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by Jon O'Neill
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:05 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 627
Views: 273953

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

Sun King is a blatant rip off of Albatross and these are two totally separate and distinct songs.
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Feb 03, 2024 9:23 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1609
Views: 623934

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

GPS not GPs
Very good.
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:38 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Favourite Comedy Gig
Replies: 11
Views: 744

Re: Favourite Comedy Gig

Cliche but it's Stewart Lee and Frankie Boyle.
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:59 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1592
Views: 1635440

Re: Politics in General

If there's no advantage, then why is the women's #1 ranked #118 in the open rankings? The answer to this question is the reason why there's a protected category, regardless of size, strength, speed and power advantages. Its not a level playing field in the same way that there are less established c...
by Jon O'Neill
Mon Jan 08, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1592
Views: 1635440

Re: Politics in General

If there's no advantage, then why is the women's #1 ranked #118 in the open rankings?
The answer to this question is the reason why there's a protected category, regardless of size, strength, speed and power advantages.
by Jon O'Neill
Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 627
Views: 273953

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

Christian Bale is English.
by Jon O'Neill
Thu Jan 04, 2024 9:31 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The Dead of 2024
Replies: 54
Views: 3786

Re: The Dead of 2024

Everyone who posts in this thread, except me, should be ashamed of themselves.
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Dec 09, 2023 5:50 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 627
Views: 273953

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

Marc Meakin wrote: Sat Dec 09, 2023 4:52 pm The redeye as in a flight from an airline refers to the colour of the plane lights at night rather than your eyes being red because of tiredness
Does it? That doesn't make sense. The tiredness one does make sense.
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:58 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30312

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

- Tax here is too high, and actually given that high earners have already paid a lot of tax the marginal rates should be inverted: earnings over 125k should be taxed at 20%, whereas up to 50k should be more like 40% You've changed Not directed specifically at CT, but across the population the older...
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:36 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30312

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

Conor wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 1:33 pm - Tax here is too high, and actually given that high earners have already paid a lot of tax the marginal rates should be inverted: earnings over 125k should be taxed at 20%, whereas up to 50k should be more like 40%
You've changed
by Jon O'Neill
Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:26 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30312

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

Great thread. Some truly horrendous stuff. It's also amazing what people feel compelled to reply to.
I think it would be good to list these out and all have a vote on how appalling we all find each one so there is a winner.
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Nov 28, 2023 6:45 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
Replies: 137
Views: 12567

Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box

For all conundrums: Buzz by tapping the table with a pen rather than a handslap. Many advantages: 1. Easier to adjudicate who buzzed first as the sound is crisper 2. Less chance of a half-buzz 3. Less distracting for other tables 4. Less stress-inducing for those sensitive to loud noises It's actual...
by Jon O'Neill
Sun Oct 29, 2023 10:32 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1609
Views: 623934

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

And it's absolutely impossible for things to change time by an hour. No - the whole clock has to change.

It's ridiculous.
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Oct 21, 2023 2:44 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: U.S. Countdown Pilot Chat
Replies: 5
Views: 1968

Re: U.S. Countdown Pilot Chat

That's much better than I was expecting!
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Oct 14, 2023 6:34 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: You Are The Ref
Replies: 345
Views: 146828

Re: You Are The Ref

Totally fine. Games where "not playing to the best of your ability" is an offence are a joke.
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Oct 10, 2023 11:28 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Replies: 252
Views: 49378

Re: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics

Gavin Chipper wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:59 pm On the track I'm not sure times have overall massively improved on average. It seems that the fastest have just widened the gap - in some events anyway.
I'd be surprised if that was the case. I'm sure the data to test this is available.
by Jon O'Neill
Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:11 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Replies: 252
Views: 49378

Re: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics

Maybe not better drugs but on the track more flagrant drug taking is at least a possibilty. But there's absolutely no evidence to suggest that. It'd be a bit like accusing all the 2008 swimmers of taking drugs as well as having the new swimsuits. You might well be right but what would lead you to s...
by Jon O'Neill
Mon Oct 09, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Replies: 252
Views: 49378

