Wed 4 May, 2005 02:06 am - trouble is, nobody else in the rest of the world is at all surprised that you yanks behaved in this manner, you have such a screwed up society that abusing human rights is right up there with... (view)
Sat 20 Nov, 2004 11:28 pm - no so much built on sticks
the basis of Venic was a whole series of small islands in what was a large lagoon, though there was a lot of use made of piles etc but basically the islands are sinking,... (view)
Sat 20 Nov, 2004 01:03 am - Venics's problem is not just for the Venetians to solve, the rising water levels, the sinking of the city due to extraction of ground water, the increased boat wash which errodes the islands... (view)
Mon 15 Nov, 2004 02:07 am - at a minumum you need an anti virus, I much prefer Norton to McCaffee or any of the others - and that definiately includes the free anti-virus software you can get. I also run a firewall (again... (view)
Mon 15 Nov, 2004 01:59 am - being a Google fetishist my self, I would say in all non academic and technical queries always start with Google - there are specialised search engines but often they are only know about by their... (view)
Mon 15 Nov, 2004 01:54 am - any book, be it trashy romance, adventure, sci fi etc which has the ability to grasp ones mind and let one leave the mundenaities (?) of every day life, is worth a read. As the saying goes, man... (view)
Thu 11 Nov, 2004 12:09 am - its amazing how many people say Ulysses is the best book ever - and then have never read it, or never managed to complete it. It took me 6 months to read it, a few pages each and every day. There... (view)
Tue 9 Nov, 2004 01:24 am - hate to say it but if the community dies as a result of this, is that such a bad thing - doesn't look like the sort of place whose continued existence ought to be encouraged (view)
Tue 9 Nov, 2004 01:21 am - Some can be specific, some are author determined -
sci - fi - Time enough for Love by Robert Heinlein
humour - anything by Terry Pratchett
Romance - These old shades by Georgette Heyer... (view)
