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Blog: Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar: [Ofcom Discuss Ending] Net neutrality in the UK http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/4278 # @ramtopsrac the terms are related. Check the etymology. in reply to ramtopsrac # am listening to the news regarding the #trafigura verdict, and thinking deeply about #carterruck … #

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May interest some people I know: http://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/forums/event.php?eid=183 Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar: Net neutrality in the UK Date: 28th September 2010 Venue: Central London As Ofcom consults on whether to end net neutrality, this seminar will examine internet traffic management, whether it’s necessary in the UK, the possible economic benefits, and what the unintended consequences may…

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The #DailyMail goes all Chris Morris over iTunes: http://bit.ly/9cvxR0 – both hilarious and horrifyingly-bad-journalism # @ramtopsrac Next you'll have to try http://www.ustream.tv in reply to ramtopsrac # Yay! There is a LX5! http://bit.ly/cNMGsM # Rain. Vertical. Cold. # long time since i've tried using 'tar' to a raw disk partition to move files between systems……

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@longword let me know how you get on 🙂 in reply to longword # Cillit Bang buys Durex. This is not a joke: http://bit.ly/901CJ3 # London Cycle Hire rates are odd: up to 30m Free, up to 60m for £1, up to 90m for £4 – overshoot that 1 hour and it costs a bomb……

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Each occasion I go to the pub, I walk back past the “ugly brick church from the 1870s, of no import” (cite: old Hampshire guidebook) and – as most summers – there’s a banner outside tonight proclaiming the “Alpha Course” – an opportunity to “explore the meaning of life”, in this case from a Christian…

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@stoaty Good question; next "is it economic to control?" Current regs have no issue http://bit.ly/adIXjD so you are guessing a future req't. in reply to stoaty # @stoaty Alternate scheme might be: "Here is a bung of public money: Serve the country for free, & advertise/license the rest of the world" in reply to stoaty…

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#pragma prerequisite you have read lots of Pratchett books A few years ago at a rare party, my friend Jim got drunk and espoused to me a theory, viz: that I am Captain Carrot; not in some existential do-gooder sense, but instead he suggested that I might have been the (literal?) inspiration for the character…

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Argh. RT: @cranrob: Sharktopus. Go and Google it. # Faintly disconcerting that the @flightglobal live video feed features crosshairs http://bit.ly/dCThr9 # If you want to listen to #FARN10 radio online: http://bit.ly/cxxmHc # If you ever wanted to watch acrobatics in infrared black & white, @Flightglobal is for you : http://bit.ly/cHF8Ux #FARN10 #fixthecameraguys # Old news.bbc.co.uk…

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Just saw 787 # 787 overflew hook 0850h low #farn10 # Saw the #787 on initial approach to #FARN10 at 0850; biggest impression: v.quiet. At <500m couldn't hear it over the background noise. # Left to itself #TweetDeck seems to seize up and go catatonic – stopping new tweet creation, and eventually stopping updates. What…

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Morning: bread in toaster, push lever down. Phut goes main house trip switch. Damn, I really liked my old toaster… # Just harvested 7 heads of elephant garlic, including about 30 corms that should keep me in plants for ages; Just like http://bit.ly/brWnjb # Am dimly worried about a 787 that's flying over my house…

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Brief but useful summary. See Also.

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Motorola android phones commit suicide if you try to mod them: http://bit.ly/cL0ogC # The tragic truth for advertising is that it now takes something on the scale of yesterday's @OldSpice campaign to get me to pay attention. # In short: the longer you stay in school, the more tax you'll pay when working. What strategy…

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