Dropsafe

Weird: First time ever I remember both a programming problem, and solution, that I worked out in a dream. Solved with Python tuples. # Dropsafe: The Southern Electric Direct Debit Racket http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/4105 # #tomtom slashes LIVE prices; maybe they worked out _why_ I bought a Garmin? http://bit.ly/dqFDvS # @nmeth Ditto – I got mine lowered

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Last week something crashed into the great vacuum-cleaner of the solar system, Jupiter – and some guy managed to video it, so we know that it happened. And the question on planetary-physicists collective minds is: why wasn’t a sodding great mushroom cloud generated? Compare: Shoemaker-Levy 9 and the 2009 impact In a Google Wave –

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Yes, Direct Debit is great when you hate paperwork, as I do; what’s not great is when the vendor takes a fixed amount per month that’s set too high. Witness Southern Electric; they’ve been debiting me £70 per month for the past year or so, and I reckon that’s rather too high, so I sent

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Rape survivor, now police trauma victim counsellor, must conform to Daily Mail's feminine dress code for article, photo http://bit.ly/aYdA1i # v- there's a lot more to the previous tweet than that, but distilling a single tweet to catch the eye, is hard. # @chris_bloke …but it's not just their attitude, but also the shock value,

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@chris_bloke it's somebody's google appengine app, gone awry. in reply to chris_bloke # @chris_bloke DM me the URL? in reply to chris_bloke # Bikers: the best £95 I ever spent was on a Knox back protector, the biggest one they had: http://bit.ly/aao5eP – Do yourself a favour 🙂 # Pinhole-Camera HD Video – cute: http://bit.ly/cQXtaq

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@tom_watson #savetheBBC – Yes but how? When I dump my TV and listen only to Radio4 and iPlayer, whither a "colour" vs: "B&W" TV license? in reply to tom_watson # @tom_watson Maybe I should buy a B&W TV License to "Support Radio 4" and then claim a rebate from the TV License vans when they

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How do we get the #EuropeanCommission to throw out the duty surcharge on cameras which record 30+ minute videos? http://bit.ly/d64i3q # Dropsafe: Why your European-imported Digital Camera can only take 30m of video http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/4102 # Agnostic Atheism in a sentence: http://bit.ly/c7sI2Y # I wonder if I should go visit the old office, reclaim the doorknob

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customs.hmrc.gov.uk 2. Customs Code Committee – Mechanical/Miscellaneous Sector 428th Meeting (12 & 13 July 2007) […] Digital cameras & video camera recorders The Committee voted on a Combined Nomenclature Explanatory Note (CNEN), providing criteria to differentiate between still image digital cameras (0 per cent import duty), and video camera recorders (4.9 per cent or 12.5

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What happens if England lose to the USA? Come directly home? # @ramtopsrac thanks; friend watching it tonight and am worried he'll jump off a bridge if they lose in reply to ramtopsrac # #conspiracytheory – England will throw tonight's match against the USA so the American press have something other than #BP to report

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@webmink that expains a lot – thanks! in reply to webmink #

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rereading some of the old "project bruce" code and docs ; export control, other stupidity, but damn it was cool http://bit.ly/aWQHbc #

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@Memset_Kate I'm still intrigued to know how the #BCS transformation would materially benefit SIGs such as the DCSG in reply to Memset_Kate # RT @yurechko: LimeWire owes $1B, but BP is only on the hook for $69M. Music sharing is 14.5x more damaging than a catastrophic oil spill. # @alecmuffett I suspect the $69m will

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