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[Moriath]

Cheapest nexus I guess. Best I like the samsung ones. All andriod.

 

[mooSe_]

http://www.metalsucks.net/2013/11/14/brutal-wedding-cake-times/

 

[rynnor]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24956176

Seems a waste - could have been used in restoration of old ivory pieces like piano's?

 

[DaGaffer]

What's the best non-Apple tablet you can buy right now for watching movies and browsing?

Nexus 7. "Browsing" depends on where you want to browse. I use my tab a lot on the train so I'm getting the LTE version, but that's because I don't want to tether through my phone because its a work phone. For most people the wi-fi version should be good enough.

NB. The Nexus 7 isn't just the best "non-Apple" tablet, its the best tablet in its size category full stop.

 

[Gwadien]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24956176

Seems a waste - could have been used in restoration of old ivory pieces like piano's?

That means you have a justification for the ivory, and that only only encourages.

 

[Job]

Lovely designs
http://imgur.com/a/0B4JV

 

[Madmaxx]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RjHIObu6vg&feature=player_embedded

 

[rynnor]

That means you have a justification for the ivory, and that only only encourages.

Not all ivory is illegal though - antique ivory is legal as is ivory from mammoth horns (surprisingly abundant), hog ivory etc.

It just seems a waste - animals died for this stuff - by all means impound modern ivory but then destroying it ?

 

[Olgaline]

http://kenanmalik.wordpress.com/2013/11/14/when-does-criticism-of-islam-become-islamophobia/

 

[Ch3tan]

Feel like a drug dealer driving a pimped out a3 around Thornton heath and Croydon.

 

[Edmond]

Feel like a drug dealer driving a pimped out a3 around Thornton heath and Croydon.

....but where can you find one this time of night?

 

[rynnor]

http://kenanmalik.wordpress.com/2013/11/14/when-does-criticism-of-islam-become-islamophobia/

The exception for this must be for the security services who must treat muslims differently because of the threat the same as they would have treated the irish differently during the days of IRA bombings. Equality is important but the right to live must be paramount.

 

[Olgaline]

Well, Profiling
- for secutrity reasons, is a different issue. A very tender issue, but a different one none the less.
I dont think security personel care or spend much time or energy on political correctness.

 

[rynnor]

Well, Profiling
- for secutrity reasons, is a different issue. A very tender issue, but a different one none the less.
I dont think security personel care or spend much time or energy on political correctness.

They get sent intelligence based warnings on who to target in general terms on a regular basis. I imagine much like the police force they become habituated to certain forms of discrimination though.

 

[Olgaline]

Might well be right about that, but they should also hopefully be proffesional enough to not let it effect their aproach to work. Also it's important to remember that some forms of discrimination, when it comes to profiling, are/can be unavoidable/inevitable. To me, if it's merrited/ firmly grounded in reasonable cause, then so be it. when it comes to the matter of security, political correctness can be an unnecessary liability.

However, when it turns into prejudice, thats another story all together, and thus a very very bad thing to have to encounter/deal with in 2013/14 - Pathetic even

 

[rynnor]

However, when it turns into prejudice, thats another story all together, and thus a very very bad thing to have to encounter/deal with in 2013/14 - Pathetic even

Prejudice is part of the human condition though - you cant legislate it away - we have tried to prevent certain types of prejudice but there are millions of others.

People instinctively create in groups and out groups (actually oestrogen seems to accentuate this which goes a long way to explaining why groups of women can be so bitchy - blokes are more accepting of others funnily enough) - there's no way to change this without some pretty major brain surgery...

 

[Olgaline]

Indeed, you most liekly right about that.
But you cant just leave it to chance, hope and a prayer based on the of chance you might have a bad apple or two.
The object/task would therefore be to scan/screen for and identify any such trend or behavior and deal with it accordingly.

