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The independence of Scotland has been in preparation for quite a while.
At the end of Hadrian's Wall, there's a sign that says "Cut along dotted line".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Just done writing a PowerShell script that automates a task that otherwise would take up an hour of the system admin's time every day. Does the job neat and great.
This is my fist PowerShell script, such a neat and powerful language. And I wrote code today after quite a long time, gives the feeling of a really productive day. I'm having a happy feet today.
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Congratulations. Back in the late 90's when I was a Unix System Admin, I had a sign on my door that stated. "Be nice to me, or I will replace you with a script."
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Good for you. 
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I spent the whole day walking through this museum[^]. It must be more than 25 years since I went there for the last time. As an excuse: I did not live here im Munich back then and would never have guessed to end up here.
Among the most memorable displays:
A Apple I which looks even cheaper than my old Netronics Elf II, which also was a kit from more or less the same time.
I walked through and around a Junkers 52 airplane.
Took a deep look into J2 rocket engine (Saturn V, second stage).
Had a good look at an A4 rocket from the fins up to the nose. The grandpa of both the Russian and American space programs.
Parked my behind on a Cray I and pretended not to know that it was not a round vistor bench 
Got many pictures of the inside and outside of a Sikorsky S-55, but found no way to climb into the cockpit without getting thrown out.
Turned the propeller of a Messerschmitt 109 when nobody was looking and could not get close enough to the Messerschmitt 262 to do more than take some pictures.
And there was a Zuse Z4 on display, but I think to have heard that it's only a replica and that there are no more surviving early Zuse computers.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
I hold an A-7 computer expert classification, Commodore. I'm well acquainted with Dr. Daystrom's theories and discoveries. The basic design of all our ship's computers are JavaScript.
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CDP1802 wrote: Parked my behind on a Cray I and pretended not to know that it was not a round visitor bench
I did the same at another museum an had my wife take a picture. She got almost nothing of the "bench" that I was sitting on because she never grasped that it was the supercomputer that I was going on about.
When I visited the Deutsches Museum 20 years ago, I loved looking at an adaptive optics mirror and a cloud chamber they had setup.
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I remember the cloud chamer from the last time, but must have missed the physics exhibits today. But ok, now that I live here, I only needed an excuse to go there again.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
I hold an A-7 computer expert classification, Commodore. I'm well acquainted with Dr. Daystrom's theories and discoveries. The basic design of all our ship's computers are JavaScript.
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I'm totally jealous you live so close to such an awesome place.
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I live museums that have that kind of stuff.
Been to Smithsonian several times and that's an amazing experience.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 Beta
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
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I went to live and work near Munich back in 1990 and spent the first six months visiting the Deutsches Museum almost every weekend and spent hours looking around - and getting sore feet. They had these vibrating pads you could stand on for a while to ease the foot pain! I still feel I only touched on a small part of what there was to see. Amazing!
Now I live in Baltimore and go down to DC to visit the various Smithsonian museums and galleries as often as I can.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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What is it all about and can they be serious?
I always thought of Britain as an entity made up of various countries, and Scotland as one of them has had is fair share of shaping and forming Britain. It has contributed hugely to Englands history, giving it kings, queens, and democracy to a large degree, scientists, engineers, leaders and politicians. I don't see how there can be any ill will towards England, even if nominally it was a conquering force at first, it certainly hasn't been since!
So whats the beef if any?
Or is it just money, do they want al the oil revenue for themselves and is it enough even if they achieve it?
One result is a Labour govt will never be elected again to London; Scotland is a big labour voter.
Anyone else have any insight on this because I see it as a half baked piece of unjustified lunacy.
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Munchies_Matt wrote: I see it as a half baked piece of unjustified lunacy.
Never have I seen a more accurate description of Scotland and her people! 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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A couple of small corrections. Scottish independence will have no effect on the countries that make up Great Britain. They will still be part of GB. What they are looking for independence from is the United Kingdom.
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Don't let facts get in the way!
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Where did I once mention Great Britain?
Read my clarification to Pete.
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You mentioned Britain twice in your original post.
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Read my clarification to Pete.
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You start talking about British and Britishness in there, which is not the same thing. Your reference to Britain in your first message was incorrect, as Pete pointed out.
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Well done, you found something to criticise on the internet. You must feel much better now.
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That's just the response I was expecting.
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That must make you feel even better than!
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GB is a geographical term relating to a greater population of Brythonic Celts as opposed to the smaller population in france.
However none of this has anything to do with Scottish independence. The term 'British' is not the same as GB, its a collective term for the inhabitants of the UK, even if technically incorrect, and represents those people abroad: The British Empire, British stiff upper lip, British way of life, etc. Scotland made up a large part of that and had a huge input into it. Britishness and the UK is as much theirs as it is England's!
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Munchies_Matt wrote: However none of this has anything to do with Scottish independence.
Of course it has. It has huge implications on the role of independence and is part of the reason that things are so muddied over here. For instance, Scotland would still have the Queen as head of state, even if they took independence because of this.
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OK, you are talking about cross purposes. I am talking about Britishness, not GB.
Hang on, so you are saying Scotland wants to leave the UK but keep the Queen as head of state? So it becomes a kind of 'big channel islands'?
AND they want to keep the pound? 
What sort of independence is that?
Dear oh Christ, I thought at least the Scots were serious!
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