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[personal profile] miss_s_b 2012-02-22 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I like #10 best too. Also, I am proud of Doctor Who for being so unconventional right from the start. Also also, MAilinator scares me because it sounds like Melanie Philips with guns.
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[identity profile] feorag.livejournal.com 2012-02-22 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
On the booze thing, number 1 has been happening since the outbreak of WW1 anyway, and the Scandinavians are the "worst" binge drinkers I have ever met. Also, the US drinking age hasn't really helped matters at all - young adults just do more dangerous drugs unsupervised instead.
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[identity profile] spacelem.livejournal.com 2012-02-22 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
One of the suggestions to improve drinking behaviour is "Raise the legal drinking age".

Really? That seems to be a terrible idea in America, where people first get to experience alcohol (legally) at university, and go nuts. I'd have thought "lower it, and encourage children to drink with their parents from an early age" would be a much better idea (as in most of Europe). Demystify it, make it routine. That pretty much rules out "Not in front of the children" too.

Here's a novel idea: "stop charging the fuck out of people who want to drink softies" Really, sometimes it can cost more to have a non-alcoholic drink, and there isn't even the excuse of tax!

[identity profile] danieldwilliam.livejournal.com 2012-02-22 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
That Tesla battery issue sounds like a company killer to me.

I think for electric cars to be widely adopted they need to be better or at least as good as petrol cars on all attributes and not ever significantly worse on any attribute.

Having a car that just stops working if you leave it alone sounds like a significantly worse attribute than a petrol car.

[identity profile] andrewhickey.livejournal.com 2012-02-22 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for linking that post - I had a horrible feeling on rereading in the cold light of day that it came across as an entitled whinge of resentment, but if you linked it that probably means I don't sound like the complete cock I thought I sounded like.

[identity profile] channelpenguin.livejournal.com 2012-02-22 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Tesla batteries - exactly what happens to motorbikes if you leave them parked up (due to alarms/imobiliser/etc), except you *can* push them. Also applies to boat batteries. A small solar panel works wonders there. Still, those sorts of batteries don't cost $40k!

Point is, ANY battery which is allowed to become fully-discharged is fucked. Maybe most people don't know that, (though they *should*....)

[identity profile] khbrown.livejournal.com 2012-02-22 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
What does Dr Who have to say about healthcare reforms ;-)
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