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Indeed.Scott_P said:
As we discussed the other day, when an Apple machine gets stuck in an endless update, fail reboot cycle it's a total nightmare.JosiasJessop said:So you had them when they were *really* bad.
Oh, wait...
I feel a thread coming up where I compare Theresa May at PMQs as the Windows operating system to the Apple OS that is David Cameron0 -
Peter Hitchens on grammar schools:
"Here's why the quarrel about grammar schools never ends: it is not really about schools, but about what sort of country this should be.
Grammar schools stood for adult authority, for discipline, for tradition, for hard work first and reward afterwards, and for self-improvement."
http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2016/08/peter-hitchens-grammar-wreckers-knew-they-would-make-our-schools-worse.html0 -
GOTCHA!GIN1138 said:
If things get delayed beyond Spring 2017 The Sunil will have to take further action.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Sounds about right - I hope!GIN1138 said:
I still think early 2017 for A50, we LEAVE early 2019.Richard_Nabavi said:
On the effective date of Brexit, the David Allen Green tweets which were posted on the last thread were interesting, but I don't think they should be taken too literally. For political reasons, Article 50 and therefore Brexit are going to have to come into formal effect reasonably quickly; that doesn't necessarily mean that our contributions to the EU budget (and payments from the EU budget to UK programmes) will stop overnight. It's much more likely that there will be a transitional agreement under which both will continue to some extent after we've formally left the EU. So the 2020 EU budget date is not a big issue, I think.
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Competence, lack thereof.SimonStClare said:
Are they not all earning 3x the average wage? – What criteria are you setting?TheScreamingEagles said:What better proof do you want that grammar schools don't work?
ttps://twitter.com/WikiGuido/status/773520581056720896
People who attend Grammar schools are clearly overrated and have an unfair advantage in the job market over those who attended Secondary moderns and comprehensives.0 -
Grammar schools stood for adult authority, for discipline, for tradition, for hard work first and reward afterwards, and for self-improvement."
And the Secondary Moderns most kids were consigned to at the age of eleven.
What did they stand for?0 -
I thought you were a Cameron fan?TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed.Scott_P said:
As we discussed the other day, when an Apple machine gets stuck in an endless update, fail reboot cycle it's a total nightmare.JosiasJessop said:So you had them when they were *really* bad.
Oh, wait...
I feel a thread coming up where I compare Theresa May at PMQs as the Windows operating system to the Apple OS that is David Cameron0 -
I am, the highest compliments I can give him is to compare him to Caesar, or Apple, or 2 Unlimited.JosiasJessop said:
I thought you were a Cameron fan?TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed.Scott_P said:
As we discussed the other day, when an Apple machine gets stuck in an endless update, fail reboot cycle it's a total nightmare.JosiasJessop said:So you had them when they were *really* bad.
Oh, wait...
I feel a thread coming up where I compare Theresa May at PMQs as the Windows operating system to the Apple OS that is David Cameron0 -
TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed.Scott_P said:
As we discussed the other day, when an Apple machine gets stuck in an endless update, fail reboot cycle it's a total nightmare.JosiasJessop said:So you had them when they were *really* bad.
Oh, wait...
I feel a thread coming up where I compare Theresa May at PMQs as the Windows operating system to the Apple OS that is David Cameron
May is popular and understood by everyone, but Cameron was just for the elite?
May can handle all sorts of situations, but Cameron just his own limited apps friends?
May delivers more for less, and Cameron was over-priced?
Yes, that could work.
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I've never used an Apple device. I've too many friends who are Apple cultists.0
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Do you think private schools should be abolished? Do they not also create a two-tier education system?taffys said:Grammar schools stood for adult authority, for discipline, for tradition, for hard work first and reward afterwards, and for self-improvement."
And the Secondary Moderns most kids were consigned to at the age of eleven.
What did they stand for?
At least Grammars are free at the point of use!0 -
Where's yer Dave now?TheScreamingEagles said:
I am, the highest compliments I can give him is to compare him to Caesar, or Apple, or 2 Unlimited.JosiasJessop said:
I thought you were a Cameron fan?TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed.Scott_P said:
As we discussed the other day, when an Apple machine gets stuck in an endless update, fail reboot cycle it's a total nightmare.JosiasJessop said:So you had them when they were *really* bad.
