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Spanners
I clearly do not understand UK law (though I know the prisons are full ( Read more... ) -
Authorial Matrices: "ructions"
This week, Hugo Rifkind's Times Diary carried a story about Campbell's
memoirs, excised juicy bits, and Cherie having now sold her memoirs. The
brief piece contained the keyword ructions, one might say advisedly ( Read more... ) -
Old Kingdom (NIX) spoilers post-signing
naval dictionary reference source ( Read more... ) -
Thousand Year Feicht
So, happy new thousand-unit to the Coptic Christians, including the Eritrean
who's gone AWOL somewhere in UK, & my Ethiopian buddy M-T G. -
"factoring prime numbers" (cf Ansible.co.uk)
Some people have so not read Neal Stephenson about working for the Fed:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_sc/nasa_background_checks
Remember YT's mom? Yeah... -
thin partitions
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2277100.ece
A 75-year-old man from Mississauga, Canada, has been found guilty of issuing a death threat in a poem. Antonio Batista wrote about a ( Read more... ) -
Halifax & Pret A Manger love ID-theft [consumerist]
It being Friday in the bank that offers the largest rate for a balance ( Read more... ) -
Ignorance of the Law is Not a Valid Defence
*sigh* I know that _You & Yours_ is frequently mocked for its hyperbole ( Read more... ) -
boom: wtf?
Mostly, I am annoyed by a stupid interview on the Today programme this ( Read more... ) -
Whore Sham
It's not April 1st in some recondite calendar, is it ( Read more... )