I might be being a pedant (Hey, it's /. afterall!) but wouldn't it be that the Dutch famine of 1944 affected children epigenetically rather than epigenetics affected children?

A bioenginnered prehensile tail. Just saying.

A few years back the civil service had it's own internal twitter clone. It's goal was for Whitehall types to be able to network but in practice it ended up colonised by benefits call centre staff who were stuck at thier pcs and often had time to kill when call volumes lulled. It was some of the most fun I've had at work with memes, running gags, songs of the day, twisted lyrics, mornington crescent, a proper, successful internet community of professional people from accross the UK, largely like minded, legitimately goofing off in down time. It didn't affect my productivity ( I was certainly happier in my crappy job), we kept it clean and within obvious bounds of proper behviour and although we were frowned upon (Freedom of information requests would have shown that this work tool was just social funtime), they couldn't just close us down.

It did get killed in the end after I'd left the service but I'm good friends with many of the people I met there on other social net works.

NOw if you'll excuse me I've the llamas to clean out. #Jelly_baby anyone?

In Soviet Russia censorship loses time???? .....No!

In Soviet Russia....er..um.....In Capitalist Slashdot submitters troll you?

Nah......It just doesn't work!

In Capitalist /. expected "Russian Reversal" meme reversal, trolls troll submitter?

Frankly I'm not convinced about "all the possibilities" dude....

I have kids.......*sigh*

And until the industry address the concerns you raise, piracy will always have the advantage of quality and convieniance.

OTOH I stopped collecting physical media several years ago and started collecting digital media. Being able to keep it is definately an important part of collecting but I'm not sure whether the physical/digital distinction is more than a preference, whereas the act of collecting is probably a fundamental human trait.

Oh it's surging alright...Only today someone of an Islamic persuasion smiled at me and said good morning! Outrageous!

Then there's this other Muslamic guy I work with and had a perfectly ordinary conversation with where our views differed and he didn't try to convert me or anything!

Surging I tell you, Surging!

Why, at lunch I was in the staff room and there was a mix of people from different cultures and NO ONE mentioned Islam!!!! I couldn't believe it!!!

So you can imagine what a breath of fresh air it was stumbling over your balanced, measured, calm and reasonable post.

We need more of your kind of sanity around here.

It seems to come and go for me. Even checked though I get an over-layed add at the bottom of my mobile/tablet screen that has a "hide" button that's too small to use.

...but how you treat each other. All it takes is a little respect, empathy and intellectual/emotional flexibility. Using the word idiot and dummy is pretty condescending and shows a lack of all of those things.

That's a very specific post. Besides, I haven't seen Sue complain about this issue anyway.

And precisely because that is enough, what you need is a motion sensor that sets off a recording of a dog. Job done for the majority of burglers.

What, like politics, banking, business, commerce, media and the law?

Does not using the road include public transport? Can I get a lift with a mate? Am I allowed to cross the road if I don't pay road tax? My kids play out on the road, it's a quiet neighbourhood....should I stop them?

No palemoon for android devices I see. I'll stick with naked browser for now. https://play.google.com/store/...