Oh dear
Here's my list of Top 5 motion pictures I least expect to find available in the classic movie section of the in-flight entertainment system...
1. Moonraker
2. Mission Impossible 2
3. Outbreak
4. The Satan Bug
5. I am Legend
In case you haven't noticed there are one or two common themes
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Beats me. Is it all the titles contain vowels?
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17999580
The comments on torture there are shocking...
Not exactly front page news
I bet they wouldn't show this.
Did they have any of these on the flight? Surely they'd find room for 28 Days/Weeks Later and Planet Terror?
http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/303.html
New flash! Arctic is a very cold and icy place!
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/05/11/catlin-artic-ice-survey-packing-it-up-what-have-they-accomplished/
Bladdy ell Stef (or is that an Oz'ism?) What are you flying on? a Sopwith Camel? You've got a legion of ff15m addicts here goin through a cold turkey.
Hope all is well.
Best Regards...
lwtc247
@lwtc247
It is a very *indirect* route
Off line for a wee while yet
and yes, I'm missing this blog
and Lord Patel's :(
I would avoid the US, even if it cost more to fly via Asia...
Oh the fun: George Monbiot "disproves" Christopher Booker, only to find out that Booker was right about Artic Ice...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2009/may/15/climate-change-scepticism-arctic-ice
Not that I like any of those two.
Why do people don't see that they *themselves* can fall prey to heuristics and biases? Why do many many people think that only *other* people make mistakes? On the other hand, I try to stay critical of my own judgement but this is not very healthy if overdone. Sometimes I envy people that are so sure of themselves that they can ignore all the mistakes they make...
And if you want to go insane, here's a list of patterns to avoid:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases
Have fun driving yourself nuts!
We just were not properly built for a rational world...
@parabellum
lol
thank you
I would have missed that Monbiot piece if it wasn't for your link
and the answer to your question I think is that the boundless human capacity for blind faith in Wrong is an essential requirement for continued survival
the evolution/ creation of self awareness was undoubtedly a very marvellous thing
but if that self-awareness is evolved/ created to such a point that the self-aware creature is aware of how plain fucking ignorant it is then that might prove to be just a little bit of a practical problem in getting on with its daily life
Parabellum - 'Not that I like any of those two.' [sic]
A bit unfair. Monbiot's a conceited little twat, agreed, but Booker consistently exposes humbug, corruption and conflicts of interest. See his latest offering in the Sunday Telegraph on Dr Raj Pachauri, chairman of the IPCC. The doc is so crooked it makes me wonder why they didn't give him the Nobel prize instead of Al Gore.
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