Yep - that's what I got. (I.e. a side of 987 meters, and therefore a radius of half that) (View Post)

Actually, I think it's smaller than that, if my maths are correct. (8 billion people) * (62 kg/person) / (985 kg / m3) = 504 million cubic meters of human goo. The volume of a sphere with diamet… (View Post)

The UK government's Comprehensive Spending Review was announced in October 2010, and involved a 20% real-terms cut in central government funding for police forces over four years, from March 201… (View Post)

Dude: I am sympathetic to your concerns. Indeed, I probably largely agree with you about what needs to be done. But that isn't why we had cuts to the criminal justice system. The coalition gover… (View Post)

Indeed: it's hard to think of any area which has a more negative impact on civil society than the persistent underfunding of criminal justice. What's worse is that when you need to turn it … (View Post)