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This is a link post Vader, Bagpipes, Unicycle
Have we had this?

Link may not have been posted before. Maybe.
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This is a normal post As Bart Simpson famously asked, "Snipers, where are you?"

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This is a link post Man burns nuts in public (or pubic) arena.
Great balls of fire.
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This is a normal post Chestnuts roasting on an open fire.

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This is a normal post Top quality entertainment in Essex...

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This is a normal post
Well I'd rather watch the people of Essex burn instead of breed...
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This is a normal post Word

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This is a normal post Close, it were a "sentence". But you're getting better young master flaps.
Now run along the Mr Hunters class for what he calls "P.E"
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This is a normal post
were was

Just to go for the predictubble.
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This is a normal post I learnt English in a small church school in Cornwall.
I can construct a pretty good wickerman though
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This is a normal post
Also, it should have said "Hunter's" instead of "Hunters"
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This is a normal post That is an example of awful grammar and sentence structure.
2/10
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This is a link post The Most Astounding Fact
Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked in an interview with TIME magazine, "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?" This is his answer.

Beautiful little video that is a joy to watch full screen
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This is a normal post Any physicists who can help me here?
I understand how stars fuse H to make He,* and I can see how bigger stars might go on to fuse He into slightly heavier elements like Li, Be, B, C. But how do we get stuff as heavy as even Pb, let alone U?

I know that there were some whacking great stars in the early universe, but was any ever big enough to generate the whole periodic table? If not, from where did even the moderately heavy elements come?

Answers sufficiently simplified to be understood by someone lacking a science degree would be appreciated.

* OK, "understand" is the wrong word. But I can sort-of get my head around the basic idea, which is close enough.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 15:40, Reply)
This is a normal post It was the magic man in the sky what done it, silly.

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This is a normal post Silly me.
But how did he do it?
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This is a normal post Never mind questions
Just believe
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 15:57, Reply)
This is a normal post He'll probably claim he can't remember or something as equally ambiguous

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 15:59, Reply)
This is a normal post Judging by the quality of the product...
"Mr God" was having a laugh, after an extended Friday afternoon liquid lunch. Hence my mission to excise the mistakes...
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This is a normal post Something to do with supernovae
As you infer, "normal" fusion reactions in stellar cores, even super-massive ones, are not sufficiently energetic to produce the heavier elements alone. It requires the mind bogglingly huge energies present in a supernova to synthesise elements heavier than bismuth.
SCIENCE!
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 15:45, Reply)
This is a normal post Ta!
So collapsing isn't enough? There has to be an explosion too?

Hmmm...
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 15:48, Reply)
This is a normal post
The collapse is what causes the explosion.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 16:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah: I know that.
But not all collapsing stars explode, do they? I heard somewhere that ours probably won't because it's not massive enough. It'll just go into retirement and eventually fade away, without ever producing a single atom of ruthenium.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 16:15, Reply)
This is a normal post
Yes, if it's big enough, apparently it does this collapse and then 'bounce' out - the atoms being at greater pressure fuels the hotter reaction (I think).
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This is a normal post Google 'The Science in Science Fiction'
and you'll find a link to amazon to an excellent book by Robert Bly. A fine read :)
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 15:54, Reply)
This is a normal post Ta!

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This is a normal post
Normal fusion that happens in stars can create all the elements up to lead. Once it gets to lead fusion is no longer sustainable under those conditions so the star 'stalls' and goes cold (if it is very small), nova (if it is medium sized) or supernova (if it is big).

It is in the nova and the supernova that the pressures and energies get high enough to fuse lead into heavier elements. That is where the rest of the table comes from.

The universe literally started with just sub-atomic particles. These came together to created electrons and protons, which joined to create neutrons and hydrogen.

Hydrogen gas then formed clouds via gravity and then liquids, and then, finally solids. These then collected more hydrogen and eventually, when a critical mass was reached it would create a star.

This star then worked away at creating stuff up to lead. Then BANG... we have heavier elements.

A very slow process... And an amazing one too.
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This is a normal post Iron peak
The nuclear binding energy of the elements (the energy holding the nucleus together, or the energy required to split the nucleus) increases from Hydrogen upwards through the lighter elements and peaks at Iron, where it then starts to decrease.

