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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:55 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 16th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 76)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 121
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 16th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 76)
No unsated on Apterous.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 243
- Views: 118580
Re: Countdowners in the news
Rachel Riley has made the news for her Tweet about the Sydney stabbings. It is also unfortunate for her that people are putting her in the same bracket as Julia Hartley-Brewer . Because whatever one thinks of Rachel Riley, this isn't something you'd wish on anyone. They've tempered that slightly, I...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:59 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 243
- Views: 118580
Re: Countdowners in the news
Rachel Riley has made the news for her Tweet about the Sydney stabbings. It is also unfortunate for her that people are putting her in the same bracket as Julia Hartley-Brewer. Because whatever one thinks of Rachel Riley, this isn't something you'd wish on anyone.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 173
- Views: 14625
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
Top work.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:52 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 173
- Views: 14625
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
Can all CO-event c4c threads have the title of the top post edited to include the date please?
Edit - Reading and Sheffield are currently the only ones that do this. So not London, Birmingham, Durham and Oxford (though Oxford has the month).
Edit - Reading and Sheffield are currently the only ones that do this. So not London, Birmingham, Durham and Oxford (though Oxford has the month).
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 12th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 74)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 494
Re: Spoilers for Friday 12th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 74)
Still on for 23 octochamps.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 12th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 74)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 494
Spoilers for Friday 12th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 74)
(8+7)×3×8+2=362 in the first numbers.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 12:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 11th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 73)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 154
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 11th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 73)
Great game from the challenger. Shame he messed up the earlier numberses because I think he's probably quite good at them.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 8th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 70)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 243
Re: Spoilers for Monday 8th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 70)
Neither are on Apterous.Howie Myers wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:33 am r1 alt: PREBUYS (perhaps...)
r2 alt: HULKIER (hopefully...)
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:04 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1636
- Views: 1687331
Re: Politics in General
Labour winning but with Starmer losing his seat might work for me.
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1636
- Views: 1687331
Re: Politics in General
Ideally, I wouldn't want to have any votes/seats that are specifically for a party, but that kind of mechanism isn't necessary terrible depending on how it's done. As I understand it, in Germany, they vote for a candidate and a party. Constituency candidates are still elected using First Past the Po...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:35 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Dead of 2024
- Replies: 60
- Views: 4424
Re: The Dead of 2024
Peter Higgs, of Higgs boson fame.
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:07 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1636
- Views: 1687331
Re: Politics in General
National level proportionality is hard to achieve without doing away with candidate-based voting. Democracy shouldn't just be about party brands. A compromise would be to have larger constituencies with five or six MPs to elect using a system like STV, which achieves PR without requiring candidates ...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:57 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 272
- Views: 31715
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Better in what way though? If it's just about sound quality you might as well just listen to a recording and not see anyone live.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:14 am Good tribute bands are better to see live than the original band if that band was from the 70s or early 80s
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:08 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 272
- Views: 31715
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Relating to my politics thread post I think if a leader of the elected government leaves or dies in office it should be in the constitution that a general election should be triggered within 6 months I disagree with that. We elect individual members of parliament, and the government simply forms fr...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:04 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1636
- Views: 1687331
Re: Politics in General
We don't directly elect leaders though so I think it's less of a big deal than some people make out. It should be more about policies than personalities anyway.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:12 am Amirite that all the 4 leaders of the home nations and also the Republic of Ireland were not elected by the people?
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1636
- Views: 1687331
Re: Politics in General
In the other news, Conservative Alan Duncan has gone rogue in an LBC interview , calling out members of the Conservative party for supporting Israel, and is now under investigation from the party . Nice way to whitewash antisemitism here. He suggested British Lords, one of whom is Jewish, were doin...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 5th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 69)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 166
Re: Spoilers for Friday 5th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 69)
I had one of my better games today. I didn't score in the first round but won 123-71. Quite pleased with that.
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1636
- Views: 1687331
Re: Politics in General
https://youtu.be/dwz75IStWGE?si=mqCRjROogyKC-3T1 How is any of this relevant to the fact that three Ivy League deans are too stupid to say that a call for genocide is hate speech? The clip agrees with you. They acknowledge the deans' response was poor. But there's more to the clip that might intere...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:04 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 4th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 68)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 374
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 4th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 68)
No reseason (on Apterous - usual disclaimer).
