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• New flaws in chip and pin system revealed
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• Strategic Air Command propaganda movie. Hurrah for our powerful nuclear deterrent!
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• Ridiculous Poses - taking the piss out of fashion, one photo at a time
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• The gamer in the kitchen: The story of Dudebro: How a bunch of forum posters made a game
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• How Iran brought its fertility rate from 6.6 to 1.9 - by educating its women.
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• 56% of MS sufferers in new study have constricted blood vessels in their brains
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Calling my arty friends...

I'd like to know the next time a Tom Stoppard play is going to be on in Edinburgh.

What service can I sign up to that will tell me when it's going to happen?

Yes, I am working, why do you ask?

A conversation that recently occurred over email:

Nick:
Dunno if you guys already know but there's a demo of AvP3 out. It's just one multiplayer level with limited weapons but hey, AvP :-)  I'm not sure if I'm man enough to play another AvP game. They're scaaaaary

Andy:
Aliens _and_ Predators?  In  the same game?

I'm not sure I can handle terror of that magnitude.

Nick:
WHOEVER WINS, WE ARGHLSTFGL MY FACE OH GOD MY FACE

It's how you ask the question that matters

The New York Times took a poll.  They asked half the people whether they thought that gay men and lesbians should be allowed to serve openly in the US army.  60% said yes.  They asked the other half whether they thought that homosexuals should be allowed to serve openly in the US army.  44% said yes.

One can only assume that people are made of crazy.  And stupid.

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Know anything about stats?

I don't know enough, my resident stats hottie has a headache from staring at a screen all day, and I'd really appreciate whatever useful info you can add to this thread on this post, as to whether the differences are actually significant.

Thanks!

A brief history of nearly everything

Told in 2100 pages and drawn entirely with biros.

(Can't remember who I stole this from)