In other words, for elements up to iron, nuclear fusion releases energy and after iron nuclear fusion consumes energy. So the elements up to iron can be created in stars (stellar nucleosynthesis) whereas the elements heavier than iron need the much higher energy of a supernova to form (supernova nucleosynthesis).

This soup of elements knocks around the universe for a few billion years then coalesces into stuff like galaxies, planets, you, me, your iPhone, the cat, etc
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This is a normal post ...
But what are CATS made out of?
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This is a normal post Dogs
who were bad in a previous life
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This is a normal post
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sp-VFBbjpE
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This is a normal post Watch "The Life of Stars" episode in the Carl Saga "Cosmos" series.
'splains it all.
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This is a link post I wish my car had a sunroof.

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This is a normal post Bwahahahahhahaahahahhahahahahahahahahahah!

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This is a normal post Haha!
He deserved it, crappin on my flowers!
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This is a normal post An oldie but excellentie

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This is a normal post aaaw! That's horrible.
Funny, but horrible.
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This is a normal post WE MADE THIS
YAY!
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This is a normal post Who is 'we'?

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This is a normal post distances defyingdarwin from work person...
i do work for The Viral Factory... this is one of ours/theirs/everyones.

EDIT: i do creative... i write ideas type stuff....but not as defyingdarwin... no one would employ defyingdarwin
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This is a normal post Did you do the pigeon one as well?

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This is a normal post Yeah
This was all Yonkers ago!

Search YouTube for more recent stuff! Shit eating grin and shameless plug x xD
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This is a normal post Very brave telling the whole of B3ta where you work like that.
Your trust is admirable and I apologise for the 250 pizzas on their way.
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This is a normal post HAHAAHAHAHAHAAHA!

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 16:27, Reply)
This is a normal post NEVER
apologise for pizza.
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This is a normal post Do "some work"
I'm like the scarlet pimpernell x
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This is a normal post If you're going to post that (which IS funny)...
you may as well add the sister advert - www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QI71Oy1SbA
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This is a normal post I thought it might have a giant knife
pop out and stab it!

;)
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This is a normal post Haha
Macabre
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This is a normal post Eight to go

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This is a normal post Its been years since I saw that!

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This is a normal post christ, as much as I hate cats,
this comment scares the fuck out of me:
"so good, god damnit i hate cats!
my dog god bless him - an American Staffordshire has killed 6 :-)
watching this footage makes me want it to be real and happen to my naughbours cats"

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This is a normal post My wife has forbidden me to cook rabbit...
Since we found out that once skinned, cleaned, and head/tail removed, they are indistiguishable in appearance or taste from cats. I would think that would be a PLUS (but apparently I'm wrong). So long Chipotle Chili & buttered rabbit on the BBQ...
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This is a normal post Why not just tell her it's dog? She'll be non the wiser.

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This is a normal post I'm struggling with the 'in appearance' alone,
but how on earth would you know that it indistinguishable by taste?!
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This is a normal post I read a lot...

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This is a normal post I am PC Mechanic, and I approve this message.

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This is a link post Interesting picture placement by the BBC...

Click image for bigger.
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This is a normal post Hahahahaahah!
That has to be deliberate! *Screen grabs*
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This is a normal post if only one of their features was on that internet cunt.
Could have been a triple whammy.
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This is a normal post Lols.
"the film follows Merida, an impetuous girl who defies an age-old custom and inadvertently unleashes chaos, forcing her to discover the meaning of true bravery before it is too late."

That will be the age-old custom of not intercepting other people's private correspondence.
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This is a normal post I noticed exactly this a while earlier
but wasn't on my 'puter so couldn't grab it
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This is a link post 55 gallon steel drum can crush
See if you can keep your eye on the experiment and not the girl in the middle of the line-up!
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This is a normal post 2 mins too long, but even with that build up, i still shat meself

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This is a normal post I find it's quicker to stamp on it.
Edit: can not fit girls in the background of videos.
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This is a normal post RACIST!!

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This is a normal post Fuck yeah
You put some ice on it while I stand 10 foot away with a hosepipe.
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This is a normal post You can do that with an empty beer can
1. place a small amount of water in the empty can (a couple of teaspoons will do)
2. Heat the can over a stove until the water boils (tongs are quite useful here).
3. Immediately plunge the can into a bowl of cold water, upside down so the opening is below the surface.
4. Bask in the amazement of your friends.
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This is a normal post 4 is wrong
4. Explain to wife why there's water everywhere. Everywhere :(
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This is a normal post sciences!

