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Good on you, Judge Roy Anderson: [news.bbc.co.uk] Anti-social behaviour orders have been trumpeted by the government as the answer to society’s loss of respect. But is there a danger they will instead be used to curb its freedoms? Civil liberties campaigners are celebrating after a district judge refused to impose an Asbo on a 63-year-old…

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Go read it, now! [www.ibiblio.org]

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…not that it is particularly apropos of anything, nor do I suppose that he is a celebrity whose name many of my American colleagues would recognise. For translation purposes, he’s kinda the UK equivalent of Casey Kasem, but somewhat less old. It was an interesting train-trip into London – physically knackered but mentally bouncy because…

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I received this query from Peter Horsfield, referring to my photos at [www.crypticide.com] :- Alec, I found your site by accident (looking for Baglux info). I have just bought a tank harness for my R1200GS and your hand? How did you attach the harness (to what parts of the bike)? The pictures show a very…

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<snigger> <snarfle> <giggle> <snurf snurf snurf> [www.siliconvalleywatcher.com] Early next week IBM will introduce the largest ever corporate blogging initiative in a bid to encourage any of its 130,000 staff to become online evangelists for the company. The move comes on the heels of IBM’s most recent quarterly financial report, which missed Wall Street expectations and…

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Did something happen yesterday? Something to pique the world’s conscience? Overnight I have received (literally) several hundred short spam messages: … 341: Subject: Multi-Kulturell = Multi-Kriminell 342: Subject: Dresden Bombing Is To Be Regretted Enormously 343: Subject: Blutige Selbstjustiz 344: Subject: Multi-Kulturell = Multi-Kriminell 345: Subject: Dresden 1945 346: Subject: Hier sind wir Lehrer die…

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There will be no red carpet for Adam Curtis when his film The Power of Nightmares receives its gala screening at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. There would be no point: his film has no leading ladies who could disport themselves in backless numbers or lantern-jawed himbos to vogue fatuously before the snappers. Unless,…

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Dave Levy has got a good discussion going on at [blogs.sun.com] …no ID is required to vote, you only have to assert your identity (Remeber this if you loose your polling card). If someone else has claimed your vote before you, then you will be given a pink ballot paper and your vote counted. Counting…

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For those who thought that it was only busted old non-arms-bearing monarchies that indulge in this sort of thing, comes proof that America is not too far behind in the pointless and stupid fascism stakes. [news.com.com] What’s all the fuss with the Real ID Act about? President Bush is expected to sign an $82 billion…

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[www.thisislondon.com] Noisy neighbours have become a scourge of modern life, resulting in stress, sleepless nights and even violence. Now Westminster Council hopes a new wireless microphone could help tackle the problem. It plans to attach the device to lamp posts outside houses, allowing inspectors to monitor sound levels. […] “Noise monitoring and CCTV are just…

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Does this include hunting script kiddies? Or maybe they’ll ban halflife? [www.cnn.com] SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — Wildlife regulators took the first step Tuesday to bar hunters from using the Internet to shoot animals, responding to a Texas Web site that planned to let users fire at real game with the click of a mouse.

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