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 4th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 68)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 374
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 4th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 68)
That's good. I had GODISED.
Anyway a couple of good games ftom Jessica. Likely octochamp and could challenge for number 1 seed spot.
Anyway a couple of good games ftom Jessica. Likely octochamp and could challenge for number 1 seed spot.
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:35 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 635
- Views: 279285
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
I wonder what your reaction will be when you hear that Franz Ferdinand has been shot.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:32 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1636
- Views: 1687331
Re: Politics in General
I think I addressed these points, and was quite specific what bothered me about them, otherwise you wouldn't have thought I was including you there. I understand where you're coming from also. I just think that some of your comments are outrageous while intentionally ignoring key facts. And that's ...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 772
- Views: 578258
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Mandy Season 3 on the Iplayer. Its probably not for everyone but I find it hilarious though episode 5 is fucking scary. Only 20 minutes an episode. Diane Morgan is very good and how she contorts her face and walks is an art in itself. I think this is an under-the-radar classic programme. It's more ...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1636
- Views: 1687331
Re: Politics in General
Sure, and I wonder if you include me in that "all in" thing based on things said earlier. Yes Gavin, I absolutely include you here. I'll refrain from all the specific examples to not bring back old arguments. That's fine because I also consider you to simplistically put people into a cate...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 1st April 2024 - Mark Mills debuts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 616
Re: Spoilers for Monday 1st April 2024 - Mark Mills debuts
Seems to be invalid (on Apterous at least).
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:29 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1636
- Views: 1687331
Re: Politics in General
Sure, and I wonder if you include me in that "all in" thing based on things said earlier. But I absolutely do not support Hamas. I criticise Israel in particular because the UK and a lot of western countries support it and there is (though getting less so) disagreement and debate over whet...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:49 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 772
- Views: 578258
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
I think Seinfeld is more hit and miss than Curb. I still like it but it's not among my very favourites.
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:16 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 1st April 2024 - Mark Mills debuts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 616
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:16 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1636
- Views: 1687331
Re: Politics in General
Would the last person defending Israel please turn off the lights.
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 1st April 2024 - Mark Mills debuts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 616
Re: Spoilers for Monday 1st April 2024 - Mark Mills debuts
And he wins! From 20 behind as well.
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 584
- Views: 294324
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
On 23rd March we had Rugby. Some people did Rugby parkrun and others did Warwickshire Racecourse. Rugby first: 8 (1). Dan Byrom - 21:52 (58.99%) (889 points) 24 (2). Thomas Carey - 24:22 (52.94%) (778 points) 51 (3). Stephen Read - 27:00 (49.44%) (667 points) 80 (4). Dave Robjohns - 29:25 (43.85%) (...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:50 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Genius things
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10892
Re: Genius things
I just watched this video about the invention of the blue LED.Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:00 pm How new are we talking?
mRNA vaccines
Ring doorbell
LED lamp
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 272
- Views: 31715
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Big wedding ceremonies are a waste of money, You spend thousands and relatives you don't see from one year to the next all expect invites a fortune on a dress /suite,. Better to just get married with a couple f witnesses and take your family out for a meal at a later date Which is what I'm going to...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:28 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 173
- Views: 14625
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
People don't necessarily actively complain but I get the feeling that 14-rounders aren't the most popular. They're certainly not my first choice.
I think 15-rounders for normal play can seem a bit much. A bit intense maybe playing the same person for that amount of time.
I think 15-rounders for normal play can seem a bit much. A bit intense maybe playing the same person for that amount of time.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 173
- Views: 14625
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
The main problem with 15-rounders is the length obviously, but it gives a good balance of rounds. The 9-rounder has the advantage of being shorter, but it's problem is not so much that the short game makes it more of a lottery, but that specifically the conundrum has proportionally too much weight....