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This is a normal post Did an experiment for my kids a few years ago.
Empty drinking water bottle, opened at Rocky Mountain National Park's Alpine Visitor Center (located at 11,796 feet above sea level), then sealed for the drive home to Chicago. The kids loved watching it slowly get crushed during the drive - the hamster inside the bottle didn't enjoy it as much...
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 16:24, Reply)
This is a normal post did you line the inside of the bottle with knives?

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This is a normal post If only I had thought to put razor blades in there!
Could have been a very interesting experiment.
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This is a link post Digital change over guide in Ulster-Scots
Ronseal.
Reads like Rab C Nesbitt has been employed to produce government pamphlets about the cheenge-ower.
Made me chuckle.
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This is a normal post Haha
It goes all the way to the small print.
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This is a normal post Hahahahahaha

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This is a normal post But.... but....
WHY? They don't READ in fucking dialect. Absolutely bizarre.
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This is a normal post Holly Willie's Prayer
O Thou that in the Heavens does dwell,
Wha, as it pleases best Thysel,
Sends ane to Heaven, an ten to Hell,
A' for Thy glory,
And no for onie guid or ill
They've done before Thee!

I bless and praise Thy matchless might,
When thousands Thou has left in night,
That I am here before Thy sight,
For gifts an grace
A burning and a shining light
To a' this place.

What was I, or my generation,
That I should get sic exaltation?
I, wha deserv'd most just damnation
For broken laws,
Sax thousand years ere my creation,
Thro Adam's cause!

When from my mither's womb I fell,
Thou might hae plung'd me deep in Hell,
To gnash my gooms, and weep and wail,
In burning lakes,
Whare damned devils roar and yell,
Chain'd to their stakes.

Yet I am here a chosen sample,
To show Thy grace is great and ample:
I'm here a pillar o Thy temple,
Strong as a rock,
A guide, a buckler, and example,
To a' Thy flock!

But yet, O Lord! confess I must,
At times I'm fash'd wi fleshy lust;
An sometimes, too, in warldly trust,
Vile self gets in;
But Thou remembers we are dust,
Defil'd wi sin.

O Lord! yestreen, Thou kens, wi Meg
Thy pardon I sincerely beg
O, may't ne'er be a livin plague
To my dishonour!
An I'll ne'er lift a lawless leg
Again upon her.

Besides, I farther maun avow,
Wi Leezie's lass, three times I trow
But, Lord, that Friday I was fou,
When I cam near her,
Or else, Thou kens, Thy servant true
Wad never steer her.

Maybe Thou lets this fleshly thorn
Buffet Thy servant e'en and morn,
Lest he owre proud and high should turn,
That he's sae gifted:
If sae, Thy han' maun e'en be borne,
Until Thou lift it.

Lord, bless Thy chosen in this place,
For here Thou has a chosen race!
But God confound their stubborn face,
An blast their name,
Wha bring Thy elders to disgrace
An open shame.

Lord, mind Gau'n Hamilton's deserts:
He drinks, an swears, an plays at cartes,
Yet has sae monie takin arts,
Wi great and sma',
Frae God's ain Priest the people's hearts
He steals awa.

And when we chasten'd him therefore,
Thou kens how he bred sic a splore,
And set the warld in a roar
O laughin at us;
Curse Thou his basket and his store,
Kail an potatoes!

Lord, hear my earnest cry and pray'r,
Against that Presbyt'ry o Ayr!
Thy strong right hand, Lord, mak it bare
Upo' their heads!
Lord, visit them, an dinna spare,
For their misdeeds!

O Lord, my God! that glib-tongu'd Aiken,
My vera heart and flesh are quakin,
To think how we stood sweatin, shakin,
An pish'd wi dread,
While he, wi hingin lip, an snakin,
Held up his head.

Lord, in Thy day o vengeance try him!
Lord, visit them wha did employ him!
And pass not in Thy mercy by them,
Nor hear their pray'r,
But for Thy people's sake destroy them,
An dinna spare.

But, Lord, remember me and mine
Wi mercies temporal and divine,
That I for grace an gear may shine,
Excell'd by nane,
And a' the glory shall be Thine
Amen, Amen!

Epitaph on Holy Willie

Here Holy Willie's sair worn clay
Taks up its last abode;
His soul has ta'en some other way
I fear, the left-hand road.

