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Twitter Updates for 2012-03-24
@shortblue There are some folk for whom it is true. Typically they are gamers. So there's a selection bias, but I agree with Bartle. # @shortblue Excellent – I will try and bring one or two others along to help explain. # Reminder: You should attend #ORGcon Westminster, Sat 24th March http://t.co/N0ZIf1jE ie: #TOMORROW in…
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Michael Bloomberg (@mikebloomberg) proves he can do elementary maths
Michael Bloomberg has dedicated $220 million to the fight against tobacco, making a total of $600 million in his lifetime; to the BBC’s “World At One” he made the following point: About half of the world’s smokers are in Russia, China, India, Bangladesh and Indonesia. (39m mark) I heard that and thought: Let’s add that…
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Pub conversation …
How much is the [beer name]? 2.8% Yes, but how much? 2.8% Thanks. I’ll be back. [exit pub and go somewhere else]
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Millions of #Barclays card users exposed to #fraud – #contactless #pickpockets # HT @bensummers
Card readers that are now being built in as standard to mobile phones can be adapted to access data from these cards. Working with a mobile phone security company, Channel 4 News managed to take data with just one swipe, and then use that data to purchase multiple goods online. This means that it would…
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Maybe it’s coincidence but for the first time I noticed #homebrew eqpt at #Tesco; #alcohol pricing
I’ve no idea whether they’ve been stocking it for ages or whether this is something new, but putting on my security-geek hat and thinking: somebody is trying to stop me getting at cheap alcohol, what do I do? The answers arrive as: spend money anyway and get into debt debase lemonade with blackmarket vodka /…
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“#LibDems custodiet ipsos custodes?” (http://goo.gl/uqB5o at Computerworld) #ccdp #imp #libdem #orgcon
The Liberal Democrats are watching our watchmen? LibDems custodiet ipsos custodes? The Home Office wants to log with whom you communicate, wherever and however, just in case you’re naughty – but the Liberal Democrats object… It’s been a good few months for surveillance, its practitioners and its supply industry – barnstorming industry conferences, massive media…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-03-23
: Invisible Tree Is Invisible #basingstoke http://t.co/arYSlsnJ # : Household Visitor: Large Wasp or Small Hornet? http://t.co/zzbWNYG2 #
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Household Visitor: Large Wasp or Small Hornet?
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Invisible Tree Is Invisible #basingstoke
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Twitter Updates for 2012-03-21
: #TorProject releases cute "Join The Network" YouTube video for #Tor #security #privacy #ec2 #cloudcamp http://t.co/bmjBhl4r # “1 Gender 1 Motor (Safety First, Honour Now)” – Malaysian Campaign says No to mixed Motorcycle Pillion passengers http://t.co/lXhnNNzc # : TIL in defiance of US Corporate Management Guidance that Gorillas may weigh as little as 400lbs. http://t.co/GCvxWM9C…
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TIL that the NHS is the world’s fifth biggest employer. Not the third.
After two armies, McDonalds and Walmart: BBC News – Which is the world’s biggest employer?. Now look at the countries sized per-capita represented by those organisations: 3 USA 1 China 3 USA 3 USA (or is McDonalds global?) 22 UK 1 China 1 China 2 India 2 India 1 China Spot the odd one out;…
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An apple tree in Winchfield Station Car Park hasn’t yet dropped its apples from last year. Looks bizarre.
It’s quite surreal, especially close-up.