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2,427karma·3,106submissions·February 19, 2008
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'Yet, what is popular has for the most part always been mediocre or subpar.'. What, on your say? You might want to take a look at 'The Culture of the Europeans' by Donald Sassoon t…
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You're joking I suppose but there is plenty of doubt that there were such people. Zero evidence I would say.
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Perhaps Reddit would be a better venue for you to get this sneering unsupported diatribe off your chest. Says much more about you than the Mail.
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Is HN the place for this kind of witless snobby sneering unsupported diatribe?
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Are nuts (about 40% protein) expensive? Compared to what? I don't know about prices in the US but in Europe I would say they're a cheaper source of protein than meat (turkey breast around 30…
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Natural resources? As in Japan, Switzerland, Iceland, Britain, Hong Kong, Singapore? Have you ever read 'The Wealth of Nations' by Adam Smith. Seems not.
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As someone said, 'bin Laden has won'.
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It's not really a counter example. The Eurocrats would love the peoples of Europe to be citizens of a united states of Europe (polls suggest people are not so inclined). The Schengen agreement is…
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"Thankfully the UK will stop sending foreign aid to India in 2015". You seem to have a problem with this simple wish but perhaps you can explain what it is? Do you think aid should continue …
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Possibly because some lousy spoilers will object to working like a dog and financing the bloke down the street who doesn't.
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I can't imagine what process you have in mind to put right what you see as a problem. Who is the arbiter of the press coverage? You are assuming unrealistic habits on the part of the passive obse…
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It's the HDL/Cholesterol and triglyceride/HDL ratios that predict risk. Check it out.
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On the other hand Germans might be saying 'They might be snooping b ds but at least they're our snooping b ds'.
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On the other hand you might have this http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-eborders-s... …
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"Its advantage". You (not ig1) can get away with this if you're a typical HN reader but ignoring the rules of grammar is not advised for those alluded to in the article. Mistakes like t…
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Terrible presentation. Unless I'm missing something, Scrapbook on FF has been doing all this for me for a couple of years. Admittedly it is not supported as yet for > v17 but otherwise it'…
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Real climate has disproved all models to date. There has been no forthcoming explanation for the 15 year hiatus in warming. In other words the science underlying climate is far from known. As Feynman …
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What kind of change though? http://topher.com.au/50-to-1-video-project/ gives pause for thought. The 5th IPCC report suggests that Topher was too generous in his assessment.…
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Is the opposite of a 'far more' likely possibility, 'bullshit'? A bit harsh unless you can offer a critique of their methods.
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Why 'perceived' transgressions? Am I right in concluding that aside from rehabilitation and the practical requirement for the sequestration of persons who are a danger to an innocent populat…
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Sorry about a'me too' but I'd like to second that suggestion because it is indeed a shocking revelation of the nonsense some people have peddled.
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So try this one: http://topher.com.au/50-to-1-video-project/
Nothing to do with Ridley. Presumably there are lot of stupid people in Australia according to you and judging from y…
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Here are some figures on which to do that: http://topher.com.au/50-to-1-video-project/
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Depending on the fruit you use you can still overdose on fructose which is, as everyone knows by now, metabolized (interesting story) almost only by the liver - just like alcohol.
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Nothing untoward in this apart from the pointless, juvenile and lazy repetition of the f k word.
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Addicted to nigh-on instant gratification, I gave up waiting. Too slow, sorry!
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And who elects them? Politicians ready to bestow favours. Thus we have a self-appointed club. Hereditary peers had at least one worthwhile characteristic in that they owed their position to no one sav…
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"There’s a single protest party, the UK Independence Party, but UKIP and I don’t really see eye-to-eye, due to the fact that I am married to a naturalised British citizen and together we have thr…
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"I don't want to turn this blog post in a name-and-shame list of physics departments". Why not? What is more important, keeping quiet about negative performance or ensuring that student…
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Truly understand? Very doubtful. I expect they only wrote those questions to impress future generations.