Stop! there he is as sure's a gun!
Poor, silly body, see him!
Nae wonder he's as black's the grun
Observe wha's standing wi him!

Your brunstane Devilship, I see
Has got him there before ye!
But haud your nine-tail cat a wee,
Till ance you've heard my story.

Your pity I will not implore,
For pity ye have nane,
Justice, alas! has gi'en him o'er,
And mercy's day is gane.

But hear me, Sir, Deil as ye are,
Look something to your credit:
A cuif like him wad stain your name,
If it were kent ye did it!

I also direct you to the works of Irvine Welsh.
Acid house is a cracking read
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This is a normal post QOTW is thataway ------>

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This is a normal post That is really strange

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This is a normal post They should do one in Essex speak.

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This is a normal post They don't need to.
Everyone in Essex has Sky already, innit.
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This is a link post Captain Zep, super space detective
When is a vase not a vase and what did the heat sensors indicate?

Didn't the kids used to win a jar of hair Captain Zep hair gel?
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This is a normal post I think they will win a lot of Oscars for this.

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This is a normal post I loved this as a sprog.

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This is a normal post The black guy's name is "Brown"?

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This is a normal post RACIST!

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:23, Reply)
This is a normal post It's a common surname,
and especially for black families, in the US. It did indeed often originate from skin-colour (when attached to African-Americans). So having a black character called Brown is both realistic and a bit stereotyped at the same time.
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This is a normal post What if they're not from Africa or American?

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This is a normal post Then it's Ambrose
And you're only allowed to work as a gentlemens hairdresser in Peckham.
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This is a normal post In that case
it's most likely been your family name for a long long time and one of your ancestors was noted for their brown hair. Either that, or in the US, it's often an Anglicisation of the German 'Braun'.

Glad to be of help.
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This is a normal post I bet you're a wow with the ladies.

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This is a normal post They can't get enough of me
down at the Philological Society tea parties
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This is a normal post "Philology"-
Has there ever been anyone who wasn't american that studied that?
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This is a link post London Sack Race
So, it's a sack race, around London, in the shape of a penis, for charity (testicular cancer).

My mate is organising it - semi (no pun intended) plug I suppose, but it's for a good cause, and will raise a few chuckles hopefully.
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This is a normal post Raised a genuine chuckle from me
That is a magnificent CDC
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This is a normal post Good luck with this

I think my sack would be too impotent to deliver the goods however :O/
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This is a normal post I like that there are 3 markers per ball
(Though I'm slightly disturbed by marker coming out of the helmet)
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This is a normal post Good work!
having survived testicular cancer twice - I think this is a good thing...
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This is a link post Southampton pub ordered to change name of 20 years because of stupid new movie
It was my favourite drinking hole when I lived down that way. Boo to the Saul Zaentz Company! Boo!
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This is a normal post Does it really matter?

In a nice way - I mean why can't they just leave them alone?
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This is a normal post they should rename it to 'Saul Zaentz is a fucking cunt'

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This is a normal post
... ™
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This is a normal post Fucking greedy American cunts

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This is a normal post This

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This is a normal post Totally
I think the new movie has a 500 million dollar budget, it will probably rake in 4 times that over its lifetime.
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This is a normal post erm
"It features characters from Tolkien's stories on its signs... and the face of Lord of the Rings film star Elijah Wood on its loyalty card."

"Landlady Ms Roberts said: "We were absolutely stunned. It was completely unexpected, we never intended to infringe anyone's copyright."

except presumably the copyright owner of the image of Elijah Wood?
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This is a normal post They should give away copied DVD's of the new film with each pint.

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This is a normal post I was sympathetic
Until I saw that they Elijah Wood on the loyalty card
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This is a normal post They rather shot themselves in the foot there

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This is a normal post Yeah you're right
That was a little silly of them, and it muddies the waters. But that's not what they're being ordered to change - the Saul Zaentz Company owns the rights to the title and characters of the book, not Elijah Wood's face.

