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The thing is once it has a hold life is pretty pervasive - we know of a few near extinction events on earth and there are probably a few from the early days we don't know about - I don't think its necessarily a case of everything having to be perfect for millions of years for the seeds to flourish. Of course this is a "life as we know it" view as well. As i've said before 100s of millions of galaxies with billions of stars points at a more "optimistic" view than your rarity stance.

Is life ubiquitous in the Universe, comparitively rare, or unique? There's no way of knowing but my money is on the middle one. I reckon this planet is dead. A pretty good match within "only" 20 light years boosts the probabililty numbers I would say. I've just started a book on how crucial water is to the earth in terms of everything including life - planets with water will be the key.

Playing along side someone like Woodgate for a few seasons might have helped (both him directly in is concentration and game and indirectly in the understanding of a settled partnership), but broadly I don't think he'll ever be coached out of his "oh shit" moments. That was the thing about selling Woodgate - imo it cost us two good players counting a "good" Titus - in fact Woody also made O'Brien look half decent so you could argue 2.5 good players at a push.

The problem is free breeding - I've been saying for years that the default should be mass sterilisation with licences for the antidote on a points basis. I know the technology isn't quite there and to be honest it really needs to be worldwide as what people keep forgetting about cliamte change is that theres about 4 or 5bn too many humans. In the west its charvas and in the third world its too many poor/diseased kids. Pandemic Bird flu would just scratch the surface - was talking about this at work - we really need China, India and the USA to be wiped off the map - double whammy of 2.5bn people and the worlds worst polluters. I know I sound callous but if we continue as we are theres no future for anyone. Having said all this we'd need some kind of world order to enforce it - probably alien invasion beckons. (I know - I've gone too far).

They lost a 13 point lead to Arsenal in 98. If we'd won it 97 then everyone would have forgotten 96.

Not saying she's a good mother but I think she deserves credit for keeping Ozzy alive till now.

The Toyota one for me - particularly when they dragged it out of the sea, started it and then hoyed in top of a building being demolished.

Put them in a ring and make them fight until they have to be carried out.

I met the bloke at the airport getting a fight back to Stansted after a game against Liverpool and I can confirm first hand that the bloke is a self-important wanker.

Poll playing the star again - look at me I'm so important - wanker. I remember listening to the game against Brum last season I think where Savage had been booked and committed another bookable offence in the last minute and the commentator said it was pointless sending him off as there was no advantage - there was - the fact that he could play the next game which he should have missed. Refs shouldn't decide on "big picture" issues like this - they should apply the rules.

Absolutely not - I'm an argumentative git by nature - I just meant it should be your own opinions and not those of critic X.

I just meant your suggestion that if you were told or read some kind of "deeper" explanation of what a film was about you could suddenly go "Ah, what I thought was garbage was actually a deep and meaningful insight into the human state". Theres nothing wrong with seeing something deeper yourself, even if you're the only one who sees it, but I think being told why something is good smacks of the emporer's new clothes. Not necessarily related to your comments but I also think its worth stating that even the most "serious" film fan can switch off their mind and enjoy a no brainer of a film (usually Arnie springs to mind) without worrying about depth. I always like to quote the Fast Show sketch where the middle class dinner party guests discuss french art films and the "get me coat" bloke says "Did anyone see that Truffaut film on channel 4 last night? - what a waste of time - it was in black & white, it had subtitles, nobody got killed and nobody got their kit off".

