The Hazards of Belief

obplayer · 28-03-2014 04:50AM

marienbad wrote: »

You are misrepresenting me, these people will exist no matter what you do.If you feel they are a danger to their children report them and move on Fight the battles you can win and must win like climate change for instance .

If ever those people get within a mile of having best practice changed I will rush to join you on the barricades .

This is a battle we can win and they are a danger to our children. But we cannot win it by just saying "these people will exist".

Turtwig · 28-03-2014 04:52AM

Subtle undertones there of wiping people out of existence.

endacl · 28-03-2014 08:51AM

Jernal wrote: »

Subtle undertones there of wiping people out of existence.

You appear to have misunderstood both 'subtle' and 'undertone' there.

norrie rugger · 28-03-2014 10:18AM

Jernal wrote: »

Once upon a time in the mystical forum land of boards there existed a moderator. This moderator was not unlike any other moderator of the boards though. He was very clumsy and often did things unexpectedly. One such story tells of a time where a user was quoted for no reason whatever. The user, naturally befuddled by such strangeness, queried why they'd been quoted. To which the reply they got was :

I'm going to get randomly quoted for a while now aren't I?:D

norrie rugger · 28-03-2014 10:20AM

Jernal wrote: »

Subtle undertones there of wiping people out of existence.

Hey God decided to do it and now has a major motion picture. Seems like a good career choice

Obliq · 28-03-2014 11:17AM

Good job Australia, nicely done.

Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network loses its charity status for fundraising over misinformation claims

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-18/australian-vaccination-skeptics-network-banned-from-charity-sta/5327378

and Croatia. I'd support the same move here, that's for sure:

Croatia Extends Vaccine Mandate
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/39569/title/Croatia-Extends-Vaccine-Mandate/

Turtwig · 28-03-2014 01:06PM

Measles outbreak in NUIG.

Bannasidhe · 28-03-2014 01:26PM

Jernal wrote: »

Measles outbreak in NUIG.

I remember there was panic back in the early 80s when it was discovered a TB carrier was a student at Crawford Art College. Everyone was called in for x-rays and the then Southern Health Board got in touch with the Swiss authorities for me to be x-rayed (was living in Nyon at the time). Turned out I couldn't be as I was pregnant but I also have a natural immunity to TB - or so I was informed when vaccination time came around back in school and the itchy red ring on my wrist failed to go away in the allotted week.

In a complete change of subject - any one know how I can stop laptop key sticking? Bloody 'a' key - it's doing my hed...head...in!

Obliq · 28-03-2014 01:29PM

Bannasidhe wrote: »

In a complete change of subject - any one know how I can stop laptop key sticking? Bloody 'a' key - it's doing my hed...head...in!

Take it off the keyboard and gauge out the encrusted biscuit.

*May cause laptop failure. Peer review of advice shown below

^^ Right there.

Bannasidhe · 28-03-2014 02:08PM

Obliq wrote: »

Take it off the keyboard and gauge out the encrusted biscuit.

*May cause laptop failure. Peer review of advice shown below

^^ Right there.

Hmmmm...not liking the bit in orange...

norrie rugger · 28-03-2014 02:10PM

Bannasidhe wrote: »

I remember there was panic back in the early 80s when it was discovered a TB carrier was a student at Crawford Art College. Everyone was called in for x-rays and the then Southern Health Board got in touch with the Swiss authorities for me to be x-rayed (was living in Nyon at the time). Turned out I couldn't be as I was pregnant but I also have a natural immunity to TB - or so I was informed when vaccination time came around back in school and the itchy red ring on my wrist failed to go away in the allotted week.

In a complete change of subject - any one know how I can stop laptop key sticking? Bloody 'a' key - it's doing my hed...head...in!

What drink did you spill on it or food did you drop into it??:D

Bannasidhe · 28-03-2014 02:13PM

norrie rugger wrote: »

What drink did you spill on it or food did you drop into it??:D

It would take a CSI to determine that but I suspect wellington square crumbs...

norrie rugger · 28-03-2014 02:14PM

Bannasidhe wrote: »

It would take a CSI to determine that but I suspect wellington square crumbs...

Hair dryer set to mid heat for a moment should allow whatever sugar is binding it to lift

Obliq · 28-03-2014 02:15PM

Jernal wrote: »

Measles outbreak in NUIG.

Interesting and topical info here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/28/opinion/remembering-how-to-fight-measles.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1

Remembering How to Fight Measles
By PAUL A. OFFITMARCH 27, 2014

"Measles is remarkably contagious. Probably the best example is a measles outbreak that occurred in Indiana in 2005 after an unimmunized teenager traveled to Romania as part of a church group, and visited a hospital and orphanage. When she came home, she didn’t know she was infected. The next day, at the beginning of her illness — when she was most contagious — she attended a church gathering of about 500 people. Of the approximately 450 who had evidence of immunity, less than 1 percent came down with measles. Of the remaining 50 who did not, 32 percent became infected. Among the 35 church members whose parents had declined immunization, 31 eventually caught the virus — 16 of whom were infected that day. They didn’t have to have face-to-face contact with the girl; all they had to do was inhabit her airspace within two hours of her having been there.

In my hospital, when someone with measles leaves an examining room, no one else can enter that room for at least two hours. They have to wait until the small droplets carrying the virus, which hang in the air like a ghost, settle down."

Bannasidhe wrote: »

Hmmmm...not liking the bit in orange...

