Delicious LiveJournal Links for 3-27-2010

• David Mamet's Master Class Memo to the Writers of The Unit
  (tags: writing screenwriting mamet tv)
• Scientists find single ‘on-off’ gene that can change gender traits
  (tags: gender biology genetics)
• Judge Dredd artist John Hicklenton dies at suicide centre Dignitas
  (tags: suicide ethics switzerland uk 2000ad)
• Why there were more than 100 versions of Avatar shipped to different cinemas.
  (tags: film avatar movies technology complexity movie distribution)
• China is the world's biggest investor in clean energy. US is second. UK is third.
  (tags: china uk energy renewables usa investment)
• Is Rupert Murdoch supporting the Conservatives to save Sky from Ofcom?
  (tags: competition uk tv politics media)
• Sensors turn skin into control pad
  (tags: technology ui)

I'm starting queuing for this now!

It just gets better and better as it goes along.

The Newcastle Vaudeville

This from a friend of mine (who actually had the conversation)

(FYI: the Tyne & Wear Metro is the Geordie tube)
Her: We're staying at the Holiday Inn at the MetroCentre. So we'll catch the Metro into town.
Me: No you can't.
Her: Why?
Me: The Metro doesn't stop at the MetroCentre.
Her: What?
Me: It doesn't go there.
Her: So how do I get into the city centre?
Me: You catch the train.
Her: So it does stop there.
Me: Huh?
Her: The Metro.
Me: No. Trains stop there.
Her: Where?
Me: The Metro!
Her: So I catch a train.
Me: Yes.
Her: Not A Metro.
Me: No.
Her: Is the Metro a train?
Me: Yes.
Her: So I catch the Metro.
Me: No!
Her: But Metros are trains!
Me: BUT NOT ALL TRAINS ARE METROS!

In which someone hassles The Hoff