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Recent content by Top_Cat
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Decent ends to a career
Response thread. From the Aussie perspective, first nomination is McG. Had a really good last couple years in Tests, excellent final summer in a 5-0 whitewash then had a lovely holiday in the Carribean where he was also man of the tournament snaffling a ton of poles in a WC winning team...- Top_Cat
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Request My Custom Title Now - pre-poll
'sup CW. Took me long enough to get to the stage of a custom title (James to confirm I'm the slowest), here's your chance to absolutely ruin it for me. This thread is for ideas, to be followed up with a poll and I will absolutely respect the will of the forum, assuming James goes for it. Go. -
What makes a man?
Provoked by someone I know, when asked to do something by his wife, feels hen-pecked then resorts to the classic 'tell me what to do or how you want it done, NOT both'. Personally I think this is a tremendously backward way of looking at it. A man is not uncompromising, this is a infantalising... -
No income advantage to attending a sandstone uni - report
Elite Group of Eight universities outperformed on graduate earnings, says study The report itself: https://www.melbourneinstitute.com/downloads/hilda/Bibliography/Other_Publications/2014/Cherastidtham_etal_818-mapping-background-2014.pdf So, what they're really talking about is the effect on... -
What's a question you've always wanted to ask another forum member?
.......... self-explanatory innit. Please take this very seriously. Boy Brumby: Is there even one Queen song you like/will tolerate? GIMP: Why Flintoff? Is it because his roguishly good looks remind you of the dashing man staring back at you from the mirror or is it really his cricketing... -
Terry Pratchett game (a tribute)
Well, I'm as utterly devastated about the death of Pratchett as anyone who was a fan of his work. The world is a little less magical without him and other assorted things others have already said. Of course, I didn't know the guy but boy do I know what he's written. So I propose a game to... -
Boredom
Joking around with Kirki, somehow ended up in a place where we wondered whether adding the word 'bitch' to any given piece of writing would create a credible rap. I wrote a quick awk script and added it efter every third word in Dulce Et Decorum Est. The results are surprisingly hilarious... -
Paris Charlie Hebdo shooting
Charlie Hebdo shooting: twelve dead at Paris offices of satirical magazine ? live updates | World news | The Guardian -
****s, need your help for a research project
Developing a ensemble classifier for a machine learning project and need help from people. Basically I'll be doing a statistical labelling exercise using Conditional Random Field (CRF) models trained using the Enron email corpus to be used in a further bit of unsupervised AI/learning and need... -
MH370 missing en route to Beijing
Malaysia Airlines lose contact with plane bound for Beijing? live | World news | theguardian.com Official statement from Malaysian Airlines. MH370 Flight Incident | Malaysia Airlines The rumour about Nanming looking less likely by the hour. The first fatal (if confirmed) in about 30 years for... -
It's time to go, Shane Watson.
Shane Watson's diminishing returns | Cricket News | ICC Champions Trophy | ESPN Cricinfo A lot of what's been said about him in this article wouldn't be a problem if he was still a 22-year-old all-rounder with promise but at 32 (hb, Shane), he shouldn't have to be told how to play by anyone any...- Top_Cat
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The Job Tips, Advice, Comiserations and Pitfalls Thread
Prompted by the unfortunate axing of Ripper from his spot. **** situation bloke, here's hoping the situation remedies itself very soon and you find paid employment post-haste. If there's one thing the job-seeking world is full of it's 5-item lists which don't ****ing work. Whether it be in... -
Classic matches absolutely ruined by DRS had it been around
Was watching some highlights recently and thought this would be fun. Aus vs SA, Edgbaston, 1999 WC Warne on fire, has clean-bowled Gibbs and Kirsten after a great start by the Saffers. Cronje nicks out to slip and is given but wait, he's referred it and the 'catch' is found to have gone off...- Top_Cat
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Cost of the war in Iraq
To the day, 10 years on from this article, costings which were disputed at the time; CNN.com - What would war with Iraq cost? - Jan. 2, 2003 Most recent estimate for Operation Iraqi Freedom; $806 billion. www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL33110.pdf Doesn't, of course, include minor costs like... -
Syria and Interventionism
Yeah so the Syrian government, having spent 40 000 lives over the past 2 years in avoiding being Gadafi'ed, has sarin bombs and appears willing to use them against their citizens; Syria Chemical Weapons Readied For Use: Sarin Loaded Into Aerial Bombs Despite International Warnings So many...