I think it has already happened, but we are only now getting the radio signals from the entry. (View Post)

Even Tony Blair didn't win all his elections: he was the Labour candidate in the Beconsfield by-election in 1982. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Beaconsfield_by-election (View Post)

Unfortunately most pupils tune out the "don't try this at home" part of any anecdote like that, so I can't risk it. (View Post)

A different colleague, a few years earlier, had for complex reasons spent time in the ex-Soviet Union trying to persuade their nuclear scientists to come and work in the west rather than Iran or Nort… (View Post)

If you want stunningly good practical effects zero and micro gravity, 2001 is hard to beat. Particularly awesome as it was made before the actual moon landings. (View Post)