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somebody please find me a fraud that is reported in the press and is *not* called a ponzi scheme, this week? # non-ponzi “ponzi” fraud – http://tinyurl.com/a9mp97 # what it’s like when a suicide bomber attacks: http://tinyurl.com/ar63zz – harrowing video # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Apple orders 10-inch touchscreens for mystery product My bet is something like a Macbook with the keyboard replaced by a giant iPod Touch… fully virtualised keyboard and touchpad.

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Wanted: good, nice-casual/posh Oriental restaurant somewhere between Egham and Farnborough areas, suitable for dinner. Suggestions? # don’t tihnk percentages, think real people: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7937382.stm # “Carmen” contains considerably more “Laa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la…” than I expected; feels like filler. # yet another epic firefox core dump:: -rw——- 1 alecm staff 627391376 Mar 11 23:11 core #opensolaris # Powered by

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Opposed Piston Opposed Cylinder Engine – Engineering TV Much coolness – a boxer diesel with opposed pistons instead of a traditional chamber. I can't work out whether it is more complex than a trad 4-cylinder engine, but the balance looks cool – you could switch off half of it without disrupting anything…

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Reading “i-name” – http://is.gd/mIIq – compare committee-led OASIS-stamped goals for ubiquitous identity, vs: Twitter “@alecmuffett”. Lulz. # Aunt Betty (“Jenny Mapson”) hits the Daily Mail http://is.gd/mQsK – previously http://is.gd/mQtd # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Clause 152: Sanity *may* have won. Watch the news. http://is.gd/mxtw # superb, via @webmink: http://tinyurl.com/bdm4zg # My 97yo Great Aunt makes the BBC News, with support of my sister! Woot! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7933097.stm # YouTube to block UK music videos – Hilarious to see the PRS (= UK RIAA) realise they could lose their tithe the hard

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today i have installed 170kg of flooring underlay and 80 laminate floorboards. tonight == beer. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Doctors force patients to sign gag orders forbidding online reviews – Boing Boing …and if you refuse to sign, no treatment?

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Is it me or does Humphrey Hawksley’s blog look like a BBC website? Don’t mind but I remember newsreader fusses over less: http://is.gd/m58C # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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The security geek splash-story of the day comes from Private Eye, via Ian Brown, via FIPR; allow me to quote another website to set the context: neuroskeptic (Feb 1 2009) Via Mind Hacks, we learn about the case of Francisco Lacerda, a University of Stockholm academic who’s been threatened with legal action […] Nemesysco sell

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MacHeist TweetBlast! Sounds cute, but I suspect it's a) missing a pile of ideas and necessary functionality, and b) lacking that functionality is too complex for the value it offers.

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