A foggy day, viz down to less than 20m. So let's drive without lights. Or perhaps parking lights will be appropriate? Oh, and shall we tailgate too? I mean to say, what can go wrong? I am such a good driver, even the manufacturer of my car puts lights on when I turn on the engine. Obviously I don't have to think any more. So I won't.
Result: Large heap of twisted metal.
Morons.
Saturday, 7 September 2013
Saturday, 6 April 2013
Thoughts
It has been a puzzle to me for some time, as to why we act so irrationally.
Just because you want something to be true does not and can not make it so. It is irrelevant how much you desire it. All religions 'promise' an afterlife. Sorry, much as I would like that to be true, I know it cannot be so. They promise many things that are, if a moment's thought is put into it, blatantly untrue.
Sadly, I read the bible (all of it) and was hugely disappointed. If I tried , I could come up with something more believable than that complete pile of tripe. At least, the multitude of authors are anonymous and cannot be cited for their blatant stupidity/cupidity. Other, er, texts, that are attributed to single authors really are complete and utter tripe. FFS no peer review? I wonder why? Not because there are no peers, just fuckwits with sharp knives that have their brand of bigotry supported in writing. There are, bar far, more compelling works of fiction, and yet a certain class of moron wants, indeed needs, to believe in this narrow bigotry.
Imagine if you will; the bible/koran/talmud/ buddhavacana, etc, being posted online today. You wouldn't give any of them more than a couple of minutes of your time. Their absolute stupidity is beyond doubt. And yet, because they are old they gain credence. In the same breath, do you believe what is written in our tabloid press? Or any of the major media outlets? Stories, that were written yesterday? Of course you should not, not without cross checking stories at least. And even then healthy scepticism is useful, especially when the stories are opinion based. Opinions are not facts. Wants are not truths. This blog is opinion based, My opinion, I don't claim to be right, what I do claim is for you to think, and make your own decisions, not from some irrelevant ancient text that allows certain privileges to certain people (not You, by the way) Rogering choirboys is not acceptable, Mistreating women is not acceptable, I don't care what your you think stupid book says. You must look over the front and see what is there, not what you want to see, or what you have been told to see.
I want my Father to be alive. He died when I was 18, and he is still dead. I cannot change that no matter what I want. I do not know what you want, but I do know that, want and need, are not the same.
Religions are a waste of time and energy and are only exist for a tiny, pointless, minority to dupe,abuse and oppress the rest of you. If you think you have a mind, look over the front and see.
Just because you want something to be true does not and can not make it so. It is irrelevant how much you desire it. All religions 'promise' an afterlife. Sorry, much as I would like that to be true, I know it cannot be so. They promise many things that are, if a moment's thought is put into it, blatantly untrue.
Sadly, I read the bible (all of it) and was hugely disappointed. If I tried , I could come up with something more believable than that complete pile of tripe. At least, the multitude of authors are anonymous and cannot be cited for their blatant stupidity/cupidity. Other, er, texts, that are attributed to single authors really are complete and utter tripe. FFS no peer review? I wonder why? Not because there are no peers, just fuckwits with sharp knives that have their brand of bigotry supported in writing. There are, bar far, more compelling works of fiction, and yet a certain class of moron wants, indeed needs, to believe in this narrow bigotry.
Imagine if you will; the bible/koran/talmud/ buddhavacana, etc, being posted online today. You wouldn't give any of them more than a couple of minutes of your time. Their absolute stupidity is beyond doubt. And yet, because they are old they gain credence. In the same breath, do you believe what is written in our tabloid press? Or any of the major media outlets? Stories, that were written yesterday? Of course you should not, not without cross checking stories at least. And even then healthy scepticism is useful, especially when the stories are opinion based. Opinions are not facts. Wants are not truths. This blog is opinion based, My opinion, I don't claim to be right, what I do claim is for you to think, and make your own decisions, not from some irrelevant ancient text that allows certain privileges to certain people (not You, by the way) Rogering choirboys is not acceptable, Mistreating women is not acceptable, I don't care what your you think stupid book says. You must look over the front and see what is there, not what you want to see, or what you have been told to see.
I want my Father to be alive. He died when I was 18, and he is still dead. I cannot change that no matter what I want. I do not know what you want, but I do know that, want and need, are not the same.
