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The best novel about gambling since Dostoevsky
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22 apr 14 |
"These boys are showing me that the truly confident have no need to belittle anyone"
http://www.amazon.com/For-Richer-Poorer-Affair-Poker/dp/1847672914
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It's not just me who finds Git obtuse
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13 apr 14 |
http://git-man-page-generator.lokaltog.net
Where I work now, we're using Mercurial. I call it "Git for dummies" because I can actually use it.
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You can't make it up LVI - the best parody of climate fearmongering ever
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12 apr 14 |
http://climatenuremberg.com
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You can't make it up LV - Joanne Nova summarizes the corruption of science
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10 apr 14 |
"The climate is not “values laden”. The rain falls or it doesn’t, there is no parallel reality where it is raining on free marketeers but not raining on socialists. It’s not about whether the rain has the right to fall, or whether we should be pro-choice about rainfall. With atmospheric physics there is an answer. If climate science cannot be resolved by observations, th
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You can't make it up LIV - the BBC is criticized for giving too much credit to scientific skepticism
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02 apr 14 |
This is an example of a tried and tested political technique - in a dispute, attack a party which is on your side, which makes moderate concessions to the other side, giving the impression it is biased in the other side's favor, thus narrowing the range of debate to you and your allies. The BBC occasionally gives a voice to skeptics on the issue of the allegedly disastrous consequences of man-made
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You can't make it up LIII - the Guardian deletes another skeptical comment about global warming
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31 mar 14 |
I wrote: "As the greatest hoax in history collapses, its hacks get more hysterical. This article is a great read. One day, its author will surely claim it was always intended to be a parody." - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/31/climate-change-threat-food-security-humankind#show-all
They also deleted a comment about the above comment: "My previous comment was deleted, with all the
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You can't make it up LII - the Institute of Physics condemns "climate change" theory
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21 mar 14 |
http://www.climategate.com/the-institute-of-physics-condemns-junk-climate-science ... how long before the Royal Society, the AAAS and the American Physical Society catch up? http://www.thegwpf.org/hal-lewis-my-resignation-from-the-american-physical-society
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The Guardian chickens out
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17 mar 14 |
Read this article about multiculturalism: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/16/passive-tolerance-beacon-hope-diverse-communities. Then read the comments. Then this:
"Hi all, Comments on this thread are closing shortly for the night. Thanks for your contributions."
The Guardian bit off more than it can chew.
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You can't make it up LI - sometimes climate change is good, and sometimes it isn't
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11 mar 14 |
According to the authoritative New Zealand website, "horsetalk.co.nz", 800 years ago, a warming climate helped Mongolia. Fortunately (for the Mongols), it was accompanied by increased rainfall. Today, however, it is accompanied by drought. No danger of Mongol invasions now. http://horsetalk.co.nz/2014/03/11/climate-fueled-rise-horse-numbers-crucial-great-empire-study
Talking of Mongolia, one thing
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You can't make it up L - just because global warming stopped doesn't mean it's not happening
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27 feb 14 |
This article is surely a spoof. Note a couple of clues: it describes the fact that global temperature hasn't risen for 17 years as a "slowdown" rather than a "halt". It refers to the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society as authorities, when the motto of the latter defines it as the negation of argument from authority - "Nullius in verba". Finally, the arbitrariness of the time periods
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Correction - the Daily Mail, not the Guardian, has conquered America
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27 feb 14 |
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"Frank's good, but Beefheart's the real thing"
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25 feb 14 |
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A serious commentary on the current situation in the Ukraine
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25 feb 14 |
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The Stones, Hyde Park, 1969
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22 feb 14 |
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You can't make it up XXXXIX - acidification moves seawater toward neutral pH
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18 feb 14 |
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You can't make it up XXXXVIII - current UK floods are unprecedented: apart from 1362, 1607, and 1953
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14 feb 14 |
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Facebook restricts users' gender to a mere 50 values
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14 feb 14 |
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Dead giraffes, Dawkins and Darwin
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13 feb 14 |
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This wouldn't happen in America
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10 feb 14 |
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You can't make it up XXXXVII - global warming allegedly one of the causes of war in Syria
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04 feb 14 |
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The dangerous life of American football players
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03 feb 14 |
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Is this another great country or WHAT??!!?
