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I was in a shop the other day when the sales assistant asked me what I was after.
"I want some cheap binoculars" I said.
He smiled,picked up a box and told me that I need look no further.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Who ever you are, please let Dave return.
He was able to humour us at least some of the time, rare occurrences as those might have been.
Please do let him return!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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After reading this, the question came to my mind. So what would be the next challenging problem to be resolved?
Behzad
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how about
curing the common cold
world peace
solving world hunger
what does all this technology actually mean if its not solving things like that ?
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Garth J Lancaster wrote: world peace
solving world hunger
Mutually exclusive.
We need more wars to relieve the burden on natural resources.
Crucially though they need to be wars fought by lots and lots of men with pointy sticks rather than small groups of geeks with remote controls.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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And put the leaders in the front row. Killed two birds with one stone 
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Absolutely, I don't mind them having the shiniest armour and sitting on a big horse as long as they're at the front leading the way.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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an interesting point of view - [tongue-in-cheek] very 1st world [/tongue-in-cheek] (which was what I was going to respond to the OP but changed my mind)
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The man who has contributed most to the world we now live in was Genghis Khan, he killed so many people that vast areas of land previously cleared by those that lived on them returned to being Forest and created a huge new carbon sink. He personally created a period of global cooling.
Imagine how overpopulated and warm the planet would be now if he hadn't laid all that groundwork many years ago.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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Did he do huge carbon washing up as well?
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
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ChrisElston wrote: We need more wars to relieve the burden on natural resources.
It has been quite some time since violence much less wars substantially reduced the population of the world.
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What's your timescale for solving those problems?
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well,
if "the journey of a thousand miles begins beneath ones feet" : Lao-tzu, circa 604-531 bc (oft mis-quoted/interpreted as '..begins with a single step' btw)
and
'Rome wasnt built in a day'
then I'll settle for any start of progress from tomorrow onwards
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1) Zero-point energy and how to access it.
2) Deciding how many Higgs there actually are (probably related to (1) above)
3) Understanding women for men (unlikely) / Understanding men for women (even less likely)
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
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1 and 2 are far, far more likely than 3 - understanding women (fullstop) (and hence I will remain evermore single)
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OriginalGriff wrote: 3) Understanding women for men (unlikely) / Understanding men for women (even
less likely)
Solution?
Just ignoring each other! I have tested. It works!! 
Behzad
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So you think that we need some sort of Brave New World style method of producing children in labs before being decanted, then compulsory homosexuality for the adult population?
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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It works for Simon Cowell; allegedly.
speramus in juniperus
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I'll stick to trying to puzzle it, if that's ok with you...
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
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Problem 1: How to deal with all the sand one of our wells produces.
Problem 2: getting through the next 8 days without any major hiccups before I go home...
Think will skip 1 and just concentrate on 2. 
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Build a new rig next door, with a raised edge.
Fill it with the sand, and allow to dry.
Voila - a combination creche and sand pit, making your company appear more family friendly!
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
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The sand gets dumped over board, so maybe after a while we will end up surrounded by an island. Maybe order up the deck chairs and sun loungers now for next summer.
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DaveAuld wrote: The sand gets dumped over board,
If it was real sand then it would be in your sandwiches, your underwear, and the boot of your car when you get home.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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Heat it with the gas/oil the well also produces et voilà! You're in the glass business.
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