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Division B Table and Fixtures Division B P W D L Pts beef2711 10 10 0 0 30 PnBmathematics 13 10 0 3 30 Basedgodsa1nt 13 8 2 3 26 davi3j 12 7 0 5 21 mackieboz 9 3 1 5 10 Dustysghost 9 3 0 6 9 RBWatson 11 2 2 7 8 N5_Spur 11 2 0 9 6 markf268 8 1 1 6 4 weeyin13 2 0 0 2 0 Round 15 RBWatson vs Dustysghost N5_Spur vs weeyin13 Basedgodsa1nt vs beef2711 PnBmathematics vs mackieboz markf268 vs davi3j Round 16 N5_Spur vs RBWatson beef2711 vs Dustysghost weeyin13 vs PnBmathematics davi3j vs Basedgodsa1nt mackieboz vs markf268

Division A Table and Fixtures Division A P W D L Pts ancientnoise 10 9 1 0 28 The_Curmudgeon 11 8 0 3 24 redvtop 10 7 1 2 22 AimHere 10 6 0 4 18 albinorov 11 5 0 6 15 pleslie999 10 3 2 5 11 stewartmathers 8 3 1 4 10 arabjoe 9 2 1 6 7 DearyMe 2 2 0 0 6 invergowrie 9 2 0 7 6 KenDeans 10 0 0 10 0 Round 15 The_Curmudgeon vs pleslie999 redvtop vs albinorov KenDeans vs AimHere ancientnoise vs invergowrie DearyMe vs arabjoe Round 16 pleslie999 vs KenDeans invergowrie vs redvtop AimHere vs DearyMe arabjoe vs ancientnoise The_Curmudgeon vs stewartmathers Results and calculations are recorded on the spreadsheet at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eR2-fUTwhfI39Teooz_cAk8ZnoObjlQJTO_lJfX3o1Q/

The issue is that sweatshops and factories are good enough that they can bootleg most practical clothes (i.e. anything other than the outlandish dresses you get at fashion shows and big Hollywood soirees) to a reasonable degree that nobody who isn't an expert would notice. Whereas two hundred years ago, rich people could distinguish themselves by the craftsmanship quality of their bespoke clothing, that's less practical for the post-industrial mass-manufactured age. So if you are a big-name brand, you have to distinguish yourself by actually slapping your brand logo on the clothing so people know it's yours and not someone elses (because it's easier for the law to clobber forged trademarks than it is to go through the fuzzy process of deciding what is and isn't copyright infringement in clothing). A designer label on a cheap T-shirt is as good for product-distinction purposes as a designer label on a fancier piece of clothing. Expensive words on a cheap T-shirt is what you need to impress status-obsessed idiots. There is some sort of logic to it. Of course, we should have a society without said status-obsessed idiots, but that's pretty hard to engineer.

A little offtopic, but that is reminiscent of Dunfermline's very own Party Cannon, who are a fairly standard death metal troupe with a fairly nonstandard death metal monicker. Here's how well they fit-in on their posters:

At least 10 people did the same, presumably influenced by him deciding he wasn't so dying after all and discharging himself from his hospice.

Division B Table and Fixtures Division B P W D L Pts beef2711 9 9 0 0 27 PnBmathematics 11 9 0 2 27 Basedgodsa1nt 12 8 2 2 26 davi3j 11 7 0 4 21 mackieboz 9 3 1 5 10 Dustysghost 9 3 0 6 9 N5_Spur 11 2 0 9 6 RBWatson 10 1 2 7 5 markf268 8 1 1 6 4 weeyin13 2 0 0 2 0 Round 13 RBWatson vs Basedgodsa1nt weeyin13 vs mackieboz markf268 vs Dustysghost N5_Spur vs davi3j PnBmathematics vs beef2711 Round 14 weeyin13 vs RBWatson Dustysghost vs Basedgodsa1nt mackieboz vs N5_Spur beef2711 vs markf268 davi3j vs PnBmathematics As usual, the results and calculations are recorded on the spreadsheet at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eR2-fUTwhfI39Teooz_cAk8ZnoObjlQJTO_lJfX3o1Q/