Re: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics

We know that the shoes can account for all of the improvement so you don't need to assume that drugs are better as well.
by Jon O'Neill
Mon Oct 09, 2023 12:57 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Replies: 252
Views: 49378

Re: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics

Gavin Chipper wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:33 am With all the world records, maybe we'll have to resurrect this thread soon.
I wonder what could be causing all these records to tumble all of a sudden...
by Jon O'Neill
Sun Oct 01, 2023 4:01 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Replies: 252
Views: 49378

Re: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics

Everyone is different physically, and it seems inevitable that some clothing items will assist some athletes more than others. Recent research showed that a properly fitting running bra increased performance. Now I'm only speculating, but I imagine that this would benefit a larger breasted athlete ...
by Jon O'Neill
Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:08 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Replies: 252
Views: 49378

Re: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics

There is also increasing evidence that some runners are much more responsive to the benefits of the shoes than others, which is completely unfair. That, to me, is a bigger problem. Where did you hear this? It seems a bit strange if true. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5856879/ "A...
by Jon O'Neill
Thu Sep 28, 2023 7:34 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Replies: 252
Views: 49378

Re: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics

From 2:14:04 to 2:11:53. Absolutely massive. Some people think all the new shoes devalue the records. Yeah everyone should run bare-footed a-la Zola Budd Well yes. Some people think that these new shoes are somehow "cheating", but unless you ban all shoes, then where do you draw the line?...
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Aug 29, 2023 8:05 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: It started with a kiss
Replies: 19
Views: 2072

Re: It started with a kiss

Any normal non-rapist would be pretty upset if they did something in the heat of the moment that makes someone feel uncomfortable. He had a great chance to find out that you can't just go around doing whatever you want to people without thinking about how they might receive it. If he realised this, ...
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Aug 22, 2023 7:06 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1609
Views: 623934

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

Jack Welsby too.
by Jon O'Neill
Fri Aug 18, 2023 8:24 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Rachel Riley Post
Replies: 76
Views: 16483

Re: Rachel Riley Post

There is some quite compelling evidence which is very easy to find.
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:23 am
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Big Ben
Replies: 25
Views: 4280

Re: Big Ben

Can someone work out when the vowelliest time of the day to play is?
by Jon O'Neill
Thu Jul 27, 2023 12:28 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83764

Re: Music

I made a playlist on Deezer recently of an old dance compilation, and quickly ran into problems of availability. Mostly, it was a preponderance of the 7" or radio versions of the song, or more modern remixes which seemed to be available, but not the remixes available from the time. This was th...
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Jul 26, 2023 7:53 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83764

Re: Music

1. Could you provide examples of music that isn't available to stream? I would have thought it would be extremely niche by now. And there is vastly more music available to stream than buy physically or download (I'm including YouTube here). I made a playlist on Deezer recently of an old dance compi...
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Jul 18, 2023 8:17 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1609
Views: 623934

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

It's always seemed to me that the areas shown by Hawk-Eye look too large, almost the width of the ball, as in football's 'all of the ball over all of the line', so a ball can still be in even if it doesn't actually touch the line, merely had some part of the line under it when it bounced. I don't h...
by Jon O'Neill
Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:43 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1609
Views: 623934

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

Gavin Chipper wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:39 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: Sat Jul 15, 2023 9:04 pm
Jon O'Neill wrote: Sat Jul 15, 2023 7:56 pm How did it work?
Dunno.
Someone just reminded me it was called Cyclops.
Nice!
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Jul 15, 2023 7:56 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1609
Views: 623934

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

How did it work?
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Jul 15, 2023 6:55 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1609
Views: 623934

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

Edit - They also used to have a thing that beeped when a serve went out (maybe just if it went long?) and that must have been going decades ago. Maybe we're not thinking of the same thing, but the beep I can recall was triggered by the ball hitting the net cord. There were 2 with different beeps. W...
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Jul 15, 2023 2:57 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: TENNIS
Replies: 136
Views: 37988

Re: TENNIS

Yeah it was a shame because Jabeur has been fantastic all tournament and didn't turn up today.
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Jul 11, 2023 8:08 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1609
Views: 623934

