Posts by andrew llewellyn

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  • Hard News: A Weird Day in the Hood,

    I read some place that police here use the hollow nose bullets (banned from warfare by Geneva convention, but approved for police use everywhere) that don't tend to ricochet (that's exactly why they use them, so as to avoid "collateral" damage).

    But yeah, bring on the results of the investigation. I feel sorry for the cop(s) who fired, he/they must be distraught.

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Interesting Party,

    Just preteneding to catch up after god knows... but thanks RB et al (who is this Al guy?) and happy new year to all.

    etc.

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Flashing Question Mark,

    A bit late to comment but on a slightly related note I was just reading Tobie Kerridges fantastic paper on movement networks which riffs on a similar concept of connecting household items for a purpose.

    Like this?

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

  • Up Front: Absence of Malice,

    liked words, grammar, sentence topology, and the like, but analysing literature, not so much.

    Good grief man, you sound like a natural! ANyway, did you become a biologist?

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  • Hard News: Essay Question,

    a high-end Commodore SV6/8, which can pounce on speedsters very effectively,

    Unless those speedsters happen to have a lighter, more powerful car, with 4 wheel drive, something that any kid can get for less then 10 grand.

    Like a little yellow mini 1275 GTwith the number plate "BLNDNI"

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Flashing Question Mark,

    Tom, I think the obvious thing to do would be to go onto Bebo, pose as a teenage boy, and try and pick up your niece to see if she's got enough sense to tell you to get lost...

    Woo - a strategy not without some risk... years ago when I worked for Dept Internal Affairs, I knew a guy whose job it was to visit video stores & check that the correct ratings were displayed, that the videos were legit & that they been rated by the censors at all. This was the ealy 90s.

    By the end of the decade, this guy & his colleaguies were pretty much fulltime on the net posing as children. He's still doing it but there's a slightly dead look in his eyes now.

    They don't get in on the arrests, but they take it far enough with predators to arrange meetings in hotels & motels and the like... (a man in blue attends in his stead).

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

  • Cracker: Sole Man,

    I heard someone say this morning that they need to imprison the Sole Man so as not to set a precedent…

    Or so as not to upset a president?

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

  • Cracker: Sole Man,

    I think the 2nd shoe throw is the teller - notice how Dubya raises his hand just like Darth Vader when he pulls Han Solo's blaster toward him when they arrive at the cloud city.

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

  • Random Play: The movie that cried out to…,

    That should read film festival director Bill Gosden...

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

  • Random Play: The movie that cried out to…,

    If it helps, film festival director calls the "gumboot movies". If the characters aren't wearing them, they probably should be.

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

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