Interesting Links for 11-8-2011

[andrewducker]

• British riots mean Cameron must go, says Libya
  (tags: Funny libya uk riots)
• Census 2011: Australia - notable for the nice way the infographics respond to mouseover.
  (tags: statistics census australia visualization history demographics)
• GPRS Encryption broken.
  (tags: mobile_phones encryption)
• Bottom posting FAQ
  (tags: ettiquette internet faq)
• Top posting FAQ
  (tags: faq ettiquette writing)
• Marvel inducing retailers to destroy DC Comics
  (tags: comics marvel dc wtf)
• Time Warner Cable’s Porn Problem: It Isn’t Selling Enough Porn
  (tags: porn tv business)
• A new way of looking at history, inspired by the CiF section of the Guardian online this morning...
  (tags: history riots politics funny)
• Afghanistan gets new TV satire influenced by The Office
  (tags: tv comedy afghanistan)
• Evidence-based public order policing. An approach that actually works!
  (tags: police riots science psychology)
• New drug could cure nearly any viral infection.
  (tags: science drugs infection virus health disease)
• What turns people into looters?
  (tags: psychology riots uk)
• Labour leader speaks out against simplistic explanations for the riots.
  (tags: riots labour uk)
• The Conservatives react to the riots in exactly the way you'd expect.
  (tags: conservatives society OhForFucksSake uk politics)
• Paris gets its first 24-hour baguette dispenser
  (tags: food france technology awesome)
• Austerity Leads To Political Unrest (with graphs!)
  (tags: money poverty riots)
• Here's how easy it is to get someone thrown off Google+ for identity fraud (and how easy it is to get back on)
  (tags: googleplus identity fraud EpicFail)
• The TSA are sounding _slightly_ less ridiculous
  (tags: tsa terrorism usa)

Comments

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

I thought that the standard CiF version of history was always "It was the fault of the Jew"...

[andrewducker]

Well, the chosen people are always at fault.

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

Lately it's been the disabled a lot more.