It can be dodgy. Some people advise q tips and alcohol, but I'd say they're too big to get around the side of the keys on modern keyboards without breaking them. Here's what I've done before, but you do have to be quite confident about your dexterity.....http://www.ehow.com/how_2107252_fix-sticking-laptop-keys.html

robindch · 28-03-2014 02:18PM

Bannasidhe wrote: »

any one know how I can stop laptop key sticking? Bloody 'a' key - it's doing my hed...head...in!

Easiest is to pop off the key with a penknife (it should just pop off quite easily) and see what's causing it to stick and fix it. If it's not obvious what's causing it to stick, or if you remove the obvious sticky thing, but it continues to stick, well, a new keyboard costs a little more than a fiver.

norrie rugger · 28-03-2014 02:19PM

Obliq wrote: »

It can be dodgy. Some people advise q tips and alcohol, but I'd say they're too big to get around the side of the keys on modern keyboards without breaking them. Here's what I've done before, but you do have to be quite confident about your dexterity.....http://www.ehow.com/how_2107252_fix-sticking-laptop-keys.html

You can take the cotton bud off the q-tip, unfurl a paper clip and do it like that.

Alcohol is generally best if it was a dried sugary liquid but mechanical movement of wind can be quicker for solids

norrie rugger · 28-03-2014 02:19PM

robindch wrote: »

Easiest is to pop off the key with a penknife (it should just pop off quite easily) and see what's causing it to stick and fix it. If it's not obvious what's causing it to stick, or if you remove the obvious sticky thing, but it continues to stick, well, a new keyboard costs [url=]less than seven euro.

even a laptop keyboard is stupidly easy to replace

Bannasidhe · 28-03-2014 02:21PM

norrie rugger wrote: »

Hair dryer set to mid heat for a moment should allow whatever sugar is binding it to lift

Short haired dyke no possess hair dryer... although now that I think on it somewhere in the deepest darkest depths of office is a wee henry hoover yoke for keybords...keyboards...

Obliq · 28-03-2014 02:22PM

norrie rugger wrote: »

You can take the cotton bud off the q-tip, unfurl a paper clip and do it like that.

Alcohol is generally best if it was a dried sugary liquid but mechanical movement of wind can be quicker for solids

This is true, except compressed air costs a good bit and then you only use a small bit. I'd say popping off the key too, but I meant don't attempt to clean around the key whilst it's still on the keyboard.

Bannasidhe · 28-03-2014 02:24PM

Right.

So we are all agreed the academic hands laptop to son and instructs him to fix it.

Brian Shanahan · 28-03-2014 04:02PM

marienbad wrote: »

More worrying was the mmr scare but that had what was regarded initially as qualified people involved , as soon as that was debunked it faded away to the conspiracy level..

The MMR scare is very much a live issue today, as the epidemic of measles in Swansea will gladly attest. Yes the numbers of inoculations are up, but that is a recent reversal of previous low uptake, and with inoculations you have to keep the number very high at all times.

Brian Shanahan · 28-03-2014 04:27PM

Obliq wrote: »

compressed air costs a good bit

Bake a tin of beans, its the same difference.

norrie rugger · 28-03-2014 04:29PM

Obliq wrote: »

This is true, except compressed air costs a good bit and then you only use a small bit. I'd say popping off the key too, but I meant don't attempt to clean around the key whilst it's still on the keyboard.

Hair dryer on cool/low heat. Even better if you have a measuring funnel in the kitchen

norrie rugger · 28-03-2014 04:41PM

Back to Hazards and such

Just heard the BEST comment relating to marriage equality and same sex families

"Didn't Jesus have two dads?!!!"

I love it

Sulla Felix · 28-03-2014 11:17PM

robindch wrote: »

Easiest is to pop off the key with a penknife (it should just pop off quite easily) and see what's causing it to stick and fix it. If it's not obvious what's causing it to stick, or if you remove the obvious sticky thing, but it continues to stick, well, a new keyboard costs a little more than a fiver.

And if it costs more, you can safely throw it in the dishwasher.

obplayer · 28-03-2014 11:22PM

Jernal wrote: »

Subtle undertones there of wiping people out of existence.

Ok, I meant these people will exist but we must speak to them severely.;)

Nodin · 30-03-2014 06:27AM

How to Avoid Problems With Minorities - Don't let on you have any.

"Burmese officials have begun the first national census in three decades, but are refusing to allow people to class themselves as Rohingya.

The UN, which is helping to carry out the census, said all Burmese should be allowed to choose their own ethnicity.

But Burmese officials said the Muslim Rohingya must call themselves Bengali or they would not be registered."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26807239

(There are other minorities within Burma also subject to repressive measures - far too early to have lifted sanctions off them)

Cabaal · 31-03-2014 04:30PM

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-26823842

A California man remains missing a day after he was swept out to sea during an ocean baptism, local media report.

Benito Flores, 43, was among several people helping his cousin, Pastor Maurigro Cervantes, baptise a man near the Guadalupe Dunes Preserve north of Santa Barbara.

I guess god didn't like him,

Nodin · 31-03-2014 10:13PM

Cabaal wrote: »

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-26823842

I guess god didn't like him,

...wasn't on the "sunbeam" list.....

Sulla Felix · 31-03-2014 11:33PM

I thought the usual line was that God needed them in heaven?

Anyway, condolences to the family, a man is dead after all but dying in what was essentially an attempt to add a little extra wow factor to the usual pageantry strikes me as a way to get nominated for a Darwin.

The Hazards of Belief

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