Monuments to Stupidity

[Win2Win]

You will generally find that around 10% of base pairs will not match anyone else on the planet, due to transfers between parents, even twins do not carry exactly matching sequences, as the 10% equates to around 3 million, so mix them up and you get the base odds, then throw in the other 90% which consists of race, length of colon, colour, hair, protein structures, how many arms, etc, which is 27 Million, and you can then work out the odds of getting a match with someone else......chances are their isn't one born yet, and unlikely to be, although statistically possible, probable, no.

[Onlyforfun]

38- £100k bank deposit gurantee??? There is no such thing as a risk free investment and the last thing we should be doing is nationalising banking risk. Yet another example of namby-pamby government.

Surely a better solution would be for banks / building societies to offer optional deposit protection in the form of lower interest. In effect we will now have a compulsory insurance as if it is funded by a levy on banks, they will cut interest rates on all eposits to compensate. And then you have the issue of how the levy will be invested, in an insurance company? They are far less secure than banks. No doubt the cash will find it's way into teh Treasury and be used for "investment" in increased public sector salaries.

Maybe, and call me a cynic if you will, that teh Govt and BoE know that if they big up this story the lumpen masses won't notice their salaries and savings being eaten up by inflation.

Anyone with a decent sum who doesn't take professional advice or educate themselves on how to protect it deserve what they get.

[Onlyforfun]

Silly me, if you want a bond fully guaranteed against UK tax receipts, National Savings already offered 5.2-5.5% vs Northern Rocks 6.2%.

Criminal madness