Dropsafe

@tom_watson #savetheBBC – Yes but how? When I dump my TV and listen only to Radio4 and iPlayer, whither a "colour" vs: "B&W" TV license? in reply to tom_watson # @tom_watson Maybe I should buy a B&W TV License to "Support Radio 4" and then claim a rebate from the TV License vans when they…

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How do we get the #EuropeanCommission to throw out the duty surcharge on cameras which record 30+ minute videos? http://bit.ly/d64i3q # Dropsafe: Why your European-imported Digital Camera can only take 30m of video http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/4102 # Agnostic Atheism in a sentence: http://bit.ly/c7sI2Y # I wonder if I should go visit the old office, reclaim the doorknob…

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customs.hmrc.gov.uk 2. Customs Code Committee – Mechanical/Miscellaneous Sector 428th Meeting (12 & 13 July 2007) […] Digital cameras & video camera recorders The Committee voted on a Combined Nomenclature Explanatory Note (CNEN), providing criteria to differentiate between still image digital cameras (0 per cent import duty), and video camera recorders (4.9 per cent or 12.5…

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What happens if England lose to the USA? Come directly home? # @ramtopsrac thanks; friend watching it tonight and am worried he'll jump off a bridge if they lose in reply to ramtopsrac # #conspiracytheory – England will throw tonight's match against the USA so the American press have something other than #BP to report…

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@webmink that expains a lot – thanks! in reply to webmink #

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rereading some of the old "project bruce" code and docs ; export control, other stupidity, but damn it was cool http://bit.ly/aWQHbc #

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@Memset_Kate I'm still intrigued to know how the #BCS transformation would materially benefit SIGs such as the DCSG in reply to Memset_Kate # RT @yurechko: LimeWire owes $1B, but BP is only on the hook for $69M. Music sharing is 14.5x more damaging than a catastrophic oil spill. # @alecmuffett I suspect the $69m will…

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Today I discover my passport missing somewhere in the house. Do I a) waste a day finding it, b) eschew thoughts of travel until it turns up? # Dropsafe: How baked trout proves that my cat is a finite-state machine http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/4100 # @lskrockiCheck the Wikipedia page – it has a full analysis 🙂 # @lskrocki…

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– Rachel supplies me with a huge frozen trout steak, basically the entire dorsal midsection of a 5 to 6lb fish. – Defrost – Wash, pat dry with paper towel – Large sheet of foil, two lemon wedges as “chocks”, place fish on wedges, more lemon and 3 sprigs fresh thyme inside fish; add salt,…

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Google Tasks / Todo now appears as part of google calendar. I might start using it, now… # Adrian Lamo 'shops' Bradley Manning who may have helped Assange's Wikileaks; This should be interesting: http://bit.ly/dp2GtV #security # A fountain of blackened pots are namecalling somewhat newly tarnished kettles … #security # I have never been a…

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@webmink @DalaiLama Doesn't bode well for some FLOSS advocates whom I've met. # A less commonly seen image of Jesus preaching the "sermon on the mount" http://bit.ly/b0V8or # Go outside, find some nice grass, and walk around barefoot on it for a while. # Have received a "Who blocked me on facebook" invite from a…

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An extract: [This] is the godless view of death. It’s an end, not a transition. It deserves all the sorrow the living bring to it, and the absurd attempts of the believers to soften it with lies are a contemptible disservice to the life that is over. Don’t be shy about saying it, either; the…

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