atinymonkey

It works as well as you want it to.

I know a great policeman's bog that's on topic here:-

http://coppersblog.blogspot.com/

It's the musings of a middle England copper, who coincidentally is pro gun. It's a good insight into the bureaucracies of the English Police.

For example, Australian Idol and Australian Big Brother[/i'], both are technically made in Australia.

Although I agree with you, those shows are British and Norwegian respectively. It may not seem important, but it is if you bear in mind our insidious plot to replace informative television with reality shows (thus negating any education that the audience may have once had).

Now, go vote for your housemate to be evicted. Quick, your vote counts!

Jeeze, no monitor? I don't know, it sounds like it's be hard to use with just the sound from the speakers.

Not hostile' date=' just curious....

 

what are they expected to do when they're called to a supposedly low-danger scene only to find drunken / stoned nutcase with an automatic machine gun waiting in his darkened house (who placed the call the the sole intention of luring the cops)?[/quote']

Well, that sort of situation doesn't happen much. But yes, as yourdadonapogos mentioned, they die. One of my friends fathers was killed in just that fashion, he received a report of a man sitting in a car for 3 hours and tapped on the window to ask if he was ok. Got shot point blank in the chest.

 

Carrying a gun would not have prevented it.

 

And.... Would I be right to assume that there is a special armed division that gets sent out to deal with calls in which they know the enemy is carrying or could be carrying a weapon?

Yup. They train 1 in 4 Policemen in armed response, and they carry the equipment in the squad cars (vest, handgun, MP5 and sometimes a sniper rifle if the policeman is skilled). When the call involves high risk, dispatch send the armed response units rather than the usual units. They behave like US armed police once they arrive, rather than 'swat'.

Mmm. I've caught flies with my hands since I was quite young. They are not fast at all, they are quite ponderously slow. The trick is in not disturbing the air too much when you grab for them.

Until I find an explanation, I will have to agree with the most popular belief that they are ghosts.

Er, as you seem to be in a minority where does the 'popular belief' come from?

How much common sense and logic does it take to understand that:

............blarrrrgg..........

It takes none whatsoever. Which is why you think it's true.

Read the link before making weird knee jerk comments.

http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/12/nbbc12.xml

That makes no sense. Nowhere does it mention anything about the BBC acting upon email complaints.

Well, you don't even seem to know Paul Hogans name.

I've not done it before, but I've seen it here before: -

http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3361

And a comedy version: -

http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=9717

Mine is: -

Economic Left/Right: -3.63

Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.28

Er. I think you are confusing stem cell research with science fiction and cloning.

This is fair enough' date=' (because this IS a science forum) but then why do you have a philosophy and religion section at all? [/quote']

We get many debates in science threads that degenerate into Creationist arguments, religious commentry or moral debates. Rather than delete the thread, they have an area they can be moved into.

 

It's also a bit of a break from the normal.

Was this after he received 10,000 angry e-mails?

No.

Read the link before making weird knee jerk comments:-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/newsid_4690000/newsid_4696100/4696175.stm

Philosophy and Religion do not come under the same umbrella.

Neither are science subjects, and this is a science forum. It would pervert the forum if other, unrelated, subjects proliferated. I hope that answers your question.

I think height is precoded. So long as you eat right, excercise and get enough sleep you should reach your maximum height.

Oh, and the respect thing may or may not be true. But the link between height and heart attacks is proven to be true. The taller you are, the shorter your life.

ps2, the book is probably a good guide for you, but to learn how we Americans speak, you really need to watch our tv and/or movies.

Huh. I would have thought studying English TV and/or movies would be the best way to learn English. Silly me.

Americans are getting bigger and bigger, and I don't just mean weight. I've seen 14 yr. old kids who are as tall as I am (5'7"). While the average height might be 5'8" or so right now, I suspect that number will spike as today's kids finish growing.

Actually, average height of an American is not increasing. It's decreasing.

There are a few studys on it, here's the first one I found: -

http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/science/article.jsp?content=20050404_103140_103140

Yes.

The answer is no. Stem cell research is progressing well in other countries. The US is officially too late to make any significant discoveries. There is too much ground to cover, and too little knowledge of the subject in the US. Stem Cell research is a political gambit in the US, it's no longer on the forefront of scientific research.

Marriage - biblical tradition: meaningless for atheists. Why do you want it?

It's not meaningless, marriage is a legal state between two individuals. It provides the couple with protection under the law as a couple. Why do you thing divorces go to court, and not to Church? I'll give you a hint, it not because God likes litigation.

Ah babelfish. Always good for a laugh.

Hmmm. Not very effectively, it seems. I still have no idea who is doing it*, or what they are hoping to achieve. I feel a little sorry for them, because they are obviously putting effort into these things. It's just becoming rather pathetic.

*My money is on Lex Luthor, the cheeky little megalomaniac

And I did not say I will have sex with those young girls; my point was to cultivate them as their big brother, and when they get mature enough, I will go further.

Oh. My. God. That's wrong on so many levels.

You have serious issues. Don't look for people to validate your fantasy. Sort yourself out.

I wonder if we ever see Love Crime?