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Tim Carmichael1-Oct-14 5:45

Tim Carmichael

1-Oct-14 5:45

And the parents have a responsibility in child rearing as well. If the parent allows their child to get all of their opinions from elected officials without joining the conversation, then there is a bigger problem.

And I am not saying they were negligent in their duties, but to blame a single person isn't right either.

Keith Barrow1-Oct-14 6:31

Keith Barrow

1-Oct-14 6:31

Tim Carmichael wrote:
If the parent allows their child to get all of their opinions from elected officials w

I think I haven't been clear enough in my screed - their child didn't get this from an elected official - it is the education system that has done this - he is 7 years old.

It is amazing how even small changes to the curriculum have a big effect. In the Middle East it is the norm to use education to cement the idea of countries created by western powers (principally us & the French) along arbitrary lines as being legitimate & having an identity. As Jordanians, the in-laws would have seen this as normal.

Alberto Brandolini:
The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.

harold aptroot1-Oct-14 5:18

harold aptroot

1-Oct-14 5:18

Rob Philpott wrote:
I wonder how many of these children even knew the role of a Central Bank.

Isn't that the thing they kept talking about during the crisis?

The internets tell me:

The primary function of a central bank is to manage the nation's money supply (monetary policy), through active duties such as managing interest rates, setting the reserve requirement, and acting as a lender of last resort to the banking sector during times of bank insolvency or financial crisis.

That doesn't sound like something I should know before voting.

What happened to Windows 9?

BobJanova1-Oct-14 5:34

BobJanova

1-Oct-14 5:34

I don't think it's a good idea for 16 year olds to vote as a matter of course.

I think it is a very good thing for 16 year olds to be able to vote in a referendum on the future of their country, and it must be really galling that 16-55 year olds voted with quite a convincing margin for independence, only to be denied the future they wanted by old people who have a pretty short future.

There's no guarantee that 16 and 17 year olds would vote for the SNP in a general election.

littleGreenDude1-Oct-14 3:28

littleGreenDude

1-Oct-14 3:28

Microsoft announced the release of Windows 10. What happened to Windows 9?

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2689308/microsoft-windows/windows-10-leap-of-faith.html?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2014-10-01[^]

Why not be like Spinal Tap and just go to 11? Poke tongue | ;-P

Mark_Wallace1-Oct-14 3:34

Mark_Wallace

1-Oct-14 3:34

I told them I didn't like it, so they cancelled and built what I told them.

They were going to call it Windows MW, but I told them to stuff that idea.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

P0mpeyBoy1-Oct-14 3:45

P0mpeyBoy

1-Oct-14 3:45

So we know who to direct all the future "Why Windows 10 sucks today threads" at now.

Mark_Wallace1-Oct-14 5:08

Mark_Wallace

1-Oct-14 5:08

Only if they do what they said they'd do.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

KaushalJB1-Oct-14 3:47

KaushalJB

1-Oct-14 3:47

ROFL

Aliens Signaled Microsoft Unsure | :~

Pualee1-Oct-14 3:45

Pualee

1-Oct-14 3:45

They skipped the Wine and went directly to Win (I mean Wen)...

Bergholt Stuttley Johnson

Bergholt Stuttley Johnson1-Oct-14 4:20

1-Oct-14 4:20

I think I understand your problem, you mistakenly assumed that Microsoft are using base 10, rather than the base 9 it is using

10 in base 9 = 9 in base 10

(this also explains the file sizes in file transfer windows)

You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

Sign Language

P0mpeyBoy1-Oct-14 3:28

P0mpeyBoy

1-Oct-14 3:28

I tell my kids that this sign[^]means "Caution - Umbrellas can suddenly get very heavy in this area".

Made me wonder if there was anything silly like this that you tell your kids, or were told yourself as a kid?

ZurdoDev1-Oct-14 3:38

ZurdoDev

1-Oct-14 3:38

P0mpey3 wrote:
anything silly like this that you tell your kids

No urinating on side of road.[^]

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

harold aptroot1-Oct-14 3:49

harold aptroot

1-Oct-14 3:49

Warning: bacon[^]

image processing toolkits | batch image processing

C^hris L^osinger1-Oct-14 3:51

C^hris L^osinger

1-Oct-14 3:51

i like to tell people that "piso mojado" means "break dancers" in Spanish.

http://www.victorystore.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/700x700/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/p/i/piso-mojado-cuidado-caution-wet-floor-stock-aluminum-sign-18x24-incontext.jpg[^]

P0mpeyBoy1-Oct-14 3:59

P0mpeyBoy

1-Oct-14 3:59

or Steven Gerrard.

Kschuler1-Oct-14 4:09

Kschuler

1-Oct-14 4:09

My little cousin asked me why High Fives were not allowed when she saw this sign[^] at the pool.

Bergholt Stuttley Johnson

Bergholt Stuttley Johnson1-Oct-14 4:23

1-Oct-14 4:23

warning tyre rotation

http://www.health-safety-signs.uk.com/cgi/products.pl?sign=DOT%20No%20557%20Slippery%20road[^]

You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

Chris Quinn1-Oct-14 4:40

Chris Quinn

1-Oct-14 4:40

Sunbathing women ahead.[^]

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Bergholt Stuttley Johnson

Bergholt Stuttley Johnson1-Oct-14 4:41

1-Oct-14 4:41

thought that was double egg on toast!

You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.