Quote: Aaron @ September 12 2008, 10:39 PM BSTAnd that I wouldn't trust the British judiciary, let alone that of a country which still holds the death sentence. I could go on, but quite frankly, I can't be arsed. Basically, every single part of it stinks.
I would have thought that in general no country with a residuum of manners would extradite to a country that still has the death sentence... *sigh*
Still, they all do.
Quote: Ian Wolf @ September 4 2008, 10:02 PM BSTIt was mentioned on "Mock the Week" this week that the chances of the CERN Large Hadron Collider, the largest particle accelator in the world, causing a black hole is 1 in 50,000,000.
Interesitngly, you are more likely to burn to death while you sleep (1 in 48,000,000), be murdered (1 in 30,000,000), die in a plane crash (1 in 11,000,000), be struck by lightning (1 in 10,000,000), be struck by an asteroid (1 in 6,000,000), drown in the bath (1 in 685,000) or die today (1 in 257,000).
However, death by black hole is more likely than chocking to death (1 in 120,000,000), falling coconuts (1 in 250,000,000) or shark attacks (1 in 300,000,000).
So, are you worried about CERN, or do you think it is just hype?
I heard somewhere that there is more chance of Elvis crashing a UFO on the Loch Ness monster's head than there is of me winning the lottery. Mind you I think I'd give a lottery win to see that chain of events.
Quote: Finck @ September 12 2008, 10:42 PM BSTBut if you think about it, it's a bit unfortunate to call condoms Trojans, isn't it? Considering the metaphor. Those ad men must've had a lot of fun.
No metaphor, they were soldiers not sailors.
Quote: The Rook @ September 12 2008, 10:48 PM BSTI heard somewhere that there is more chance of Elvis crashing a UFO on the Loch Ness monster's head than there is of me winning the lottery. Mind you I think I'd give a lottery win to see that chain of events.
No you wouldn't.
Quote: Aaron @ September 12 2008, 10:39 PM BSTIt was a 'crime' which was not committed in the country in which he is set to be tried ("NatWest three" ditto, I think?). The prosecuters IN that country have said they will make him "fry". Quite clearly no actual damage was done. Every account I have seen, both from him and from others, suggests that he pushed on unlocked doors. And that I wouldn't trust the British judiciary, let alone that of a country which still holds the death sentence. I could go on, but quite frankly, I can't be arsed. Basically, every single part of it stinks.
The death penalty has nothing to do with this case. Also, I don't think anyone who would face such a charge (murder, etc.) has ever been extradited here. It's common practice to get the U.S. to promise not to pursue the death penalty before handing someone over. And it should be noted that they are voluntarily handed over under the guise of international treaties and not snatched up in the middle of the night.
The guy broke into military systems shortly after September 11th and f**ked around with classified military data. He'll serve about 3 years in jail and then be released to sell his story to the tabloids for a small fortune.
Quote: Aaron @ September 12 2008, 10:44 PM BSTI know I've never been spied on, as I'm yet to be taken to court for psychological scarring.
They probably got bored of watching you sat refreshing the General forum all day.
Quote: Finck @ September 12 2008, 10:46 PM BSTI would have thought that in general no country with a residuum of manners would extradite to a country that still has the death sentence... *sigh*
Still, they all do.
Quite! Talk about depressing.
Quote: The Rook @ September 12 2008, 10:48 PM BSTI heard somewhere that there is more chance of Elvis crashing a UFO on the Loch Ness monster's head than there is of me winning the lottery. Mind you I think I'd give a lottery win to see that chain of events.
School on Wednesday was surreal. The year elevens were all freaking out the year sevens, saying they were all going to die. We tried to pat them on the back.
Quote: Griff @ September 12 2008, 4:38 PM BSTBWT SlagA, where did you see that Hawking said these collisions go on around us all the time? I'd be interested to see in what context he said that. The particles are being accelerated into each other with massive amounts of energy. I'm not sure where this happens in nature apart from the centre of stars etc. (Any idea, Afinkawan?)
Various places from what I understand. There's lots of high energy charged particles passing through the Earth and our atmosphere all the time. so these types of collisions do happen.
Quote: SlagA @ September 12 2008, 4:43 PM BSTSo when Hawking reassured us by saying these collisions happen all the time, he wasn't telling the whole truth?
Sort of. It's the actual collisions which might start off a micro black hole rather than the conditions that occur as a result.
and as for the Natwest Three - that trio of bastards put me in the annoying position of siding with a bunch of bankers...
Could some one explain to me how they come up with hurricane names? Hurricane Ike for example, was that in relation to Tina walking into his fist?
All I know is that hurricanes are named alphabetically each year. So Ike is the ninth.
I am disappointed there is no 'Higgins'.
Does no-one name their hurricanes after the moustachioed acquaintance of Magnum anymore???
Dan
How come no Q's and U's? I'd like to see a Hurricane Quentin or Unwin.
Just a note I heard an interview with the creator of the World Wide Web (basically the http) Tim Berners Lee. He is concerned with the misinformation on the internet. Specifically this misinformation about the CERN Large Hadron Collider. He was very upset about the black hole rumors on the net as they were utterly false. The guy doesn't come out very often but I thought it was interesting. He's proposing more sites that are peer reviewed along the likes of Wikis.
Quote: chipolata @ September 18 2008, 4:07 PM BSTHow come no Q's and U's?
There aren't many names that begin with those letters. They retire names after major storms form and cause damage, so they'd eventually run out of Q and U names.
They rarely make it that far down the alphabet anyway.