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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts Today, 04:01 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 11,007
Posted By Wudang
God darnit Mr. Bruto, you use your tongue...

God darnit Mr. Bruto, you use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 11:01 AM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 69,814
Posted By Wudang
This is my reading as well as that of various...

This is my reading as well as that of various lawyers

He can of course fire him/her and appoint a new HS but that may be difficult for party political reasons, thus somewhere a non-partisan...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 10:23 AM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 69,814
Posted By Wudang
And that report could be made available to the...

And that report could be made available to the High or Supreme court (suitably redacted) in closed session. One possibility. In one of the trials wasn't a judge shown some of the material? I'm sure...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 08:56 AM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 69,814
Posted By Wudang
One more time for the hard of reading: My...

One more time for the hard of reading:
My position is that good laws have checks and balances. Blair's anti-terror laws were so poorly restrained that local councils used them to spy on people...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 08:20 AM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 69,814
Posted By Wudang
Maybe you could try reading my posts then you...

Maybe you could try reading my posts then you would not have to lie about my position.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 04:25 AM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 69,814
Posted By Wudang
The law allows it to be misused. That makes it a...

The law allows it to be misused. That makes it a bad law in my eyes just as Blair's anti-terror powers were misused because they were bad laws.

I am saying, based on the reading of the law by both...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 01:56 AM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 69,814
Posted By Wudang
I have not said this would happen. I said it...

I have not said this would happen. I said it could happen.

Meaningless as was shown by the legal decisions. The Home Secretary just has to say he is happy with his decision and say he considered...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts Yesterday, 03:48 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 11,007
Posted By Wudang
Epicaricacy - the English word for...

Epicaricacy - the English word for schadenfreude. Whether it was ever actually used much seems unclear.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Yesterday, 06:17 AM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 69,814
Posted By Wudang
But those are guidelines the Home Secretary...

But those are guidelines the Home Secretary should follow, not has to follow. And the most casual reading of the news shows that our current crop of politicians are rather careless of guidelines.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th March 2024, 03:08 AM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 69,814
Posted By Wudang
No, they'd grab her, quick trial charged with...

No, they'd grab her, quick trial charged with supporting terrorism, death sentence. Bangladesh has a reputation for being keen to handout the death sentence and carry it through. The case for the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th March 2024, 08:51 AM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 69,814
Posted By Wudang
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48154781 ...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48154781

Highlights


So there's the legal right. One of the crimes carrying the death penalty is waging war against Bangladesh and war crimes, both of...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 14th March 2024, 11:32 AM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,568
Posted By Wudang
The closest you might see is "chi power"...

The closest you might see is "chi power" demonstrations where a teacher will push around his rag dollown student and the other will do a similar interpretive dance demo with his. Everyone applauds,...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 14th March 2024, 08:46 AM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,568
Posted By Wudang
I am not a doctor but you might want too avoid...

I am not a doctor but you might want too avoid too much heavy punchbag work. I staved both thumbs many years ago and it's a constant nuisance.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 14th March 2024, 05:02 AM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,568
Posted By Wudang
Yeah the main danger to your hands are the...

Yeah the main danger to your hands are the cheekbones - close to the jaw and other good places to hit but solid. I know a couple of guys who got into fights and left the other guy on the floor then...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 14th March 2024, 03:27 AM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,234
Posted By Wudang
More succinct but maybe still too much for a sig

More succinct but maybe still too much for a sig
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th March 2024, 03:15 AM
Replies: 1,706
Continuation Musk buys Twitter II
Views: 70,246
Posted By Wudang
Yeah, who doesn't love an echo chamber.

Yeah, who doesn't love an echo chamber.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 13th March 2024, 04:33 PM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,568
Posted By Wudang
Or his Sun Tzu. About which

Or his Sun Tzu. About which
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 13th March 2024, 04:18 PM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,568
Posted By Wudang
Yeah, broad brush here but Wing chun specialize...

