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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 7th February 2019, 06:39 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
Bojack Horseman is ironic. If he was a human...

Bojack Horseman is ironic.
If he was a human torso on a horse body he would be satyrical.

Erm... something somethings silencers... I’m still on topic.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 6th February 2019, 11:55 PM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
Poe’s Law: Any sufficiently advanced Conspiracy...

Poe’s Law: Any sufficiently advanced Conspiracy Theory is indistinguishable from satire.

Unfortunately the Participants Observational Engagement index tends to decline proportional to the online...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st February 2019, 04:05 AM
Replies: 119
Views: 7,490
Posted By Tomtomkent
The bits where Hammond and May talk about what...

The bits where Hammond and May talk about what makes particular cars interesting is still enjoyable. The “banter” has moments that are funny, and moments that look like they are trying too hard to be...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2019, 10:59 PM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
In the real world:they took so many photographs...

In the real world:they took so many photographs as the most accurate record available with the technology of the time. So they wouldn’t have to rely on sketches or memory, when asking what any...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 11th November 2018, 12:27 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
Anybody in Munich in the thirties?

Anybody in Munich in the thirties?
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 7th November 2018, 04:53 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
For what it's worth: No. You are quite correct. ...

For what it's worth: No. You are quite correct.
The guesses were within the accuracy would expect, without measuring.
The descriptions are close enough to the package to know they meant the same...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 2nd November 2018, 10:55 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
In the Science Museum in London there is (or was...

In the Science Museum in London there is (or was for many years) an interactive memory game where you play a witness to a robbery, that demonstrates this, and explains how and why memory is not the...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 2nd November 2018, 01:15 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
Yes. There are a good many factors at play,...

Yes.
There are a good many factors at play, that people don't even consider when they talk about their memories.

If we just look at one, the science can be quite astonishing....
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 1st November 2018, 01:09 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
No, because in autopsies, actual measurements are...

No, because in autopsies, actual measurements are taken and recorded, along with photographic records.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 31st October 2018, 01:32 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
This, I think is the crux of the matter. ...

This, I think is the crux of the matter.
Although there are a lot of CTs that are pointless and harmless, there are those that throw accusations around without considering the weight of those...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 23rd October 2018, 10:00 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
No conspiracy placing Oswald as a patsy or a...

No conspiracy placing Oswald as a patsy or a super spy makes sense. There is however ample room for his beliefs to have made him a useful idiot (by no means an actual comment on his abilities) by...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 23rd October 2018, 05:01 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,422
Posted By Tomtomkent
No, but neither was it the image he chose to...

No, but neither was it the image he chose to project, or be remembered by.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 14th October 2018, 10:01 PM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
Well, you are now caught in a sticky wicket,...

Well, you are now caught in a sticky wicket, aren’t you?

If you argue that this sequence is evidence that the fragmentation of the bullet that hit JFK, or the trauma can’t explain a higher exit,...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 14th October 2018, 09:12 PM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
Wow. The exit wound was anatomically higher?...

Wow.

The exit wound was anatomically higher?
Surely that must mean a conspiracy!

No.
Wait.

I mean “matter ejected by the trauma wave not being linear” and “a bullet deflected to be...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 13th October 2018, 04:18 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,887
Posted By Tomtomkent
I think digital manipulation and filters are a...

I think digital manipulation and filters are a valid art form. I have a lot of fun playing around with them, and my various friends in the business of converting stock images to book covers, album...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 13th October 2018, 12:36 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
It's one of those areas where a few other...

It's one of those areas where a few other theories crop up, that it hit the traffic gantry, or kerb, and I think at one point there was deflected off the branches of a tree, etc.

What these...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 8th October 2018, 09:41 PM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
Yes, but you still haven’t given a reason to...

Yes, but you still haven’t given a reason to assume that means the EOP, rather than within the whole of the occipital region.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 8th October 2018, 09:35 PM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
This again. You do realise why we require...

This again.
You do realise why we require autopsy records to be taken, rather than just asking people what they remember, right?
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 8th October 2018, 01:31 PM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
The red spot about an inch to the right of, and a...

The red spot about an inch to the right of, and a short distance higher than, the EOP? The one that could be reasonably be described as Occipital, being on, or close to, the occipital bone, on the...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 7th October 2018, 11:56 PM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
Sorry, you seem to be missing the point here. You...

Sorry, you seem to be missing the point here. You are repeating that the wound is "Occipital" as though that means it HAS to be closer to the EOP, as you interpret it.

But NOTHING written above...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 5th October 2018, 11:58 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
How exactly do you discern from those two words...

How exactly do you discern from those two words that it means the EOP, instead of the Occipital bone?

Ignoring for a moment that the autopsy, and extant photographs, locate the wound differently...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 2nd October 2018, 11:41 PM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
Where can we find that?

Where can we find that?
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 2nd October 2018, 11:57 AM
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Views: 210,995
Posted By Tomtomkent
Got notification of rights reverting, and have...

Got notification of rights reverting, and have had the fun of getting the new and improved (now with buggy text editing) Kindle Paperback tools. I think it worked out, but proof will be when I get my...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 30th September 2018, 12:17 AM
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Views: 210,995
Posted By Tomtomkent
My publisher is ceasing to be very soon, and a...

My publisher is ceasing to be very soon, and a whole bunch of romance stories will revert back to being mine.

I am in the process of collecting the best of these into a paperback anthology, under...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 19th September 2018, 04:27 AM
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Views: 210,995
Posted By Tomtomkent
Sounds cool (and economical)

Sounds cool (and economical)
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 17th September 2018, 10:57 PM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
My latest effort HeadSpace was published...

