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Correct but pipped
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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... there are calls in the UK (at least) for pay parity between the male and female professional players.
I have to say that is a great idea, only fair, and which can only serve to improve the game as a whole.
The problem is going to be getting the men to take that big a pay cut ... 
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modified 2-Aug-22 3:48am.
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My favourite, from Twitter (credits to Amy Wright):
Men:
Football’s coming home!! It’s coming home!! IT’s coming!!
Women, 60yrs later: … FFS I’ll get it myself.
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****ing Wendy ball
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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OriginalGriff wrote: ... there are calls in the UK (at least) for pay parity between the male and female professional players.
I don't know if supply-and-demand works the same way for sports on your side of the pond, but here the only way for women's sports to pay more and/or equitably is for them to draw the same size crowds to their matches. Maybe that would happen with more exposure and promotion in the media, but right now it's tough for them to draw big crowds at all, much less at the ticket prices they would need to pay the same as men's sports.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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Supply-and-demand is universal. What isn't universal is the tendency of European and other governments to subsidize activities they consider "cultural", "in the public interest", etc., AKA robbing Peter to pay Pauline.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Co-ed teams might be worth a try.
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Given the documented differences to men's advantage between men and women in physical strength, endurance, etc., I suspect that those co-ed teams will turn men-only in short order. The only fair ways to have contests of strength etc. is either to have men-only and women-only contests, or to test applicants and grade them by (size, endurance, etc.) in a manner similar to that used by boxers.
The latter might not work so well for team sports.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Or like a mixed-doubles event.
But how about having women play the first half and men play the second half?
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Hah welcome to my life, Oz media/management has gone over the top for womens sports. Free to air only shows the female version and a very limited number of the male version of most sports. The bulk of male sports are reserved for streaming services.
There used to be a time when the wife could watch tennis 40 weeks of the years, now it is only about 6 weeks on free to air.
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Given the quality of the men’s game, they deserve the pay cut. Over paid, under performing Prima Donnas the lot of them. I’d be embarrassed to be a member of the England men’s team given what the girls achieved and the hurdles they’ve had to jump to get there
modified 6-Sep-22 21:01pm.
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Greetings Kind Regards I am looking for a proper site to vent my irksomeness re/ illogic in the Science Fiction Series I follow i.e. to wit in particular most recently "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" "The Orville". I found none via web search other than possibly a discussion in Quora but I am not welcome there. I can post on my blogspot page but I am lucky to have a visitor per month and I would like to see some discussion. I await your kind replies. - Cheerio
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That's kinda riding the edge of "spam":
PaltryProgrammer wrote: I can post on my blogspot page but I am lucky to have a visitor per month and I would like to see some discussion.
And including your blog in the sig with that does smell rather of pink meat. I haven't reported you in S&A, but I'd think fairly carefully if I was you - the more trigger happy amongst us may not be so lenient ...
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Mine is not the first w/ a link to a personal site in the signature. - Cheerio
modified 2-Aug-22 8:43am.
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Reddit has subreddits for both of those.
Also, it's just a series for entertainment, it's not always going to be accurate and logical 
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Plus, the tech is supposed to be way ahead of ours - and as Clarke said "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic".
Which means that it can follow rules that aren't apparent to us since we don't understand how it works.
A bit like "writing your own code" in QA is indistinguishable from magic ... 
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One of my irks is Clarke's quote is violated.
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I do not find it entertaining if it is not logical i.e. to wit in particular not even following their own logic.
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"The Vulcan Science Directorate has determined that time travel is not possible." -- T'Pol
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It seems to me it is not illogical to portray scientists as occasionally being wrong even Vulkan.
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PaltryProgrammer wrote: I do not find it entertaining if it is not logical
That's where the "fiction" part of "science-fiction" comes in. If it was all hard science, it wouldn't be very entertaining at all.
And that's the fun of it. It's called willful suspense of disbelief.
Because I was an X-Files fan in the 90s some people thought I was into UFOs and conspiracy theories. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Now, granted, there is material out there that has such huge plot holes it undermines the entire premise. And yes, anything "Star Trek reboot" falls in that category IMO.
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Greetings Kind Regards May I say by "logic" I refer to "plot holes" not "non-fiction". Of course science fiction utilizes fictional science. May I add on the subject UFO I consider the matter solved and closed. Re/ former perhaps an example would be helpful. I am always irked the hand held lights utilized by our intrepid explorers as they travers darkened passages are no more illuminating then a cheap flash light one can purchase at the corner hardware store. A few hundred years hence such should fill the room as if by a MW floodlight. - Cheerio
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I have been a science Fiction fan since I was 8 years old and read I Robot by Isaac Asimov. (I'm 73 now)
I felt the same way as you do, when I watched the Will Smith "I Robot Movie".
On the other hand, "Blade Runner" and "Men In Black" were wonderful movies.
I don't watch any SF shows on TV as they are all disappointing.
I have read every SF book I could get my hands on,
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