Oh, wait...
I feel a thread coming up where I compare Theresa May at PMQs as the Windows operating system to the Apple OS that is David Cameron 0 -
TheScreamingEagles said:
Competence, lack thereof.SimonStClare said:
Are they not all earning 3x the average wage? – What criteria are you setting?TheScreamingEagles said:What better proof do you want that grammar schools don't work?
ttps://twitter.com/WikiGuido/status/773520581056720896
People who attend Public schools like our TSE are clearly overrated and have an unfair advantage in the job market over those who attended Secondary moderns and comprehensives.
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Apple never lets you down nor does it crash and bring the whole system down.MarkHopkins said:TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed.Scott_P said:
As we discussed the other day, when an Apple machine gets stuck in an endless update, fail reboot cycle it's a total nightmare.JosiasJessop said:So you had them when they were *really* bad.
Oh, wait...
I feel a thread coming up where I compare Theresa May at PMQs as the Windows operating system to the Apple OS that is David Cameron
May is popular and understood by everyone, but Cameron was just for the elite?
May can handle all sorts of situations, but Cameron just his own limited apps friends?
May delivers more for less, and Cameron was over-priced?
Yes, that could work.
It is also deservedly prestigious as it sets the agenda.0 -
Is it nitrous oxide?FrancisUrquhart said:Car packed with gas cylinders found near Notre Dame in Paris
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/07/car-packed-with-gas-cylinders-found-near-notre-dame-in-paris
Day release from the nut house?0 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Yt30wrbl4TheScreamingEagles said:I feel a thread coming up where I compare Theresa May at PMQs as the Windows operating system to the Apple OS that is David Cameron
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If May is Windows and Cameron is MacOS. What's Corbyn?0
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MS-DOS?RobD said:If May is Windows and Cameron is MacOS. What's Corbyn?
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TheScreamingEagles said:
Apple never lets you down nor does it crash and bring the whole system down.MarkHopkins said:TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed.Scott_P said:
As we discussed the other day, when an Apple machine gets stuck in an endless update, fail reboot cycle it's a total nightmare.JosiasJessop said:So you had them when they were *really* bad.
Oh, wait...
I feel a thread coming up where I compare Theresa May at PMQs as the Windows operating system to the Apple OS that is David Cameron
May is popular and understood by everyone, but Cameron was just for the elite?
May can handle all sorts of situations, but Cameron just his own limited apps friends?
May delivers more for less, and Cameron was over-priced?
Yes, that could work.
It is also deservedly prestigious as it sets the agenda.
Apple copied a lot of ideas from other people (MP3 players, the OS graphical interface), but I agree they commercialise them first the best.
As to not crashing, the benefits they get are at the cost of reducing the various hardware you can run on, the software you can use, and the options and functionality you can enjoy.
Personally, I can handle the power and don't need to be in the Apple Kindergarten.
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We can close the grammar schools at the same time as all fee paying schools are closed. Deal?TheScreamingEagles said:
Competence, lack thereof.SimonStClare said:
Are they not all earning 3x the average wage? – What criteria are you setting?TheScreamingEagles said:What better proof do you want that grammar schools don't work?
ttps://twitter.com/WikiGuido/status/773520581056720896
People who attend Grammar schools are clearly overrated and have an unfair advantage in the job market over those who attended Secondary moderns and comprehensives.0 -
Ooh
PPP
Clinton up 57/31 with voters under 45 in FL, 50/41 with voters under 65. But Trump's up 59/39 with seniors: https://t.co/EsOu2iNsOR0 -
An abacus.RobD said:If May is Windows and Cameron is MacOS. What's Corbyn?
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Or, we could just improve the Secondary moderns and Comprehensives. Just a thought...MaxPB said:
We can close the grammar schools at the same time as all fee paying schools are closed. Deal?TheScreamingEagles said:
Competence, lack thereof.SimonStClare said:
Are they not all earning 3x the average wage? – What criteria are you setting?TheScreamingEagles said:What better proof do you want that grammar schools don't work?
ttps://twitter.com/WikiGuido/status/773520581056720896
People who attend Grammar schools are clearly overrated and have an unfair advantage in the job market over those who attended Secondary moderns and comprehensives.0 -
A better comparison would be mobile phones:-TheScreamingEagles said:
MS-DOS?RobD said:If May is Windows and Cameron is MacOS. What's Corbyn?