Religions are a waste of time and energy and are only exist for a tiny, pointless, minority to dupe,abuse and oppress the rest of you. If you think you have a mind, look over the front and see.
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Only in America
Yet another gun created tragedy. Only in America could this lunacy happen. Apparently both guns used were held illegally. Neither were held securely.
Obviously the Loonies of the 'Arm A Toddler' NRA, will come out with the usual tripe; 'guns don't kill people.. etc.' Yes, true until you put into the equation such things as; a complete lack of training, no control over thousands of illegal weapons and ammunition, the fact that the many lackwits that have guns have absolutely no idea what the weapon will do to a human being. Perhaps the worst thing is that, to quote "is the feeling of invulnerability and power a gun gives".
We were trained to use the old SLR. They makes a right bloody mess of a person. We were shown films and images of this mess. We were made to understand all the responsibilities of weapon handling. This took a lot of time, and therefore, money.
Obviously if you can just go into a shop, buy a gun, and walk out with no training, a disaster is certain to happen. I cannot see the NRA or anyone in America enforcing training. I cannot see how arming everyone would improve things, imagine having to train all those teachers to handle weapons that they do not want to handle?
Ok, I think our gun laws went too far the wrong way. I actually almost liked target shooting (I was a good shot though) and our laws have done nothing to reduce illegally held arms. But to be honest I would prefer no one to have weapons who didn't need them to do their job. Farmers/gamekeepers to remove vermin etc... Not sure about those that shoot game though.
Sunday, 9 December 2012
Friday, 9 November 2012
A list
Well blow me down. Phillip Schofield gave the PM a list of supposed paedophiles. A list gleaned from that most reliable of source: The internet. Almost as reliable as the tabloid media.
Now just imagine, your name is on that list. Not you, but some other bloke with the same name. Now, he and you are innocent. (in law at least, until proven guilty) But your name is on the list. In Stalin's Russia, or Hitler's Germany, a name on a list could spell a long spell in the gulag, or worse. Here, you have more to fear from the ill educated lack wits who cannot tell the difference between paedophiles and paediatrics. Even worse, even if only one person so named is proven guilty of something, then all the others will be cheerfully tarred with the same brush. Just because their names appeared on the same bit of paper.
This puts it so much better than I do...
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danhodges/100188769/burn-them-burn-the-funny-looking-the-strange-the-loners-they-might-be-paedos-all-of-them/
Now just imagine, your name is on that list. Not you, but some other bloke with the same name. Now, he and you are innocent. (in law at least, until proven guilty) But your name is on the list. In Stalin's Russia, or Hitler's Germany, a name on a list could spell a long spell in the gulag, or worse. Here, you have more to fear from the ill educated lack wits who cannot tell the difference between paedophiles and paediatrics. Even worse, even if only one person so named is proven guilty of something, then all the others will be cheerfully tarred with the same brush. Just because their names appeared on the same bit of paper.
This puts it so much better than I do...
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danhodges/100188769/burn-them-burn-the-funny-looking-the-strange-the-loners-they-might-be-paedos-all-of-them/
Saturday, 3 November 2012
Well, I am pleasantly surprised.
Not being very cultural, finding new music and all that, is a bit
behind me. I don't have a record collection, as such. Pink Floyd,
Genesis, Marillion, Yes, and that is about it. The rest is BBC Radio 2!
However, whilst browsing ICHC (I can has cheeseburger? http://www.cheezburger.com/) in 'WIN' I found a track by Lindsey Stirling. Blimey I wish I could play any musical instrument that well. I can't even play a recorder, not even a tape one.
Another talented bunch are Blackbeard' tea Party. http://www.blackbeardsteaparty.com/ they busk around and have even visited the capital of sunny Flatshire. Hope they come back soon. I would rather stand in the rain listening to them than being dragged around the shops.
Another talented bunch are Blackbeard' tea Party. http://www.blackbeardsteaparty.com/ they busk around and have even visited the capital of sunny Flatshire. Hope they come back soon. I would rather stand in the rain listening to them than being dragged around the shops.
Saturday, 20 October 2012
Wind Farms
I am in two minds about these wind farm thingies.The same argument can be put for solar Photo voltaic panels too.
On one hand, if you take them at their face value; they are fairly efficient, they don't produce pollution, they are not that ugly, especially compared to huge cooling towers and plumes of smoke. They don't smell, and birds do not fly into them and die.