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31 jan 14 |
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Is this a great country or WHAT??!!?
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28 jan 14 |
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Is nature trying to tell us something?
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26 jan 14 |
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You can't make it up XXXXVI - worldwide cold caused by global warming
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08 jan 14 |
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Silverlight for Linux
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08 jan 14 |
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Don't use agoda.com - they won't accept a complaint about a locked emergency exit at a hotel
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03 jan 14 |
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You can't make it up XXXXV - the "Clitanic" disaster
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28 dec 13 |
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What to do when Git decapitates you
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28 dec 13 |
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More revisionism from Bletchley Park
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26 dec 13 |
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Gradually Getting Git
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25 dec 13 |
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You can't make it up XXXXIV - global warming skeptics banned
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19 dec 13 |
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You can't make it up XXXXIII - weather isn't climate, except when it is
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04 dec 13 |
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You can't make it up XXXXII - Greenpeace activists compared to Warsaw Ghetto insurgents of 1943
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24 nov 13 |
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More early Soft Machine
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17 nov 13 |
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A gift to Pearl Harbor conspiracy theorists
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13 nov 13 |
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You can't make it up XXXXI - Philippines typhoon deaths blamed on - guess what?
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09 nov 13 |
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A final farewell to Microsoft
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02 nov 13 |
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You can't make it up XXXX - trust in science correlated with political opinion
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17 oct 13 |
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The Bonzos - look out there's a monster coming
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15 oct 13 |
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You can't make it up XXXIX - Fox News defends the scientific method
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01 oct 13 |
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How close America has come to nuclear disaster
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21 sep 13 |
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You can't make it up XXXVIIII - global warming scaremongers right even if they're wrong
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18 sep 13 |
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Did Britain really invent EVERY sport?
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07 sep 13 |
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You can't make it up XXXVIII - deadly cold snap in Peru symptom of global warming...
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05 sep 13 |
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You can't make it up XXXVII - the analogy between drug and climate hysteria
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25 aug 13 |
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How to install Rails 4 on a Celeron 4GB netbook
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21 aug 13 |
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Romanian princess charged in Central Oregon cockfighting racket
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17 aug 13 |
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Correction to "When Git lies to you"
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11 aug 13 |
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Soft Machine Live 1970 - complete concert
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29 jul 13 |
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You can't make it up XXXVI - a prediction so alarmist even climatologists hesitate to endorse it
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25 jul 13 |
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You can't make it up XXXV - climate scientists predict the past
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23 jul 13 |
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A surprisingly coherent criticism of Edward Snowden from a 'terrorism analyst'
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21 jul 13 |
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You can't make it up XXXIV - we are going to die of NOT ENOUGH CO2
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03 jul 13 |
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Ruby Two's Day
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27 jun 13 |
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The Guardian conquers America
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24 jun 13 |
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Comment in Guardian deleted
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28 may 13 |
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You can't make it up XXXIII - BBC admits there has been no warming for 15 years
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21 may 13 |
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I saw the 17-year cicadas in New York in 1996 - now they're back
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20 may 13 |
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Obama agrees - 97% of climate scientists believe in global warming
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18 may 13 |
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You can't make it up XXXII - science is a democracy after all
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17 may 13 |
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Once bitten, twice shy
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13 may 13 |
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The Guardian contradicts my article about bike riding in Cornwall
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07 may 13 |
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Why it's not always worth helping Google correct their bike map of the USA
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04 may 13 |
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Scientists say they didn't mention the Higgs particle, because its existence was 'obvious'
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28 apr 13 |
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"Calling out" - Obama supporters use Maoist techniques to stifle debate
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26 apr 13 |
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Darwin strikes again - this time in Wales
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23 apr 13 |
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You can't make it up XXXI - sing for the climate
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19 apr 13 |
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You can't make it up XXX - another hockey stick bites the dust
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06 apr 13 |
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You can't make it up XXIX - cold weather linked to... guess what?
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25 mar 13 |
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Finally, a social media site I can see the point of
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24 mar 13 |
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You can't make it up XXVIII - campaign to reinstate 'debate' about climate change in schools
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20 mar 13 |
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You can't make it up XXVII - an article about hunting in the Guardian
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20 mar 13 |