May would be iOS Cameron - Android, Corbyn Windows phone or possibly Symbian....0 -
Maybe a ZX Spectrum, whatever the operating system on that was 0
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Agree with the first and last. As for the middle, surely you mean the Apple that fell on Newton's head, giving him the inspiration to uncover the secrets of gravitation? (*)TheScreamingEagles said:
I am, the highest compliments I can give him is to compare him to Caesar, or Apple, or 2 Unlimited.JosiasJessop said:
I thought you were a Cameron fan?TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed.Scott_P said:
As we discussed the other day, when an Apple machine gets stuck in an endless update, fail reboot cycle it's a total nightmare.JosiasJessop said:So you had them when they were *really* bad.
Oh, wait...
I feel a thread coming up where I compare Theresa May at PMQs as the Windows operating system to the Apple OS that is David Cameron
You can's possibly mean the elitist, cultist Apple that forces you to work the way *they* want you to, and charge you through the nose to do so. For none of that, especially elitist, could ever apply to Dave.
(*) Yes, I know it didn't happen like that.0 -
Nah, fee paying schools save the country lots of money in not educating those kids through the state education service, allowing more funds to spent on those that need it.MaxPB said:
We can close the grammar schools at the same time as all fee paying schools are closed. Deal?TheScreamingEagles said:
Competence, lack thereof.SimonStClare said:
Are they not all earning 3x the average wage? – What criteria are you setting?TheScreamingEagles said:What better proof do you want that grammar schools don't work?
ttps://twitter.com/WikiGuido/status/773520581056720896
People who attend Grammar schools are clearly overrated and have an unfair advantage in the job market over those who attended Secondary moderns and comprehensives.0 -
That's fine as well, what bothers me is public school educated twats who want to pull the ladder up because they can't stand the competition.SimonStClare said:
Or, we could just improve the Secondary moderns and Comprehensives. Just a thought...MaxPB said:
We can close the grammar schools at the same time as all fee paying schools are closed. Deal?TheScreamingEagles said:
Competence, lack thereof.SimonStClare said:
Are they not all earning 3x the average wage? – What criteria are you setting?TheScreamingEagles said:What better proof do you want that grammar schools don't work?
ttps://twitter.com/WikiGuido/status/773520581056720896
People who attend Grammar schools are clearly overrated and have an unfair advantage in the job market over those who attended Secondary moderns and comprehensives.0 -
A good joke circa 2001 perhaps, but rather dated in 2016 now that Windows is better performing, still highly popular, and has fewer serious vulnerabilities than OS X.TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed.Scott_P said:
As we discussed the other day, when an Apple machine gets stuck in an endless update, fail reboot cycle it's a total nightmare.JosiasJessop said:So you had them when they were *really* bad.
Oh, wait...
I feel a thread coming up where I compare Theresa May at PMQs as the Windows operating system to the Apple OS that is David Cameron0 -
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I had far too much fun with my ZX81 and my 128k plus 3, it is a scandal to compare them to Corbyn.RobD said:Maybe a ZX Spectrum, whatever the operating system on that was
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BBC AcornRobD said:If May is Windows and Cameron is MacOS. What's Corbyn?
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Good afternoon, everyone.
Nothing wrong with an abacus.0 -
It's not about pulling the ladder, it is all about damaging those children outside of the grammar school system.MaxPB said:
That's fine as well, what bothers me is public school educated twats who want to pull the ladder up because they can't stand the competition.SimonStClare said:
Or, we could just improve the Secondary moderns and Comprehensives. Just a thought...MaxPB said:
We can close the grammar schools at the same time as all fee paying schools are closed. Deal?TheScreamingEagles said:
Competence, lack thereof.SimonStClare said:
Are they not all earning 3x the average wage? – What criteria are you setting?TheScreamingEagles said:What better proof do you want that grammar schools don't work?
ttps://twitter.com/WikiGuido/status/773520581056720896
People who attend Grammar schools are clearly overrated and have an unfair advantage in the job market over those who attended Secondary moderns and comprehensives.
Look at what Sir Michael Wilshaw has said just this week. (I know he's an expert, but just look at the stats)
Look at the evidence Michael Gove saw, he was right, we need to improve the standards across all schools, not just a few.