Solar PV, are not efficient enough as yet. Not at UK latitudes anyway. I don't care what the 'greenies' say. The manufacture of PV panels uses more power than the panels will produce in their usable life time (current state of the art). Unless you need to power a satellite, which can be in sunlight 24/7 (nearly) if in the correct orbit. In the UK, however, that's not happening.
On the other hand; if you take the energy used to manufacture wind farms, energy wise, they almost certainly will not 'pay' for themselves Unless they last for years without failure. Which they won't. Failutes will be commmon Manufacturing them does cause pollution.Repairing them does too. In the wrong places, they are pig ugly. And because they have movement, they stand out. You can get used to a big ugly building, they stay put. But something as dynamic as a wind farm?
Really, wind farms are a stop gap. Not a panacea for profligate energy usage. And without some form of energy storage, barley any use as a local source. Think about it, the wind is howling around the house. It's 03:00. You are in bed, asleep, in your gas fired centrally heated home. The only electricity being consumed is by the standby functions on the TV etc..( but as a good 'greeny' you have turned them off). Unless you have electric storage heaters, you are getting nothing from these things. Ok, other businesses could be using the total output from them, all well and good. But then what happens on a flat calm?
Batteries are not practical as energy storage. The state of the art is improving, but is still not good enough for a really practical car, let alone a house. Of course, you can get around that with money. Huge batteries are available. Purchase a used SSK, remove batteries and use. However, the batteries don't have a long use life, need regular, highly skilled (If not skilled, just remove the 's') maintenance. And are incredibly none green to make.
So what we really need is a constant, reliable, power supply. Well, that isn't happening until fusion power comes on line.
Ok, if you want to run your Nintendo, Playstation, what have you, you will have to go nuclear. Yep, Nuclear. For those that do not understand nuclear power, and have a computer with intertubes, use it to do a bit of research. Don't be thick and believe what others tell you, make your own mind up. There is NO excuse for ignorance. Here is a pointer- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble_bed_reactor . Not perhaps the answer, but better than wind farms. Or is it?
On one hand, if you take them at their face value; they are fairly efficient, they don't produce pollution, they are not that ugly, especially compared to huge cooling towers and plumes of smoke. They don't smell, and birds do not fly into them and die.
Solar PV, are not efficient enough as yet. Not at UK latitudes anyway. I don't care what the 'greenies' say. The manufacture of PV panels uses more power than the panels will produce in their usable life time (current state of the art). Unless you need to power a satellite, which can be in sunlight 24/7 (nearly) if in the correct orbit. In the UK, however, that's not happening.
On the other hand; if you take the energy used to manufacture wind farms, energy wise, they almost certainly will not 'pay' for themselves Unless they last for years without failure. Which they won't. Failutes will be commmon Manufacturing them does cause pollution.Repairing them does too. In the wrong places, they are pig ugly. And because they have movement, they stand out. You can get used to a big ugly building, they stay put. But something as dynamic as a wind farm?
Really, wind farms are a stop gap. Not a panacea for profligate energy usage. And without some form of energy storage, barley any use as a local source. Think about it, the wind is howling around the house. It's 03:00. You are in bed, asleep, in your gas fired centrally heated home. The only electricity being consumed is by the standby functions on the TV etc..( but as a good 'greeny' you have turned them off). Unless you have electric storage heaters, you are getting nothing from these things. Ok, other businesses could be using the total output from them, all well and good. But then what happens on a flat calm?
Batteries are not practical as energy storage. The state of the art is improving, but is still not good enough for a really practical car, let alone a house. Of course, you can get around that with money. Huge batteries are available. Purchase a used SSK, remove batteries and use. However, the batteries don't have a long use life, need regular, highly skilled (If not skilled, just remove the 's') maintenance. And are incredibly none green to make.
So what we really need is a constant, reliable, power supply. Well, that isn't happening until fusion power comes on line.
Ok, if you want to run your Nintendo, Playstation, what have you, you will have to go nuclear. Yep, Nuclear. For those that do not understand nuclear power, and have a computer with intertubes, use it to do a bit of research. Don't be thick and believe what others tell you, make your own mind up. There is NO excuse for ignorance. Here is a pointer- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble_bed_reactor . Not perhaps the answer, but better than wind farms. Or is it?
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