I know, legally they're within their rights to protect their IP, but it just seems so mean and pointless; it's not like the existence of a student pub in Southampton has any real financial relevance to them.
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This is a normal post Well, yeah
The Tolkien estate didn't seemed to mind for twenty years, but pushing it with characters from the movie was taking a bit to far, and you would have thought someone their end would have said, 'hang on a sec'
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This is a normal post Honestly
I don't think using the movie images had anything to do with it - see www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-15825960 - it looks much more like they're just done a blanket search for any businesses using the word 'Hobbit' in their name and sent them all nasty letters.
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This is a normal post It's all a bit silly I agree
but what do you expect from corporate America when they want to do it by the letter? I just think it's a shame the Tolkien estate have allowed them to be so anal about it
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This is a normal post The trouble is....
... the movie studios are in a difficult position. On the one hand, they are, believe it or not, human too, mostly, and most likely don't actually WANT to pursue some obscure pub in what is to them some backwater town just because it's got an infringing name and some amusingly named cocktails.

BUT... if someone else then infringes *properly* - like, releases a bunch of action figures or books or whatever and makes a mint out of them- and the studio can be shown to have known about the pub and done nothing, they can be shown to have not been bothered about infringement before... and if you can show that the trademark isn't worth anything because, for example, the owner didn't take steps to defend it, then the trademark lapses and it's a free-for-all.
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This is a normal post There is something called common sense at the end of the day
and I really don't think an obscure pub in Southampton, or the name of a cocktail, will have any effect on the forthcoming movie's ability to generate box office sales, where as a line of toys probably would to the overall profit; especially if they wanted to release a line of their own, which they undoubtably will. If that makes any sense
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 15:12, Reply)
This is a normal post I've heard this argument a few times
But I've always been a little skeptical - is this really the case? Surely a company can choose who to pursue and who to leave alone, can't they? Why should choosing to allow one company to use your IP preclude you from stopping another?

I mean, say my brother comes along and takes my lawnmower* without asking. If I decide not to prosecute him, it doesn't automatically follow that the lawnmower is now public property.**

*I do not own a lawnmower

**Also I accept that possibly lawnmower ownership is not a direct analogue to copyright law
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 15:34, Reply)
This is a normal post Short answer...
Yes, this is really the case.

It is simply not worth it for them to "just let it go" because it's "just a pub". There are *millions* at stake.
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This is a normal post twats, really

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This is a normal post I'm sure there's got to be something here about "squatters rights" or some such thing after trading for 20 years
And how long till The Hobbit goes out of copyright, anyway? I thought that only lasted 70 years.
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This is a normal post That would be somewhat acceptable...
But many US companies treat the world as under US law. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk862BbjWx4
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This is a normal post I dunno
Isn't it 70 years after the death of the author? In which case, still a few years to go.
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This is a normal post also this:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-15825960
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This is a normal post I used to live in Southampton, and went there sometimes too.
To be honest I couldn't give a flying fuck if they change their name, surprised they got away with it so long.
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This is a normal post Similar story happened in my village when they closed The Herbie Goes Bananas Inn :(

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This is a normal post Well there goes my plan to open the leathal weapon 3 carvery

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This is a link post An article about forgotten foods.
Quite a phew "BLEURRRGH" entries (I'm not squeamish btw, although I've been veggie for 23+ years I still have fond memories of Liver & Bacon, Kidneys &c.)
I picked & bletted medlars....curious.
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This is a normal post Some of it sounds lovely tho
I'm very tempted to try potted rabbit and damson cheese.

Pig's trotters make a casserole super lovely, especially in something like curry goat. They don't have the nail on y'know.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:35, Reply)
This is a normal post OH GOD LOOK WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN
If we're talking recipies, I did a pea & chive orzotto last night- Lush, it was!
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:39, Reply)
This is a normal post God I've missed your abuse
I've got an essay to procrastinate for so I'm hanging round here for another 5 mins.

*googles orzotto*

wow, its like a peral barley risotto, I'm genuinely excited by that.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:43, Reply)
This is a normal post "I'm genuinely excited by that".
HAHA YOU MASSIVE POOF
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:28, Reply)
This is a normal post Better than being a tiny one!
Or something.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:52, Reply)
This is a normal post I had a pigs trotter in France
when I was about 12 (circa 1976) and it was fucking disgusting.

My wife makes Damson Jam but most of the Damsons go into Damson Gin.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:40, Reply)
This is a normal post My mother brought me some damson cheese when she visited the other weekend.
Awesome stuff, you should give it a go.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:45, Reply)
This is a normal post Well that's rude, giving away my present
Although, I s'pose it was more of a payment considering I 'forgot' to give her the cash.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:48, Reply)
This is a normal post I also make damson jam :)
Damson vodka is also bloody marvellous if you fancy a change to the traditional gin.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:48, Reply)
This is a normal post Bring back dripper cakes!
Never seen them outside of Gloucestershire, and not many places sell them there anymore.

