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    can your pc/laptop beat a 10 year old server

    sure it wont have usb 3 pcie 3 or nvme support and leds everywhere but it will be way cheaper than a new system just use more power. . The power reduction, and increased portability, are the major advantages... There will not be any major increases in cpu operational speed, but larger caches and...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    North sea?. I assume north channel. Now I am no DUP supporter, but I can see their reasoning. The problem is that their actual supporters have both hearts and minds.... Their hearts will be pro UK , but their minds ( and pockets) will be more pragmatic.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Ok. .. but organisations don't actually get these things, they are given To a named person who represents the organisation.. normally the general secretary or chief accounting officer. That person is responsible for the proper conduct of the funds, and may require accounting for their dispersion...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Judges, police officers ,armed forces officers , warrant card holders, MPs!. There is a long list..
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I am holding no torch for him. But. 1. Is he a civil servant? 2. Does he holds sworn office?. 3. Has his organisation been in reciept of public funds, voted by the government. Unless the answer is Yes then he is a member of the general public. With all the rights of any other menber of the...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. That is why a modern state has a police service, a civil service and dare i suggest an intelligence service and various state laboratories and think tanks. It is very appropriate that the leaders of these public bodies be invited, or carpeted by the representatives of their employers and...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. penny dropping time?. Maybe the senior editorial board on their holliers, and the younger generation don't know how to lie?.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    "The EU will be facing unprecedented problems over next few years. This link is only one of such.".... And BREXIt is the first of those... It is unprecedented, because it's the first time a member ,who had all the benefits of membership, has in a fit of pique, walks out the door. All the other...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. again and from a different jurisdiction. But I do have a difficulty in having members of the public accountable to government committees. We have legal systems in place,and people trained to ask the questions. Public representatives are illequipped to do so. The temptation for grandstanding...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Agree.. nearly as difficult as arguing that a second referendum would be undemocratic as it would not be respecting the will of the people!.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. They did!!!!. And very emphatically also. The DUP , while in general have the support of the majority in NI, on other matters are in a minority on this topic. This would not matter except that the historical failure of the countervailing party, SF have steadfastly refused to take their seats...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Is this from the same stable as Civitas and CapX
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Sorry Oyster, those of us 10 mike's south of Newry, would not see it as within the UK.. We would see it was between two legal jurisdictions..
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. Not big into economic forecasting, but the prediction seems plausible. Now if the UK has agreed and accepted and voted to take a 4% cut in living conditions, well and good.. they are a free and soverign entity., But to effectively impose the same on us, their neighbour, who never had an...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The Civitas organisation is not necessarily as alturistic or objective as your earlier posting might assure... Read the wiki..
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Perhaps common knowledge is an oxymoron.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Here we go again, the commissioners are selected by each of their national governments. The national governments are, in western Europe elected by the people. So the commissioners have exactly the same claim to democracy as does any minister of state in any EU country including the prime...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I will assume that you are referring to Mr claude Junkers. Are you aware that his mobility difficulties relate to sciatica as a result of a 1989 car accident?. He had difficulties moving while addressing the Irish Parliament , which he attributed to this accident, and his speech following that...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It is not particular to this organisation, but I have noticed a trend whereby any one with an agenda, social, political sets up an "organisation" and then lists themselve as the spokesperson or ceo, despite the fact there might be no members of their organisation. As an organisation they then...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. as I have become tired of repeating, .. the UK has not even left. You cannot possibly believe that the process is going swimmingly well. In a semi related matter, the DUP MP for north Antrim, has been suspended for reporting irregularities, and a bye election could be legally...