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Sorry... I tried hard to like it; I really did! Definitely looked like the type of movie/series I would enjoy too. I call it the Tom Cruise Effect; some actors just make it unwatchable for me

I dont think we can be friends anymore. I searched hard to find a relevant Firefly gif to voice my displeasure, I hope these will do.

That, and also the whole storyline of old Jeannie McCullough in modern times is getting completely ignored as well. I wouldn't mind but then there was no need to introduce it at all if they aren't going anywhere with it. They'll probably show her dying or something, bringing the end to the family saga.

Finally got around to watching Damnation. I remember you @nudge suggested it a while back. 2 episodes in and I love it so far, theres alot going on storywise and some great characters and dialogue already. Unfortunately the first thing I did was look up to see if they ever planned a second season only to find out It was swiftly cancelled after the first. Its not surprising given its a bit off the wall, not the norm that will attract big viewer numbers but its a real shame nonetheless.

EA with another cracker. By trying desperately to defend loot boxes during a session with UK Parliament's Digital, Media, Culture and Sports Committee, it's now been confirmed that they aren't actually loot boxes, but 'surprise mechanics'. The 'surprise mechanics' were also likened to children toys you get in Kinder Surprise eggs. https://m.uk.ign.com/articles/2019/06/20/ea-defends-loot-boxes-calls-them-surprise-mechanics?abthid=5d0b5eda448e3d2e3600038d

Should be a clause in Lampard's contract that he can come on for the last 10 minutes for late runs in the box to score a classic Lampard winner.

Yeah Australia batting first was always going to lead to a high total. Bangladesh will score well but can't see Australia losing this. Warner and Finch are class batsman. Not gone to any games yet but going to India vs West Indies (Old Trafford) next Thursday and then India vs Bangladesh (Edgbaston) the Tuesday after. Praying for no rain but knowing my luck I see no cricket at all. South Africa doing badly I don't like to see! They have some really good players (De Kock, Du Plessis, Van Der Dussen, Rabada, Tahir to name few!) but seem to have no direction at all and it hurts them so bad with the lack of it. They could be world class but right now they're amateur.

European Space Agency probe to intercept a comet The European Space Agency is to launch another mission to a comet. After the hugely successful Rosetta encounter with the icy dirt-ball known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014, officials have now selected a new venture that will launch in 2028. It's called Comet Interceptor and will aim to catch and study an object that has come in towards the Sun from the outer reaches of the Solar System. Scientifically, it will be led from the UK's Mullard Space Science Laboratory. Dr Geraint Jones, who is affiliated to the University College London research centre, is the principal investigator. The concept is a three-in-one probe: a mothership and two smaller daughter craft. They will separate near the comet to conduct different but complementary studies. The cost for Esa is expected to be about €150m. As is customary, individual member states will provide the instrumentation and cover that tab. 'Snowman' shape of distant Ultima revealed Rosetta mission ends in comet collision UK will lead European exoplanet mission Interceptor was selected on Wednesday by the agency's Science Programme Committee as part of the new F-Class series - "F" standing for fast. The call for ideas only went out a year ago. There will now be a period of feasibility assessment with industry before the committee reconvenes to formally "adopt" the concept. At that point, the mission becomes the real deal. The intention is to launch the probe on the same rocket as Esa's Ariel space telescope when it goes up at the end of the next decade. This observatory won't use the full performance of its launch vehicle, and so spare mass and volume is available to do something additional. And it's Ariel's destination that makes Interceptor a compelling prospect. The telescope is to be positioned at a "gravitational sweetspot" about 1.5 million km from Earth. This is an ideal position from which to study distant stars and their planets - but it also represents a fast-response "parking bay" for any new mission seeking a target of opportunity. The type of comets being sought by Interceptor tends to give little notice of their arrival in the inner Solar System - perhaps only a few months. That's insufficient time to plan, build and launch a spacecraft. You need to be out there already, waiting for the call. This is what Interceptor will do. It will be sitting at the sweetspot, relying on sky surveys to find it a suitable target. When that object is identified, the probe will then set off to meet it. The encounter will be very different from that of Rosetta at 67P. Interceptor will not orbit the comet; it will just fly past - hopefully not too quickly. Nor will Interceptor try to repeat the landing of Rosetta's little robot, Philae. Instead, it will be the job of those daughter crafts to see if they can get in a bit closer to the comet than the mothership to acquire some more detailed information. "The main spacecraft has the propulsion, the high-gain antenna to talk to Earth, and some instrumentation on it. That passes relatively far from the comet, about 1,000km or so upstream of the nucleus of the object. And then we deploy two cubesat-like probes that go a lot closer and do the high-risk, high-reward observations," deputy PI Dr Colin Snodgrass, from the University of Edinburgh, told BBC News. The comets actively encountered so far by space probes have been the repeat visitors - the ones that shuffle back and forth to make a journey around the Sun every few years. And because they have gone close to our star on multiple occasions, they've been chemically altered by heat, particle bombardment and even numerous impacts with other bodies. In contrast, the comets that come in from the so-called Oort Cloud - a band of icy material that resides several hundred billion km from the Sun - will be pristine. And to see one at close quarters should give scientists completely new insights into the conditions that existed at the inception of the Solar System, and potentially from even further back in time. The risk for Interceptor is that it could be parked up for quite some time. The Oort Cloud comet will have to have just the right trajectory for the Esa mission. A good sample of candidates will inevitably be out of range of the probe's propulsion system. On the positive side, new Earth-based observatories, such as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), will soon come online. These are expected to have the sensitivity to find many more objects moving across the sky. "Yes, there's a risk we could end up sitting there with nothing really suitable," conceded Prof Mark McCaughrean, Esa's senior advisor for science and exploration. "But in the end, you'd direct it at something and there are some back-up targets already identified." These would be more of those "short period" comets. One is called 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, which was a possibility considered for Europe's Giotto probe in the 1980s. Giotto eventually flew past Comet Halley. The 2028 launch is going to be quite an occasion for UK scientists. They will be leading their European partners on both the missions - Ariel and Comet Interceptor - mated atop the rocket. Chris Lee, the head of science programmes at UK Space Agency, said: "I'm delighted that our academic community impressed Esa with a vision of what a small, fast science mission can offer. "In 1986 the UK-led mission to Halley's Comet became the first to observe a cometary nucleus and, more recently, UK scientists took part in another iconic European comet mission, Rosetta. Now our scientists will build on that impressive legacy by attempting to visit a pristine comet for the very first time and learn more about the origins of our Solar System." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48696024