It's a shame you don't see more traditional fruit and veg about. Lots of English varieties that you never see in shops are fantastic. My folks have a Lord Lamborn apple tree, tastes amazingly crisp straight from the fridge.

Many a night I lament the abscence of Lord Lamborn's flavour in my mouth or dripping on my lips.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:47, Reply)
This is a normal post Thems dripper cakes were gert lush.

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:01, Reply)
This is a normal post 1/ I lived in Gloucestershire for a while & I've never heard of 'em.
2/ ...& nor have you, stop showing off in front of your internet friends; they're not impressed, you know.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:38, Reply)
This is a normal post 1: No you didn't.
2: I don't have any friends.
3: How do I gaz you some abuse now your profile page has a sickening kitten on it?
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:43, Reply)
This is a normal post 1/ I bloody did
2/ What about all the childrens' corpses in your basement?
3/ I hadn't considered that. I'll gaz you my postal address so you can courier me a jiffybag full of cold sick instead.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:50, Reply)
This is a normal post Just put your home & work phone number on here.

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:52, Reply)
This is a normal post NO!
Get it off Bristol Temple Mead's toilet walls like everyone else.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 15:11, Reply)
This is a normal post Damson Cheese is great
I picked some up years ago in North Yorkshire, I forget where though
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:10, Reply)
This is a normal post if you're looking for a nont popular meat to eat
try liver. Quite cheap as it;s in low demand, cooked right and it's amazing.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:17, Reply)
This is a normal post Liver
makes me projectile vomit.

But clearly doesn't have that effect on some. So have at it.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 18:11, Reply)
This is a normal post You don't eat meat?

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:22, Reply)
This is a normal post *sigh*
....drunkenly nibbling the end of a footlong doesn't count.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:43, Reply)
This is a normal post Footlong?
Methinks the booze may be addling your perspective...
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 16:30, Reply)
This is a normal post I've eaten pigs trotter before
There's a restaurant in Montreal called Au Pied du Cochon that serves it.



They put foie gras on pretty much everything.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 18:29, Reply)
This is a link post Underwater dogs
Yes, it's dogs partially submerging themselves willingly - something mine never does.

GC detector says "I know not"



Edit: a few more here littlefriendsphoto.com/index2.php#/gallery1/1/
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:19, Reply)
This is a normal post by GC do you mean search?....all I get for anything is query failed now

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:30, Reply)
This is a normal post
same here
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:51, Reply)
This is a normal post wow, fantastic pictures!

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:41, Reply)
This is a normal post Thoughs are pretty awesome

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:59, Reply)
This is a normal post yeah
i posted this a while back but it's worth reposting cos it's ace.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:10, Reply)
This is a normal post That is lovely

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:44, Reply)
This is a normal post What a lovely idea

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:00, Reply)
This is a normal post I wonder if it would set the mentals off.

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:08, Reply)
This is a normal post Oi! you can't use that kind of derogatory term here:
I wonder if it would set the mentals mongs off.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:23, Reply)
This is a normal post It's good to talk
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/aug/19/comment.politics1
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 15:35, Reply)
This is a link post Rock and Roll riffs from 1964 to 1975.
Bit of classic rock...
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:52, Reply)
This is a normal post WwwowwohhoooooOOOOooooo, now my head is full of songs!!!111!!

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:58, Reply)
This is a normal post A relief from Lionel Richie at last!
Also, Count Five seem interesting and I was previously unaware of them. Cheers :)
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:03, Reply)
This is a normal post I was also unaware of Count Five.
I am currently searching for a torrent of them, my neighbour will be providing the bandwidth as usual.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:05, Reply)
This is a normal post Everybody needs good neighbours

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:08, Reply)
This is a normal post With a little understanding,
They can become good friends. :)
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:45, Reply)
This is a normal post no MC5?
pfff... why bother?
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:38, Reply)
This is a normal post The Yarbirds
Must be a bit like the Yardbirds, but more piratey.

Good link, btw.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Disappointed they missed this off...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcgl9Sa6QB4
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 20:45, Reply)
This is a link post Clown party! I made this!

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:39, Reply)
This is a normal post Im aroused without even clicking the vid
But I still shall all the same...