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

I still think it's a stretch for anyone who doesn't play tennis fairly competently, but I admire your optimism. If a non player was taken off the street and went on a grass court and was offered the wager then I would say said person is most likely to lose but if Jono or Gevin was asked and they co...
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:49 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1609
Views: 623934

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

Gavin Chipper wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:47 pm
Jon O'Neill wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:21 pm For the record, I wouldn't put any money on Gevin to win this bet.
But would you put money on me to lose?
Yes. Not as much as I'd put on myself to win though. Also even though Elliott is probably much better at tennis than me, I think I'd put more on myself than him. Is that wrong?
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:21 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1609
Views: 623934

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

For the record, I wouldn't put any money on Gevin to win this bet.
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:19 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1609
Views: 623934

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

I didn't say anything about anyone could or would get a racquet on 20. I've just seen a couple of videos like the one you're talking about. It's made me more confident. Just thinking about how you'd practically do this as a challenge. I think you'd have to give the server an arbitrary number, say 20...
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Jul 08, 2023 7:55 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1609
Views: 623934

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

But anyway about £20. I think by chance most people would get at least one back. And £20 won't break the bank. I very strongly disagree that most people would, if you're including the large majority of the population who don't play tennis. You'd need a reasonable degree of experience to even have a...
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Jul 04, 2023 9:23 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Ask Graeme?
Replies: 1740
Views: 682580

Re: Ask Graeme?

Love a Graeme update in this thread. Amazing stuff - thanks.
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Jun 24, 2023 8:45 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 627
Views: 273953

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

Axl Rose is an anagram of Oral Sex.
by Jon O'Neill
Sun May 07, 2023 9:46 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Is it time to end, the Monarchy?
Replies: 66
Views: 4276

Re: Is it time to end, the Monarchy?

Anyway, obviously the monarchy is totally mental. It goes without saying. The only interesting question is whether or not it is a net generator of revenue. I suspect it's pretty hugely in the positive ( £1.8bn by this 2017 report - I can't find much else from a quick Google) and if we were to liqui...
by Jon O'Neill
Sun May 07, 2023 8:50 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Is it time to end, the Monarchy?
Replies: 66
Views: 4276

Re: Is it time to end, the Monarchy?

I think it's pretty obvious all along here that Marc is playing a bit of the devil's advocate and many of his comments are tongue-in-cheek or deliberately slightly provocative so to get triggered or call him defensive is a bit weird. He's not one of the many royalist nutters in this country. Anyway,...
by Jon O'Neill
Mon May 01, 2023 8:31 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Nobody in the world could beat you at X Y and Z
Replies: 35
Views: 4043

Re: Nobody in the world could beat you at X Y and Z

Update from the Billionaire: You can pick team games. He will use his wealth and access to advanced science to create temporary clones of you and the candidate so that there are enough copies of each of you to fill the teams. He's also displeased at the nonsense suggestions such as "Impression...
by Jon O'Neill
Sun Apr 30, 2023 7:37 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Nobody in the world could beat you at X Y and Z
Replies: 35
Views: 4043

Re: Nobody in the world could beat you at X Y and Z

Game 1. Who is taller?
Game 2. Who is shorter?
Game 3. Countdown
by Jon O'Neill
Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:22 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The Matt Morrison Computer Corner
Replies: 452
Views: 114829

Re: The Matt Morrison Computer Corner

My laptop keeps randomly cutting out. Sometimes it just turns off and I have to turn it on again. Sometimes it turns on again anyway. It's definitely not an overheating thing, as the highest risk time is when it's just been turned on, and it never appears to be particularly hot anyway. It doesn't h...
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:15 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1592
Views: 1635440

Re: Politics in General

The people you're talking about who would have that reaction against the movement are a very thin slice of the spectrum of human perspective Are they? Yeah. Anyone who is conscientious enough to have an informed opinion on climate change which moves, as a result of this protest, towards caring less...
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Apr 18, 2023 9:50 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1592
Views: 1635440

Re: Politics in General

I say this as a man who had a fairly robust discussion with his dad about the protests at the Grand National only a couple of days prior, in which he made much the same argument as me, so I feel a little hypocritical. But at least those protesters were actually protesting at the site of the issue t...
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Apr 18, 2023 9:43 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1592
Views: 1635440

