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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:20 pm
by Cmdr. Maegil
Cmdr. Maegil wrote:didn't say you weren't good at it (you aren't)
Sorry, I had a double negative there. I've corrected it to "(you are)"
Disembodied wrote:Ach, well, everybody's military is like that, really. Get a bunch of men together, create a hierarchical system and place lots of emphasis on Obeying Orders and Doing What You're Told, and watch as the incompetence flows out like guano from a diarrhoeic cormorant. In the absence of any kind of limiting factor, e.g. an enemy actively trying to kill you, a military hierarchy is an almost perfect mechanism for siphoning the dimwits to the top.
My point precisely, and this happens not only on your military, but more seriously, also on you civilian government where the limiting factors aren't so obviously lethal (mobs with tumbrils and guillotines have shown to be quite effective in refreshing encrusted leadership minds - or heads).
But the Old Boy network is a definite problem in Britain. Almost all of the current Tory party Shadow Cabinet went to the same (exclusive, private) school. Practically the entire upper echelons of the Civil Service went to Oxbridge (after first attending exclusive, private schools).Where did I put that tumbril?
Not that I support terrorism or infanticide, but bombing those schools would probably ensure a better future for your country...
Now, seriously. The UK won't change so easily until it implements laws against that kind of thing, but cannot do so while it remains a monarchy and/or until it comes a nasty cropper on a serious matter...
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:23 pm
by JensAyton
DaddyHoggy wrote:Just the usual then - glad I stopped programming...
The trick is to do it in your spare time. On a game you don’t play. Without being paid. Yeah, that’s the ticket. ;-)
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:52 am
by DaddyHoggy
But can't you feel the adoration of your fellow ooliters..?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:51 pm
by JohnnyBoy
I haven't bought next week's TV listing magazine yet. Does anyone know which episode of "Brits Who Changed..." will be shown this coming Friday (18th)?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:11 pm
by Commander Mysenses
More cricket.
Good things come to those who wait.
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:16 pm
by JohnnyBoy
The media really is controlled by a bunch of Luddites.
What happened to Robot Wars? That's what I want to know!
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:37 pm
by TGHC
JohnnyBoy wrote:I haven't bought next week's TV listing magazine yet. Does anyone know which episode of "Brits Who Changed..." will be shown this coming Friday (18th)?
Have a look at
http://www.tvguide.co.uk/ tomorrow.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:54 pm
by DaddyHoggy
Update: July 25th - Brits Who changed the world is back on
It's about the Vodafone mobile network
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:29 am
by Selezen
Man, it really IS a TV adaptation of that book, innit?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:59 am
by JohnnyBoy
Update: Friday, 1st August - BWCTW has been replaced again.... by cricket.
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:35 pm
by Commander Mysenses
JohnnyBoy wrote:Update: Friday, 1st August - BWCTW has been replaced again.... by cricket.
Reinforcing the stereotyping of computer nerds there...
Have something against healthy outdoor persuits do you?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:53 pm
by JensAyton
Commander Mysenses wrote:Reinforcing the stereotyping of computer nerds there...
Have something against healthy outdoor persuits do you? :lol:
I, for one, have no problem with people pursuing healthy outdoor pursuits, just as long as I don’t have to be informed about it.
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:25 pm
by JohnnyBoy
Commander Mysenses wrote:Reinforcing the stereotyping of computer nerds there...
Have something against healthy outdoor persuits do you?
Not at all, Commander. I just feel that it's more enjoyable to watch my fellow countrymen winning at engineering than losing at cricket.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:54 am
by TGHC
JohnnyBoy wrote:Commander Mysenses wrote:Reinforcing the stereotyping of computer nerds there...
Have something against healthy outdoor persuits do you?
Not at all, Commander. I just feel that it's more enjoyable to watch my fellow countrymen winning at engineering than losing at cricket.
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:51 am
by JohnnyBoy
Friday 8th August - Cricket.
