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Hidden(?) gems

Just stumbled on "Shadow of the wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and although I'm only 100 pages or so in I'm absolutely hooked. Not only is the language brilliant but the translation has...
15:19 Fri 26th Oct 201212 answers, last by carolegif 21:05 Wed 31st Oct 2012
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EU wins Nobel Peace prize

And not before time in my view! http://www.bbc.co.uk/...world-europe-19921072 I think some on this site may require resussitation after reading this so - let's see - who would you rather it have gone...
11:01 Fri 12th Oct 201222 answers, last by ludwig 23:36 Fri 12th Oct 2012
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Is Bodmas a convention or a fundamental feature of mathematics?

One of the regular "order of operations" questions came up in How it works the other day and this thought struck me. Why is the order of operations the way it is? Is it just a general...
09:28 Fri 28th Sep 201229 answers, last by sarahparry88 12:59 Tue 09th Apr 2013
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I now pronounce you man and wife and wife

A 3 person civil Union has been approved in Brazil in huge controversy. If 3 people want this should it be refused - is there a victim to this "crime"?...
08:11 Wed 29th Aug 201211 answers, last by Duncer 09:16 Wed 29th Aug 2012
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Pussy Riot and the Chess Champion

Gary Kasparov has just been arrested outside the court where the "Pussy Riot" women were just found guilty. Video of him being dragged off in the middle of a TV interview- demanding to know...
16:05 Fri 17th Aug 201269 answers, last by Quizmonster 19:48 Sat 18th Aug 2012
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How many more of these sad cases have to trudge through the courts before the law is changed?

Yet another badly damaged person just asking to allow a doctor to be allowed to end his life safe from prosecution http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19249680 And yet they won't take action if they go...
14:51 Thu 16th Aug 201226 answers, last by naomi24 09:02 Fri 17th Aug 2012
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How much gas ill the Olympic Cauldron use?

Been trying to find this out but all I've come up with is how much less steel it's used and how it can be turned down to save fuel. No actual number Anybody do any better?...
16:35 Tue 07th Aug 201212 answers, last by Canary42 18:05 Wed 08th Aug 2012
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Is this the end of the coalition?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/.../uk-politics-19149212 No Lords reform = no support for boundry changes Does this mean Cameron is now leading a minority government? With their current popularity I can't see...
15:47 Mon 06th Aug 201219 answers, last by pdq1 20:19 Tue 07th Aug 2012
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Why is bigamy illegal?

Looking at a recent thread it occurs to me that it's a little odd that Bigamy is illegal. Marriage is after all a civil arrangement between people does enforcing a particular form of that arrangement...
12:41 Wed 01st Aug 201238 answers, last by Le Chat 17:19 Sat 04th Aug 2012
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We're top of the medal table

It really isn't fair to compare a small country like the UK with the US and China If you even the field a bit and compare European sporting achievements you get quite an interesting result...
09:48 Wed 01st Aug 201224 answers, last by Duncer 23:08 Wed 01st Aug 2012
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Fixing interest rates to be a criminal offense

The European commission is proposing that fixing key interest rates like the LIBOR rate should be a criminal offense much like insider trading is. Do you agree with them?...
15:55 Wed 25th Jul 20123 answers, last by youngmafbog 08:24 Thu 26th Jul 2012
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Who ae we?

In case you've ever wondered http://www.alexa.com/.../theanswerbank.co.uk# Apparently theres a lot of 18-24 year olds who are either highly educated or not educated but we are the 2,049th most popular...
14:10 Mon 09th Jul 201219 answers, last by pdq1 15:17 Mon 09th Jul 2012
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Show of hands...

AOG thinks the term Brit is offensive - I suspect he's in a minority. If you're British do you find being refered to as a 'Brit' offensive...
15:20 Sun 01st Jul 201256 answers, last by Johnysid 13:15 Thu 05th Jul 2012
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If you cost your company $450 million....

...and were found to be in charge of "serious and widespread misconduct" in trying to rig financial markets. Would you expect to lose your bonus or you job? Is Bob Diamond a fit and proper...
16:43 Wed 27th Jun 20126 answers, last by kinell 12:06 Thu 28th Jun 2012
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Queen and Martin McGuinness to meet

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...hern-ireland-18552221 Wow! I think this just shows how far we've come! Bet this will blow a few blood vessels tho!...
17:05 Fri 22nd Jun 201254 answers, last by Duncer 22:51 Sun 24th Jun 2012
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Seem to be a lot of rapists in the Army

Looking at this case today http://www.bbc.co.uk/...gland-london-18203628 this one 8 months ago http://www.metro.co.u...id-her-dna-in-his-car and this case http://worldnews.msnb...ghan-sex-abuse-report...
14:15 Fri 25th May 201241 answers, last by wellingtonluis 08:46 Mon 28th May 2012
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All Stand

Thrown out for not standing for the national anthem http://www.bbc.co.uk/...england-tyne-18141421 Thrown out for being gay http://news.bbc.co.uk...i/england/8578787.stm Similar or not?...
16:22 Mon 21st May 201221 answers, last by Steve.5 17:47 Tue 22nd May 2012
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Ultimatum Game

Listening to a program on Game theory - ended on this rather interesting one. You're given £100 - you have to offer me some of it If I accept you keep the change If I refuse we both get nothing...
08:10 Fri 11th May 201231 answers, last by Seadragon 22:03 Sat 12th May 2012
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Arson sentence

11 1/2 years for burning down the Reeves store in the Riot. More or less serious than this case do you think? A-G's Reference No 68 OF 2008 (MYRIE) Pleaded guilty to arson reckless as to whether life...
13:16 Wed 11th Apr 201219 answers, last by anotheoldgit 09:41 Thu 12th Apr 2012
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IS extradition to the US too hard or too easy?

http://news.sky.com/h...tics/article/16016475 (Gary McKinnon) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17657814 (Abu Hamza) Or is it just that it needs to be easier for moslem clerics and harder for white...
08:17 Tue 10th Apr 201223 answers, last by d9f1c7 19:20 Thu 12th Apr 2012

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