tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.comments2024-02-25T17:51:17.085+00:00of-courseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-3565236452722761452024-01-27T11:15:39.901+00:002024-01-27T11:15:39.901+00:00I think AGI is more the threat certain individuals...I think AGI is more the threat certain individuals fear. AI, of course, is only as dangerous as the owner of any given system. Currently, the concern is much more about how it's used; at some point in the indeterminate future any as-yet-unidentified threat (Artificial General Intelligence) may be taken out of the hands of the owners. Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-79303739271988942252023-07-12T20:15:43.968+01:002023-07-12T20:15:43.968+01:00The poem's okayish. I much prefer the illustra...The poem's okayish. I much prefer the illustration.Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-11290860029958449732022-03-05T11:06:03.836+00:002022-03-05T11:06:03.836+00:00I think the UK struggles so much here, in major pa...I think the UK struggles so much here, in major part, because of its hostility towards genuinely independent journalism and, hence, reporting. Martin Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523656290054532283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-41220819822430259082021-05-12T21:27:39.754+01:002021-05-12T21:27:39.754+01:00By abstain do you mean in the local elections? If ...By abstain do you mean in the local elections? If that's the case, no I didn't. I voted Labour. We had two good candidates, one each for city and council. It has to be about the individual candidates always.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546937680008209565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-36009003221921271262021-05-12T19:35:41.970+01:002021-05-12T19:35:41.970+01:00Wonderful! Well preserved.Wonderful! Well preserved.Martin Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523656290054532283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-6521308311157423562021-05-11T14:56:30.932+01:002021-05-11T14:56:30.932+01:00Neither did I.
So Paul, did you instead abstain? F...Neither did I.<br />So Paul, did you instead abstain? For many years, under Blair, I did. Are we back there already? Hope snuffed out?Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-37161943690771686552020-06-10T15:27:16.503+01:002020-06-10T15:27:16.503+01:00There's some fabulous and witty stuff on the N...There's some fabulous and witty stuff on the Norwich streets. Very fond of the work of Knapple.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546937680008209565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-63656888096804280382020-06-10T14:08:13.751+01:002020-06-10T14:08:13.751+01:00I often find my self marvelling at the ingenuity o...I often find my self marvelling at the ingenuity of our best graffiti. Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-87896229256385496062020-01-01T12:10:41.014+00:002020-01-01T12:10:41.014+00:00Thank you :-)Thank you :-)Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546937680008209565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-90361112125323013992019-12-31T22:49:48.209+00:002019-12-31T22:49:48.209+00:00Beautiful Beautiful The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867450094035135375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-25218735219695149742019-04-10T09:06:10.125+01:002019-04-10T09:06:10.125+01:00Thank you for the clarification. I agree on the Or...Thank you for the clarification. I agree on the Orwellian comment.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546937680008209565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-12832931375878919762019-04-10T00:15:27.312+01:002019-04-10T00:15:27.312+01:00Sorry Paul, are your two comments in response to m...Sorry Paul, are your two comments in response to my comment? <br /><br />In conclusion I am contesting that the MSM is too often, and without challenge, enabling our language to be corrupted and certain words to be misused in a quite Orwellian fashion.Martin Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523656290054532283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-68107812173688380422019-04-09T22:24:56.087+01:002019-04-09T22:24:56.087+01:00Many thanks. I will mull it over. See how I feel a...Many thanks. I will mull it over. See how I feel about it in a day or two. If you feel it it's real so they say.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546937680008209565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-5070859798173282372019-04-09T19:31:17.813+01:002019-04-09T19:31:17.813+01:00Raab is surely just another disingenuous Tory butt...Raab is surely just another disingenuous Tory button pusher, who's pitifully limited portfolio includes how to exploit a woeful main stream media. Maybe, of far greater concern is the fact that our media- including the BBC and the Guardian- now routinely reports the use of key words, without so much as a challenge or clarification? So 'Marxist' becomes just another handy pick-and-mix insult or subterfuge, with tens of thousands of idiots being completely unaware as to the meaning of their own ignorantly-elected words.<br /><br />Environmentally thinking, and often more apt, 'developer' could be considered a more valid insult. It's a blatant theft of language.Martin Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523656290054532283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-26626590706102454052019-03-04T04:25:43.061+00:002019-03-04T04:25:43.061+00:00A well argued point. We might also consider that m...A well argued point. We might also consider that much of humankind's greatest achievements are there down to cooperation. Just imagine where the human species might be?Martin Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523656290054532283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-54202778496623074282019-02-05T11:29:10.751+00:002019-02-05T11:29:10.751+00:00How very true. Nationally, internationally, global...How very true. Nationally, internationally, globally we need to recognise the truth in what you have written. Worrying times are upon us!Martin Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523656290054532283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-70200105531887136392018-03-03T20:23:45.430+00:002018-03-03T20:23:45.430+00:00Thanks Edith. These things need to be said and rep...Thanks Edith. These things need to be said and repeated as often as possible.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546937680008209565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-28586969031862937782018-03-03T10:09:16.862+00:002018-03-03T10:09:16.862+00:00I entirely agree with your view of equality: eithe...I entirely agree with your view of equality: either we are all equal or we are not. There cannot be shades of grey when it comes to equality issues. This doesn’t mean we are all the same, indeed we should embrace and celebrate the differences amongst us, these are what make us unique individuals. Equality isn’t about being the same, it’s about it being irrelevant what your sexual orientation is, your ethnicity, the colour of your skin, your gender, age or anything else. Equality is not being stereotyped, discriminated against or some characteristics being used to put you down or control you. To be treated as equals is an acceptance that we are all unique human beings with the same rights and responsibilities. <br />Positive discrimination doesn’t work for me either, while I accept it has been advantageous to some groups in the past; I believe it actually reinforces the notion that some people are less equal than others and need special intervention and tolerance. The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867450094035135375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-5912518927965609772017-12-09T16:21:22.973+00:002017-12-09T16:21:22.973+00:00It never did. It has just adopted a different disg...It never did. It has just adopted a different disguise.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546937680008209565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-91175628612724031292017-12-06T09:39:06.000+00:002017-12-06T09:39:06.000+00:00Well yes, there is clearly something very wrong wi...Well yes, there is clearly something very wrong with global institutionalised art. Something once 'valued' at £45 now selling for £450,000,000... from the broom cupboard to some billionaire's vault, never to be seen again. Very, very rich fools!<br />The concept of 'cloth caps and mill ownership' never really ever went away. Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-29185285596856969502017-06-25T11:59:32.350+01:002017-06-25T11:59:32.350+01:00Very interesting family!Very interesting family!The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867450094035135375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-50941163854546748112017-02-02T20:40:56.474+00:002017-02-02T20:40:56.474+00:00Thank youThank youPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546937680008209565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-79818638671698932572017-02-01T21:54:44.434+00:002017-02-01T21:54:44.434+00:00niceniceMrsRamseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393507975580822400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-45898930712438798642016-10-21T19:50:28.783+01:002016-10-21T19:50:28.783+01:00Moses was also my great great grandfather through ...Moses was also my great great grandfather through my paternal grandmother Beatrice Whiting. I only foundthid out when researching my family tree . The Haverhill Whitings website has been really useful in findng out more details.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604099719542781647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-63083835152123565852016-08-22T19:51:19.285+01:002016-08-22T19:51:19.285+01:00They fail me too. They really do.They fail me too. They really do.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546937680008209565noreply@blogger.com