An EMP would explain the erratic path of the container ship, except I thought they are supposed to have s simple compass (entirely rad-hard) and be capable of navigating by the stars using sextant etc. I guess if they didn't know their systems had ...

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no... no... it's Faith Responder (what an unfortunate name )

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The electronics will be rad-hard. By which I mean EMP will not touch it. Design techniques are used to ensure that the electronics survives the EMP event ... it costs a little extra in the equipment which is why commercial stuff will fry because it ...

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Jen, that's exactly the point. The ~2.5m achievers sod-off to a happier place ... leaving 50m unsupported spongers who flock to the new hosts ... apart from the 16m living north of Hadrian's wall.

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...and the canines too?

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Along with some interesting developments in the "renewable energy" sphere ... that icon of American Engineering is hoping to beat the import tariffs by manufacturing in Shanghai. Not all readers here have faith in them as a company, but if you had ...

(binned per thread starter's request) The big... IF

How/Why will pissing-off the EU increase the rate of assimilation?

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No, no, ....fret not ... here's what will happen.... Jeremy Carbine will win the next election, everything will be free, unless you have an income in which case the state will remove it. All those with an income, or capable of generating an income ...

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"Shag now, for tomorrow we may die" ... then after the war the female cry "look, a live man!" In China that is a direct consequence of the single-child policy. There is (was ?) no infrastructure to look after old people. Historically they relied ...

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That stinks!

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If you really are new to FX, get yourself a mentor. That in itself is quite a difficult thing to achieve because there are seemingly limitless people willing to extract money from you on promises. So you might read threads from here, and do the ...

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Since we are off-topic now .... you are unusual. Respect to you for achieving that. However, I have seen traders achieve 3-figure % returns in tables that have been published by the likes of FXCM ... I never saw the same trader appear twice, and no ...

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Absolutely! Anybody moving to West Africa is obviously unaware that WA is one of the sources of the great migration ... on account of the number of people who get shot just for standing in the right/wrong place. Since I presume you are aware that ...

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Hey ... chill man .... I already said that IQ tests just prove that you can get a result from a test......

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A while back there was a report/article on FF news that he was short the S&P. Apparently since last year (?) but definitely since early this year. url

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I'm going to start to doing all the online IQ tests that I can find. I will be using a pseudonym and the aim will be to score about 80. That way my real results will look even better! Choice of nym: I'm going to start with C.Edwards ...any others?

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Except for the Czechs and Poles, it seems. Maybe they are getting their own back for 1938

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