School payers

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[fanf]

You know, if I were a telco I'd be wondering how to re-implement twitter and charge £5 a pop. It's only 10 or 100 times more than they charge for single recipient SMS, and it goes to thousands of people!

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Yes, my misanthropic side is always surprised how much people will do (and pay) to communicate.

There are two services which claim to send SMS updates for Twitter users in the UK, http://www.twitsms.co.uk/ and http://www.tweetsms.com/ - both unfortunately encouraging the password anti-pattern.

oooh, they look reliable

[cleanskies]

Help page contents:

"Please check back later for comprehensive help topics for tweetSMS.com"

[footpad]

Pshaw, Gift Aid is only giving back the income tax you paid on your donation. (Unless there's some trick whereby you can claim back the tax yourself, but I doubt most casual donators do that.)

[beingjdc]

It still means that, to fund a given amount of public spending, taxes have to be higher.

[ewx]

I noticed that one the other day; specifically they were paying a couple of pounds per message to engage in a stupid flamewar. Incredible.

[jiggery_pokery]

Given that there are purported donations of £2,000 and £2,222 in the list as well, I have rather less confidence than I did in JustGiving's claimed donation totals. Could the hot new criminal trend be using stolen credit cards to make charitable donations, safe in the knowledge that the credit cards' owners won't end up out of pocket and it's the credit card companies that (largely) end up paying?

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Ooh, you're a cynical one. I'd only wondered whether JustGiving let you pledge an amount without backing it up (except that I've used it myself and I know it doesn't).

I like your icon.

[jiggery_pokery]

I learnt it from the very best!

(Icon source.)

[scat0324]

Interestingly, the Alpha.org people I overheard the other day also thought the Atheist Bus was a splendid publicity coup, so at one level it seems to have worked by cheering everyone up!

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However the Methodist Church said it thanked Professor Dawkins for encouraging a "continued interest in God". Spirituality and discipleship officer Rev Jenny Ellis said: "This campaign will be a good thing if it gets people to engage with the deepest questions of life." She added: "Christianity is for people who aren't afraid to think about life and meaning."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7681914.stm