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Re:David Braben has been appointed OBE in the Queen's Birthd... by dfc on Monday June 16, 2014 @12:14PM (#7899784)
To say that this is "like receiving a Nobel Prize, or Medal of Honour(sic)" or the Victoria Cross is absurd. There are 1,946 MoH recipients (excluding civil war recipients when it was awarded under different conditions), 1,357 Victoria Cross recipients and 876 Nobel Laureates. In one year "more than a thousand people have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours."[1]

[^1]: With one thousand awardees this seems more like an Eagle Scout Badge or

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Re:David Braben has been appointed OBE in the Queen's Birthd... by markdown on Saturday June 21, 2014 @07:09PM (#7926327)
Yes.

Like an Eagle Scout Badge or a Medal of Honour.

Doesn't matter how many people get it, my point is that it's a reward for either doing something positive or achieving something remarkable.

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Re:David Braben has been appointed OBE in the Queen's Birthd... by dfc on Saturday June 21, 2014 @10:53PM (#7926741)
The Medal of Honor and/or Victoria Cross are not rewards.
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Re:David Braben has been appointed OBE in the Queen's Birthd... by markdown on Sunday June 22, 2014 @07:33AM (#7927566)
Jesus Christ dude, you're missing the point completely.

Read the comment I originally responded to.

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