 

[rynnor]

Indeed, you most liekly right about that.
But you cant just leave it to chance, hope and a prayer based on the of chance you might have a bad apple or two.
The object/task would therefore be to scan/screen for and identify any such trend or behavior and deal with it accordingly.

Yes - the key is getting people to be self aware of their own prejudices then they can consciously ignore them.

 

[Olgaline]

Yes - the key is getting people to be self aware of their own prejudices then they can consciously ignore them.

or bigorty ofcause, although I fear that the latter beeing an uphill climb.

 

[rynnor]

Oh did anyone see Princess Anne stating that we should all eat horses to improve their welfare? (Edit - which would be practically cannibalism in her case ;p ).

Seems a weird argument and a lot of horsemeat is too polluted with banned medicines to eat so commercialisation of horsemeat would be a risk to human health.

Not to mention overnight all value beef meals would become horse (if they aren't already today 'irish beef' is surely a euphemism).

Her idea is that because they would then be worth something people would treat them better -they still wouldn't be worth much though so cant see that transforming things in a country that fundamentally has too many horses.

Its intriguing though - by that argument we should eat human flesh because then old people would have a cash value and so their welfare would magically improve

 

[Olgaline]

Grilled sea hag, BBQ Geezer

 

[rynnor]

Its a timely reminder of how un-british the british royal family are - tough one for the royalists...

 

[Olgaline]

at least she's trying ? you gotta give her for the effort no ?

 

[rynnor]

at least she's trying ? you gotta give her for the effort no ?

But not eating horse is ingrained into British identity - it just shows up the royals as the bunch of aliens they are tbh.

 

[Moriath]

I'm more likely to be prejudiced against being a male White British than an Islamist from the Middle East or a black guy from Nigeria.

The positive racism that means that company's and civil service need to have a balance of ethnic to White British means that even though I might be the best candidate I wouldn't get the job.

I am less likely to get given a council house and more likely to get charged with a crime as the authorities don't have to worry about being called on racial profiling.

Oh and On the horse meat thing that makes sense that we look after our livestock over those that serve no use. Why not eat horse meat it's better for you that beef and would mean that horses are on the whole treated better than they are now because they have a worth, would be he same if we could eat badgers or any other animal we persecute.

 

[Madmaxx]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKYhDoEZKmY


good awareness by the driver...

Spoiler

to turn the windscreen wipers on...

 

[Madmaxx]

this is a nice story, don't think its been posted.

Saving the day while raising the spirits of a major U.S. city was pint-sized Miles Scott, 5. Miles is in remission from leukemia, and, thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, managed to turn his obsession with comic book heroes into the real thing. Well, almost. There was no way Penguin was going to get away with anything on Friday.
Thousands of San Franciscans responded to an avalanche of social media blasts, lining the streets wherever Miles and a full-sized Batman swooped into action. At Hyde and Green streets, there was a damsel in distress to rescue, and the bat duo arrived in a Lamborghini with Batman decals. At 550 Montgomery St., a burgled bank vault needed to be liberated. And at Union Square, there was a hamburger to down.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/15/batkid-san-francisco/3588173/

 

[Olgaline]

good awareness by the driver...

Train of thought watching that:

Thats a bit fast, Damn!, hope he got out, hope he can swim....... ..... .... .... .... ...Bad breaking skills!

 

[Job]

I like the wsy it barely interupts their conversation

 

[rynnor]

Oh and On the horse meat thing that makes sense that we look after our livestock over those that serve no use. Why not eat horse meat it's better for you that beef and would mean that horses are on the whole treated better than they are now because they have a worth, would be he same if we could eat badgers or any other animal we persecute.

They are apparently worth £5-10 now - unless people really changed they would only be worth a small amount as food - £100 or less? Is that really going to make a big difference for an animal that takes around £30 a week to care for (excluding medicines) ?

The only reason I can see to do this would be so that horse charities that put down all their excess horses would get some cash back - I cant see it doing squat for privately owned horses.