Trump!
Some amazing gaffes from America's Commander in Chimp...
On Wind Turbines
"They say the noise causes cancer."
On himself
"I think I am actually humble. I think I'm much more humble than you would understand."
"I'm intelligent. Some people would say I'm very, very, very intelligent."
On Wind Power
"I know windmills very much. I've studied it better than anybody."
On air travel
"I don't sleep on planes... I like looking out the window, watching for missiles and enemies."
On...
Life elsewhere in our Solar System
I'm not being silly. We know that life can exist without the sun and under intense pressure - think the hot vents at the bottom of the ocean, teeming with bizarre life forms. So why not Jupiter or Saturn? Why couldn't another strain of life exist in the gaseous outer layers? Doesn't have to be E.T. - could be a form of yeast, or an electrical storm interacting with its surroundings. Or maybe Venus? To us the atmosphere is deadly, but it shields the surface from solar radiation and again, life could exist,...
Lettuce
I heard that you can cure a hangover by eating more lettuce, but as it turns out, the person who told me that is not real. I may be. a little high.
The Royal Family
According to Brand Finance, the UK monarchy’s capital value as a business sits at £67.5bn, while its annual contribution to the UK economy was £1.76bn in 2017 alone. Meanwhile, for the taxpayer, the annual cost per head is roughly 1p a day.
“The [monarchy’s] contribution includes the Crown Estate’s surplus as well as [its] indirect effect on various industries,” said Brand Finance in a press release. “The respect for the institution boosts the price and volume premium of brands boasting a Royal...
PS2 Critique
Time was, the PS2 was a Godsend. Up to 75 MILLION polygons per second, with all sorts of bells and whistles. An amazing "Emotion Engine" at the core of the hardware. Fully analogue control pads. DVD support. And a backwards compatible games library with the PSOne arsenal with improved graphics. Great, huh?
Well, almost immediately that 75 million polygons per second claim was revised down to 66 million. Then came another blow - these polygons wee flat-shaded, identical sized polygons with zero...
Antidepressants
These days, there are an entire slew of people being treated for depression with SSRI drugs, including Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil and Cipralex. What you might not know is that of late, evidence has come to light that for a sizeable minority, ceasing the dose of these drugs can have HORRIFIC side effects, sometimes even leading to chemical neutering. People complain of terrible withdrawal effects which are often seen as a sign of the original symptoms returning, prompting a renewal of the drug therapy, making...