Yeah, broad brush here but Wing chun specialize as you know. Northern Wushu tends to emphasize kicks due to the rocky terrain, and Hsing I tends to focus on aggressive straight line attacks which is...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 13th March 2024, 06:42 AM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,568
Posted By Wudang
Yes have to correct you. There's a massive...

Yes have to correct you. There's a massive variety of CMA styles and many have as hard and committed a punch as you could hope to avoid.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th March 2024, 05:27 AM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 69,814
Posted By Wudang
I wonder if the UK government is also afraid to...

I wonder if the UK government is also afraid to open the can of worms that is : what to do with her if, somehow (rogue jury, loophole whatever), she is found not guilty? She can be set free but to...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 13th March 2024, 04:48 AM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,234
Posted By Wudang
Plus a few hundred grand to Serco or someone to...

Plus a few hundred grand to Serco or someone to administer it of course.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 12th March 2024, 08:12 AM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,568
Posted By Wudang
From an old interview with my teacher on starting...

From an old interview with my teacher on starting training under Cheng Tin Hung, regarding expectations
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th March 2024, 06:31 AM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,234
Posted By Wudang
So did the slave trade.

So did the slave trade.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th March 2024, 05:14 AM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 69,814
Posted By Wudang
Whereas I would say that anyone that joined,...

Whereas I would say that anyone that joined, espoused their views and actively supported a terrorist organisation was a terrorist. Whether they still are is the question. The default assumption would...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 12th March 2024, 04:47 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 143
Posted By Wudang
File Locksmith is a Windows shell extension for...

File Locksmith is a Windows shell extension for checking which files are in use and by which processes. That will be useful.
Forum: Computers and the Internet 12th March 2024, 04:20 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 143
Posted By Wudang
Windows power toys

I'd forgotten windows power toys existed. I think I used them last back around NT 4 or thereabouts. I'm not sure if this is the same or new under an old name.
Anyway - Text extractor - binds to...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 11th March 2024, 03:53 AM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 69,814
Posted By Wudang
Yeah shame the UK is representative parliamentary...

Yeah shame the UK is representative parliamentary democracy. You have so far argued that anything legal is right and now you're also arguing anything popular is right. I hate to Godwin the thread but...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th March 2024, 06:19 AM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 69,814
Posted By Wudang
FFS....

FFS. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 9th March 2024, 10:21 AM
Replies: 1,706
Continuation Musk buys Twitter II
Views: 70,246
Posted By Wudang
He self-identifies as someone who subscribes to...

He self-identifies as someone who subscribes to free speech.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 8th March 2024, 02:46 PM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,568
Posted By Wudang
By the time they've got to be professional...

By the time they've got to be professional they've got a lot of hard fighting under their belt.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th March 2024, 10:32 AM
Replies: 1,706
Continuation Musk buys Twitter II
Views: 70,246
Posted By Wudang
"That's too early in the morning to be early in...

"That's too early in the morning to be early in the morning."
I'd attribute it but forgotten where I read it.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th March 2024, 10:30 AM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,234
Posted By Wudang
Yes but if they split the Tory vote the way the...

Yes but if they split the Tory vote the way the anti-Tory vote keeps being split then maybe it will be good. More likely though is that Tories will move even further to the right.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th March 2024, 10:26 AM
Replies: 1,013
Views: 90,389
Posted By Wudang
Yeah. My brother was a Police Custody Officer in...

Yeah. My brother was a Police Custody Officer in Scotland. He was in a dead end carer job and a cop persuaded him to take the job as they needed good guys in the force. Later he saw that same cop...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 8th March 2024, 08:47 AM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,568
Posted By Wudang
I meant to say - there is almost as much...

I meant to say - there is almost as much enthusiastic and ignorant discussion of Qi as there is about sex. I stopped bothering with the MA site on StackExchange as every twat who'd spent 3 months at...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 7th March 2024, 04:29 PM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,568
Posted By Wudang
Yes, I can just hear that difference but can't...

