Reality Resumes

Posted on Mon 12 February 2007 in misc • Tagged with politics

After a very pleasant weekend I am back to the grind. I spotted a bit of a flaw in my assumptions at the end of last week which called into question the use of templates for my static compile tables. Luckily today's re-factoring of my code seems to have worked …


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Wah Wah, We're Special

Posted on Tue 30 January 2007 in misc • Tagged with politics

It's tempting to comment on today's release of Vista but I suspect I shall wait until reports of machines being bricked when drivers start getting remotely revoked by Microsoft.

Instead I thought I would offer a comment on the Catholic Church complaining they haven't been given the right to discriminate …


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Getting a few things off my chest

Posted on Thu 14 December 2006 in misc • Tagged with politics

A bunch of stuff has been on the news that is causing a mini-rant to bubble from my unconscious mind. So here I go:

First things first, the murders in Suffolk. While the responsibility for the murders must always be that of the perpetrator there are a few things that …


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Getting Warmer?

Posted on Tue 07 November 2006 in misc • Tagged with politics

Coming via Slashdot I came across this article today. It's quite a thorough piece examining the data on Climate change and more importantly it's presentation. I was especially impressed by the linked source material which is a pretty complete (although not peer reviewed and published) scientific paper. It comes with …


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Too hot to handle?

Posted on Fri 06 October 2006 in misc • Tagged with politics

As is customary last night was TV night. I thought Extra's went further down the road of cringe which may turn me off it in the end. While a lot of humour is derived from awkward situations half an hour of cringing is not the same as half an hour …


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