Delicious LiveJournal Links for 7-6-2010

[andrewducker]

• Flamboyant Bravery Under Fire
  (tags: war military bravery)
• The Woo of Lost, reviewed by Adam Roberts
  (tags: lost scifi)
• Govt. announces big constitutional changes
  66% to get force an election - unless no government can be formed in 14 days. I like that.
  (tags: politics reform uk)
• Things I won't work with - a catalogue of really unpleasant chemicals
  (tags: chemistry science funny dangerous explosives)
• Fighting with teenagers: A Copyright story
  (tags: copyright music law filesharing sheetmusic)

Comments

[pseudomonas.livejournal.com]

The 66% sounds better for dissolution, agreed. AAUI, Parliament can always be dissolved by Act of Parliament, so a simple majority in both houses will get it done, but with much more hassle and scrutiny.

[captainlucy.livejournal.com]

Suddenly, I want to see what 1mol O2F2 and 1mol H2S get up to when they are put on a blind date... I get the feeling it might put my old chemistry teacher's wonderfully thought-out "Magnesium Wool in a Pure Oxygen Environment" explosioneriment just a little in the shade.

*goes looking for the Braniac e-mail...*

Fighting with teenagers

[zornhau.livejournal.com]

I was right about the screwdriver analogy being broken.

One of the best comments was
"I have even had to endure singing in choirs who blatantly photocopy music which I publish. It is truly heartbreaking and a major factor in my decision to develop a career in other areas."