My latest effort HeadSpace was published yesterday, a romance set inside the head of a guy whose life is flashing before his eyes.
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 7th September 2018, 11:21 PM
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Views: 3,212
Posted By Tomtomkent
The Lies Of Lock Lamora. Robin Hobb's...

The Lies Of Lock Lamora.

Robin Hobb's Farseer or Liveship books.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 27th August 2018, 10:40 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
Pretty sure the only person who believes this is...

Pretty sure the only person who believes this is you.
I'm also pretty sure nothing you posted would convince anybody otherwise.
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 25th August 2018, 04:54 AM
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Views: 210,995
Posted By Tomtomkent
I've just finished a 15k romance (with thriller...

I've just finished a 15k romance (with thriller trappings) that I'm trying to get beta readers for, with ambitions of sending it in for a novella line.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 19th August 2018, 12:16 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
Ok, it's kind of shocking this is even being...

Ok, it's kind of shocking this is even being asked, because it seems pretty obvious, but how about I hazard a few guesses, and we can see if I get refuted?

1) Because he didn't state being at the...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 18th August 2018, 11:54 PM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
If this is not a game, can you not state plainly,...

If this is not a game, can you not state plainly, and specifically for each post already made, why the evidence already provided is not enough to build a conclusion on?
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 17th August 2018, 08:52 AM
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Views: 5,825
Posted By Tomtomkent
Well, let's see... He smoked. He was old. Under...

Well, let's see...
He smoked. He was old. Under his own expressed orders he wasn't to be disturbed under threat of punishment, and had been culling away all the competent doctors...

Why exactly...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 12th August 2018, 08:00 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
I have a lot of self published stuff, and a few...

I have a lot of self published stuff, and a few published romances. I'm glad you liked the preview of Nightmares. The home made cover tended to put a lot of people off giving it a try.
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 11th August 2018, 12:54 PM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
The anthology I mentioned was One Sultry Day, of...

The anthology I mentioned was One Sultry Day, of which I am one of four contributors of beach-read romance (mine is about a guy trying not to fall in love as he is still faithful to the memory of a...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 11th August 2018, 06:57 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
Waiting for reviews of the romance anthology to...

Waiting for reviews of the romance anthology to come back from ARCs (always a low ratio of books given out to reviews back) and in the midst of providing blog content for the novella release.
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 11th August 2018, 06:56 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
How about tri-sect?

How about tri-sect?
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 6th August 2018, 04:25 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
One of my novellas is in a summer romance...

One of my novellas is in a summer romance anthology published today, which is good news! The same publisher is using another of mine as next month's release in their regular line of novellas. So......
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 10th July 2018, 10:34 AM
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Views: 210,995
Posted By Tomtomkent
Have works with my romance publisher due in...

Have works with my romance publisher due in August and September.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 9th June 2018, 12:29 PM
Replies: 5,312
Views: 383,691
Posted By Tomtomkent
Sorry, but no... you are not convincing me you...

Sorry, but no... you are not convincing me you know what standards would be applied, for the chain of custody, or otherwise.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 9th June 2018, 11:41 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
In a court room all the claims you have failed to...

In a court room all the claims you have failed to support here, that evidence could have been tampered with, would have to be supported by evidence they *were* tampered with.
This would fail.
In...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 4th June 2018, 09:34 PM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
That the doctors put the marks in more than one...

That the doctors put the marks in more than one place should suggest that memory is a poor record.

It is why photographs and notes are taken.

People just get things wrong.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 2nd June 2018, 06:54 AM
Replies: 5,312
Views: 383,691
Posted By Tomtomkent
What am I talking about? The cuts made to the...

What am I talking about?
The cuts made to the skull that show how the brain was removed, as I thought was made clear in the lengthy post you quoted, discussing the cuts made to the skull, to remove...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 31st May 2018, 09:45 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
By all means, describe the impulse patterns...

By all means, describe the impulse patterns expected from suppressed gunshot and how it would be identified on the dicta belt?
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 31st May 2018, 07:38 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
I can tell you what would convince me, and...

I can tell you what would convince me, and others:
1) evidence of another shooter.
2) evidence of the wounds caused by this other shooter, in the autopsy records, ideally in photographs and X-rays,...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 31st May 2018, 06:43 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
Which, as has been shown already in this...

Which, as has been shown already in this discussion, not what the tests showed.

The sonar analysis showed that rifle shots *were viable* as an explanation, and would fit the patterns *if* (and...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 30th May 2018, 09:19 PM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
Already tried that. He copied and pasted some of...

Already tried that. He copied and pasted some of the snippets but didn’t show he understands it.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 30th May 2018, 09:15 PM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
Do you know what paper is being discussed? If...

Do you know what paper is being discussed?
If so, I had been cited.
How does one cite the relevant parts?
Do you mean quotes?
Do you want page numbers?
Because it seems the whole paper is...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 30th May 2018, 08:52 AM
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Posted By Tomtomkent
Erm... I highlighted the bit you seem to have...

Erm... I highlighted the bit you seem to have missed:



The complaint is not you would be spoon-fed if supplied citations.

It is that you were supplied those and still claimed the information...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 27th May 2018, 07:30 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,853
Posted By Tomtomkent
I’m still waiting on a few betas to feed back,...

I’m still waiting on a few betas to feed back, but in the meantime a version of the edited screenplay is on Amazon... with well earned thanks to a member of the forum on the dedication page.

I...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 26th May 2018, 06:50 AM
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Views: 2,853
Posted By Tomtomkent
Thanks for the suggestions. There are some great...

Thanks for the suggestions. There are some great books and courses out there. Suggestions were all very much appreciated.
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