Mrs Thatcher as Education Secretary abolished/merged more grammars than anyone else, and never reintroduced any as she saw the evidence.0 -
Would Working Class Northerners send their kids to public schools?TheScreamingEagles said:
Nah, fee paying schools save the country lots of money in not educating those kids through the state education service, allowing more funds to spent on those that need it.MaxPB said:
We can close the grammar schools at the same time as all fee paying schools are closed. Deal?TheScreamingEagles said:
Competence, lack thereof.SimonStClare said:
Are they not all earning 3x the average wage? – What criteria are you setting?TheScreamingEagles said:What better proof do you want that grammar schools don't work?
ttps://twitter.com/WikiGuido/status/773520581056720896
People who attend Grammar schools are clearly overrated and have an unfair advantage in the job market over those who attended Secondary moderns and comprehensives.0 -
As I said, we can close the grammars when we close the fee paying schools. I'm happy with that stalemate.TheScreamingEagles said:
It's not about pulling the ladder, it is all about damaging those children outside of the grammar school system.MaxPB said:
That's fine as well, what bothers me is public school educated twats who want to pull the ladder up because they can't stand the competition.SimonStClare said:
Or, we could just improve the Secondary moderns and Comprehensives. Just a thought...MaxPB said:
We can close the grammar schools at the same time as all fee paying schools are closed. Deal?TheScreamingEagles said:
Competence, lack thereof.SimonStClare said:
Are they not all earning 3x the average wage? – What criteria are you setting?TheScreamingEagles said:What better proof do you want that grammar schools don't work?
ttps://twitter.com/WikiGuido/status/773520581056720896
People who attend Grammar schools are clearly overrated and have an unfair advantage in the job market over those who attended Secondary moderns and comprehensives.
Look at what Sir Michael Wilshaw has said just this week. (I know he's an expert, but just look at the stats)
Look at the evidence Michael Gove saw, he was right, we need to improve the standards across all schools, not just a few.
Mrs Thatcher as Education Secretary abolished/merged more grammars than anyone else, and never reintroduced any as she saw the evidence.0 -
Corbyn is very clearly the Oric-1TheScreamingEagles said:
I had far too much fun with my ZX81 and my 128k plus 3, it is a scandal to compare them to Corbyn.RobD said:Maybe a ZX Spectrum, whatever the operating system on that was
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People from my sort of background needed Grammar schools to compete with children from privileged homes like Shirley Williams and Anthony Wedgwood Benn.TheScreamingEagles said:
Mrs Thatcher as Education Secretary abolished/merged more grammars than anyone else, and never reintroduced any as she saw the evidence.
- M. H. Thatcher, speech to the Conservative Party Conference 1977.
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Not close them, just make sure we don't open any more grammar schools.MaxPB said:
As I said, we can close the grammars when we close the fee paying schools. I'm happy with that stalemate.TheScreamingEagles said:
It's not about pulling the ladder, it is all about damaging those children outside of the grammar school system.MaxPB said:
That's fine as well, what bothers me is public school educated twats who want to pull the ladder up because they can't stand the competition.SimonStClare said:
Or, we could just improve the Secondary moderns and Comprehensives. Just a thought...MaxPB said:
We can close the grammar schools at the same time as all fee paying schools are closed. Deal?TheScreamingEagles said:
Competence, lack thereof.SimonStClare said:
Are they not all earning 3x the average wage? – What criteria are you setting?TheScreamingEagles said:What better proof do you want that grammar schools don't work?
ttps://twitter.com/WikiGuido/status/773520581056720896
People who attend Grammar schools are clearly overrated and have an unfair advantage in the job market over those who attended Secondary moderns and comprehensives.
Look at what Sir Michael Wilshaw has said just this week. (I know he's an expert, but just look at the stats)
Look at the evidence Michael Gove saw, he was right, we need to improve the standards across all schools, not just a few.
Mrs Thatcher as Education Secretary abolished/merged more grammars than anyone else, and never reintroduced any as she saw the evidence.0 -
How many grammar schools did she open as PM, and how many did she close/merge as Education Secretary?Sunil_Prasannan said:
People from my sort of background needed Grammar schools to compete with children from privileged homes like Shirley Williams and Anthony Wedgwood Benn.TheScreamingEagles said:
Mrs Thatcher as Education Secretary abolished/merged more grammars than anyone else, and never reintroduced any as she saw the evidence.