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 173
- Views: 14625
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
The main problem with 15-rounders is the length obviously, but it gives a good balance of rounds. The 9-rounder has the advantage of being shorter, but it's problem is not so much that the short game makes it more of a lottery, but that specifically the conundrum has proportionally too much weight. ...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 173
- Views: 14625
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
I can imagine a very restless audience with three games to not play in.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:10 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 772
- Views: 578258
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Not that he's in it all the time, but the death of Richard Lewis probably makes it less likely if anything.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 27th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 62)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 194
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 27th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 62)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 194
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 27th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 62)
I did (9+8)×(25+10+1)=612.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 173
- Views: 14625
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
But having two events in one go seems a bit of a "hack" allowing people to rack up two lots of points while making just one trip. So? I don't think this is a bad thing. Two events on the same weekend allows people to save money on travel. We shouldn't award fewer points for an event just ...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:01 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 772
- Views: 578258
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
I've been working my way through Yes Minister / Prime Minister on the iPlayer. They've been repeating them on Tuesday evenings and leaving them on the iPlayer for a month (rather than indefinitely as they do with some programmes). But the last couple of Tuesdays it hasn't been on for some reason. Al...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:51 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 26th March
- Replies: 2
- Views: 145
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:15 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 173
- Views: 14625
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
What would people think of doing away with tie-break conundrums and allowing draws to happen? There isn't the same need to declare a winner that the TV show has, and I feel like achieving level scores over 9 rounds should count for slightly more than a defeat and slightly less than a win. Also avoi...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:08 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 173
- Views: 14625
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
I previously suggested that perhaps someone could only count points from one event if there were two events at a weekend (e.g. COLIN and hangover). The reason not all events count towards your end-of-year total is that it's hard to make every event and people shouldn't be expected to if they want to...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1636
- Views: 1687331
Re: Politics in General
Why are politicians expressing opinions about the design of a football shirt? I really don't get the big hoo-ha about that cross thing on the England shirt. Total non issue, even at a football/design level, never mind social/political. One of the most acute examples of the depressing tendency for t...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:17 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1636
- Views: 1687331
Re: Politics in General
I've noticed that the first minister of the home nations tick a lot of the diversity boxes and gender (in the case of Norther Ireland. Isn't it time The Tea Shop was a first minister of colour I stared at this for a while, but I'm still lost as to what it means. He means the Taoiseach. But anyway i...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:08 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 584
- Views: 294324
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
Thanks. I'll sort out the points at some point.
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1636
- Views: 1687331
Re: Politics in General
It could be argued that Capital Gains sometimes come in the form of risky investments (similar to gambling which is not taxed) so the tax on that should take into account the expected gains rather than just the actual gains. Though it would be very different for different investments so probably not...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Should I be worried?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 823
Re: Should I be worried?
I was reading a random article about Bitcoin and it mentioned nonce and that it meant single-use, so there you go. It's not something you readily Google. (I could have looked it up in a print dictionary obviously.)
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:06 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 272
- Views: 31715
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Punch a woman when she's down.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 584
- Views: 294324
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
you're due to have some people for the corug park run that won't be playing in the event but are very much affiliated with countdown (rachael montgomery melody coupe and maybe adam beach) so assume you're counting these guys? They would have to at least be at the event in some capacity to get point...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Should I be worried?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 823
Re: Should I be worried?
Nonce passwords are kept more secure, for obvious reasons. Mine is J1mmy5av1l3.
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:19 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 19th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 56)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 171
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 20th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 57)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 402
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 20th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 57)
For some reason people learn (25×75+x)×50/100 but not the others as well.
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:33 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 644868
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
It's more I than some people.Ian Volante wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:24 pmThat's not AI, is the point I'm making.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:01 pmThat's what I meant, and if it cut the accelerator when activated it might encourage safer drivingIan Volante wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:34 pm
Why use AI when a simple distance sensor would do the job?
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:18 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 429
- Views: 244379
Re: What films have you watched lately?
12 Angry Men. Forget Oppenheimer. This is a film. Very much recommended. Its probably in my top ten of best American movies of all time. IMDB has it as no 5 in the all time ratings. (Oppenheimer is 88) So for context Oppenheimer not bad but 12 Angry Men is exceptional Am I right in saying there wer...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:24 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 429
- Views: 244379
Re: What films have you watched lately?
12 Angry Men. Forget Oppenheimer. This is a film. Very much recommended.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 644868
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Why do they have them on some motorways but not others and how do they decide which one?