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1. Stop talking about money; the topic is "aspirations".
2. One of the reasons that England has managed to survive so long is the wealth it stole from these "foreigners".
3. Stop talking about money; the topic is "aspirations".
4. Stop talking about money, even if the topic is not about aspirations.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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It pretty pointless introducing facts to a discussion like this: they just get it moved to the soapbox... 
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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TBH, rather there than here -- I don't go there.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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See?
Loads of arguments, all primed and ready to go.
Stop talking about money.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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You object to people having legitimate concerns and providing reasonable arguments against your world view?
Wow, Communism is still with us.
You should work for Pravda.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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I see no legitimate concerns, I see only verbal attacks, using the typical scaremongering tactics of the self-serving.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Dalek Dave wrote: I would prefer the £300,000,000 to be spent on policing, teaching, road
maintenance, NHS and Border Controls.
This is something, which you have to take up with your MP's.
IMHO, free money is free, so why not take it if UK is giving. If UK is really want to pass goodies, Ill be happy if this money can be diverted to PaK or Afghan and help them in education etc
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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You are thinking about this in the wrong way. And since you are often bringing this up, let me tell you my opinion.
Every country has thousands of problems to fix, and tens of thousands solutions to improve. So each country has to focus on thousands of things. They can't focus on fixing just one problem, no matter how serious it is.
India has nuclear weapons because two of our neighbors have nuclear weapons, and we are not friends with them. We need to protect ourselves otherwise the secondary problems like 'poor people on the streets' won't matter.
The Space Missions are for a reason, they are not hobby projects. We need those satellites (In one way or other they are helpful to both, poor and rich). I can't justify the Mars mission as I don't have enough information, but I am sure they are much more smarter people than me and they must have their reasons.
And when UK or anyone else gives Aid, there is an agenda behind it. They are not giving away 300 million and say do what you like to do with the money. They are given for a specific reason / specific problem.
We are building our infrastructure, and the scenario with the 'poor people on the street' is slowly improving. No country can fix the problem of poverty right away. You can't fix it with the money also. There are hundred other things you need to fix first.
And the countries which are giving the Aid to other countries are not Utopias. They also have problems to fix. And most of the time it's mutual. They need something in return (even if it's just a relationship they are building).
So whenever this kind of agreements are signed, most of the time we couldn't get the bigger / clear picture / long term vision behind it. 
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I saw this story last week, and did a little reading due to the inevitable backlash that you allude to.
I learnt about the satellites India now uses to help its poorest and remotest citizens.
I learnt about how India's space program does lots of work on behalf of other countries (who of course pay them for this work).
I learnt about how India's space program employs lots of people, including many British.
I learnt about how some see India's space research and experimentation as vital to allowing India to develop as rapidly as possible, and to improve things further for their people, and to make a positive impact on the wider world too.
Seems like a good idea to me.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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Exactly. They are doing things that will benefit not only their people, but all of mankind.
Kudos in abundance to them.
Ignore the nasty little men behind the curtain.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Exactly, IMHO investing in Science is benefit for all though it may look bad vis-a-vis problem nation face.
cheers,
Super
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I'll not answer about the Malaysia point - I'm not informed of the facts so I would be leading with ignorance. Why do that if I can avoid it? However, what I will say - I find it heartening that children want to be spacemen. There should be aspiration. We should be encouraging them to look to the future and to think big. Just because we've become jaded and cynical doesn't mean that we should try to turn our children that way as well. Well done India. Well done.
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super wrote: If this launch triggers some hundred young mind to take applied science over "Software" , then this is mission is already as success
Are you sure, it's the young mind going after the "Software" and not their parents? Because I haven't met any young mind in India who wants to go in IT.
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I went to the DIY store to order a new toilet.
I was asked to leave a small deposit.
You can make up your own punchline.
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Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Dalek Dave wrote: I was asked to leave a small deposit.
10 pounds?
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4.5 Kg is a pretty big deposit... 
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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Pound Sterling is the British Currency
It is also the Third Reserve Currency, after the $ and the €.
And it is the Fourth most traded, after $,€ and ¥.
There are 240 pennies in a pound, 20 shillings to a pound, 21 shillings to a Guinea, 5 shillings to a crown, 2 and a half shillings to a half crown, 2 shillings to a florin, 12 pennies to the shilling, 6 pennies to a sixpence (or tanner), 4 pennies to a groat, 3 to thruppence, 2 to a tuppence, then there is the penny, the ha'penny and the farthing (quarter of a penny)
Notes start at 10 shillings, these are small and brown.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Only smart people will catch it without saying 
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محمد م. محمد wrote: Only smart people will catch it
Well, better luck next time... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
Lily Tomlin, Actress
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If you didn't catch it first time then game over to you 
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Pound can be many things:
A currency - British, but also used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, South Sudan, and Syria.
A weight - 1 pound is 16 ounces, around 440g
A place to keep stray dogs.
An action a policeman make take: to pound the beat.
A action you might take if you are stroppy: to pound on someone.
And a number of others: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Pound[^]
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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OriginalGriff wrote: A weight - 1 pound is 16 ounces, around 440g
What if he left weight deposit not a currecny We will leave it to DD to elaborate
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A "deposit" also means something else in this context - that's why he posted it.
It's a joke. Just. Not a good one...
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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Bad boy
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