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  I can't think of any reason you would ever need to write cursive. Exams. When I was working for one of the Cambridge Colleges some of the Directors of Studies were looking for an easier way to provide feedback on...
• Commented on Is Microsoft trying to commit suicide?
  I was tutting myself last weekend when I realised I hadn't taken my OS maps of West Wales (visiting a school friend who I'd seen once in 45 years and that was a month ago when he came over to...
• Commented on Is Microsoft trying to commit suicide?
  BBC version. Voice of Baceprot played Glastonbury at 11:30 this morning (Friday) on the Woodsies stage and the set may become available on iPlayer in the next few days, region restrictions permitting....
• Commented on Is Microsoft trying to commit suicide?
  Slaves who murdered their masters were also crucified, along with all the other slaves the master owned (including women and children). In more modern parlance that would be Petit Treason, Grand Treason being against the state. Under English law, servants...
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  There's also the possibility of political censorship. As the Roman Empire moved to christianity the 'Ministry of Truth' in Constantinople would have been in a position to misfile, lose or outright destroy anything they found in the archives that contradicted...
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  Worth having a read up on "Starwisp" which was a project to design a light weight Maser launched interstellar probe. Much easier to make a phased array at microwave frequencies than optical, and the sail becomes a wire mesh with...
• Commented on Is Microsoft trying to commit suicide?
  Maybe the right Royal marriage is a solution? If you don't mind a bit of a massacre, the current King of Sweden is around 300th in line of succession to the English Throne. With somewhat less bloodshed and if EEA/EFTA...
• Commented on Harmless Fun
  There was an aircraft in the landing zone that apparently dropped down to 1800ft shortly after the landing so it may have got something. It was dark in the Indian Ocean so we won't see much. The same aircraft was...
• Commented on Is Microsoft trying to commit suicide?
  El Reg has just put up an article heavily featuring this blog entry... https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/06/microsoft_research_recall/...
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  They are not due to dock until tomorrow. Part of the mission is to check out the spacecraft while free flying. Also tomorrow, SpaceX will be trying for IFT-4 of the Superheavy/Starship. Launch window between 12:00 and 14:00 UTC with...
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  One thing the books did well was having the ships arranged like a tower block rather than like an aircraft or surface ship. Floors were perpendicular to the direction of thrust, not parallel to it....
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  He can't pardon himself for this one if elected, it's a state prosecution and US Presidents can only pardon federal crimes. Similarly, he can still vote in Florida as falsifying New York documents isn't a felony in Florida....
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  The military component of the proposal is 12 months continuous, and the budget quoted isn't sufficient to pay the conscriptees anything. The civilian version I would expect to involve the conscriptees travelling on their own time to wherever their services...
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  It's probably trying to get themselves qualified tp make a Party Election Broadcast. From the Ofcom regulations for such things, "Registered parties should qualify for a PEB if they are contesting one sixth or more of the seats up for...
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  I suspect that most of the electorate who think national service is a great idea are also potential Reform UK voters, and this is a desperate attempt to get them back voting Tory and so avoid a complete parliamentary wipe-out...
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  Students can register at their home address and university address but in a general election can only vote once. For local elections they can vote twice provided both are separate bodies.Second home owners can also register at both addresses, but...
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  From memories of The Sweeney, if the villains of the week were driving an old car then there was going to be a spectacular crash involving said vehicle. Thames TV's budget ran to reasonably new Ford Cortina/Granada for Reagan and...
• Commented on On mistaking a transient state for a permanent one
  Apparently so....
• Commented on On mistaking a transient state for a permanent one
  Friend of mine was quite proud of the fact that he'd taken off in an aircraft 30 something times before he ever landed in one....
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  Poking around, it seems that most attacks happen when the water is >40m deep so boats are recommended to stay close to shore in <20m deep waters. BLUE HADES yelling "Get off my lawn" via Orca proxies?...
• Commented on On mistaking a transient state for a permanent one
  I like the theory that they're avenging an injury to one of their relatives caused by a boat....
• Commented on On mistaking a transient state for a permanent one
  "No capes!!!"...
• Commented on On mistaking a transient state for a permanent one
  For anyone else interested, I recently got pointed at the "All The Wizardry" bundle at https://ebooks.direct/products/young-wizards-all-the-wizardry-bundle which, despite the page saying "UK users (if any have managed to make their way to this page despite site redirects in place): Unfortunately...
• Commented on On mistaking a transient state for a permanent one
  stealing a page from John Ringo, a repurposed submarine as hull Who in turn would have stolen it from Harry Harrison and "In Our Hands The Stars"....
• Commented on The Radiant Future! (Of 1995)
  Forgot to add twitter link, https://twitter.com/polarisprogram/status/1786760319471161688...
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  The EVA suits for Polaris Dawn have been revealed, look very like the normal SpaceX suits but with broader shoulders. Apparently they're using some form of flexible rotary joint which is slimmer than the metal ones used in NASA suits...
• Commented on On mistaking a transient state for a permanent one
  Could revive the San Marco platform in Kenya, that's a gnats under 3 degrees south whereas Kourou is 5 degrees north....
• Commented on On mistaking a transient state for a permanent one
  American companies, and for that matter individual Americans, are bound by US laws and regulations wherever they happen to be in the world. For instance, Rocket Lab still requires FAA authorisation to launch from New Zealand, and Varda needed an...
• Commented on On mistaking a transient state for a permanent one
  Or another example, earthquakes that break the only internet route out of Tonga and severely disrupt the links between islands....
• Commented on On mistaking a transient state for a permanent one
  OK, ion engines so not actually a burn, but......