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Snowboarding in the streets of Paris: http://on.fb.me/VF4vOs
s’no joke – from a friend in Monmartre: http://on.fb.me/VF4vOs
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Re: State v. Internet #observer @aaronsw
[…] What has happened, in fact, is that governments which since 9/11 have presided over the morphing of their democracies into national security states have realised that the internet represents a truly radical challenge to their authority, and they are absolutely determined to control it. They don’t declare this as their intention, of course, but…
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Is/was it only a Sun Microsystems thing to refer to zip/cable ties as ‘rat tails’
The question is in the subject line. I still do…
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TSA to pull backscatter perv scanners from US airports • The Register /ht Scott Elam # good, but not as good as it could be
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced that it is pulling all full-body scanners based on backscatter X-ray technology from US airports. In a terse statement issued on Thursday, the agency said it had terminated its contract with Rapiscan, the maker of the controversial scanners, because the company was unable to deliver devices incorporating…
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Major Scaled #2 : REM – “Recovering My Religion” on Vimeo # epic, weird, wrong
This is so wrong. What’s worse is that I can sing it perfectly after the first verse because I know what’s coming, which means my brain understands the major key transposition in a way that I cannot consciously explain. Major Scaled #2 : REM – “Recovering My Religion” from major scaled on Vimeo.
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Hearts full of youth, hearts fill of truth, six parts gin…
…to one part vermouth. Take a jam-jar – there are many Chez Muffett Wash/wipe and ensure the lid is odour-free Add 60ml Chase Williams Apple Gin Add 10ml Noilly Prat Seal Pop into the deep-freeze compartment. Make a few. Do the same. Put some glasses in there too. Prefabricated martinis. You can probably work out…
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‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Is Osama bin Laden’s Last Victory Over America | | Rolling Stone
But as Gibney points out, al-Qatani gave that information up to the FBI, in legit, torture-free interrogations, before he was whisked away to Gitmo for 49 days of torture that included such insanities as forcing him to urinate on himself (by force-feeding him liquids while in restraints), making him watch a puppet show of him…
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moon hoax not # thoughtful and intelligent, unlike some of its viewers. /ht @runasand
Also, for some reason it needs to be said: …the point being the deletion of “sapiens” from “homo sapiens”. Think about it.
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This is a @glynmoody must-read: Mobile provider Three (ie: 3 UK) are indulging in political censorship.
Sorry, did we say “political censorship?” – we meant “anything they class as mature content“. Remember that the mandatory filtering proposal was meant to be protecting children from sex? Well… Here’s yet another worrying example of that problem, this time involving the UK operator 3UK, pointed out by Nick Rothwell. Pride’s Purge is a Web site…
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Analysis: the official Houses of Parliament MP/Peers password security advice # I give them B- /ht @pictfor #foia
A contacted forwarded these to me – before you ask: it’s not protected data, these pamphlets were handed out at Portcullis House to all and sundry: …and my contact observed a variety of issues: no mention of tablets and phones, although apparently one was illustrated somewhere in the pamphlet specifically no mention of thin devices…
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Aaron Swartz and the Corrupt Practice of Plea Bargaining – Forbes
I’ve always felt that plea-bargaining was bent. This explains why: If Ortiz thought Swartz only deserved to spend 6 months in jail, why did she charge him with crimes carrying a maximum penalty of 50 years? It’s a common way of gaining leverage during plea bargaining. Had Swartz chosen to plead not guilty, the offer…
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Garfunkel and Oates: absolutely hilarious, totally filthy and completely NSFW. Also: ukulele
http://www.youtube.com/user/rikilind See also.