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Written answers
Monday, 21 November 2005
Prime Minister
Terrorism Legislation
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield, Con)
“To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his oral answer of 9 November 2005, Official Report, column 298W, to the right hon. and learned Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Mr. Howard), what means he used to calculate the conversion between gigabytes and feet”.
Tony Blair
“The method of calculation was taken from the ‘New Perspectives Series’ published by Thomson Leaning entitled ‘Computer Concepts, Fourth Edition, Enhanced’ (June Parsons and Dan Oja, Chapter 4, Section D), which calculates that a computer hard drive of 20.4 gigabytes would equate to 5.4 million sheets of single spaced normal text, which would in turn produce a stack of paper around 1,800 feet high. The computer hard drive in question equalled 750 gigabytes which would, therefore, have produced the equivalent of 198 million sheets of paper standing at 66,176 feet high”.
If only that were an oral question…
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I’ve got that book too. Never read it, but it makes a great doorstop.
Womble said this on November 24th, 2005 at 3:24 pm
More bad statsVia Recess Monkey comes this prime example of statistical hyperbole from the PM no less.
Written answers
Monday, 21 November 2005
Prime Minister
Terrorism Legislation
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield, Con)
“To ask the Prime Minister pursuant…
Talk Politics said this on November 24th, 2005 at 4:18 pm
Shouldn’t shappsy know the answer to this given that he’s supposed to be an entrepreneur in the print industry.
Or maybe he’s been too busy asking questions about the closure of the QEII hospital - while omitting the fact that a massive new hospital is being built in South Hatfield two miles and ten minutes from the QEII site.
A true heir of David “electric fences for football fans” Evans.
Ebenezer Howard said this on November 24th, 2005 at 5:38 pm
198 million sheets? Al-Qaeda must have the biggest typing pool in the world. It’s amazing what one can fit in a cave in the Hindu Kush these days.
Flotsam said this on November 24th, 2005 at 5:45 pm
Are these calculations based on printing out binary? Millions of sheets of 011001101010001101000101010100 etc etc no doubt…
Shapps is a c*nt, no question, but numerous Herts A&Es have been closed on the promise the QEII one would remain open. Wouldn’t like to have a heart attack in St Albans under these plans.
And it isn’t 10 mins to the new site by ambulance. By feverish New Labour imagination maybe…
Citygirl said this on November 24th, 2005 at 7:24 pm
Now what is Blair saying here when he goes “normal” is he discriminating against fonts like “webdibings” and “Impact”. Here Blair goes wanting us all to be Times new Roman or Arial.
WHEN WILL IT STOP!!!
Bob Freling said this on November 24th, 2005 at 9:19 pm
Blar’s next trick will be the conversion of lead into gold, followed by water into wine…
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Recess Monkey said this on November 25th, 2005 at 1:13 pm
fucking twat shapps is, media monkey
Leftyrob said this on July 3rd, 2007 at 10:55 pm
Disagree, Shapps is one of the few MPs who actually bothers to hold the government to account and if that’s done via the media, more than in the House, these days then so be it.
But then the level of debate on this thread is hardly going to notice quality!
Ben said this on July 7th, 2007 at 7:53 am