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Not been on here for over 2 years...! I was at Manchester Arena when the bomb went off. I work there as event crew and we were backstage waiting for the show to finish when it happened. I didn't actually hear it go off (loud bangs are not unusual there anyway, due to the use of pyrotechnics) and we ...

One of the things Google uses to rank a website is the number of links to it from other websites. By registering on loads of forums, posting something seemingly innocuous, but including a link to a particular website in the user's profile, they're attempting to improve that website's ranking in Goog...

Definitely...there's a link to a gambling website in their profile (I've been online for so many years that recognising spam has become second nature...!).

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'tis a spammer...

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High voltage direct current is actually used in some places in the US (and the UK) for bulk transmission of electric power and is converted from and to AC at its end points (where necessary).

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Sounds interesting. We've discussed having a SF meetup in the past on here, but it never came to anything, so this may be the ideal opportunity for some of us on here to meet in person.[Happosai]

A review of this figure has been posted over on an UK Anime Network (an anime website that I frequent).[Happosai]

If you like FP, check out Rene Laloux's other feature-length animations, Time Masters (my favourite of his) and Gandahar.Although, as someone who enjoys watching surreal and experimental animation, I wouldn't say those films are all that weird...[Happosai]

Another old-timer here who still drops in from time to time (I'd keep a closer eye on things if this forum provided a RSS feed of new posts...).[Happosai]

In Japanese, you would normally address a doctor as '[family name]-sensei'.In the X Bomber Encyclopedia, his name is written in katakana as 'Dokutoru Ben', which is phonetic for 'Doctor Ben', or just 'Doctor'. There's no indication of whether 'Ben' is his given or family name, and I haven't spotted ...