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Their has to be some criteria
popular with the guardinista (Stephen Fry?)
popular with the trendy left (Johnathan Ross?)
outspoken - but in an acceptable way for the BBC (Russell Brand?)
Left wing comedian (Dara OBrien)
OTT left wing comedian (Frankie Boyle)
All would seem suitable for the BBC
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Someone who likes fast cars and can make a prat out of himself?
Isn't that the definition of the set of English males 16-65?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
Isn't that the definition of the set of English males 16-65?
FIFY
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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You can't have some bluddy forrigner taking over quintessentially English roles!
Could you imagine the mess that a planky, for example, would make of Doctor Who or James Bond?
Oh.
For one of them, you don't have to imagine[^].
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Did you know that you can cool yourself to -273.15oC and still be 0K?
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Now, that's  .
OriginalGriff wrote: Did you know that you can cool yourself to -273.15oC and still be be very still at 0K?
FTFY
Geek code v 3.12
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Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
I use 1TBS
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Software Zen: delete this;
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OriginalGriff wrote: Did you know that you can cool yourself to -273.15oC and still be 0K?
Absolutely.
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But I don't think you were okay between OK and 0K 
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I use i7 4th Gen
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http://gaurav-arora.com
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But only if you are wearing your Kelvin Kleins.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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OR you can be at -459.67F
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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I just don't have the energy to try that.
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It took me a while!
That's funny!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
When you are dead you don't know it, it's only difficult for others.
It's the same when you're stupid.
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Jeremy Clarkson dropped from Top Gear, BBC confirms [^]
As much as I enjoy watching this, in particular, to see Clarkson, I think the BBC have done the right thing, albeit that it may cost them huge revenue losses - you can't let someone in his position do what he did without consequence.
I'm also sure that it won't take Clarkson long to come back through another show/channel.
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That's the end of Top Gear as a funny program then - no doubt it'll be hosted by a politically correct vegan cyclist and feature "Star-you've-never-heard-of on a reasonably priced unicycle".
"The right thing"? Not sure - he reported himself, and the producer didn't file a formal complaint.
End of an era. Oh well, they can always use the money to produce other fine high-budget shows. Such as ... um ... no, no, give me a minute ... I'll think of something watch-able on the Beeb ... I will ...
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OriginalGriff wrote: "The right thing"? Not sure - he reported himself, and the producer didn't file a formal complaint.
Fair point.
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I tell you one thing on BBC: the historical/period dramas they produce are quite accurate and of an excellent quality (albeit they tend to use the same actors and locations), I would be glad to have the BBC here in Italy. I can't even watch it from Satellite (region locked for UK) or streaming without proxies.
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Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
I use 1TBS
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Maybe - I think of them as "soap opera in fancy dresses" and don;t watch 'em - but...the BBC has four channels (plus the BBC News), 2 broadcasting 24 hours a day, 2 broadcasting 9 hours a day. I watch(ed) three BBC programs a week: Top Gear, Masterchef, and Dragons Den, plus a bit of news in the morning. Add in the dramas you mention and that's what? 7 hours programing a week? Out of 66?
I probably watch more than that on Dave - and that's mostly BBC repeats! 
So why risk killing one of the most watched, most talked about, most profitable shows? Only reason I can think of is a personal dislike of the presenter...
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I don't watch them either: I am exposed to my fiancèe watching them and talking me about them 
I don't know the actual programming though, I can't because it isn't accessible, and I probably wouldn't anyway since my antenna cable is unplugged since July (there was a storm and I didn't want to risk a thunder hitting the antenna and burning its way down to my room. It happened, it hurt) and I took notice on February... still haven't plugged it in!
Geek code v 3.12
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
I use 1TBS
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Herself does that to me with CSI wherever, NCIS don't-care, Bones, Grays Anatomy, Bondi Bob Vet... Fortunately she has now watched every single episode of ER at least once so that is off the menu now!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Only reason I can think of is a personal dislike of the presenter
So if you walked into a shop and someone working there assaulted you for no real reason other than the fact that they were drunk, and that person got the sack, you would think they got the sack because of a personal dislike of the employee by the bosses? Nothing to do with the company's duty of care to people their staff come into contact with?
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Different situation: I'd press charges.
Clearly the bloke that was thumped didn't think it that bad, or knew there was perhaps some justification behind it?
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