Re: Politics in General

everything good we have in this world came from people who were willing to fight for it Yes, but it matters who you're fighting, and where you fight. The climate fight isn't with snooker tables, and any benefits from the exposure of protesting (was it even a protest? it was just a disruption) a maj...
by Jon O'Neill
Fri Apr 07, 2023 10:09 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Deathwatch 2017
Replies: 467
Views: 209236

Re: Deathwatch 2017

This thread is so shit. Do we really need an update for every celebrity death?
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Mar 08, 2023 10:10 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Only Connect
Replies: 169
Views: 93409

Re: Only Connect

Extremely annoying, but that annoyance is completely offset (and more) by the joy I get from the fact that she will totally enrage some absolute pricks. Elia is one of my fave contestants of all time. They're a great team.
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Feb 15, 2023 8:46 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 10 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 7
Replies: 25
Views: 2153

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 10 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 7

In the Countdown clock music we have 30 seconds, and thus 128bpm works as well. You can clearly hear distinct musical phrasing in the Countdown tune. In terms of bars the pattern is six lots of 8-count for the main bit. The ending is one count of 8, followed by one count of 4, and then the coda on ...
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Feb 14, 2023 8:50 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)
Replies: 33
Views: 3896

Re: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)

Gavin Chipper wrote: Mon Feb 13, 2023 11:43 pm According to the stats someone did get 300 today. Someone here? Someone got a bot to do it? I just upped my high score to 224.

Edit - No-one has scored between 224 and 300, so whoever got 300 didn't work up to it.
The Jeanne Calment of Sporcle.
by Jon O'Neill
Sun Jan 22, 2023 9:38 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1592
Views: 1635440

Re: Politics in General

What someone thinks of the BBC is generally a good barometer for how nutty they are on either side of the political spectrum.
by Jon O'Neill
Sun Jan 22, 2023 2:15 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2023 - The 16th Championship of Champions Grand Final
Replies: 47
Views: 3856

Re: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2023 - The 16th Championship of Champions Grand Final

This was a great CoC. Some really spicy games and some high quality performances. Agree that Colin and the DC guests elevated it as well. I liked the conundrums. I didn't like that there were a lot of "safe" numbers picking. Congrats Ahmed - a worthy winner. I think the reason why there w...
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Jan 21, 2023 8:44 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2023 - The 16th Championship of Champions Grand Final
Replies: 47
Views: 3856

Re: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2023 - The 16th Championship of Champions Grand Final

This was a great CoC. Some really spicy games and some high quality performances. Agree that Colin and the DC guests elevated it as well. I liked the conundrums. I didn't like that there were a lot of "safe" numbers picking.

Congrats Ahmed - a worthy winner.
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Jan 21, 2023 8:38 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Champion of champions seedings
Replies: 40
Views: 9016

Re: Champion of champions seedings

I'm pretty sure I wasn't being entirely serious. I think it's actually impressive to get so far into the minutiae of something that only a handful of people will ever care about.
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Nov 23, 2022 9:21 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83764

Re: Music

The fair comparison point you make notwithstanding, my linking of the article was only intended to provide information about how downloading uses less energy than streaming, which was all that Tim asserted and you said you didn't get how. The follow-on implications that article makes about energy u...
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Nov 23, 2022 12:44 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83764

Re: Music

"However, if we listen to our streamed music using a hi-fi sound system it’s estimated to use 107 kilowatt hours of electricity a year, costing about £15.00 to run. A CD player uses 34.7 kilowatt hours a year and costs £5 to run." This is also absolute bollocks. What CD player are they tal...
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Nov 23, 2022 12:39 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83764

Re: Music

4. I don't get how. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190207-why-streaming-music-may-be-bad-for-climate-change Mostly comparing streaming to physical media but from the description of how streaming uses energy should make it obvious why downloading uses less. I can't effectively articulate how w...
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Nov 22, 2022 8:46 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83764

Re: Music

I think paying for downloads is almost as mental as buying physical music. Four reasons to pay for downloads: 1. Not all music is available to stream 2. Once downloaded, no reliance on the internet 3. Making compilations for others 4. Less energy use 5. The artist gets paid for their talent and eff...