Yes, I can just hear that difference but can't seem to reliably reproduce it. English speakers make fun of Asians failing to differentiate between "r" and "l" sounds but there are many sounds that...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 7th March 2024, 04:03 PM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,568
Posted By Wudang
The "chi" word in tai chi is a different word...

The "chi" word in tai chi is a different word altogether. Its an artefact of the Wade Giles romanization that they are spelled the same. Tai chi means something like "underlying or fundamental...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 7th March 2024, 01:05 PM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,234
Posted By Wudang
As @angusm said on Mastodon

As @angusm said on Mastodon
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th March 2024, 07:14 AM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 69,814
Posted By Wudang
Show where I said that. My position has always...

Show where I said that. My position has always been that there should be checks and balances in laws and that bad laws can be misused and I included an example of such a law introduced by Labour.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th March 2024, 07:04 AM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 69,814
Posted By Wudang
Hasn't your position been : "This law has a...

Hasn't your position been : "This law has a result I like therefore it's a good law"? That's my honest reading of your posts.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th March 2024, 04:35 PM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 69,814
Posted By Wudang
The law does not require that she be proved to be...

The law does not require that she be proved to be a threat to the UK and that was stated in the judgement. If the HS claims she is a threat and says he took relevant factors into account that is all...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 6th March 2024, 10:31 AM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,234
Posted By Wudang
Coverage here ...

Coverage here
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/budget-24-118-million-for-canary-wharf-but-little-for-housebuilding
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 6th March 2024, 10:01 AM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,234
Posted By Wudang
Might be Cerner - they've been trying to lock the...

Might be Cerner - they've been trying to lock the NHS into contracts for their systems for a while.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 6th March 2024, 09:31 AM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,234
Posted By Wudang
My burn-down company developed and ran a system...

My burn-down company developed and ran a system to merge all NHS records for NE London (GP, Hospital, A&E, Ambulance) for less than £10 million and a lot of that cost was AWS servers.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 6th March 2024, 09:29 AM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,568
Posted By Wudang
Hah! The Black Dragon Fighting Society still runs...

Hah! The Black Dragon Fighting Society still runs its website. https://blackdragonfightingsociety.org/kumite-championship
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 6th March 2024, 07:47 AM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,568
Posted By Wudang
Yeah the solar plexus is the only practical one I...

Yeah the solar plexus is the only practical one I can think of and yes I have been hit there and yes I was helpless as a baby until I recovered.
Yeah the rest are like stepping on a wet floor in...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 6th March 2024, 07:33 AM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,568
Posted By Wudang
"Chi" is Wade-Giles Romanization and "Qi" is the...

"Chi" is Wade-Giles Romanization and "Qi" is the Chinese preferred system. The former has some problems especially to people not familiar with some of the marks like aspers. Not something I'm an...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th March 2024, 07:27 AM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 69,814
Posted By Wudang
But, and it's one of the primary reasons this is...

But, and it's one of the primary reasons this is a bad law - you do not have to be a criminal to have UK citizenship withdrawn. You look at the Home Secretary the wrong way and he can use this power....
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 6th March 2024, 07:15 AM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,568
Posted By Wudang
Yeah dim mak relies on qi and meridian points and...

Yeah dim mak relies on qi and meridian points and the idea is a strike to a specific point will block the flow of qi (the flow of BS continues) and bad things happen. I had a guy who taught this...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 6th March 2024, 06:25 AM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,568
Posted By Wudang
Yep. I know some guys who trained with Chen Xiao...

Yep. I know some guys who trained with Chen Xiao Wang whose family basically invented tai chi a few generations back. He said that "Empty force" originally meant a move that was empty of force - i.e....
Forum: Computers and the Internet 5th March 2024, 12:08 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,380
Posted By Wudang
Yeah I think you'll need a powered hub. I think...

Yeah I think you'll need a powered hub. I think and may be wrong but unpowered USB hubs only allow devices to talk to each other, not provide power.
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