*edit* Maaaybe classed as NSFW to some, pole dancing etc in skin coloured tops etc... Maybe I'm be overly cautious.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Spammage.
I also find burlesque and clowns tedious.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:49, Reply)
This is a normal post Burlesque is shit and clowns are wankers.
No point, I just wanted to say it.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:39, Reply)
This is a normal post 94.6% links

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:51, Reply)
This is a normal post That's an interesting
way of measuring spammers.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:13, Reply)
This is a normal post 1:28-1:29

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Hello.
Is it /talk you're looking for?
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:53, Reply)
This is a normal post You bastard!
I'd only just shifted that ear-worm from earlier

*reaches for headphones*
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:57, Reply)
This is a normal post Click on the rock n roll link about, your head will go mental.

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:58, Reply)
This is a normal post Phew! That's better, cheers

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:01, Reply)
This is a normal post this should help too
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6WiiXUR3xM
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:07, Reply)
This is a normal post
Having watched that, I wish it was "I love horses"
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:28, Reply)
This is a normal post ha!
same.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:33, Reply)
This is a normal post there are no genuine personalities contained in this video
none at all.

oh and burlesque is stripping, wether your doing it for hipsters or men wanking in their coats in the pub...
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:01, Reply)
This is a normal post No, burlesque is stripping for women too fat/ugly to do it for proper money
And it is tedious, straight women pretend to like it to show they're totally post-feminist, straight men pretend to like it so they can look like they're mature and totally not into that whole "big tits flat stomach thing".

I've haven't asked the gays what they think about things.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:37, Reply)
This is a normal post TITS ARE AWESOME AND FUNNY
-that's the gay take on it. Official.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Duly noted

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:49, Reply)
This is a normal post Especially yours.

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:24, Reply)
This is a normal post "Pecs"!
You cheeky strumpet.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:45, Reply)
This is a normal post This looks like exactly the sort of thing
I would never want to go to.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:04, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm going to need 300 flaming hammers and about 256 sticks with poo on them.

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:05, Reply)
This is a normal post That is a fairly specialist sexual fetish.

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:14, Reply)
This is a normal post You have yours I have mine.

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:26, Reply)
This is a normal post Wow
That looked like a lot of fun to make!
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Bit of an extra action marching band rip-off
Oh yeah, also DNA lounge.

So why is this here?
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:15, Reply)
This is a link post This wins.
Why one wife chooses to shop alone.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:34, Reply)
This is a normal post A british hypermart eh?
www.allowe.com/Humor/book/Things%20To%20Do%20at%20Walmart%20When%20You%27re%20Bored.htm

Or not, maybe...
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:38, Reply)
This is a normal post The mystery deepens...I wonder which one was written first.

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:40, Reply)
This is a normal post ^That wins also^

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Ah, win:
"Take up an entire aisle in toys by setting up a full-scale battle with G.I. Joe vs. X-men"
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:42, Reply)
This is a normal post This is "proper" shop pranking*
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs3w7BbCB-0

*May actually be fake.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:18, Reply)
This is a normal post phew! I'm finally free from shopping!

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:39, Reply)
This is a normal post There was an idea for mens areas in supermarkets where they could chill.
Sounded a bloody good idea.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:41, Reply)
This is a normal post You do realise that would mean she get's to choose the booze though?

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:46, Reply)
This is a normal post But as we a re well aware
Lambrini girls have more fun.

Just dont know how it applies to men...
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:47, Reply)
This is a normal post Mine girl just sticks to the Special Brew and White Lightening.

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:49, Reply)
This is a normal post Piss and tramps piss.

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:57, Reply)
This is a normal post Yes.
I bath in that, very good for the skin.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:02, Reply)
This is a normal post Ah, they've got this great place, Ted where you can put people who don't want to go shopping. They can just stay there and have a laugh.

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:22, Reply)
This is a normal post All excellent ideas to remember next time I find my self in John Lewis..

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:41, Reply)
This is a normal post I found myself inside John Lewis once, but I didn't shoot my load.

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:42, Reply)
This is a normal post I would have been very alarmed if I did to be honest

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:50, Reply)
This is a normal post This does indeed win.

