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Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 19-06-2014, 06:51 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 4,034
Posted By Griffon
Could a TV licence not come with a code that...

Could a TV licence not come with a code that gives TV licence holders access to on-line services?
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 19-06-2014, 04:32 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 4,034
Posted By Griffon
My opinion is moving on the licence fee. I was a...

My opinion is moving on the licence fee. I was a staunch supporter of it. I'm certainly not amongst the right-wing BBC bashers who accuses them of being a load of lefties. On the whole I think they...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 19-06-2014, 04:13 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 4,034
Posted By Griffon
It surprised me how many European countries have...

It surprised me how many European countries have a TV licensing system similar to ours. We are not unique by any means. I don't know what the world wide situation is.
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 19-06-2014, 04:06 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 4,034
Posted By Griffon
The traditional response to your points is that...

The traditional response to your points is that since everyone has to pay the licence fee thenthe BBC must produce popular programming to cater for all tastes. If the BBC only produced cultural or...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 19-06-2014, 11:41 AM
Replies: 458
Views: 45,059
Posted By Griffon
Certainly is. Maybe condemnation of others is...

Certainly is. Maybe condemnation of others is just a human failing amongst some who hold to certain atheistic, religious or whatever-ist views. Maybe it's a tribal thing. I say this as someone who...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 19-06-2014, 11:04 AM
Replies: 458
Views: 45,059
Posted By Griffon
I was sceptical when I first heard the accusation...

I was sceptical when I first heard the accusation thrown at atheists that they can be as fundamentalist and intolerant of differing views as some of their religious counterparts. Time spent on...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 19-06-2014, 08:37 AM
Replies: 458
Views: 45,059
Posted By Griffon
Irrespective of the pros and cons, do we know why...

Irrespective of the pros and cons, do we know why faith schools do as well they are alleged to do? Is it simply because they are faith schools? Or is it something to with the intake, the children's...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 19-06-2014, 08:00 AM
Replies: 458
Views: 45,059
Posted By Griffon
There is no such thing as not trying to brain...

There is no such thing as not trying to brain wash kids. All children absorb the belief system that they grow up in, or lack of it as you see it.
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 14-06-2014, 11:59 PM
Replies: 458
Views: 45,059
Posted By Griffon
Or should that be the wrong direction?

Or should that be the wrong direction?
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 14-06-2014, 06:35 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,860
Posted By Griffon
YAY! I've had mine. Aawww ..... there's no...

YAY! I've had mine.

Aawww ..... there's no lady with ze big boobies on page 3.
Forum: Technology 13-06-2014, 10:05 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,171
Posted By Griffon
An ageing, increasingly unreliable and slow Dell...

An ageing, increasingly unreliable and slow Dell XP desktop, Epson RX620 printer, a virtually unusable Acer lap top with a dodgy screen and an iPad.

I'm increasingly only using the iPad. I am...
Forum: Technology 13-06-2014, 09:16 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,611
Posted By Griffon
Good. I hope it helped. I think perhaps the...

Good. I hope it helped.

I think perhaps the most fascinating thing about our hearing is our ability to distinguish the instruments or individual voices when we listen to an orchestra or people...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 13-06-2014, 08:49 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,860
Posted By Griffon
Why haven't I had mine to moan about?

Why haven't I had mine to moan about?
Forum: Technology 12-06-2014, 03:02 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,611
Posted By Griffon
The 'vibrations' are actually rapid changes in...

The 'vibrations' are actually rapid changes in pressure. Stretch an elastic band between your fingers and then pluck it. You can hear it vibrate right? What it's doing on each vibration, as it moves...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 12-06-2014, 12:08 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,860
Posted By Griffon
Oh good! I like to keep abreast of the news.

Oh good! I like to keep abreast of the news.
Forum: Technology 12-06-2014, 10:15 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,611
Posted By Griffon
Sound is a vibration hundred of times a second in...

Sound is a vibration hundred of times a second in air. In old fashioned recording the sound vibrations were recorded directly as vibrations or wiggles in a groove or track cut directly into the...
Forum: Science and Environment 12-06-2014, 09:37 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 6,972
Posted By Griffon
Ooooh yes. Especially plucking hairs from the...

Ooooh yes. Especially plucking hairs from the bottom of the nasal passage. Yikes! Too much detail? Sorry! :-)
Forum: Science and Environment 11-06-2014, 10:35 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 6,972
Posted By Griffon
.... And what's nasal hair about as we get older?

.... And what's nasal hair about as we get older?
Forum: Science and Environment 11-06-2014, 10:33 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 6,972
Posted By Griffon
I wonder if pubic burns is a significant problem...

I wonder if pubic burns is a significant problem amongst the younger generations now that shaving down there is commonplace?
Forum: Science and Environment 11-06-2014, 06:17 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 6,972
Posted By Griffon
I've heard that head hair is a sexual feature...

I've heard that head hair is a sexual feature selected for by evolution.

I read somewhere (The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris?) that pubic and underarm hair indicates sexual maturity and enhances...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 11-06-2014, 08:34 AM
Replies: 458
Views: 45,059
Posted By Griffon
An important question perhaps is to what extent...

An important question perhaps is to what extent are faith schools a problem? According to Wiki "In 2011, about one third of the 20,000 state funded schools in England were faith schools.,[10]...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 10-06-2014, 11:43 PM
Replies: 458
Views: 45,059
Posted By Griffon
We would do better perhaps to teach children to...

We would do better perhaps to teach children to question and to reason. The rest will follow.
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 10-06-2014, 01:38 PM
Replies: 458
Views: 45,059
Posted By Griffon
I think allowing faith schools (or other types of...

I think allowing faith schools (or other types of school) is an inherent part of a liberal (small L) society and something I completely approve of. I also see such liberties as being fundamentally...
Forum: General Chat 10-06-2014, 07:30 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,084
Posted By Griffon
It's gone this morning. I don't know whether it...

It's gone this morning. I don't know whether it went on upwards and is currently basking on the roof or if the torrential rain we had last night washed it off.

..... it left its mark on the...
Forum: General Chat 10-06-2014, 07:27 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,084
Posted By Griffon
Erm ... No.

Erm ... No.
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