Few comments on this thread. Titanic I'm always in two minds about - 1h 35m is the key - that's when it hits the iceberg and from then on its okay but having said that the first half is saved for me because I adore Kate Winslet. I love Brazil - best ending ever - I also love 12 Monkeys. I think in general you have to make your own mind up without any arty-farty explainations - I think Donnie Darko is a marvellous film but when I read that the director's view had a decidedly religious angle and given my views on that it didn't make me want to chuck the DVD away - my view of it still holds and as I said I think its great. Happy Face's view suggests to me being told why I should like certain music - being told what St Peppers means does not change my opinion that it is drug-addled hippy shite. I'm just old enough to remember The Exorcist on release although I wasn't old enough to see it - that made it more of a taboo and I have to say I did find it scary when I eventually did see it. I agree it looks aged now but thats like everything else - horror films did surpass the thrills in it but then people became so used to the genre that more humour has had to have been added to sell those kinds of films more recently. I still maintain that Escape to Victory is probably the worst ever film in my view.

Arsenal - bear with a sore head after yesterday - no chance of a win Pompey - with their home record/or record there and the boost of yesterday? - no chance. Chelsea - not playing in plimas like last year - no chance. Reading - hard to say but doubtful. Blackburn - inconsistent - if we hit them on one of their good days then no chance. Watford - THey'll be down but never trust a dead dog. I'm usually an optimist but honestly don't see "a few winable games" - we have to rely on Wigan and Sheff U ending poorly to be sure.

Should be but I only feel any confidence about beating Watford. In that case 43 (or 44) should just just do it.

Well? Don't know the lass but since I'm in a pulse/vagina kind of phase its probably a yes. (though I prefer women sober(ish))

Thought the question was going to be would you?......

Its the way they're sized - 320Gb is the nominal size counting a Gb as 1024x1024x1024b (Binary) - When they are sold the size is talked up ie 320 but then windows rounds it down for the actual storage space based on a more decimal size. Also when its formatted some space is allocated for the table that tells the disk which file is where - a bit like an index in a book. I have a couple of 300Gb which are listed as 279 and 250s bwhich are listed as 233s.

One thing thats guaranteed to lose any kind of sympathy anyone might have had for an admittedley difficult season injury wise is lost by absolute garbage like "6 players out for 6 months" - only Shola and Owen have been missing that long and Shola would be back by now if the club hadn't completely fucked up his treatment and Roeder hadn't kept playing the poor bloke for 2 months when he was a virtual cripple. Shite transfers haven't helped.

Judging by all the porn I've watched there is nothing guaranteed to make a woman orgasm more than rear end action. Thats real isn't it?

I've always found it strange how much "ignorance" of the stuff in this thread still exists - I'm no expert but I honestly thought most people in 2007 were aware of such things as gay men being generally givers or takers. I mean you did know that the same applies to Lesbians didn't you folks? I guess theres an attitude somewhere of "I don't want to think about it". On anal sex theres seems to be a lot of fear of the messier aspects but a good wash and even going as far as using enema kits if you're that fussy would mostly ally those concerns if you did want to try it. Having said that anyone who was that nervous who is on the receiving end would then make it more difficult. As an aside one of the most funnily offensive posts I've ever seen on a message board was on one of the forums on the Richard Dawkins site arguing about religious morality where a "strong" christian was arguing that homosexuality had some god given risks (apart from the usual) such as anal and penile cancers. Someone replied asking him how he knew for certain that his Dad hadn't given his Mam one up the arse on any number of occasions - I'm sure it was a triple whammy for someone like that not wanting to know that 1) his parents had sex, 2) heteros could have anal sex and 3) putting 1) and 2) together

It would be some acting task to play the black-hearted evil bitch - a female version of the child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang comes to mind.

When I was at school (many years ago) my physics teacher was some sort of area advisor and he told us that at that time (about 1980) it was assumed the Russians' targets were : one on the Tyne bridge, one mouth of the Tyne, one Blyth power station and one on Sunderland town centre (the regional bunker is under their civic centre) so I'd say you were well fucked anywhere with people around.

Just got mine for Reading - Fucking Yes!!!!

I can't understand how the number of occasions you need to travel somewhere new where you need to find it justifies the cost. Just an opinion but I think they're just a faddish gadget - nowt wrong with that as it goes (I have plenty of them) but hardly life changing.