S'good isn't it? 
Now you'll find yourself using it time and again to explain stuff and getting blank looks from people. 

Thanks for the reminder brisket.  I missed it last week, but will watch tonight.

For those who are interested in Occam's razor, have a look at this Wikipedia article

A brief extract from this article is:
William Seach  (of Occam) (c. 1285–1349) is remembered as an influential nominalist but his popular fame as a great logician rests chiefly on the maxim attributed to him and known as Ockam's razor: Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem or "Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily." The term razor refers to the act of shaving away unnecessary assumptions to get to the simplest explanation. No doubt this maxim represents correctly the general tendency of his philosophy, but it has not so far been found in any of his writings. His nearest pronouncement seems to be Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate [Plurality must never be posited without necessity], which occurs in his theological work on the Sentences of Peter Lombard (Quaestiones et decisiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi (ed. Lugd., 1495), i, dist. 27, qu. 2, K). In his Summa Totius Logicae, i. 12, Ockham cites the principle of economy, Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora [It is futile to do with more things that which can be done with fewer]..

Occam's Razor is a good principle for me to study.
I do have a tendency to cloud the issue by over-consideration and considering too many options.
Leaving no stone unturned is all very well. But I tend to add more stones.
I must be more disciplined, and less clouded.

This is an old Occam's Razor joke using Holmes and Watson.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are out on a camping trip. It’s the middle of the night and Holmes wakes up Watson.

“Watson! Wake up, man!”

“Huh? What?”

“I just woke up and noticed the bright starry universe above me and do you know what I’ve deduced?”

”That we are all just minor players in a larger drama that we’ll never know the outcome of?”

“No.”

“That the universe is too big and too grand for the human mind to ever fully comprehend?”

“No, no.”

“Well then…what have you deduced from looking at the starry sky above us, Holmes?”

“Its rather obvious, Watson – someone has stolen our tent.”

   Very good El Loro.
That's the sort of thinking I need to work towards.
Love the example.

El loro,

Less lateral, more literal?

Mmm

To be slightly serious for a minute, I'm not sure it's the best way to go. Lateral thinking throws up so many posibilities which shouldn't be ignored. Literal thinking is obviously more limited.

Oh dearie me cologne.
A dilemma.   I am not a good decision maker,  and now look what you've done.....

I'm sorry.  

You're forgiven

Well I've managed about 45 mins of Study in Pink on iplayer. Took me aaaaaages as this pc so old it won't show it without stalling every 2 mins and son's pc which is heaps newer and bigger memory etc keeps crashing. 
Hang on...we have a Wii somewhere ... doesn't that show iplayer?

I am still thrilled with Sherlock.
Another smashing episode I thought. Even bits of finger and buttock clenching tonight.
A nice example of Occam's Razor very early on in this espisode.
It moves along beautifully. Done with flair.
Martin Freeman has never been better.
And (rather like Being Human) the clever way they interlace the comedy is great.
I'm loving it.
(Sorry you've had trouble Cariad.)

The BBC have produced a website which tests your Sherlock-type powers of deduction:
http://www.thescienceofdeduction.co.uk/

Sherlock will be released on DVD & Blu-ray on 30 August. I assume that it includes all 3 episodes though the details I've seen don't confirm that. However the extras include the 60 minute pilot episode which hhas not been televised as far as I know. Looking at the cast suggests that it s similar to The Blind Banker though with a different director.

Thanks brisket. I've had a go at the first hidden message, which is quite easy for anyone who has ever done cryptopgraphy - the clue given is a bit of a giveaway for those who hnow a bit about cryptography. Obviously I am not going to post the answer as that would be mean of me.

And I have cracked the second hidden message. A different form of cryptography, but "Elementary, my dear Watson" (that's just my comment - not the answer)

Another brilliant episode!  Shame it's just the three though.

Then, you're smarter than me El Loro. Well done! 
Actually I have not properly concentrated on that page.
I'll probably have a longer look at it later and try to concentrate.
And thanks for the news of the DVD.
Meanwhile I am loving this short series.
Holmes and Watson (or rather Cumberbatch and Freeman) now have a wonderful relationship.
Sam Wollasron in The Guardian describes it as "a mixture of admiration, infuriation and genuine affection."
He also says "It's pacy, exciting and it looks brilliant."
I agree.

I enjoyed the second one, tho it wasn't as fast paced and not such quick good dialogue  as the first...  still a ace show..

I am loving this Sherlock series and I'm already looking forward to next week's episode.
I wish they had made more than three episodes though.
Let's hope they do another series.

Maybe we're all too used to US 24 episode series'.

Being Human is only 6 or so episodes as I recall - and these are 90 minute sessions.

The music reminded me very much of Dexter I thought.

That Chinese museum worker - the one who was killed by her brother - isn't she in that Bing advert?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlZsPTWXqts

Now all I need to do is catch the last 45 mins of episode 1.

Cariad, you are right. It is Gemma Chan who, besides that Bing advert and Sherlock, has also appeared in "The Waters of Mars" (Doctor Who).

Just a reminder that the final episode of three is shown tonight at 9 o'clock.

I'll be watching Brisket, I think this series has been brilliant.
They should have made more episodes though.

It sounds as if the response has been so positive that there is now  pressure on them to do more and that this is now under serious consideration. 

That's good news, Brisket.
There is so much rubbish on TV nowadays, it was brilliant to watch something good for a change.

iPlayer now set up on the Wii **dances about**

I can now finish watching the first one as soon as son finishes racing with Mario.  

May I just quote a little bit of the preview in the Guardian's TV Guide section.
Discussing tonight's show part of the review says:
"......Sherlock really hits its stride.....
Good lines abound. Sherlock watches daytime TV: 'No, no, no, course he's not the boy's father, look at the turn-ups on his jeans!'
Watch out for that ending."

I hope that's the Mario as in Kart rather than the BB one

I've tried to watch two parts now, but I'm afraid I find it a load of carp. The old methods do not translate very well to modern science and the actors are quite lacklustre.

Ah! Splendid stuff.  I absolutely loved it.
Just watched the third episode.
Even before the opening titles I was grabbed.
I love the relationship between Holmes and Watson.
I like the way the flashes of humour are dotted here and there throughout.
And the ending - just had to be a cliffhanger didn't it.
Smashing.

Another brilliant episode!  I love it and with that cliffhanger, it's sure to be picked up for another series. *fingers crossed*

Sorry col honey but I think you're in a minority here. 

I like the modern day translations. Since Watson was the narrator of the stories having him write a blog - and having that impact upon the story really works. Are you sure you're not just unhappy with the modern day setting? 

I've no great beef with that. I adored Shakespeare Retold
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/shakespeare/tvdramas.shtml

And if it gets people reading Holmes so be it.
I was convinced we were about to meet Irene Adler. Tsk....

We've been watching it, mr jonono likes it more than me, I reckon it's a bit too contrived, a bit too 'doctor who' anda bit too 'withnail and I'. however it is watchable, I'm not overly impressed though.

Looks like it. I want to love it because I really like murder mysteries, old or modern, but I just don't think it works, IMHO.

Ahaaa!! Mebbe that's it. I normally LOATHE murder mysteries (C J Sanson's Matthew Shardlake aside). Maybe what I like isn't the "mystery" but the character interaction. And that works. For me anyway.

One agrees with Frau Koeln! I may be a bigot but in my opinion any series shown during the summer holidays is bound to be carp! See also the terrible waste of cash "the deep" I do stick up for the BBC normally but these progs are indefensible.