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nullmouse

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  1. Movie Star Junkies - Melville Bog Log III - My Shit Is Perfect
  2. Have a copy of this on vinyl, which includes some good liner notes about the project, if you need it for reference, Bill.
  3. They're also playing the Oxegen Festival in Ireland, if you fancy the trip. That way you can stay true to your vow. No idea how decent a festival it is, tho! Also, they're on Southside Festival's lineup in Germany (somewhere) alongside Get Well Soon, Editors, Kraftwerk, Ben Harper and, uh, Katy Perry.
  4. Mailing-list shout out from NC&TBS confirm they're playing T in the Park this year, for anyone interested!
  5. Pipex have also ballsed up my billing in the past, and my ex-flatmate's when he tried to move. From the very first bill our payment was buggered, as they seemed unable to set up a simple direct debit. When they asked to cancel the botched attempt they'd made and set up a subsequent one I foolishly said yes. So they set up about 6 seperate direct debit claims on my account and took three month arrears from damn near all of them. Like Dave, it took me many phonecalls until I got what felt like the one-and-only employee that seemed keen and able to help. This was about two years ago, glad to see they've improved their customer service.
  6. Sweet, one for the diary. Bikin Atoll are a bit of a personal favourite, enjoyed all their gigs I had the pleasure of seeing at The Tunnels - Missed the one at Drummonds with EITS, though. Boo.
  7. For those of you in the 'Deen and with an interest in science, Cafe Scientifique launches this Monday (the 19th of January) at the Union Bridge Branch of Waterstones, 7pm. Cafe Scientifiques are public forums for the informal discussion of science; a chance to discuss some of the hotest areas of science over coffee in a comfortable environment. There's no tickets, no cost and the event is open to everyone. The opening event features Anne Glover, the Chief Scientific Advisor for Scotland, who will be leading discussion on "Science, Society, So What?" So if you're interested in discussing why scientists or society should give a toss about each other, come along and join in! Details of future events can be found at: Cafe Scientifique
  8. Try looking at train times through Inverkeithing, and just get a taxi down there instead. Shouldn't cost you too much, but Dunfermline train station is pointless - You'll catch all the trains from Edinburgh to Aberdeen via Inverkeithing. As for things to do in Dunfermline in the evening, you could try standing outside the local chip shop or throw some bricks through windows. At least, when I went to school there that's all anyone seemed to do at night. Lovely place. EDIT - Actually, just checked with Trainline.com and the latest train to Aberdeen via Inverkeithing is 9:47pm. Useless, I guess.
  9. Yeah, I'm a fan too My favourite album is pretty much Into the Labyrinth (album - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) but their live album, Toward the Within - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia is a great starting place. Lush. Also worth checking out are This Mortal Coil, a kind of 'supergroup' of 4AD bands that had a lot of elements of Dead Can Dance about 'em too.
  10. Seconded. Motion carried. You have to do it now.
  11. I was at the Cambridge Folk Fest they debuted at, and they were really good - Would be very interesting to hear what they're like now, almost a couple of years on. Graeme Coxon was with them in Cambridge, tho - Not sure if he's playing any dates with them now...
  12. Aww boo! I'll be on my way to a conference then, so am going to have to miss this one :/ Been an age since I've seen Thomas live, too! Oh well - Everyone else should go, because it'll be amazing
  13. From what people have been saying, I'm gutted to have missed the supports - But I was hella happy to make it in time for Volcano!
  14. Well yeah, there's always going to be a few people spoiling the name of the majority in any chosen group - People who do more harm than good to the reputation of any side of an argument. No group's immune from arseholes, as I'm sure I prove ;D
  15. First of all, yes. Science is often mis-appropriated and mis-quoted to fulfill someone's agenda. This agenda could be that of a politician wanting to crack down on drugs, or a protest group wanting to declassify a certain drug, or maybe something seemingly more benign like holistic health practioners lobbying for their therapies to be paid for by the NHS. There is agenda left, right and centre associated around science. My question is, is it really the scientists that are driving this? Scientists, in my experience, are very poor about thinking of the social impact their research might have. This leads to poor communication of what their research actually shows, and as a result the implications of research is filtered through to the public via indirect channels, such as the media. It is a failing of scientists, and it is exploitable by many duplicitous, agenda/self-interest/ideology-laden people on *any* side of an argument. What's really got my goat in this whole thread is that we're all happy to agree that the drug screening tests we've been talking about are falliable. And why is this? Because we all agree that there's strong, conclusive evidence that some drug types will interfere with certain types of test and give erroneous positive results. How was this evidence generated? It was generated by scientists, in research labs, methodically showing in a controlled fashion that these tests have weaknesses. Scientists have provided the data supporting our shared conclusion that these tests have too many weaknesses to be used satisfactorily for their purpose. So, is it the scientists who are pushing these machines to be used on the streets? Is it scientists who have decided that you need to deter drug-users from going in to Aberdeen venues? Or is it the police, the policy makers, the council, anti-drug pressure groups? In essence, back off the science
  16. Did they ask if you were on any existing medication, or did they give you any more information about the test they were doing?
  17. I think there'd be that drop at least, if not substantially more, from people not going to places that screen on principal.
  18. Yar, it's important to remember that *any* form of screening suffers from the same flaws - Not just this crack-down on drugs thing. Of course, everyone's concerned for the legal, law-abiding citizen who doesn't touch any illegal drugs who might get branded a criminal due to a flase positive. People who use the flaws to try and cheat the system play a dangerous game, which is why I thought it worth perservering with a discussion on how big or small those False Positive Rates actually are. From either persepective, there's plenty of reason to hate this new initiative...
  19. Just to be absolutely clear, yet again, I also agree that it is an obscene violation of human rights.
  20. Primordial Blog: Not the Old "Science is Just a Religion" Argument Again... Anyway, that's a whole other kettle of fish and would take this thread waaaaay off tangent.
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