by Tom | Dec 8, 2010 | Government, Personal, Reading
Simple summary: Wikileaks is as good a place as any to release the cablegate and Afghanistan war logs. Julian Assange should be treated as innocent until proven guilty and should stand trial in Sweden. I believe that the stealing of the cablegate files was illegal....
by Tom | Dec 8, 2010 | Personal, Reading
Follow-up on the Oxbridge admissions debate makes the very helpful point that the statistics have identified a potential issue, not the cause of it. The issue is that Admission to Oxbridge of BME British students is lower than admission of white British students....
by Tom | Dec 7, 2010 | Reading
POLICE today said they expected Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to attempt an escape, probably at the top of a long flight of stairs. via The Daily Mash – ASSANGE TO ESCAPE FROM POLICE AT THE TOP OF SOME STAIRS.
by Tom | Dec 3, 2010 | General
Now that most definitely is what I call cricket. Best cab ride ever,during the first over, and then Clarke out in Sky. Huzzah!
by Tom | Dec 2, 2010 | Science
Let’s hope this evening’s Nasa press conference really does announce a form of bacterial life that uses arsenic. Science bit: oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, sulphur and phosphorus are six necessary characteristics of all previously-known living...
by Tom | Dec 2, 2010 | General
Two feet of snow. Lovely gag from earlier in the year. Hat tip to Amanda Flood for the link.
by Tom | Dec 1, 2010 | IT
I have had a painful few days with my Windows 7 print spooler crashing (you can stop the spooler service but can’t restart it) after one print run on a QNAP 239 Pro II shared printer. Lots of rebooting required, which is fairly quick on the Studio XPS, but still...
by Tom | Dec 1, 2010 | Personal
National Geographic’s Photography Contest 2010. Lots of brilliant photos there. Some faves:
by Tom | Dec 1, 2010 | Business
Wall Street Firm Uses Algorithms to Make Sports Betting Like Stock Trading. A relatively dull title, but an interesting article. Question: does the fact that a lot of the apparatus and technology used by the city can be applied to gambling show that the two are...
by Tom | Dec 1, 2010 | Business, Tech
Just imagine when your mobile has near field and you can do this with museum exhibits, places, concerts. This was done by Coca Cola with specific RFID wristbands and readers, but it can’t be too long before Facebook is omnipresent. Now that is a real challenge...
