tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post1884170664188439219..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Worse than death? VIbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-74748086352544503622007-03-29T00:59:00.000+01:002007-03-29T00:59:00.000+01:00Peter: two words - five points. Very nice. Are you...Peter: two words - <A HREF="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.com/2006/09/pics-and-points.html" REL="nofollow">five points</A>. Very nice. Are you Peter J, or is this a different Peter? I'll assume a different one unless corrected.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-47704754738587116742007-03-29T00:46:00.000+01:002007-03-29T00:46:00.000+01:00Two words: Jumbo croquet!Two words: Jumbo croquet!peter jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06660654539637341429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-46481702178424630372007-02-20T08:27:00.000+00:002007-02-20T08:27:00.000+00:00Score! Thanks Byron.Score! Thanks Byron.Matthew Moffitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00546422699620482793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-34539722633727981442007-02-20T05:26:00.000+00:002007-02-20T05:26:00.000+00:00I'm going to give ten points to Moffitt for being ...I'm going to give ten <A HREF="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.com/2006/09/pics-and-points.html" REL="nofollow">points</A> to Moffitt for being so timely, and five to Anthony, Drew and Andrewe (a great poem Erro, but since it was a re-hash, this disqualified you from first prize). There may be more points for other creative theories in future too.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-45182565118374206482007-02-17T10:07:00.000+00:002007-02-17T10:07:00.000+00:00If death be not proud then neither we. For the sle...If death be not proud then neither we. For the sleep to which we go is the twice gift of the one to whom and through whom all things are made.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-21168505273683410672007-02-16T11:01:00.000+00:002007-02-16T11:01:00.000+00:00Wow - keep those suggestions coming in. I think we...Wow - keep those suggestions coming in. I think we're going to need more than just a first prize for this one! I'll make a call by the end of the weekend.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-3785446071377353452007-02-16T06:15:00.000+00:002007-02-16T06:15:00.000+00:00I recently re-wrote (and murdered) this Sonnet at ...I recently re-wrote (and murdered) this Sonnet at a fortieth birthday party. Here it is:<BR/><BR/>Middle-age be not proud, though some have called thee<BR/>Boring and dreadful, for thou art not so;<BR/>For those whom thou thinkst thou dost overthrow<BR/>Live on, poor middle-age, nor yet canst thou finish me. <BR/>Though from teenage-children and protracted-study, <BR/> which but thy AndrewEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03935631014151132458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-70283712193225120282007-02-16T02:52:00.000+00:002007-02-16T02:52:00.000+00:00They are the knobs for when the gods wanted to tur...They are the knobs for when the gods wanted to turn up the air conditioning. the run down state of these explains all that global warming guff...<BR/><BR/>Does't Terry Pratchett have them as computers? A distant ancestor of the 486 DX :)Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148452877425621293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-38466242369977371142007-02-15T22:37:00.000+00:002007-02-15T22:37:00.000+00:00Easy - this was an early game of dominoes, before ...Easy - this was an early game of dominoes, before the technology of miniaturisation kicked in - also known these days as Less' Law, the (aptly) less well known corollary to Moore's Law.Anthony Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277745466192451883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-32617131036974738192007-02-15T21:04:00.000+00:002007-02-15T21:04:00.000+00:00The Great Neolithic drought prompted the governmen...The Great Neolithic drought prompted the government of the day, quite controversially it might be said, to build a desalination plaint in a strong opposition-held seat.Matthew Moffitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00546422699620482793noreply@blogger.com