“The problem is that to generate the same amount of power through wind turbines as a coal or nuclear plant would produce, you need to cover vast areas...” more...
“I did an Ada list last year, but only started dog-earing about a quarter of the way through, so I guess you're not that far in yet - or maybe...” more...
“It can be hard to detect sarcasm online when you don't know the person who's commenting, but we all know each other('s voices) to some extent. For...” more...
“I sometimes use it that way, and not out of wilfulness. I guess I read too much old literature... The old meaning definitely has more value though.” more...
“There are some UK dialects, especially rural ones, which use were instead of was, and this was much more common in 1956 than it is today (though...” more...
“You spam elaborately, Ed! Your spam is very nicely attired. You're a better class of spammer aren't you, the kind of spammer one might be spammed by...”
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“sarra: what is your authority for that? I think you are 100 times wrong. It's because it (should be) served all day. If they're calling it an all day...” more...
“No, the cheese must be cold, direct from the cheesery. Were you to lift the cheese off the toast you would see a black film of carbon adhering to the...” more...
“I read (and enjoyed, with obligatory smirk) Malory at a relatively young age - I think I was 18 or 19 - but not before playing the wondrous ...” more...
“I was looking dully at a pigeon today when I noticed it had dragon-red, lavalike flashes around its shoulders which writhed as it moved its head. I'm...” more...
“And for what inadequate reason she had caused all this commotion! Just because her two sons quarrelled! She could have prevented that easily enough...” more...
“For a second he pondered it; then asked with an accent that pierced her because it was so infantine, so shamelessly mendicant of comfort: "She...” more...
“...he switched on the electric torch and flashed it up and down the niche, though in the dazzling moonlight its rays were but a small circular...” more...
“Just looking at that political blog. There are so many morons in the world! How can you go near blogs like that? The same goes for any partisan blog,...” more...
“I've just read the most recent one again - the rep(ulsivesack)4 one - and it's amazing, it really is. The dude raises abortion literally out of...” more...
“I've got to say I'm amazed at how often your screen name gets taken in vain. I suppose it's because you engage in debate with awful eejits for whom...” more...
“I've nosed around Wordnik a couple of times and while it's superficially interesting there's currently nothing to keep me there. I like data and...” more...
“'But she remembered then how that scene at the base of the golden stone had ended. The pair had swung apart and had staggered their several ways,...” more...
“'...she read the Richard that she knew and loved in these long fingers, stained by his skeely trade and scored with cuts commemorative of adventure...” more...
“'[She] fell to polishing her nails with the palm of her hand with that trivial, fribbling gesture that was somehow more desperate than any...” more...