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Google's "define:word" functionality seems to have died. Is it intentional? eg: http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Afig # @geoffarnold Quite bizzare – I just reset safari and it still fails. Not a cookie issue. Maybe "they" are proxying me and broke it for me? # Google dictionary lookup is broken (for me?) http://twitpic.com/4p9uh7 # @chrisgerhard @geoffarnold One can't help but

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@roomcandygames Yes, but that's nothing like the variety, colour and multi-sensual surround experience of the real thing. 😛 # Morning educational fascinating reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Heeled_Jack # For anyone fretting about iPhones & location-monitoring, this old post may offer a simple solution http://goo.gl/C30fH http://goo.gl/pnjGD # You've gotta ask whether this is a Guinness viral marketing campaign, or

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@stevelord very cute! I'll check first whether Synergy is running native rather than X on the OSX machine, which would seem to be simpler… # @k4thybrown What would be required? # Many in Oxford is giving SPARCstation LX and SPARCclassic X free to good homes. DM me if interested in links. # I think that

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@Beaker Your point's pretty clear. I just think it's wrong. # Watching "Whicker's War" to make sense of Anzio after reading http://goo.gl/fwhkL -my father was part of http://goo.gl/jbMbJ (Br.X.I on map) # Am looking for a modern, supported version of x2x for OSX – software kvm re-sharing mouse & kbd only, via network – any

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@glynwintle @runasand @timesjoanna Well that's one of my favourite topics, and am well-versed. Shall we meet up? DM me with contact detail.. # @Beaker Proactive defence against cloud-computing-criticism, much? "#Cloudcomputing is more resilient than hardware" #eatwords #yesiknow # @Beaker "…and if the gods smite us it's because we haven't prayed hard enough." #inotherwords # @Beaker

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#BSidesLondon – TRACK 3 IS NOW OPEN – BOOKING SHEET UPSTAIRS, COME BOOK A SLOT AND TALK ABOUT ANYTHING. 30 MINS MAX. # #BSidesLondon – TRACK 3: Glyn Wintle on Open Rights Group, the British EFF – and Electronic Voting # #BSidesLondon Track 3 – Hearing how electronic voting nearly lost the SNP the Scottish

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Think my next phone should be the Samsung Galaxy S2 – dual core, out soon, good spec. Any downsides, folks? http://bit.ly/gUKAna # #Tesla motors apparently have never heard about The Streisand Effect http://bit.ly/gfsNmw #TopGear # That's another 16 bags of rubble lined up for disposal, and probably another 20 or so to go. Need new

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it's _so_ strange revisiting code i wrote 20 years ago and thinking "OMG WTF WAS I THINKING?" # @geografikaa Noooo – that's a new one on me, thanks! And, scary. # foreach my $bucket (keys %{$$belgium{"scores"}}, keys %{$$other{"scores"}}) { … } #beauty #perl # TIL: 167 exabytes was 1/3rd of the estimated total internet network

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@ryanlrussell once and store it. the maths are quite fun – i will try to remember to blog it. # @ryanlrussell you can chuck a lot of it away if you're willing to do a few tens of millions of trial encryptions. # @ryanlrussell if yr lookup svc can do 3,000,000 cps per host &

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pancakes for breakfast #boredwithporridge # @tomboa we seem to have spawned a slight meme # turn up the volume: not your average kitten – http://youtu.be/R1Sn18dfsOA # want: http://bit.ly/fvzVg5 # is your flange lonely? http://bit.ly/g8wmUZ # @nmeth park it offshore and use it as a data centre # Argh – http://on.wsj.com/gp2nvI – US Govt wants industry

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@charlesarthur @EMadge It's only be _ironic_ if the entire Financial Services industry suddenly decided to move to Mac. # @charlesarthur @EMadge For reference on irony, Ed Byrne: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1TVSTkAXg – poignancy required. # @jennyshaw Try these some day http://goo.gl/YfpSx – from bleargh to mostly awake in 5 minutes. # @charlesarthur @emadge Okay, I can see it

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RT @BBCLauraK: Fascinating document of Treasury evidence – cutting immigration could cut growth http://goo.gl/KuWn6 # This is a surprise? # I really ought to hang a copy of this up in the gym changing room http://bit.ly/i0v8fQ # You know, I'm certain that I set my facebook settings to "always use HTTPS" – and yet somehow

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