Pugwash

Thanks for the interest Alan. Appreciate the bid, but its a bit early doors to take the first offer. I'll see how it goes over the nxt couple of days. Cheers.

...oh, and my location.

Okay guys, so by now you've probably figured out my current avatar. If you want to know more, google LFTR. Unfortunately this is not the process that India is using in its prototype, but at least it's a start.

Compelling isn't it? I just had to do the same - to see what would come up. Bit like pressing the Big Red Button that says "Don't Press"...

All good points and I don't disagree with your sentiments. However, no-go areas of devastation aren't unique to nuclear disasters. Google Centralia, Pennsylvania - something the Yanks don't like to talk about.

The thing is that there are good and diverse technical solutions already in the pipeline (no pun intended). Electric cars? Ask MIT and an unnamed British university about high capacity, high discharge rate batteries that can fully recharge in a few minutes. Coming your way in 5-10 years? Wind Power? 8 MegaWatt offshore turbines will be coming through in the next few years, with more stable and consistent output. Photovoltaics? New junction technologies are increasing efficiencies year-on-year and organics look promising and cheap. Biofuels? Some very clever stuff happening with bacteria-generated diesel. Nuclear? Ah yes, the big one. It remains one of the safest, most efficient ways of generating power, despite the Media scaremongering. Is car safety, efficiency and environmental impact based on the specifications of a 1950's Ford Pop? Engineering has moved on in the last sixty years. Even so, there's no denying that problems remain with waste and decommissioning from light water reactors operating on the U-235 cycle. Of course there is a much safer, inherently stable cycle that produces minimal waste, based on a far more efficient and abundant fissile fuel...but you can't make H-bombs from the by-products, so the US stopped the research funding about 40 years ago. Of course, a fossil-fuel-free future will require a mix of these solutions. The real problem is that, in the West, there isn't the political will or awareness to invest the capital to develop many of these and other emerging technologies into real-world solutions. China and India, however, are starting to take the lead and will no doubt be selling the technologies back to us - under licence - in the next few decades.

I'll have to check, seem to recall something about a 2 year deal, but can't remember if I paid extra. UPDATE: No Applecare - 12 months guarantee, will end on December 29th.

Why is everyone associated with that club always tainted in some way?

Apple 13.3” MacBook (bought at end 2010, 11 months old) Model Num: A1342 Order Num: MC516B/A Specification: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of memory, 250 GB SATA hard drive. Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 13.3-inch glossy 1280 x 800 LCD display, NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics, 8x Superdrive optical drive, trackpad, built-in camera, built-in stereo speakers. 2 USB 2.0 ports, AirPort Extreme, Bluetooth, Gigabit Ethernet, Mini DisplayPort port for external display. Excellent condition, as new, hardly used. All accessories and Magsafe power adaptor. Original box and packing. Hard disk wiped, all software and apps reloaded from original CDs. Includes: Padded shoulder bag, red (cost £40 new); Two books: “Switching to the Mac” and “Mac OS X Snow Leopard Simplified”; Parallels Desktop, Switch to Mac Edition (software for running Windows on a Mac). Bids over £500 considered. First bid of £600 will secure.

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I see they've still got the Lithuanian flag on the web page. Expect it to disappear over the next 24 hours...

Always struck me as strange why he would ghost-write the Krays' autobiographies.

Yeah, forgot Space Truckin. I saw that tour as well - awesome.

Speed King or Child in Time

Any news on Ryan Doble? Is he still at AFCB?

Has very similar attributes to Shearer. No mean comparison.

(Elicited many chortles and guffaws aboard the Black Pig)

5 points clear, 40 goals in 17 games, +23 GD, Rickie top scorer with 12, 100 points in the calendar year. Christ, we're good...

Kelvin's knees are peachy clean. Brighton didn't have a single shot on target.

Well deserved win against one of the dirtiest, most cynical sides in the Championship.

Not great, but improved.

Shocking refereeing. Three stonewall pens not given and the one that wasn't, was - if you know what I mean.

Brighton playing like Uruguay, they only had one short period of pressure near the end of the first half. Saints playing reasonably well and had the best of the few chances going. Two clear penalty decisions for us not given. Second half about to start - stream going well

"CSI has moved to reassure Pompey fans, saying it is ‘business as usual’." Yep. Seems that way.

Hope Nigel's wearing his green badge tomorrow. In fact, let's all wear one.