Totally supporting Bangladesh tonight. One because Australia losing is always fun and two, it would be brilliant if Bangladesh qualify for the top four and Pakistan don't.

Classic this yesterday our daughter was telling us, her Virgin phone was playing up, it was ringing but she could not hear it ringing, me being a good dad told her to check the wires as she lets her pet rats out and they might have nibbled on the wire, she got back to me and said she has called an engineer out to check but she would put her pet rats in the back room just in case the engineer spotted any nibbled wires and seen the rats in the cage and then thought of the obvious. So before the engineer called she told wee Kaiden that "When the engineer calls you must NOT say we have any pet rats...ok?" he nodded his head and helped her shift the cage into the back room, the engineer called at the given time, put his toolbox down and wee Kaiden looked at him, put his hands on his hips and yelled twice, "WE HAVE NO PET RATS..." our daughter said she felt like crawling on the floor and disappearing. Lucky enough the engineer did not have a clue what he was talking about and funny enough there were no chewed wires visible and the engineer told our daughter after having a wee look "Your telephone handset is not working, you had better get a new one."

I disagree. Bangladesh have their own life in their hands. Beat Australia tonight then their last game is against Afghanistan, whereas Australia will have England to go.

Such a great fucking band

Rome is fantastic, give her a go.

I remember the first ever time I smoked weed. I was a teenager, I went around to an older kid's house(probably 3/4 years older or so) with a mate and we ended up smoking some pipes with him. I couldn't stop laughing and there was no reason at all why I was laughing. The uncontrollable giggles you get after first ever smoking weed is brilliant, although that's not an affect I've had off it for a long time and when you aren't. It just chills me out these days and it's what I use it for. Perfect after a stressful day. It's the reason I started smoking it again after not doing so for years. Back then it would be the pipes and bongs but it's strictly spliffs(or blunts) nowadays. I wouldn't mind having a go of those dabs with @Dr. Gonzo and @José though.. Smoking it after drinking when you're not used to it is quite brave to say the least as it's not the ideal mix for most people. I'm not surprised you were smashed

I think I only watched 3 episodes or so and then forgot all about it...