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17:05 UK time, Tuesday, 24 April 2007
The story is ridiculous. It says: "The new mineral does not contain fluorine (which it does in the film) and is white rather than green but, in all other respects, the chemistry matches that for the rock containing kryptonite." This is like saying: "Oxygen does not contain Hydrogen, and is a gas rather than a liquid but, in all other respects, the chemistry matches that for water."
Andy Nichols, London
Re the discovered under the North Sea. Did the inhabitants blame *that* on Global Warming?
Mike Harper, Devon, UK
Can I flag up a alert on your very own ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ news site in this story: . It's good to see that porridge is still a ticket to long life and great wealth.
Michael, Washington DC USA
Greetings to the pedants specialised in colloquial French. Re: . He couldn't have found a better place, could he?!
Aurore, Brussels, Belgium
Paper Monitor asks if it's wrong to buy a newspaper solely for the giveaway. Surely if you're doing that, you're buying the item and getting a giveaway newspaper with it?
John R, London
If Paper Monitor were to start giving away freebies, what would he/she give away & how would he/she psychoanalyse the freebie du jour?
Stella Alvarez, oop north
. Does this win a prize for most obvious headline of the week?
Jonathan Riches, Tewkesbury, UK
Inspired by Monday's 25th anniversary of the ZX Spectrum, I felt compelled to write the following Speccy based program...
10 BORDER 0 : PAPER 0 : INK 7 : BRIGHT 1
20 LET i = 0
30 FOR f = 1 TO 24
40 LET i = i + 1
50 IF i = 8 THEN LET i=1
60 INK i
70 PRINT "The Monitor is brilliant!"
80 NEXT f
90 PAUSE 0
Feel free to dust off the 1980s technology and get it working.
Martin, High Wycombe, UK
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