UncleSlacky

2026-03-13 10:55

Commented: "Lost Doctor Who episodes found"

> the pre-WW2 television broadcasts. Most of these were broadcast in the London area and practically nowhere else. Almost no one had recording equipment back then and they were often broadcast live.

The "Phonovision" recordings made by Baird (which were unplayable at the time) have been recovered:

http://www.tvdawn.com/earliest-tv/

2026-03-02 4:10

Commented: "U.S. science agency moves to restrict foreign scientists from its labs"

> The braun drain was to the US

I see what you did there...

2026-02-11 9:50

Commented: "It's not finance, it's your pensions"

Private healthcare exists alongside the public system in many places.

2026-02-10 9:21

Commented: "Is particle physics dead, dying, or just hard?"

Is he?

2026-02-07 11:16

Commented: "Where did all the starships go?"

"The future is socialism or barbarism" (Rosa Luxemburg). I fear we have chosen the latter.

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