2012-05-30
Interesting Links for 30-05-2012
- Pirate Bay Ready For Perpetual IP-Address Whac-A-Mole
- Bill Drummon. Still barking. Still fascinating.
- The Open Goldberg Variations: making classical music available for free, to do whatever you like with.
- Kid doesn't want to wear a hearing aid, because superheroes don't. Mum emails Marvel, who leap to the rescue.
- British monarchy ‘needs to be more like Game of Thrones’
- Putting Cambridge University onto OpenStreetMap
- How the THX sound was made
- The Cost Of Being An Unbeatable Evil Overlord.
Gosh, I remember first reading the Evil Overlord list. Can't believe that was 18 years ago!
- Some advice on what to do when your life is not going according to plan
- DWP still breaking their own rules on Mandatory Work Activity
- Will Smith On Allowing Willow To Cut Her Hair: ‘She Has Got To Have Command Of Her Body’
- Legally binding arbitration over the internet - I wonder where this is leading...
I think I first encountered the idea of companies choosing which private law to use for their contracts in Nevroville, back in 98-ish. Awesome book. Must re-read.
- Surgical snakebot slithers around your heart, carries its own scalpel and forceps
- Canadian politics can occasionally be interesting (any Canadian readers care to comment?)
- A company using consumer electronics to do awesome things in space
- 80% of Britons happy to be living in a monarchy
- Why I perform abortions: A Christian obstetrician explains his choice
- How the internet makes hyping harder
- Free childcare for two-year-olds being rolled-out in England
Possibly the finest spam of all time
Received by a friend, who got it at work, and would thus rather remain nameless. Comments within are hers.
RE : INFORMATION [ok, nothing too urgent, then?]
YOU HAVE BEEN TARGETED FOR ASSASSINATION OVER A PAST LEGAL FINANCIAL MATTERS . A HIRED INTERNATIONAL ASSASIN HAS BEEN HIRED TO KILL YOU .
[Oh dear.]
ALL INFORMATION AND CONCRETE EVIDENCE WILL BE FORWARDED TO YOU , BUT THAT SHOULD BE AFTER THE APPREHENSION OF THE ASSASSIN . PLEASE DO NOT DISCLOSE THIS INFORMATION TO ANY BODY, INCLUDING ANY OTHER ENFORCEMENT PERSONEL IN YOUR REGION. OUR EFFORT TO TRAP HIM MIGHT BE JEOPADISE , IF OUR STRATEGIES ARE EXPOSE BY OTHER ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES BEHIND THIS CRIME . [They might be jeopadise? Oh no!]
FROM THIS MOMENT SEE ANYBODY AS SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO KILL YOU. [Is it you?]
THE PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATOR TRACKING THE ASASSIN , WANTS YOU TO PURCHASE OUR DEVICE SECURITY ALARM, AS YOU ARE EXPECTED TO PRESS THE DEVICE ALARM IF YOU SUSPECT ANY ACTIVITIES .WE CAN COME TO YOUR RESCUE THROUGH ANY OF OUR ATTACHED SECURITY PERSONEL, AND THIS IS POSSIBLE
WITHIN OUR NETWORK CLOSE TO YOU IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES . [Oh, good. Plenty of time if I realise someone is shooting me at point blank range.]
PLEASE TRY TO COOPERATE WITH US. [Oh god, it IS you!]
WE WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU .
HAVE ME CONTACTED ALSO ON THIS EMAILS : bauer@bauer.atmailcloud.com fffbureau@anpa.nl
REGARDS,
AGENT BAUER. [What, the guy from 24?]
INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE BUREAU
Things I'd like to be able to do #6552: Post-date Amazon purchases
"Oh, it's Nick's birthday in five weeks, and I've found the perfect present. I'll tell them to despatch it three days beforehand."
"I want to buy this parcel, but I'm on holiday for the next four days. I'll set up the pre-order for the day before I get back."
Trivially easy to do, I'd have though, as they already take money for pre-orders on books that aren't released yet.
"I want to buy this parcel, but I'm on holiday for the next four days. I'll set up the pre-order for the day before I get back."
Trivially easy to do, I'd have though, as they already take money for pre-orders on books that aren't released yet.
Fly, you kittens!
I would be very happy with the whole of LOTR remade with kittens.
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drjon. Who should post more of his cool pics on LJ, rather than behind the FB firewall)More quotes from the psychopath to my left.
"You know, I was going to just march in and take Monaco. Because I'm feeling quite grumpy at the moment."