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Well 2nd Blog, this is a wonderful conversation from work. The names have been changed to protect the innocent!

[10:24:08] Olly says :Yep, two years running Nintendo have failed to do anything on the Greenpeace toxicometer, doesn't help that they make the most pointless plastic peripherals to go with the consoles too.

[10:24:08] Ollysays: mmmmmmm, beryllium

[10:32:34] Stoic says: Lol greenpeace

[10:39:06] T says: hold on...I thought QA where undercover greenpeace agents assigned with bring corporate britian to it's knees?

[10:39:30] Roofer says: We have no interest in the Britians.

[10:39:34] Stoic says: please i belive in the free rider principle, if you guys save the world i don;t have too

[10:40:58] Olly says: I think that only works if you have zero impact on things yourself

[10:41:14] Stoic says: Nope check again

[10:41:53]Roofer says: We'll be burning tires at lunch today if anyone wants to join us.

[10:42:48] Stoic says: after playing on our wii's!

[10:43:09] Roofer says: I'll be setting fire to the remote as I wave it around.

[10:43:14] t says: lol, as long as they are on management's cars/bikes I'm with you. i still think your double agents and just pretending tho...no department could be that consistently hairy without greenpeace/geologist support.

[10:44:36] Olly says: Strangely, I can't find anything about a Free Rider principal, only multiple pages about the Free Rider problem.

[10:48:24] Stoic says: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/4082/fr.html is a good overview of the principle

[10:50:50] Olly says: So if Thatcher were on fire you wouldn't put him out?

[10:51:06] Stoic says: Not at first

[10:51:16] Stoic says: why waste a good fire

[10:51:21] Roofer says: Thatchers are notoriously flame-retardant.

[10:51:37] Stoic says: your retardant!

[10:51:38] Roofer says: It's genetic, a throwback from the old profession.

[10:53:27] Olly says: So I assume a free rider doesn't want all his friends to be free riders too, otherwise they're screwed in an emergency.

[10:53:52] Stoic says: Not everyone is made to be a free rider, you have to lack empathy

[10:53:57] T says: herd immunity is another fine example

[10:55:43] Olly says: Sounds like a load of priveledged kids not wanting to take responsibility for their own failings to me. *lights blue touch paper and walks off to do some work*

[10:56:03] Stoic says: Lol , thats your come back. Go back to your treehouse!

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