pete m

I used to be a scientist (Chemist) and I came to the conclusion that science is a belief which verges on the esoteric at times. What is defined as an absolute certainty changes over time as new facts are discovered.

I did a little philosophy on the side and to quote Marx (probably badly) facts are theory laden and theory is derived from world view.

As world view changes so do the facts.

What are your thoughts, 10 points for the best reasoned argument (whether I agree with you or not!)

I have been told to get a life and since I no longer have one could you let me know where I can get one....

10 points for the most amusing answer

Serious question, have a long drive coming up and want to get a few hours sleep around stevenage which is halfway point. Last time I slept in the car I had to visit the chiropractor as I really did my back in so dont want to do it again!

I need to go to France trouble is I am supposed to be there on my first sign on day. I have spoken to the job centre and they say I must submit a new claim. depsipite me having just submiotted one ( ie stop signing on and then re sign on when I get back. )

My claim has gone to an assesor would stopping signing on and then resigning on make it less likely to get benefits. Truth of the matter is I want to get a job so hopefully wont be on the dole for too long

We're getting our son christened in the UK and I wondered how much should I contribute to the church funds for this?

I want to leave my current scientific job and return to Farming, my experience was gained abroad so was wondering where on earth do I look in the UK preferably in the North Herts. area. I have tried online searches but they don’t seem to return much that is relevant.

I have Gdata installed and am using its firewall capability but for some reason I cant download security patches from Microsoft how do I go about allowing the patches to download. I know I could RT*M but I simply don’t know where to start looking.

We are renovating an old property which was originally a barn and converted to a house circa 1850. There does not appear to be a damp proof course anywhere and there are no floor membranes. One of the rooms has a brick floor as far as I can tell, they’ve been painted over and there is damp coming up through the it. We removed the pvc lino and there were pools of water under, which have dried out leaving use with damp. We would like to put some form of flooring but are worried it may make the problem worse. The walls are straw and earth as far as I can tell, and there are no air bricks. What can we do to stop the damp and what flooring could we use?

I want to develop my own Role playing adventure game but can’t programme for toffee. I used to do dynamic html and “Basic” about 20 years ago. There seems to be quite a few of this click and go type programmes and wondered what the best might be. Current system I have is a laptop with 128 meg shared graphics, 1 gig ram, Pentium dual core, windows XP, on board sound. Id like my games to look “shiny” but not tax my system too much with either the development software or the games produced and also whilst I don’t really want to get into scripting yet I may do in the future. Any advice much appreciated

I am fed up with being stuck in traffic on my way home at night, I have to leave Harlow (some would say this is a good thing) at around 17.00. I’m not great with maps at the best of times that’s why I give them to my wife, yes you herd correct my wife is a much better navigator. But she’s not with me on the drive home. What I am looking for is a SATNAV system which also does live updates of the traffic flow; I also need to know if they will do it on a town rather than motorway level. So any recommendations would be gratefully received. I would also like to be able to use it in Europe with no extra upgrades.

Listening to radio 4 this morning a exam body is awarding marks for the use of text language in and English Exam eg

2b or not 2b as opposed to To be or not to be, a quote from Shakespear. They would not recieve marks for spelling but they would for the answer. I think this will lead to the decline of the English Language and make Higher study harder for the children. What do you think?

I used to love diddy kong racing on the N64 but cant seem to find anything similar on xbox or ps2, I have crash nitro cart which is quite good but I have played it to death and am looking for a new game on thest lins many thanks

I want to be able to take films with me when I travel on buisness but want to compress the files as I dont have enough space to take loads of DVD'sI am a complete newbie to converting things to divx etc any good how to guides and any software reconmendations

My wife and I were seriously let down by Mothercare and now find ourselves with about 2 weeks to go in need of a pushchair - we are looking for an all-terrain three wheeler, with swivel front front wheel, easy to fold, suitable from birth (one baby only) and not costing the earth. Help appreciated

I've been looking for ages I and dont want to pay a fortune anything above £15 seems a bit expensive

I have lower back problems and whilst I can exercise I can’t do anything that puts too much pressure on it. I can for example use a recliner cycle and walk on the tread mill and can do about 10 minutes a week on the cross trainer with no problems. But my belly is flabby is there anything that might help?

I go to the Gym regularly but don’t like their choice in music that blares out of the speakers. If I were to buy some noise canceling headphones would it allow me to listen to my own music through a personal stereo without having to turn it up to stupid volumes?