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Relative sizes of popular stars http://flic.kr/p/8kZ5tq – pretty, but am not sure (say) Betelgeuse's granulation and prominences will scale # @richard_hughes Remember when 2 gig was a lot of disk? in reply to richard_hughes # From Reddit: "Save as first image on camera. Lock to prevent deletion. Show to police officer." http://imgur.com/r07Fc – excellent solution.

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A few days ago I attended a meeting of the UK Online News Association in the UK; rather than myself explain what it was meant to be about I’ll quote the flyer: UK MPs expenses was one of the biggest stories of 2009 that has continued to be felt well into 2010. It was at

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@longword should be interesting – the fun bit is messing with the recipe, but beware how easy it is to drink. 🙂 in reply to longword # Rather than following the meta-story, am skimming the #guardian liveblog of the unfolding #wikileaks reactions http://bit.ly/9FQOje # AAAAAAAAIGH! It's Kevin Streater! http://bit.ly/cOmuy8 – really, ex-colleagues should not pop

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So I’ve been in London all day, visiting security folk, ex-colleagues, and attending DJUGL, and have just got home with some trepidation because I’m (still) having renovation work done, and today has been something of a crunch day. About 9 months ago I decided that the stairwell wall was effectively dead space, and what it

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Anyone who used the killed BeebPlayer app, try MyPlayer instead. The Live TV/Radio streaming can be set as the app default via Menu button # Can anyone clue me in on what value the BBC News Android App will add, above/beyond the website? #

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Blog: Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar: [Ofcom Discuss Ending] Net neutrality in the UK http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/4278 # @ramtopsrac the terms are related. Check the etymology. in reply to ramtopsrac # am listening to the news regarding the #trafigura verdict, and thinking deeply about #carterruck … #

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May interest some people I know: http://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/forums/event.php?eid=183 Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar: Net neutrality in the UK Date: 28th September 2010 Venue: Central London As Ofcom consults on whether to end net neutrality, this seminar will examine internet traffic management, whether it’s necessary in the UK, the possible economic benefits, and what the unintended consequences may

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The #DailyMail goes all Chris Morris over iTunes: http://bit.ly/9cvxR0 – both hilarious and horrifyingly-bad-journalism # @ramtopsrac Next you'll have to try http://www.ustream.tv in reply to ramtopsrac # Yay! There is a LX5! http://bit.ly/cNMGsM # Rain. Vertical. Cold. # long time since i've tried using 'tar' to a raw disk partition to move files between systems…

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@longword let me know how you get on 🙂 in reply to longword # Cillit Bang buys Durex. This is not a joke: http://bit.ly/901CJ3 # London Cycle Hire rates are odd: up to 30m Free, up to 60m for £1, up to 90m for £4 – overshoot that 1 hour and it costs a bomb…

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Each occasion I go to the pub, I walk back past the “ugly brick church from the 1870s, of no import” (cite: old Hampshire guidebook) and – as most summers – there’s a banner outside tonight proclaiming the “Alpha Course” – an opportunity to “explore the meaning of life”, in this case from a Christian

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@stoaty Good question; next "is it economic to control?" Current regs have no issue http://bit.ly/adIXjD so you are guessing a future req't. in reply to stoaty # @stoaty Alternate scheme might be: "Here is a bung of public money: Serve the country for free, & advertise/license the rest of the world" in reply to stoaty

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#pragma prerequisite you have read lots of Pratchett books A few years ago at a rare party, my friend Jim got drunk and espoused to me a theory, viz: that I am Captain Carrot; not in some existential do-gooder sense, but instead he suggested that I might have been the (literal?) inspiration for the character

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