- M. H. Thatcher, speech to the Conservative Party Conference 1977.0 -
Have you ever tried to play candy-crush on an abacus…?Morris_Dancer said:Good afternoon, everyone.
Nothing wrong with an abacus.0 -
Grammar schools are free at the point of use, so working class kids can attend them.TheScreamingEagles said:
Not close them, just make sure we don't open any more grammar schools.MaxPB said:
As I said, we can close the grammars when we close the fee paying schools. I'm happy with that stalemate.TheScreamingEagles said:
It's not about pulling the ladder, it is all about damaging those children outside of the grammar school system.MaxPB said:
That's fine as well, what bothers me is public school educated twats who want to pull the ladder up because they can't stand the competition.SimonStClare said:
Or, we could just improve the Secondary moderns and Comprehensives. Just a thought...MaxPB said:
We can close the grammar schools at the same time as all fee paying schools are closed. Deal?TheScreamingEagles said:
Competence, lack thereof.SimonStClare said:
Are they not all earning 3x the average wage? – What criteria are you setting?TheScreamingEagles said:What better proof do you want that grammar schools don't work?
ttps://twitter.com/WikiGuido/status/773520581056720896
People who attend Grammar schools are clearly overrated and have an unfair advantage in the job market over those who attended Secondary moderns and comprehensives.
Look at what Sir Michael Wilshaw has said just this week. (I know he's an expert, but just look at the stats)
Look at the evidence Michael Gove saw, he was right, we need to improve the standards across all schools, not just a few.
Mrs Thatcher as Education Secretary abolished/merged more grammars than anyone else, and never reintroduced any as she saw the evidence.0 -
No Windows Phone and Symbian were fairly competent and Symbian was very successful at one time. Corbyn would be some half-baked OS like BB10, with the cultists insisting that everyone can see how brilliant it is and that overwhelming success is just around the corner.eek said:
A better comparison would be mobile phones:-TheScreamingEagles said:
MS-DOS?RobD said:If May is Windows and Cameron is MacOS. What's Corbyn?
May would be iOS Cameron - Android, Corbyn Windows phone or possibly Symbian....0 -
Corbyn is like a Windows Millenium Edition that you can't uninstall.0
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Oi! I resemble that remark!Sunil_Prasannan said:
BBC AcornRobD said:If May is Windows and Cameron is MacOS. What's Corbyn?
Acorn OS and the later Risc OS were superb for the time.
If Corbyn was any Acorn OS, he was Arthur OS ...
http://www.mjpye.org.uk/images/screens/arthur2.gif
And yes, those colours were the real ones.0 -
Yeah, I'm writing a thread about how current politicians are like computer operating systems.
Corbyn = AMSTRAD, an annoying bearded git from the 80s.0 -
Can't believe none of the Apple haters have compared Corbyn to NeXT yet...0
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@iainmartin1: Hitler is on Sky News again, talking about Ken Livingstone0
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The problem with grammars is not the grammars themselves, but the secondary moderns we end up with around them.MaxPB said:
As I said, we can close the grammars when we close the fee paying schools. I'm happy with that stalemate.TheScreamingEagles said:
It's not about pulling the ladder, it is all about damaging those children outside of the grammar school system.MaxPB said:
That's fine as well, what bothers me is public school educated twats who want to pull the ladder up because they can't stand the competition.SimonStClare said:
Or, we could just improve the Secondary moderns and Comprehensives. Just a thought...MaxPB said:
We can close the grammar schools at the same time as all fee paying schools are closed. Deal?TheScreamingEagles said:
Competence, lack thereof.SimonStClare said:
Are they not all earning 3x the average wage? – What criteria are you setting?TheScreamingEagles said:What better proof do you want that grammar schools don't work?
ttps://twitter.com/WikiGuido/status/773520581056720896
People who attend Grammar schools are clearly overrated and have an unfair advantage in the job market over those who attended Secondary moderns and comprehensives.
Look at what Sir Michael Wilshaw has said just this week. (I know he's an expert, but just look at the stats)
Look at the evidence Michael Gove saw, he was right, we need to improve the standards across all schools, not just a few.