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:52, Reply)
This is a normal post Meh
Fake & Gay.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:00, Reply)
This is a normal post The story of my life Tabby. :-(

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:05, Reply)
This is a normal post Me too,
honkytonks.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:15, Reply)
This is a normal post I struggled
to get past the use of the word "disinterested" where it should have been "uninterested".
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:01, Reply)
This is a normal post ^^Disinteresting^^
:-)
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:06, Reply)
This is a normal post better way
1) Have an awesome apology present ready for when you get back to the car (needed)
2) Go shopping with your lady friend
3) Answer "does my bum look big" questions honestly
4) Give present to avoid total destruction.
5) Never get invited shopping again.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:14, Reply)
This is a link post Mannequin coming alive prank.
And this IS old, off Clive James' TV show no less, and actually as terrifying as it is funny.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:01, Reply)
This is a normal post haha
i vaguely remember this..good one to the guy threating with a fist.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:13, Reply)
This is a normal post I saw Clive James shopping in Cambridge a few months ago
he was looking very old and frail :(
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:20, Reply)
This is a normal post Remember watching this as a kid.
There was some genuinely funny stuff on the Clive James show. Did Chris Tarrant take over later on or was that a completely different programme?
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:42, Reply)
This is a normal post If he didnt take over with Tarrant on TV,
then it was ripped off completely. Like how 'caught in the act' (presented by Shane the twat Richie) ripped off you've been framed.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:49, Reply)
This is a normal post He's very good!
Truly terrifying, I don't care what anybody says you would run!
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:19, Reply)
This is a normal post That's heart attack territory.

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:35, Reply)
This is a normal post I fucking love that :)

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 15:34, Reply)
This is a normal post Is it just me
Or does that mannequin look like Frank Skinner...?
(, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 23:55, Reply)
This is a normal post Well
I don't know if it looks like you, but if it does, it's not just you, it does also looks like Frank Skinner.
(, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 0:24, Reply)
This is a normal post Watched this yesterday,
And shocked my housemate by bursting out laughing at the bit where he goes chasing.

I just watched it again, and now all my work colleagues think I'm a maniac for laughing at a chicken sandwich.
(, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 12:58, Reply)
This is a link post The Shrine / An Argument
Fleet Foxes. Official video..nice animation. A strange one though.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:54, Reply)
This is a link post Slimy ginger shitstain arrested.
News of the World phone tapping news story.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:39, Reply)
This is a normal post Completely miss-read that headline...
My brain didnt register the 'T'

And as I find her strangely attractive anyway, I was MOST looking forward to reading the story.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:40, Reply)
This is a normal post its all getting a bit Catherine the Great
with all this horse stuff...
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:42, Reply)
This is a normal post Lets hope so...
*rubs thighs*
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:51, Reply)
This is a normal post I was just reading this
Seemed inevitable. I wonder how much they will throw at them
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:43, Reply)
This is a normal post I hope they get a custodial sentence, a fine would not hurt them.

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:39, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm inclined to agree
I think it would also be the only way to give the gutter journalism she has been associated with, a real wake up call that it simply isn't 'journalism' and anything to do with 'investigations in the public interest,' but simply unnecessary trash no one really needs to know. But such is the general public's standard of education they get off on gossip so much and buy these rags in the first place
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:49, Reply)
This is a normal post HEAR HEAR!
MEGA CLICK!
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:56, Reply)
This is a normal post Doesn't the PM have some illustrious friends...

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:43, Reply)
This is a normal post Cunt magnet.

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:45, Reply)
This is a normal post
cunt magnet. After all, they do say you can judge a man by the company he keeps.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:53, Reply)
This is a normal post oops... lol-typo
6th paragraph... they've fixed it now thought the bloody do-gooders!


(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:49, Reply)
This is a normal post
haha.

I'd buy the video of that.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:54, Reply)
This is a normal post Weeting?
Is that weetabix's twitter?
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:51, Reply)
This is a normal post I thought it was when two gentleman
Have a meeting in a toilet cubicle? To discuss whatever needs to be discussed.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:52, Reply)
This is a normal post ah, and 'tweeting' is the gay version of that?

(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:58, Reply)
This is a normal post As in gay women?
Then yes. Twat and meeting.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:02, Reply)
This is a normal post Well below we had a Chinese Jamaican...
So a "weeting" is a small thing as described by a Scottish Jamaican
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:00, Reply)
This is a normal post
lacist
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:09, Reply)
This is a normal post "ya gwarn got a weeting bludclaaarht"
I like it.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:10, Reply)

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