(...continued) "You've got to understand the one core value that they hold above all others is hatred for what they consider weakness because that's what they believe strength is, hatr… (View Post)

I have to say that the first chapter of Going Postal, which for those not familiar with the book is about a confidence trickster in a condemned cell awaiting execution, is one of the finest pieces of… (View Post)

Or we could just give everybody else a yellow star. (View Post)

I can never get over how Norman Smith is "assistant" political editor when Laura K is Political Editor. He is usually clam, measured, and fairly analytical in what he reports, as opposed to… (View Post)

Must have been round about then I went on a programming course from school at Loughborough University. English Electric KDF9. A whole 4K of core memory (128 bit words, though). Later, at Liverpool Un… (View Post)