Mrs Thatcher as Education Secretary abolished/merged more grammars than anyone else, and never reintroduced any as she saw the evidence.
And - as a country - we have a bigger problem with the educational standards of the next 75% than the top 25%.0 -
@MattChorley: Asked a colleague how #PMQs went: "Corbyn was less shit than normal without being anywhere near good"0
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The race is really closing up.PlatoSaid said:Ooh
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Clinton up 57/31 with voters under 45 in FL, 50/41 with voters under 65. But Trump's up 59/39 with seniors: https://t.co/EsOu2iNsOR0 -
@JamesLiamCook: Sky News goes from Ken Livingstone ranting about Jews and Hitler to a segment about people having sex with robots.0
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WTF:
"Shopper arrested for punching newborn baby after 'mistaking her for toy doll'"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/07/shopper-arrested-for-punching-newborn-baby-after-mistaking-her-f/0 -
It's just a game for these news hosts.
"Just before you go, Ken, any update on the Third Reich?"0 -
F1: my Mexican ninja-spies have reported Carlos Slim is going to buy Force India.
If true, that has implications almost as dramatic as the consequences of the chapter I'm writing now.0 -
Why is Ken so obsessed with Hitler, and how on earth did he ever get voted in for mayor of London ?0
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Alan Sugar?TheScreamingEagles said:Yeah, I'm writing a thread about how current politicians are like computer operating systems.
Corbyn = AMSTRAD, an annoying bearded git from the 80s.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01417/sugar3_1417899i.jpg0 -
It doesn't work as a comparison. NeXT wasn't bad. It was just too expensive and elitist. Two things Corbyn could never be accused of being....Scott_P said:Can't believe none of the Apple haters have compared Corbyn to NeXT yet...
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Corbyn is a Sinclair QL. No arguments please.0
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Mr. StClare, the inability for Candy Crush to be played on an abacus is a point in favour of the abacus.0
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I'm off to the cricket, if anyone would like to send me a guest thread for the morning, I'd appreciate it.0
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Sarcasm?JosiasJessop said:too expensive and elitist. Two things Corbyn could never be accused of being....
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Surely a mainframe operating system? Inflexible, horribly expensive and hard to use.RobD said:If May is Windows and Cameron is MacOS. What's Corbyn?
- I just had a Proustian moment about George, the OS for an ICL machine that I was slightly acquainted with. The main thing I recall was the ridiculously long command names.
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Corbyn = Windows 10
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Speaking of consoles, the PS4 Neo is likely to be announced tonight. So, if you've been considering getting a PS4, hold off a while (even if you go for a slim, the Neo's release will see the peasant edition of the console come down in price).0
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Mr Dancer,Morris_Dancer said:Mr. StClare, the inability for Candy Crush to be played on an abacus is a point in favour of the abacus.
Doesn't an abacus usually have coloured blobs that you can move around?
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I see two of our most respected correspondents have this afternoon touted Dan Jarvis as a Labour leader in the early twenties, and one that would be successful in reviving his party's fortunes. What I don't understand is why they should think that. To be sure he seems a nice chap, understands leadership and has a very good back-story, but what are his politics? Where is the evidence for political acumen, the ability to formulate and deliver policies that non-labour people find attractive. I think he gave a speech a couple of months back that was reported in the papers but other than that he has been invisible.
He reminds me of Rory Stewart another new politician with a good back-story and on whom such high hopes were once pinned. Stewart seems to have sunk without trace too.
A good story to tell about your past and a eing a blank sheet of paper on which everyone can project their own wishes is not sufficient.0 -
You didn't own an emailer phone????SimonStClare said:
Alan Sugar?TheScreamingEagles said:Yeah, I'm writing a thread about how current politicians are like computer operating systems.
Corbyn = AMSTRAD, an annoying bearded git from the 80s.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01417/sugar3_1417899i.jpg
http://www.amstrad.com/products/emailers/
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No. Amstrad computers actually sold in reasonable numbers.TheScreamingEagles said:Yeah, I'm writing a thread about how current politicians are like computer operating systems.
Corbyn = AMSTRAD, an annoying bearded git from the 80s.0 -
One that was on display in WH Smiths for years, someone's swapped the keys around, and jammed gum into the Microdrive. Then, one day, against all expectation, it has been sold to some punter, and suddenly it's required to work properly.John_M said:Corbyn is a Sinclair QL. No arguments please.
