Posts made in May, 2005

Textbook disclaimer stickers

Posted by on 12 May, 2005 in My Stream | 0 comments

http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/textbookdisclaimers/

If you’ve read Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure you will certainly appreciate the humour of this. Does the name “Duane Gish” ring a bell?

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“Its” vs. “Its”

Posted by on 12 May, 2005 in My Stream | 0 comments

http://www.stormloader.com/garyes/its

More linguistic pendantry – great! Don’t you just love it when people get SIMPLE grammar wrong!!!!

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Two proposals seek to avert next-gen DVD format war

Posted by on 11 May, 2005 in My Stream | 0 comments

http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160902358

Finally business seems to be learning some lessons. Unified standards = good for business, good for consumers, good for everyone. Format wars are bad for everyone

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Time to go, Mr Blair &40;From This Is Local London)

Posted by on 10 May, 2005 in My Stream | 0 comments

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.595329.0.time_to_go_mr_blair.php

For god’s sake media, give Blair a break! He’s run the country very well for the last 8 years, he’s won the election and there’s no way he should step down just cos some stupid papers or outspoken MP says so! Give it a rest for ****’s sake!!!

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BBC NEWS | Election 2005 | Election Map

Posted by on 6 May, 2005 in My Stream | 0 comments

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/vote2005/flash_map/html/map05.stm

Good to see the tories didn’t get in! Now we just need proportional representation! Quote from a BBC News reader: “Labour won 36.2% of the vote, but got 353 seats, whereas the Liberal Democrats won 22.7% of the vote and got just 62 seats. With proportional representation, the seats would have been Labour 240, Conservatives 221, Lib Dem 151.”

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