Pete_the_Viscous

I think of it like this: having taken a little bit of Maths, I can now see new situations in which it might be useful. Beforehand, I wouldn't have even known that the answer could be worked out -- that, or I would have thought "oh, this is going to be easy" then come to a grinding halt when I realised that I had no idea what to do. I really do get a lot more out of things now that I have some basic Maths knowledge -- things that I couldn't have appreciated without it. I'd warn that to do any (proper) computing you need a bit of Maths. I'd also say that employers are going to prefer someone with Maths qualifications over someone without, regardless of job (unless of course it makes them overqualified -- but let's not go into that). A lot of friends at college who don't do any Maths look at my work if I'm doing homework and say things to the effect of "You see, that's why I didn't take Maths". What they don't realise is that, had they taken Maths, those things wouldn't appear very complicated.

Such as myself. Very good.

Someone mentioned people who eat meat almost raw? I don't mind people having that taste... but I do mind it when I see TV chefs saying "that meat is over-done" when talking about something which I myself would call slightly under-done. -- So, it's not that they eat meat like that that annoys me: it's that they have a skewed view of what is to be considered over-done.

Nah, I just thought it needed saying -- I doubt he said anything about that.

Haihong raises a good point: this thread has been done to death lots of times.

I'd say both, Yes. Certainly try and get some Yes.

...temptation... too... great... Why can something not come from nothing? First of all, if it's possible for God to exist, (which I'm not contending) surely it's possible also for things to simply spring into existance. ...and now I must cease looking at this thread, for my own good.

Don't if you don't want her to hate you for ever. These things always scare me silly (though never as much as that kid :D ) so I usually watch suspect flash things with one hand in front of my eyes, peeking through my fingers.

Edit -- you know I'm not even going to get into this, people just... gah. (For the record, mine was an "in theory agnostic, in practice atheist" (a la H.P. Lovecraft) post).

Yeah, when I had stomach pains like that, it was that I had appendicitis. One thing they (used to) do to check for appendicitis is to press gently on the abdomen (a few inches above and to the right of the right hip) then release fast. If you've got appendicitis, this will hurt like hell. I seem to remember that doctors aren't meant to do it anymore? Anyway, if that does hurt, I'd go and see a doctor -- and if not, I'd probably still go and see a doctor if it remains bad for long.

I'd certainly keep it anyway: it's useful for checking if the inevitable problems are with firefox or the internet.

Try the The Cure greatest hits album -- that's all acoustic versions of their songs... and personally I think they work better that way.

I would think that in the time it takes for anyone moderating a thread to notice that a photo is in fact a photo of a person's room, they might as well also note whether or not there is anything in the photo which might be used as identification. You're going to have to check all pictures anyway -- it's just common sense; it seems to me that you might as well just exercise yours and make decisions on a picture-by-picture basis. After all, surely there are any number of other things to be taken into consideration when you come across a picture: does it, for instance, contain risque imagery so to speak; does it contain inflammatory cartoons? If you're going to be checking for any of these things, you might as well make whatever checks regarding privacy you need to make to decide which photos are suitable. I'm not about to post a picture of my room (or myself, for that matter). Nor am I really concerned about losing the right to do so. I just think it's a bit of a silly rule; somewhat over the top, if I might be so bold. As a final point, I might add that most digital photographs are not of good enough quality to be able to read the writing on an envelope; unless someone actually does have their name and address framed in huge letters on their wall (in which case they probably deserve all they get), it would be very hard to glean enough information about where someone lives from their pictures. Oh, I suppose views out of the window might be a bit of a give away; I can see that in that case it would be dangerous (assuming the stalker / murderer / salesman lives on the same continent, and knows the locale well).

Oh yeah, that really annoys me. I just wrote a few paragraphs about people mispronouncing things, but it would have been boring to read, so I cut it out. One thing that I find annoying is when people answer questions in lessons (or on gameshows, for that matter) by saying "It's xxxx" or "the answer is yyyy". I just think it's really presumptuous; what's more, they always look a bit foolish when they're wrong. [/i]

I've thought about this. Teacher is one of the jobs I've considered, and I wonder which level I'd want to teach... then I think, actually, I'd have to go for sixthform or above (if I were actually good enough to do so). I couldn't handle little kids behaving like... little kids. That, and you hear stories about how (secondary school) teachers behave. I don't like the sound of having to socialise with that sort of person. Anyway, having said that, to answer the question, I'd say I'd probably be the laid back type. I don't think I could handle the shouting -- I'm not sure I've got the charisma; what's more, I don't think it really gets to the badly behaved children, whereas good, laid back teaching seems to.

I like it, anyway: it's because of how enthusiastic they are, and how they're all such good sports about it, and even when they lose spectacularly they rarely even frown. Seeing people falling flat on their faces... this reminds me of a programme called "international king of sports" or something. It consisted of a load of weird events like "speed falling down", "running-into-a-mattress" and "jumping-onto-progressively-higher-vaulting-horses"... and so on. It was quite fun.

...and what would happen if they did? I imagine the reaction would be somewhat unpleasant. Again, I think it's just better to ignore them, as long as they aren't violent: what does it matter, after all, if they spend their time protesting and burning flags, so long as no one gets hurt?

That's what I'd do.

Hehe, I came across that song when a friend of mine was doing a comic impression of the "oohhhh ohhhhh ohhhhh" bit. After that, I listened to Perfect Strangers quite a bit. Unusually, I don't have a favorite song right now. I've had one or two stuck in my head... but as my earphones were broken for a while (but are fixed now) I hadn't been listening to music on the way to and from college, so wan't thinking much about it.

I think it's an outrage that it's now considered (by some) politically incorrect to call Yorkshire pudding just that. Who could that offend? (Don't answer that: I'm sure it's possible to come up with someone). I have another one of mine to include: other peoples' chips.

Cheung fun: ..though this pic does not look like a particularly appetising specimen. That, and fish & chips.

Did Jesus pay for my sins too?

People in computing say it... as a joke, mainly.

I had a German teacher (i.e. a teacher who taught me German) who once wrote on my report: "[name] performs well in German, despite his dyslexia". ...that wasn't the worst thing someone has ever said to me. I can't think what that would be. I don'y suppose it would be any thing in particular; rather, the way someone has said something, or something like that. (Again, can't think of an example).

Yeah... I still think they put the swearing in there to try and make it sound cool to people who aren't used to it. Still, it didn't ruin the film, or anything; I just found it repetitive.