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Nate has Clinton winning FloridaDanSmith said:
The race is really closing up.PlatoSaid said:Ooh
PPP
Clinton up 57/31 with voters under 45 in FL, 50/41 with voters under 65. But Trump's up 59/39 with seniors: https://t.co/EsOu2iNsOR
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/florida/0 -
Corbyn doesn't believe in operating systems. Certainly not one created by a US Corporation. If you had to push it, he would be Red Hat.0
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What websites does Ken suggest I visit to find out that Hitler was a Zionist. Every time I google 'Zionist' and 'Hitler' it doesn't end well0
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I see Carney has taken credit for the economy not falling off a cliff. Twat.0
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If Cameron is an OS he would have to be something that crashes unexpectedly, wiping out all the work that went before.
So he is probably an early edition of Windows, an inferior rip off of MacOS (Blair).
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"I took London's Red Ken and I brought him down to our level. It wasn't hard. You see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push!"TheScreamingEagles said:
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Lib Dems - what's the point? Seriously.AlastairMeeks said:0 -
The May-gasm still hasn't diminished!TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
What is pushing "Other" to 11% ?
SNP/PC can't go any higher than 5% I think.
Greens on 7 ?0 -
If the LDs can't make progress now. They never will.0
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If nothing else, they add a bit of colour to bar charts…Jonathan said:
Lib Dems - what's the point? Seriously.AlastairMeeks said:ttps://twitter.com/YouGov/status/773536902414827520
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NYT OTD
The front page #OTD in 1991. Soviet Union recognizes the independence of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. #nytimes https://t.co/PF4NCoyYmE0 -
@britainelects: Westminster voting intention:
CON: 40% (+2)
LAB: 29% (-1)
UKIP: 13% (-1)
LDEM: 7% (-)
GRN: 3% (-1)
(via YouGov / 04 - 05 Sep)0 -
Steven Winstone
#PMQs "I've received an email from a washing machine salesman called Jim. He's worried about Romanian sex workers.." https://t.co/wnPNiVAZlN0 -
SNP/PC on 7, Greens on 3Pulpstar said:What is pushing "Other" to 11% ?
SNP/PC can't go any higher than 5% I think.
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Like an old mainframe Corybn also requires a room full of acolytes to brink him to life.FF43 said:
Surely a mainframe operating system? Inflexible, horribly expensive and hard to use.RobD said:If May is Windows and Cameron is MacOS. What's Corbyn?
- I just had a Proustian moment about George, the OS for an ICL machine that I was slightly acquainted with. The main thing I recall was the ridiculously long command names.
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If before the next general election the only credible alternative to Corbyn as lead is McDonnell. If after a Corbyn and McDonnell defeat at the next general election and the 35 MP nomination threshold holds then Jarvis or Umunna are the best candidates to win the 2025 general election. If a Corbynista wins the membership again in 2020 and Lewis and Nunn are both Corbynistas, then Labour will most likely split anyway, with the moderate wing forming a new party with maybe the LDs and perhaps even a few Remain backing Tories0
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Remain true believers and Single Market fundamentalistsJonathan said:
Lib Dems - what's the point? Seriously.AlastairMeeks said:0 -
Now there's a challenge.......TheScreamingEagles said:I'm off to the cricket, if anyone would like to send me a guest thread for the morning, I'd appreciate it.
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There's only one man left who understands how he works and getting him down from Liverpool would cost a king's ransom.glw said:
Like an old mainframe Corybn also requires a room full of acolytes to brink him to life.FF43 said:
Surely a mainframe operating system? Inflexible, horribly expensive and hard to use.RobD said:If May is Windows and Cameron is MacOS. What's Corbyn?
- I just had a Proustian moment about George, the OS for an ICL machine that I was slightly acquainted with. The main thing I recall was the ridiculously long command names.0 -
@britainelects: On how well Theresa May is doing as Prime Minister:
Well: 48%
Badly: 17%
NET: +31
(via YouGov)
@britainelects: On how well Jeremy Corbyn is doing as Labour leader:
Well: 21%
Badly: 61%
NET: -40
(via YouGov)
Only 71 points...0
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