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The "all Out Attackers" Vs "all Rounders" In Sports

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 22 January 2012 · 0 views
sports, snooker, f1, chess
Having kept a close eye on the recent snooker tournaments and been thoroughly entertained by the all-out attacking style of Judd Trump, I've been seeing a fair number of comments flying around like, "he needs to tone down his attacking instincts, play more safety, mature into an all-rounder". This is a common situation in sports- we...



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Copyrights Revisited

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 08 January 2012 · 120 views
copyright, intellectual property
Firstly, a reminder of what copyrights are for: they are to give content creators some control over the use and distribution of their work, typically to protect ownership and/or financial revenues and thus give them an incentive to continue producing. There is a balancing act to strike between copyrights and "fair use", because too much...



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My Proposals For F1 Penalty Systems For 2012

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 01 January 2012 · 170 views
overtaking, f1, penalties, fia
I've been quite a big critic of the F1 penalties for wheel-to-wheel incidents this year, although having recently seen the "Senna" movie, we are still in a much better position than we were a couple of decades ago, when inconsistency was rife, relatively minimal penalties like drive-throughs didn't exist and some drivers got away...



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Pc Gaming And Digital Distribution

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 20 November 2011 · 240 views

This blog article will explore the future of PC gaming using DRM on the one hand, and online extras/support on the other, and how things may pan out if we see numerous competitors such as "Origin" compete (if that's the right word for it, as we will see below) with Valve Software's "Steam".

As many will already know, I...



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Monogamy Revisited

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 07 June 2011 · 88 views

Some may have wondered what on Earth I was blithering on about in the monogamy thread and some other related ones.

I don't have a problem with the demand for sexual monogamy (except when it's thrust upon people who consent to having "open" relationships). My opinion on polygamous/polymorous relationships has changed a...



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Sustainability- A Brief Final Summary

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 02 June 2011 · 88 views

The other two posts are a bit in-depth, so here is an overall summary of my views- extending to sustainability generally and not just sustainable transport.

In short, I am 100% behind the concept of sustainability, but the key is that in order to be sustainable, we have to make some sacrifices and determine what is "necessary" and what...



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The Police Show Their Lighter Side

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 24 May 2011 · 86 views

http://www.youtube.c...B&v=qfME9mVT5tY

Police in Surrey, who were on patrol, decided to join in a snowball fight! Just thought that with the stick that a lot of police get (some deserved, some not) that it would be worth showing that not all police are averse to having a bit of fun.

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Sustainable Towns And Transport Proposals Part 2

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 21 May 2011 · 80 views

Here's my sustainability manifesto, continued over from Part 1.


3. Some general urban planning ideas.
I am in favour of "filtered permeability" in city centres and around "home zones", the idea being a high density of pedestrian routes, a moderate density of cycle routes and a low density of roads. The idea is...



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Sustainable Towns And Transport Proposals Part 1

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 21 May 2011 · 43 views

Here I'm going to put my neck on the line and suggest a series of proposals that will be rather controversial, as many of them contradict conventional ways of thinking. But I strongly believe that they should be challenged, since although many of their aims are good, they seek to achieve said aims in unnecessarily negative ways.

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The Desire For Extreme Weather

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 08 May 2011 · 61 views

I've been seeing a few comments floating around recently about how we shouldn't hope for thunder and lightning because of the problems that it causes and that we shouldn't discuss looking for the "best" storm, instead using the traditional terminology of "worst", and also that we "need" rain but we...



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