Division A Table and Fixtures Division A P W D L Pts ancientnoise 8 7 1 0 22 redvtop 9 7 1 1 22 The_Curmudgeon 9 6 0 3 18 AimHere 9 5 0 4 15 albinorov 8 4 0 4 12 stewartmathers 7 3 1 3 10 pleslie999 8 2 2 4 8 arabjoe 7 2 1 4 7 DearyMe 2 2 0 0 6 invergowrie 8 1 0 7 3 KenDeans 9 0 0 9 0 Round 13 pleslie999 vs AimHere The_Curmudgeon vs arabjoe DearyMe vs albinorov KenDeans vs invergowrie stewartmathers vs redvtop Round 14 AimHere vs The_Curmudgeon albinorov vs ancientnoise arabjoe vs KenDeans invergowrie vs DearyMe pleslie999 vs stewartmathers

I did query that, and they replied in the affirmative, followed by a couple of results posted this week.

Daniel Dennett, philosopher and the least-well-known and least-OFTWish of the big four 'new atheists', has had his consciousness expired.

I think this is the latest post where the rules were explained, but I could be wrong. Not sure if it's fully up to date, but the basic gist is that every few months, people sign up to play two (or occasionally just one) 'daily games' on chess.com per week in a double round robin league with two divisions (using the football scoring systems of 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw and promotion/relegation, and people play each other once as white, once as black). Daily games are where you play a minimum of one move per day. All PnBers are welcome. @ancientnoise deals with the cup these days, which is a parallel FA-Cup style knockout tournament. We're about halfway through the season right now, but if this is the sort of thing you're interested in, I can pencil you in for next season right now. At the end of this season, I'll do a callup for next season, and again, you'd be more than welcome to join in.

I picked Higgs on my first go here, before I realised that ill people die faster than old people. And nobody told me Peter Higgs was ill.

Division B Table and Fixtures Division B P W D L Pts beef2711 8 8 0 0 24 PnBmathematics 8 7 0 1 21 davi3j 9 5 0 4 15 Basedgodsa1nt 8 4 2 2 14 Dustysghost 6 2 0 4 6 N5_Spur 7 2 0 5 6 RBWatson 9 1 2 6 5 mackieboz 6 1 1 4 4 markf268 5 0 1 4 1 weeyin13 0 0 0 0 0 Round 11 RBWatson vs markf268 mackieboz vs davi3j PnBmathematics vs Basedgodsa1nt weeyin13 vs beef2711 N5_Spur vs Dustysghost Round 12 mackieboz vs RBWatson Basedgodsa1nt vs markf268 davi3j vs weeyin13 Dustysghost vs PnBmathematics beef2711 vs N5_Spur

Division A Table and Fixtures Division A P W D L Pts redvtop 8 6 1 1 19 ancientnoise 6 5 1 0 16 The_Curmudgeon 6 5 0 1 15 AimHere 9 5 0 4 15 albinorov 8 4 0 4 12 stewartmathers 7 3 1 3 10 pleslie999 7 2 1 4 7 DearyMe 2 2 0 0 6 arabjoe 6 2 0 4 6 invergowrie 7 1 0 6 3 KenDeans 8 0 0 8 0 Round 11 arabjoe vs AimHere redvtop vs DearyMe invergowrie vs pleslie999 albinorov vs The_Curmudgeon stewartmathers vs ancientnoise Round 12 redvtop vs ancientnoise arabjoe vs pleslie999 invergowrie vs The_Curmudgeon albinorov vs KenDeans AimHere vs stewartmathers As usual, results and calculations are recorded on the spreadsheet at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eR2-fUTwhfI39Teooz_cAk8ZnoObjlQJTO_lJfX3o1Q/

On the bright side, it does mean we aren't forced to cheer on Rangers against Dundee.

This sounds like an exploitable loophole. When you need to hook another one of your own players, send your assistant manager out with a lead piping to cosh a member of the opposition. Costs your non-playing staff a red card for violent conduct, but you gain an extra sub, and take out their best player.