Dropsafe

testing the new software regime

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Something to try, as suggested by a colleague: [13:14] <bartb> 1. go to http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx [13:14] <bartb> 2. in section “Start”: “Address in” Norway, “City” Haugesund [13:14] <bartb> 3. in section “End”: “Address in” Norway, “City” Trondheim [13:14] <bartb> 4. Press “Get Directions” Here’s a shortcut link: [mappoint.msn.com] Well I shall be a bit more careful

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The original formatting was, of course, much much worse… Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:45:15 +0100 To: undisclosed-recipients: ; From: “lee.jimmy@tiscali.fr” <lee.jimmy@tiscali.fr> Subject: TSUNAMI VICTIMS PLESAE HELP. THE RED CROSS INTERNATIONAL AMSTERDAM/NEDERLAND ZONE HEREBY APPEALLING TO YOU FRIENDS,PUBLIC,FAMILIES AND COMPANIES, TO HELP US WITH ONLINE FUND RAISING TO ENABLE US TREAT OVER 1.5 MILLION CHILDREN

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Really. http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/ – footnote 2.

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Occasionally I have to get up early. This is not early as my prepare the breakfast pack the lunch feed the children stop the argument peck on the cheek don’t forget your briefcase get into the SUV and drive the little sods to school smug married colleagues would call it, but it’s early enough for

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Old News: [washingtontimes.com] Washington, DC, Nov. 15 (UPI) — A European Space Agency rocket entered moon orbit Monday in a unique mission using a pioneering power plant. […] The engine does not combust fuel; rather it splits atoms with electricity to get ions, accelerates them at high speed, and then ejects them, driving the spacecraft

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Tim Bray thinks that Iapetus’ median ridge shows that the moon is a Silly Putty egg. I have a different theory. [ed: Non-Brits, see Rainbow.]

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One, two, three, four, five, six … as you can read, on Saturday evening the BBC showed Jerry Springer, The Opera in full, colourful colour. It was good. Possibly superb, but I am slow to use that epithet for media events. One statement that I can definitively make is that it will never get aired

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…the most fun I had at the weekend was in laminating three sheets of cardboard together. Really. I came over all Blue Peter. The aim is to create a prototype for the adaptor plate I’m fabricating to connect my old Nonfango 852 topbox, to the BMW. Since I lack the space, resources, or patience of

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Dedicated Mac-head I may be, but I also occasionally mess around with at least two X86 Unix operating systems: Linux, and Solaris; this lets me mess with Gimp, Wireless Sniffing, faff around with Kernel drivers, and generally make a mess, allowing me to keep my Macs nice and clean for day-to-day use. I have Gilles’

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I’m just watching The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook on BBC2. It’s a crossover food program, somewhere inbetween Jamie Oliver, Two Fat Ladies, The Long Way Round, Nick Sanders and every cheap gearhead program that the Granada Men&Motors ever made. Really. I mean it. In fact they’re doing Portugal and just visiting an Ossuary. Sound familiar? The

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