Posts by Martin Lindberg
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Parents want only to see their children in schools that promise the best results. They do not care about the home circumstances of other pupils.
There is so much wrong with that piece, but what really gets me is the way it purports to speak in my name as a parent.
Not in my name, moron.
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You too can sign the petition to ask Microsoft to Rename the font 'Comic Sans' to 'Comic Cerns' in the Windows 8 OS and make it the default font for all scientific presentations.
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Hard News: Higgs Live!, in reply to Tom Beard,
I was annoyed by the Comic Sans hating at first,
I still am.
What about the [suit|tie|shirt|dress|shoes] they wore for the presentation?
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Hard News: Higgs Live!, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
While finding the Higgs is of great importance, and well worth the euros and dollars spent, I'd take issue with the quote "on a par with Rutherford's discovery of the nucleus, or JJ Thomson finding the electron" unless it's meant in a context of pure science.
The thing about discovering the nucleus and the electron is that it would have been almost impossible for those not to have been found around that time anyway. The discovery of the Higgs Boson, by contrast, required millions of man-hours and billions of dollars spent.
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Hard News: If wishing made it so ..., in reply to Tamara,
I just lack that level of cunning I guess.
Pfft, n00b ;-)
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Hard News: If wishing made it so ..., in reply to Tamara,
Matthew, when I got my hybrid card I had to register to use it. They do know who I am.
I registered mine to John Doe.
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I note that the Fairfax board showed what ingrates they are by not giving Ms Rinehart a place. No seat for Rinehart, Fairfax chairman says.
I must say that her statement that the touted editorial independence was already down the gurgler since the company had ordered journalists to support Earth Hour makes her almost a comic-book villain.
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Hard News: The frustrating politics of…, in reply to Hilary Stace,
He's spent a few months in the US looking at innovative ways of doing things. When Linda Clark asked why we do things the way we do in NZ he answered, 'Because New Zealand is stupid!'
I can't even imagine what aspect of the U.S. justice system makes the N.Z. one look stupid by comparison.
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Hard News: The frustrating politics of…, in reply to dc_red,
Drink. Drive. Marry. Enlist. Smoke Tobacco. Fornicate. Vote.
Sounds like a great night.
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Hard News: Strange days for journalism, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
You know how it's illegal for New Zealanders to make atomic bombs?
Umm no - is it?