Author Topic: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread (Read 204756 times)

Shadowknight1 · « **Reply #2120 on:** June 16, 2012, 11:49:22 AM »

Quote from: JimmyB76 on June 16, 2012, 07:38:44 AM

youre such a killjoy, limey lol

on average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year...

Way to go morons. Sheesh, sometimes I'm ashamed to live on the same planet as some people.

limey BSc. · « **Reply #2121 on:** June 16, 2012, 01:32:31 PM »

Quote from: JimmyB76 on June 16, 2012, 07:38:44 AM

youre such a killjoy, limey lol

That's my purpose in life

limey BSc. · « **Reply #2122 on:** June 21, 2012, 07:05:34 AM »

We don't need mass internet protests to keep our freedoms, just random acts of sane-ness from an otherwise slightly corrupt, bloated government for a state that doesn't exist!

tl;dr - ACTA has been rejected by a committee in the European Parliament, which means it'll almost certainly be rejected by the general vote on it in July, which will pretty much kill the entire thing

captain_obvious · « **Reply #2123 on:** June 21, 2012, 07:33:42 AM »

Quote from: Shadowknight1 on June 16, 2012, 11:49:22 AM

Way to go morons. Sheesh, sometimes I'm ashamed to live on the same planet as some people.

People. Morons. Yes, they are indeed carrots.

In other news Diablo 3 has been "completed". Yaay.

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limey BSc. · « **Reply #2124 on:** June 26, 2012, 08:59:10 AM »

DEATH TO CONSOLES!!

King Class Scout · « **Reply #2125 on:** June 26, 2012, 01:36:10 PM »

the problem with the bit involving console power...is that the consoles are STILL cheaper than the PC hardware

limey BSc. · « **Reply #2126 on:** June 26, 2012, 03:32:25 PM »

Top of the range, yes. But nowadays, the equivalent hardware to what is in the console is just as cheap, if not cheaper, than the console itself.

captain_obvious · « **Reply #2127 on:** June 26, 2012, 05:44:42 PM »

Bleh, the prices of pc components are likely inflated imo.
It's just a "gut feeling" and because it's only a "gut feeling" I don't have proof of that.

limey BSc. · « **Reply #2128 on:** July 05, 2012, 11:57:58 AM »

Quote from: limey BSc. on June 21, 2012, 07:05:34 AM

We don't need mass internet protests to keep our freedoms, just random acts of sane-ness from an otherwise slightly corrupt, bloated government for a state that doesn't exist!

tl;dr - ACTA has been rejected by a committee in the European Parliament, which means it'll almost certainly be rejected by the general vote on it in July, which will pretty much kill the entire thing

And its dead!

majormagna · « **Reply #2129 on:** July 05, 2012, 05:37:14 PM »

In Britain, we have railway lines that only have one train per week on them, unadvertised and often empty; because doing that is cheaper than closing the line down.

(Also it gives good flexibility for the future.)

The trains that run are nicknamed "Ghost Trains".

captain_obvious · « **Reply #2130 on:** July 05, 2012, 05:54:55 PM »

Trains, such potential wasted.
I still hate riding on the damn things though.

mckinneyc · « **Reply #2131 on:** July 06, 2012, 07:01:06 AM »

They are Parliamentary trains, been around since the Victorian era. It is often cheaper to run a train once a week over a line with no one on it than apply to have the line closed. Dr Beeching sort of made line closures a cardinal sin in the eyes of the public

King Class Scout · « **Reply #2132 on:** July 06, 2012, 11:50:27 AM »

the states (at least here) has the reverse problem...it's cheaper to pull out the lines than run the trains. the various gap bridges are long gone from being able to carry any weight.

the program, here, is called 'rails to trails' unfortunately, a good deal of these revived 'trails' immediately get seized by the property owners whom they cross, who post them as private property.

limey BSc. · « **Reply #2133 on:** July 06, 2012, 11:52:50 AM »

Public transport over here is so pointless outside of London. The prices are pretty much fixed to be slightly higher than it would cost to drive, to stations nowhere near where you want to be, at times nowhere near when you want to be there.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #2134 on:** July 06, 2012, 01:37:49 PM »

the average company saves over $7,000 for each employee suggestion that is enacted...

limey BSc. · « **Reply #2135 on:** July 09, 2012, 07:18:27 PM »

Quote

Space Invaders was also the first game to attract political controversy, when a 1981 political bill called the "Control of Space Invaders (and other Electronic Games) Bill" drafted by British Labour Party MP George Foulkes attempted to ban the game for its "addictive properties" and for causing "deviancy"; the bill was debated and only narrowly defeated in parliament by 114 votes to 94 votes.

:eek

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #2136 on:** August 11, 2012, 09:48:58 PM »

most cows give more milk when they listen to music...

Trim · « **Reply #2137 on:** August 25, 2012, 08:50:23 PM »

NASDAQ stands for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations.

FarShot · « **Reply #2138 on:** August 25, 2012, 10:32:44 PM »

How did this thread get locked? -Big Brutha from Anutha Mutha

Coffee was so scarce in Nazi Germany that coffee bombs were dropped by the Allies into occupied Europe. An effective morale/propaganda tool, no?

Trim · « **Reply #2139 on:** September 21, 2012, 07:47:21 PM »

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

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