Posts by James Butler

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  • Hard News: Dude, what just happened?,

    Can you prove that eating a sandwich is a victimless crime?

    Yes: eating a sandwich isn't a crime.

    (haha, Mr smartypants!)

    Umm, if it's not a crime, it can't be a victimless crime. Own goal :-)

    Auckland • Since Jan 2009 • 856 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Internet is for ... Privacy?,

    Is this the right time to mention Panopticlick's browser uniqueness test?

    Damn:

    Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 812,895 tested so far.

    And this is Firefox on Ubuntu, which is the most common browser/OS combination I use...

    EDIT: I lie - from now on I'm browsing exclusively on my iPod Touch.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2009 • 856 posts Report

  • Up Front: Boobs!,

    I always confuse "brazen" with "brazing", and get odd visions of a scantily-clad woman operating a welding torch.

    To continue the threadjack, Braze-on hussy?

    Auckland • Since Jan 2009 • 856 posts Report

  • Up Front: Boobs!,

    Hellfire, are cargo shorts a daft 90s throwback thing? I'm wearing a pair right now!

    I keep a pair to wear with my old Radiohead t-shirt at retro parties.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2009 • 856 posts Report

  • Up Front: Boobs!,

    See, I have this problem with increasingly loving cycling, but thinking that fancy cycling gear looks daft and try-hard on people who aren't proper competitive cyclists.

    I'm going to have to get over it though. Any more than 20km without padded cycle shorts does get a wee bit uncomfortable ...

    You can get padded cycling shorts cunningly disguised as cargo shorts - so instead of looking like a daft try-hard cyclist, you can look like a daft 90's fashion throwback.

    My commute (which I don't cycle that often TBH) is 17km each way, and normal sports shorts are fine now that I have callouses in the right places.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2009 • 856 posts Report

  • Southerly: The Problem With Religion,

    I think Jeremy Clarkson is a world-class fuckwit, and yet still I am compelled to watch. I can offer no excuse.

    My wife blames the flashy editing. She says she can't turn her eyes away from it.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2009 • 856 posts Report

  • Southerly: The Problem With Religion,

    Am I the only one who finds Richard Dawkins and the other "atheism uber alles" usual suspects to be at least as objectionable as overtly in-your-face religious types? What's the difference between his "There is only one truth, and that's my truth" and that of organised religions?

    <glib>Falsifiability.</glib>

    But no, you're not the only one - this atheist too. I think they are too ready to attribute various ills to religion, which are really just consequences of human nature.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2009 • 856 posts Report

  • Hard News: RT: Eyjafjallajokull,

    Had a dour laugh or two when I saw a HCC sign suggesting that spectators take a 'green' route by walking to the track--so they could watch expensive cars going round and round in circles, burning up finite fossil fuel!

    Srsly, at your average motorsport event the spectators burn orders of magnitude more fuel than the competitors.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2009 • 856 posts Report

  • Hard News: Experiment have seen collisions!!!!!!!!!!!,

    ...and I presume you mean QCD?

    BANG on Duckie. Quark Quark!

    <facepalm> I just re-read your post... shall we say it gained a new spin I hadn't noticed previously?

    Auckland • Since Jan 2009 • 856 posts Report

  • Hard News: Experiment have seen collisions!!!!!!!!!!!,

    CERN is right into colour these days

    ...and I presume you mean QCD?

    Auckland • Since Jan 2009 • 856 posts Report

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