It's been argued by somebody who knows more military history than I do (https://acoup.blog/2020/03/20/collections-why-dont-we-use-chemical-weapons-anymore/ ) that the main reason that there's a fairl… (View Post)

Perhaps we could look at the possibilities of relocating the surplus old people from the latter to the former, then? :-) (View Post)

Most local libraries have an OED subscription which will let you access the online OED from anywhere by just putting your library card number in on the website. So if you often find you want to look … (View Post)

Yeah, add me to the list of people who think the number one cause of the defeat was the economy, and being better on all these other positions would not likely have moved the needle enough to pull ou… (View Post)

Mmm, but that was partly because computers back in the day were a lot more expensive. The original ZX Spectrum -- notoriously designed to hit the lowest feasible price point -- was 125 quid in 1982, … (View Post)