonStClare said:
Listening to German News, the Bavarian interior minister has said, 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured and the other 14 on the train unharmed. – Attacker was shot dead, attempting to escape.FrancisUrquhart said:The news from Germany is sounding a little more positive, if such a thing can be positive, but authorities are scaling back the numbers of those physically injured.
Germany has a muslim population not far off France in % terms, but it would appear they are much better integrated - they had a much smaller number who went off to Syria. Is that just because the majority of muslims are secular turks, or is Germany doing something right in their assimilation approach?
'If I was in Germany, I'd be slightly concerned. They've dodged a lot of stuff (as have we) and at some point that run of luck will cease.
Certainly IS keep aiming to do something there just as much as they would like to hit the UK, though. At this point Germany has high strategic value: the centre of a fracturing European Union (and don't you believe that doesn't factor into IS strategists calculations)'
This axe merchant is a mere nothing. Germany is in Islamist extremist sights for something far more structured.
Germany escapes because of luck and some judgement. It isn't the assimilation strategy at all. There is good intelligence and policing work and less depth of radicalization just by accident rather than design.
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It will all be over before you can say hashtag-pray-backlash-isolated-of peace-look a kitten.FrancisUrquhart said:
Ready for the reloaded media spin cycle? Wonder how fast they will get through it this time?SeanT said:
That's it. I think. Die Rechnung.FrancisUrquhart said:ZDF journalist is reporting Bayern "Home Secretary" states attacker was a 17 year old Afghan.
https://twitter.com/ethevessen/status/755156982814928896
I am going to take a wild guess and say we find out he wasn't actually 17.0 -
Electrons move really well at those temperatures: superconductivity.FeersumEnjineeya said:
Actually, it's the atomic nuclei that stop vibrating. The electrons are always moving, insofar as they can be considered to be discrete particles.foxinsoxuk said:
It is absolute not arbitrary. Electons stop moving at that point.Moses_ said:
Absolute zero is -273 kelvin. One would presume that is arbitrary reference point?RobD said:
I fear it is the latterLowlander said:
I was completely unaware of that. Is there an interesting reason why this is? Or is it just some boring Physics reason?RobD said:
Tut tut. The Kelvin scale doesn't have 'degrees'Lowlander said:
"Britain to Bake in 308 Degree Heatwave"RobD said:
I look forward to the first paper reporting a heatwave in Kelvin!FrancisUrquhart said:Daily Express using Farenheit...I blame Brexit.
Edit:
The omission of "degree" indicates that it is not relative to an arbitrary reference point like the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales (although the Rankine scale continued to use "degree Rankine"), but rather an absolute unit of measure which can be manipulated algebraically (e.g. multiplied by two to indicate twice the amount of "mean energy" available among elementary degrees of freedom of the system).
Confirmed!0 -
Remember not a proper Muslim, nothing to do with Islam, discrimination of recent migrants....SeanT said:
I hate them, I hate them all. All of them.AndyJS said:"RAMPAGE IN WÜRZBURG
Afghan (17) attacked by train with ax
++ He shouted "Allahu Akbar" ++ perpetrators shot ++ Three seriously injured ++ 14 passengers in shock ++"
http://www.bild.de/news/2016/amoklauf/amok-wuerzburg-46881746.bild.html0 -
The train attacked the 17 year old Afghan with an axe?AndyJS said:"RAMPAGE IN WÜRZBURG
Afghan (17) attacked by train with ax
++ He shouted "Allahu Akbar" ++ perpetrators shot ++ Three seriously injured ++ 14 passengers in shock ++"
http://www.bild.de/news/2016/amoklauf/amok-wuerzburg-46881746.bild.html0 -
Google Translate isn't perfect but you get the essentials.Moses_ said:
The train attacked the 17 year old Afghan with an axe?AndyJS said:"RAMPAGE IN WÜRZBURG
Afghan (17) attacked by train with ax
++ He shouted "Allahu Akbar" ++ perpetrators shot ++ Three seriously injured ++ 14 passengers in shock ++"
http://www.bild.de/news/2016/amoklauf/amok-wuerzburg-46881746.bild.html0
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