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Comment on Art Deco bookcase design version 1 by Bookcases – too many books for plan A « Greg Pyes blog

Bookcases – too many books for plan A « Greg Pyes blog — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:09:37 +0000

[...] too many books for plan A I was planning an art-deco bookcase for the back room (see here), but reality has rather intruded. We did a massive cleanse (for us at least), and threw out or [...]

Comment on Stealing music by Greg

Greg — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:57:25 +0000

Actually, you need considerably more than ‘one example’. You need to show that in general there would be no material loss – i.e. that few of the people who would have bought the music are now taking it in an unauthorised way .. that’s a world of difference from finding one case that breaks some kind of universal law. The existence of some folks who wouldn’t have bought is irrelevant, it’s the loss of sales tat would otherwise have been statistically likely that hurts.

Oh, and can I respectfully suggest that access to the internet almost guarantees you are not in the ‘bottom 1% poor’. I suspect that the bottom 1% poor each year probably live in refugee camps or starving.

Comment on Stealing music by C

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:39:57 +0000

The reason stealing is bad is because it denies the original owner their property. Copyright infringement denies the copyright holder the profits they might have got from a sale to you. If there would have been no sale* then there would be no lost profit and copyright infrgingement would be morally correct (you’re increasing your own happines at noone’s expense).

* It’s hard to prove that there would have been no sale but all I need is one example to disprove the general rule that piracy is immoral. I for one am definitely in the “no sale” category because I’m dirt poor. In the bottom 1% poor.

Comment on Playing with watering by Chillies are better than lettuce « Greg Pyes blog

Chillies are better than lettuce « Greg Pyes blog — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:10:39 +0000

[...] were also playing with watering systems (see here) this year. I have to say that in the end the micro-irrigation in the greenhouse was not the [...]

Comment on Slow T-mobile web-n-walk speed in the evening by david george kirk

david george kirk — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:04:16 +0000

my t-mobile is so slow, i make a cup of tea waiting.
its 3 gb

Comment on Bogosity antenna tweaked – Liquid oxygen drops by Michael Hoskins

Michael Hoskins — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:32:24 +0000

The oxygen IS concentrated…into the water molecules. And it uses sodium chloride.

Overpriced saline, yum!

Comment on Stalin, Trotsky and misunderstood history by oldrope

oldrope — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:22:31 +0000

Stalin and Trotsky continue to battle it out in the naked field of commerce!! I have seen them with my own eyes!

http://oldrope.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/old-ropes-theory-of-permanent-vacation/

Comment on Newspaper retractions and Stephen Hawking by Mark Wakeling

Mark Wakeling — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:11:39 +0000

Sadly I don’t think facts matter very much when serious dollars are spent on US campaigns to get people into line. There seems to be a lower bar than in advertising standards for a washing powder, how does that work ?

Too much money involved in all this.

Comment on Sub in the floor project finished by Greg

Greg — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:39:54 +0000

See http://gregpye.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/bass-line/ for info on bass response – 13Hz – wow!

Comment on Ipe decking – a year on we’re pleased with it by Measure twice, cut once redux « Greg Pyes blog

Measure twice, cut once redux « Greg Pyes blog — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:08:19 +0000

[...] Measure twice, cut once redux It’s an old adage, and one that I, along with most others, have learnt the hard way. Well, I just had another practical lesson that has cost me probably seven hours of work. A couple of years ago we built a hardwood deck, and are very pleased with it, except for the decklights which all failed (see here). [...]