xeger @126:
I live in Manchester, which is where Turing was "halted forever". To my knowledge, there are only three memorials to Turing in the whole city: Alan Turing Way, which links the city centre to City of Manchester Stadium, where the Commonwealth Games were staged in 2002; a bridge which carries that road; a 3/4 size bronze statue sat in a park between the university and our Gay Village.
The statue has it's nails done, typically in red, every year during Manchester Pride, but it's not really enough in my opinion. Take a peek if you're in Manchester.
Speaking as a Brit who's never watched a US election before - how significant is it that none of the major broadcasters is willing to call four of the six states which closed polls at 7pm Eastern? How many of them would be called in a typical election?
Thank'ee, sire.
(and that's ten syllables. Phew.)
Apostrophe in Starbucks? Woebetide,
There should be, but there's not.
Where did the money for the Palin spending spree come from? Donations from the Republican Party, or federal funding?
Rule Britannia. 8)
Re: A Plague On Both Your Houses.org.uk
Back in 1997, while I didn't vote for them, I cheered as loudly as anyone when New Labour under Tony Blair got into office. At that point the Conservative Party was unelectable and had lost the trust of the nation. It was true, even then, that many of the changes in the Labour Party made their policies much more like the Conservatives, but there was still a core of big-statism and social safety-net thinking that made me confident that things would improve.
And they did. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Britain in 2000 was a better place to live than it was in 1996. I was there, I remember.
But then all hell broke loose. Blair became Dubya's poodle and sent Our Brave Boys(tm) in alongside US troops. At which point people from all political walks of life started ignoring the positive changes that had occurred in the previous few years and started putting the boot into Blair. And again I was cheering, not because I am a flip-flopper, but because the government was wrong and needed to hear that it was wrong.
The world seems to think that America should vote for Obama. I'm inclined to agree, and I don't belong to either tribe in the argument. Of course he's wrong about some stuff. But if he's broadly right, which seems to be the opinion of the majority of the commenters above and elsewhere on the site, then vote him in and then agitate about the details afterwards.
How about "ricktroll", lower case? Marries the two concepts neatly enough.
So if - as this Twitter site suggests - everyone and their dog is laughing at Palin and McCain, given that both the BBC and CNN agree that it was Republican congresspersons who shot the bailout package down, and that no-one including those Republicans is paying the slighest attention to Dubya now...
...why isn't Obama galloping away to certain victory? Or is this site suggesting that he is, and I'm misinterpreting it?
Arachne @72:
Only if Jesse "The Body" Ventura is special guestrefereechairperson and there's no outside interference from Obama or the Clinton Foundation.
#119 Bruce Arthurs:
I keep on expecting her to invade Cuba. It's not rational and I'm sure it's completely indefensible, but Palin reminds me of Margaret Thatcher.
Chris #27:
Well, horses do have this inconvenient habit of accidentally killing people. Whereas anyone killed with a water cannon will die safe in the knowledge that somebody actually meant it.
#14 Jorg
If it's not bad form for me to chip in, it's a reference to Hooverville, the various shanty towns built by the homeless in the years of the Great Depression. These days, of course, I imagine they would be cleared with water cannon.
Don't you think he looks tired?
I'm going to go home now, and feed the cats, and build Magic decks with the assistance of industrial strength coffee. Then I'm going to talk to people online and relax. Tiny miracles.
It's not really parental, but:
Say what you mean. Bear witness. Iterate.
Only one, from my uncle Peter.
Never stop asking questions.
Considering he actually turned out to be my greatuncle Peter, I suspect there was some premeditation involved, but it's good advice anyway.
Three Doctors, hiding in the john
From twisted Harkness' tricks
Are proving you can get to Ten
If you add Four and Six
An’ it’s who’ll slash ye this time
Who’ll slash ye noo?
The lass who slashed ye last, lad,
She no will slash ye noo.
| Year | Number of comments posted |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2008 | 17 |
Total: 18 comments. View all these comments on a single page.
The most recent 20 comments posted to Making Light by Shinydan Howells:
Show all comments by Shinydan Howells.