Steven P

30 years later, the cure is still the same. Turn off, turn on, problem gone for now.

That's the thing with software, it is sent out 90% correct and working, fix it later. Imagine flying on holiday and the driver says "Brand new design of plane this one, we think 90% of it should work, and kind of hoping that last 10% isn't too critical"

Have just read that one, sounds horrific.

From what I read, it was effectively a spreadsheet with an error in one of the formulas that highlighted - in error - that it thought the individual post office was acting fraudulently.

Venezuela and Nigeria? The latest 2 in December. And his new gold plated ships - a peace president making the machinery of war? and The Ukraine, could be stopped in 24 hours yet Trump is playing both sides off each other to prolong it. And Gaza, backing the peace plan apart from the pesky accidental killings be Israel. And....

Not necessarily unemployed but more time available by letting the robots do stuff

It has always confused me that with more automation, computers, robots, faster cars and tractors, all this tech, that we need to retire at 70 and not let the machines take over, retire at 50.

The last DVDs I bought for The Boys had them in original format with a warning "might not represent current thinking"

did you see the clip of Trump this week moaning that the Ukraine had targeted one of Putins houses, he was very upset, and very much ignored the thousands of Ukrainian homes destroyed by the Russians. I reckon Putin cannot admit to doing badly - he has built his whole persona on being the tough guy - from his calendar shots bare topped horse riding, bear wrestling type things, cannot back down, so yes will keep going at it till spent or till the Russian Generals have a quiet word with him, tower block open window accident style.

I missed that story, interesting though. A few things maybe could happen - Putin could go more hard core on conscription, or use bigger weaponry, one thing I doubt will happen very quickly is him accepting a deal where he has to concede any of the land he invaded and grabbed - at the expense of a longer war and more losses. Interesting to see in the UK press how the Ukraine are making some quite targeted attacks into Russia with minimal human (well, Ukrainian) humans put into danger - drones and stuff - regardless of warfare, what they can do with drones and unmanned stuff is quite clever

Most text 'AI' is Google on steroids, no intelligence, just getting all the search results and making an average of the most common phrases or whatever, images similar. Very little intelligence. For example, ask AI for an innovative method to fell a tree, or post it a photo and ask it what to do and it will be useless. Ask it for a the best pizza restaurant in the area and (magic!) the reviews will make its answer... So... no AI is not what it is set out to be, no intelligence in it.

Swap around the butt of the joke, Krams is still funny, change it to '2 drunks' for example and it still works. Though I wouldn't have used 'Irish'. Look at the image I posted and add a tag line "Sometimes it is difficult to know what to wear for that special night out", photoshop myself into the picture... and it still isn't funny. The image posted was just another cheap dig at Muslims - a recurring theme from Oldfella in this thread. Swap the images around to a 'Western' image and they are still not funny... just cheap continual racist digs.

Yup, I struggle with that too.

As Mark says, not as energy dense as a hard wood like oak, but it burns reasonably well - got some in the pile for this season, pretty good if you need to revive a fire that you have left too long without fuelling it. Worth taking if it is free, but I wouldn't pay top dollar for it. Splits reasonably but can have hundreds of side shoots that might slow you down a little.

Trumps Christmas day message to his cult on Twatter, the traditional peace and harmony to all message from all other world leaders? Looking forward to the new year? Perhaps some kind of religious message from a religious man who flogs his own brand of bibles? No, it was this: "Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, and thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to ‘drop him like a dog’ when things got too HOT, falsely claimed they had nothing to do with him, didn’t know him, said he was a disgusting person, and then blame, of course, President Donald J. Trump, who was actually the only one who did drop Epstein, and long before it became fashionable to do so" Wonder if something is playing on his mind first thing Christmas morning? Lets break this down a little: Gave him bundles of money: Yup - if you remember the oversized check Trump was pictured giving him Attended his parties: Yup, see the many photos of them together at parties Thought he was the greatest guy on earth: Yup, they were best friends and the messages show they thought a lot of each other Only to ‘drop him like a dog’ when things got too HOT: Trump didn't 'drop him' for poaching staff but remained in contact for many years after and until his first stint at president.. when he was arrested for a second time for raping children Falsely claimed they had nothing to do with him: Yup... see the line above Sleeping well I wonder Mr Trump if this is your first thought on Christmas Morning, the day celebrated to spend with the family, and to celebrate your religious feelings.

Sounds like a plan, cloudless night, new moon, and something nice. Got a rebranded Lidl number or Glenlivet at the front of the cupboard.

Never mentioned by the 'fans' of Labour of course.

Will be sliced thin and fried here, with bacon.

He didn't look comfortable lying like that, but Maxwell behind him - as she often is - looking on to make sure it is happening.

Petroleum coke is quite aggressive on any metal work in the stove

Weird - he came on my youtube feed last night, another of the greats.

What is the value of the 'free' advertising that this unit would give you I wonder? If it creates a days work every other month just from the signage then does that make it worth it? Am as above, UK security is an issue... but most of the guys round here have their yards / containers in out of site (ie cheaper) location, end of lanes type of thing... if you are happy using the garage still, keep the van in there with the small tools, and the big stuff in the unit (anything apart from the small machines really - ropes and harnesses can hang in the unit to dry) - and have the unit as the base, drive there in the mornings with all the tools safe still with the van? Till you know if you are likely to have a problem

Curious, the small number of Epstein files released.. not all of them... have been redacted so that Trumps name does not appear anywhere in them, yet double standards and political shenanigans, the likes of Clinton who Trump doesn't like anymore, does despite neither being charged with any crimes. Makes it even more suspicious when Trump has been removed from documents that are already in the public domain. Not saying he is guilty of any crime other than complicity in Maxwells and Epsteins, but it does look suspicious to a lot of commenters out there.

History is repeating itself with Trump stealing the Venezuelan oil tankers on a made up idea that they are funding drug trafficking into the US - war mongering on an unproven thought. Same with him blowing up small dinghies blaming them for an international drugs trade, no proof, no trial, no evidence, just attack - an act of war... all on a hunch. History repeating itself over the control of oil.

Here, they will give you a clean beer glass, but soft drinks from a can or bottle you can keep it - suspect it is the danger of everyone getting monkey pox