No Politics!!!!!
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Originally posted by ElTianti
Born in Amierica, I'm an American
Born in Amierica, I'm an American
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Here's the short list of Scottish inventions and discoveries:
1. Telephone
2. Television
3. Anasthesia
4. Antiseptic
5. Steam Engine
6. Golf
7. Penicillin
8. Telegraph
9. Geosciences
10. Cloning
So, stop taking credit for Scottish ingenuity.
1. Telephone
2. Television
3. Anasthesia
4. Antiseptic
5. Steam Engine
6. Golf
7. Penicillin
8. Telegraph
9. Geosciences
10. Cloning
So, stop taking credit for Scottish ingenuity.
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That is 4 nearly 7-minute miles. Pretty obvious you've never run.
I did some research; my best 10k is about 46 minuets. That is about 60% of the world's best time for men my age (35). It's not going to get me in the Olympics, but not too shabby either.
(souce http://members.aol.com/RWNARF/aagegrdc.htm)
I did some research; my best 10k is about 46 minuets. That is about 60% of the world's best time for men my age (35). It's not going to get me in the Olympics, but not too shabby either.
(souce http://members.aol.com/RWNARF/aagegrdc.htm)
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I'm really not sure what is labelled political and what isn't and sometimes I'm not sure what is construed to be a personal attack and what isn't but I do know that virtually everytime nationalistic opinions are expressed (which plainly political), some people stop behaving in a polite and civil manner. This activity also occurs in some threads carrying a controversial viewpoint or a situation begging for moral judgement.
That doesn't bother me really but the problem is that members see this behaviour and believe it is acceptable until the thread is locked or, in other circumstances, (as was previously demonstrated) the administration of the board gathers enough complaints (as demonstrated by cthree), whereby a series of warnings will be issued and if the specific behaviour continues, the perpetrator gets evicted.
Now the problem is that because the actual behaviour isn't clearly defined in the first place, it is only after you get a warning (or some other communication, like a locked thread) that you can discern what behaviour is acceptable and what isn't. Even then, unless it is defined, you may not really be sure of what the actual offence was or what specific behaviour was offensive.
I guess these are the problems faced when conditional censorship is placed upon the board. Saying "No Politics!!!!!" means somethings to some people and other things to others, just as "no baiting" or "no personal attacks" means different things to different people. Of course, I would hope that with the application of common sense, there would be some ground which would be pointless to cover but from what I have already seen in this thread and others, I have to say, I'm still a little confused about where it is safe to tread and where it isn't. (Then again, that could just be me
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That doesn't bother me really but the problem is that members see this behaviour and believe it is acceptable until the thread is locked or, in other circumstances, (as was previously demonstrated) the administration of the board gathers enough complaints (as demonstrated by cthree), whereby a series of warnings will be issued and if the specific behaviour continues, the perpetrator gets evicted.
Now the problem is that because the actual behaviour isn't clearly defined in the first place, it is only after you get a warning (or some other communication, like a locked thread) that you can discern what behaviour is acceptable and what isn't. Even then, unless it is defined, you may not really be sure of what the actual offence was or what specific behaviour was offensive.
I guess these are the problems faced when conditional censorship is placed upon the board. Saying "No Politics!!!!!" means somethings to some people and other things to others, just as "no baiting" or "no personal attacks" means different things to different people. Of course, I would hope that with the application of common sense, there would be some ground which would be pointless to cover but from what I have already seen in this thread and others, I have to say, I'm still a little confused about where it is safe to tread and where it isn't. (Then again, that could just be me
)
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Television:
A photo-mechanical device invented by John Logie Baird in 1922. He set up the first practical television system in the world in 1929, in Britain. In 1935 Baird worked with the German company, Fernseh, to start the world's first 3-day per week television service.
In 1908, another Scot, Alan Campbell-Swinton, outlined the use of the cathode-ray tube for transmission and reception that is used in modern television. This method replaced Baird's in the 1930's.
Telegraph:
The Scots Magazine first published the concept for the telegraph in 1753. An anonymous contributor suggested that words could be spelled out along a 26 wire system activated by static electricity. The receiver had twenty six pith balls, each with a different letter of the alphabet. The pith balls would be attracted to their corresponding charged wires when the wires were activated with static electricity. The state of technology was not up to the task until Volta invented the electric battery in 1800, however. Scottish.
Penicillin:
Discovered in 1928 by the bacteriologist, Sir Alexander Fleming. Scottish.
Telephone:
Bell was born in Edinborough and moved to America at age 18. Scottish.
Steam Engine:
Invented by James Watt. His engine was not mobile, but was fixed in position. Soon it was being built and used in mining, to pull coal carts up to the pithead. Scottish.
Cloning:
Hello, Dolly? Certainly the most impressive leap forward in the technology of cloning.
A photo-mechanical device invented by John Logie Baird in 1922. He set up the first practical television system in the world in 1929, in Britain. In 1935 Baird worked with the German company, Fernseh, to start the world's first 3-day per week television service.
In 1908, another Scot, Alan Campbell-Swinton, outlined the use of the cathode-ray tube for transmission and reception that is used in modern television. This method replaced Baird's in the 1930's.
Telegraph:
The Scots Magazine first published the concept for the telegraph in 1753. An anonymous contributor suggested that words could be spelled out along a 26 wire system activated by static electricity. The receiver had twenty six pith balls, each with a different letter of the alphabet. The pith balls would be attracted to their corresponding charged wires when the wires were activated with static electricity. The state of technology was not up to the task until Volta invented the electric battery in 1800, however. Scottish.
Penicillin:
Discovered in 1928 by the bacteriologist, Sir Alexander Fleming. Scottish.
Telephone:
Bell was born in Edinborough and moved to America at age 18. Scottish.
Steam Engine:
Invented by James Watt. His engine was not mobile, but was fixed in position. Soon it was being built and used in mining, to pull coal carts up to the pithead. Scottish.
Cloning:
Hello, Dolly? Certainly the most impressive leap forward in the technology of cloning.