Dropsafe

Many MPs hit reply all to the message from Conservative MP Mark Pritchard ensuring a torrent of unwanted e-mails in the inboxes of other MPs. From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8357921.stm

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@bbctech I pay 40+ quid for a landline and use it only for DSL, so YES YES YES, just give me a DSL-and-no-calls option with cheap rental. in reply to bbctech # Shorthand going the way of the Ham Morse-code test: http://bit.ly/3xoCXU "take teh trubl 2 lrn shorthand, & it suggests U're srs" 😛 #…

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Astonishing: "ln -s" on SnowLeopard honouring umask, sets symlink mode to rwx—— and cannot be traversed by non-root # Need to dig out old USB HD so I can install virgin SnowLeopard, try out Mine Devkit on vanilla OSX # ( HT @Ketan for the idea ) # Old washing machine been sent off to…

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My argument against the semantic web has always been: create documents that a computer can read, and only a computer will want to read them This, via Adriana, is the same but worse: http://inventorspot.com/articles/social_awareness_replace_social_networking_34355 In my past blogs, I have written about the Internet of Things and Semantic Technology where Web 3.0 will eventually no…

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British screwdriver and pitchfork murder rates set to rise: http://bit.ly/3JYAiX # Starting the day wearing my old DotComBuilder t-shirt – grubby work awaits 🙂 # Fantastic, Oxford Circus used to be a nightmare: RT @jimgris: Shibuya in London. I missed this last week. http://tr.im/EJ1q # Read http://bit.ly/2wrZzc and replace "botnet" with "compute cloud". Makes you…

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Yay! We're about to find out who needs who! http://bit.ly/2ifxYF "Murdoch: We’ll probably remove our sites from Google’s index" via @glinner # Does anyone know a way to synthesise a "pinch" gesture on a mouse and keyboard under Snow Leopard? # How *not* to make ice-cream using liquid nitrogen: http://bit.ly/4faAiF # @k4thybrown yeah, i check…

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Whole frame Originally uploaded by alecmuffett There aren’t many Xtracycles in the UK, so this should be a local novelty – in fact I’ve not seen any, yet. The frame is my 1993 Raleigh Amazon which cost £300 at the time and heaven knows what it is equivalent to now; however it has a wonderful…

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@k4thybrown http://www.highways.gov.uk/traffic/traffic.aspx for all the latest in reply to k4thybrown # Nu Labour legalising theft-for-profit http://bit.ly/hrycZ # @k4thybrown nae bother – i have a page of useful links for use on cellphone browser http://bit.ly/3aoXBu – suggestions welcome in reply to k4thybrown # just discovered http://lite.facebook.com/ c/o @bbart, much nicer… # @simonw from past experience I…

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How do I get #tweetdeck on my laptop to trash its columns & replace them w/ the ones that shld be stored "in my account" from the macmini? # Just saw something odd: 11pm, toy hot air balloon, fire and all, maybe 2ft across, flew over house, climbing, and faded maybe 1/2mile away. # Small,…

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would love to be a fly on the wall of security-interest@sun.com right now… # @bubbva SSL is toast. Would love to see what Nico and Wyllys would say. http://bit.ly/yESc4 in reply to bubbva # @craigmorgan y'think maybe i should start one outside? in reply to craigmorgan # List of Cats with Fraudulent Diplomas: http://bit.ly/1IG8As –…

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Hello everybody from @themineproject – for the latest news on The Mine! Project and pymine software! #vrm #iiw #iiw9 #themineproject # Setup script for pymine development kit on Ubuntu: http://bit.ly/1mIy4Z # @jeffnolan Giant shark attacks deorbited GPS satellite, eats Golden Gate Bridge http://bit.ly/4rTDO7 in reply to jeffnolan # ( yes, it's a helicopter, but that's…

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mandleson joke gaining traction 🙂 http://is.gd/4LUff #

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