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I agree about the 2% idea being wrong. I was on a management training course where that was an exercise to complete. The people on were not smart cookies, and they managed it.

Ain't nothing wrong with the Japanese, is there?

Nope, didn't think that, I just felt the need to post some stuff and some things.

Yes, indeed. The media contact number is the same as the suicide line, there are only a few permanent employees, 99% are volunteers. The media rings the hotline, which passes them to the team leader or whoever is around and that person is supposed to read from a script. What seems to happen is the media person asks 'Do people get depression around Christmas?' to get the answer they want, or the person (the volunteer) just voices an opinion. The figures don't tend to peak in the same month year on year, it changes each year and the figures are almost level anyway. Well, suicidal people do tend to ring the Samaritans. But your right, they have no firm idea about the suicide rate after the call ends. The media just likes to quote the Samaritans when they have a story involving suicide. It's not actually a just suicide line anymore, it is open to all people in distress. *edit* The Samaritan actually rely on external groups for suicide trends. Quite sensible really. Here is the resource base:- academic research into self-harm and suicide: the Office for National Statistics in the UK http://www.statistics.gov.uk/'>http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ the Central Statistics Office in Ireland http://www.cso.ie/>'>http://www.cso.ie/> the Oxford Centre for Suicide Research http://cebmh.warne.ox.ac.uk/csr/ The Sources for national suicide statistics only: England and Wales - the Office for National Statistics http://www.statistics.gov.uk Scotland - General Register Office for Scotland http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk Northern Ireland - The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency http://www.nisra.gov.uk Republic of Ireland - Central Statistics Office http://www.cso.ie

Yeah, the official Samaritans line on that is 'Bollocks'. The call levels don't increase or decrease much, it seems to be a hideous misquote from the 80's where there was a Samaritans campaign based around being lonely at Christmas. In reality, people don't plan depression around holiday events, it just builds up to a head over time.

Well, apart from the tides. And some flowers. Plus, those animals that use the cycles of the moon. Maybe krill, and other large aquatic bodys. And Men bitten by a wolf on the rise of a new moon, doomed to stalk the earth each full moon as a man beast.

The Motherland was Germany, not Japan. The idea to fight rather than be captured was not to do with the place of birth, but the Bushido code. In Japan, honor was/is more important than life itself. The very idea that you could allow yourself to be captured was abhorrent, practicing seppuku was common to avoid capture. The Japanese soldiers would fight down to the last man, no matter the odds or the wounds sustained. This scared the crap out of the Americans, faced with an Army that to all appearances would not stop, falter or fall and was so determined in their resolve. Life in the Army is not how it is portrayed in the films, American soldiers were scared. The Japanese were scary. The propaganda machine worked to paint an image of Japanese devils, because they couldn't tell the troops the Japanese fought harder because they had a higher sense of honor. The American army consited of men who used to be shopkeepers and Schoolteachers, sent halfway across the world to tiny insignificant islands. Moral was not high, not as high as the armys that were defending their own country. I honestly haven't heard reports of 'sherman carpets' outside of Trumans one comment, we can't be sure if they are true or not. It's possible that isolated events occurred with young men, the Japanese are not tall and could be mistaken for children quite easily. I don't know. It was an awful war to be involved in, the conditions were horrible. I don't know how the army coped with it. It's easy to see why a swift end was wanted.

Miyamoto Musashi. I'd serve tea and then Sukiyaki.

Werewolves. I seem to remember a French fellow being convicted and sentanced for murder. He was classed as a lycanthrope by the judge. I saw it on TV, so it must be true.

Yes yes, great. You managed to save yourself from the electrical field. Whoo hoo. It doesn't stop the current flowing, does it? The current? You remember, from the lightning? Kablooey? The 'ohmygodithurts'? Let's put it another way, in England during one thunderstorm in 1360 more knights were killed by lightning than were killed the battles of Crecy and Poitiers. The suits of armor did not protect them from the current, as they were touching the charged metal.

I'm sorry, but you are not correct. A faraday cage is not some technobabble about a quasi mystical shield, it could just be a metal bucket. In fact, it is a metal bucket. http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/~kskeldon/PubSci/exhibits/E3/ Yup. A bucket. Stick your head in a bucket and see if lighting doesn't fry you.

Actually, I've confused myself. If you were wearing a metal suit, the current would stil be conducted through your body resulting in bad things. If you were in a faraday's cage, lets assume it's a big box (or a room as the boffins call it), you would not notice anything happening. The suit idea would protect you from EMP, but that isn't very useful if you still fry. If the suit was an oversized model, it could work.

Wead the linkey linkey what Lance done did post. It big good clever answer.

Actually, he not only acted in American Beauty he also provided the filmography alongside Mendes and Steven Speilberg. Even without reviews of his performance to hand, you can guess that he's a respected actor from that and nothing else. I don't think looking at IMDB detracts from my ability to voice my opinion on an actor I've watched for over 15 years of my life. Besides which, I defy you to recite any actors film appearances without reference.

Now, that's the odd thing. Scott Bakula is actually a sound workhorse of an actor, not great but better than most. We know he can play 'smart' from Quantum Leap, was in American Beauty (Oscar for best picture) which show how he can perform under a skilled director, he can carry a sci fi film with screen presence (Lord of Illusions) but dosen't seem to have got Capt Archer defined at all. He seems to have been told to drop his voice two octaves when he's being official and when he's off duty he never stays still (sways, paces and fidgets) I presume to show a dynamic man. It just doesn't fit his style of acting, nor does it portray someone you would trust with the flagship of Starfleet. All of the crew, short of the aliens, need to be acting like the actual military personnel they are portraying. FFS they are supposed to be the very best selection of scientific minds available trained by the military and in peak physical condition, like the current astronauts. The crew just seems to be confused most of the time (or plain crazy) and patting themselves on the back every second scene. Plus, the whole Archer 'Trip is my best pal' just doesn't work as it's obvious the actors don't get on at all (they are separated by a 20 year age gap for a start).

Oh god. Not Eastenders? They actually go out of the way to find 'earthy' actors, to avoid the whole Melrose Place type of plastic actor. Again, who knows?

What? On a purely physical appearance? God knows.

If it's deleted, it's for a valid reason. All deleted posts are seen by the mods and admins, so if it wasn't a valid reason it will get put back. Seeing as some members have hundreds of posts deleted, and you only have space for 100 PM's, it would be a vast waste of time on many levels.

It wasn't very good. [hide]The ex-preachers dead wife had left a message for his brother and daughter that enabled them to both protect themselves from the Aliens and prove God exists. This restored his faith, saved the family and so on *yawn*[/hide]

After Sixth Sense and Signs, does anyone think that M Night fellow might be overusing the plot twist device just a little? Is it done well in The Village?

Society can. That is why democracy exists.

None of the words repeat often enough. It would take a long time to crack, and more effort than I'm willing to put into it. I think either there is a key required or some background to it's source. Small repeating codes are harder to crack, as you need to apply more permutations. I suppose the answer is yes, of course it can be cracked.

http://www.yngwie.org/

The Prodigy. I’m getting the feeling that listening to my CD collection would be your personal hell.