Interesting Links for 13-02-2012
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andrewducker- BitTorrent doesn't effect movie sales - except for delayed releases in other countries
I could have told them that - make it available and people will buy it. Make us wait for months and it'll get sucked down the intertubes.
- The End of the Mainframe Era at NASA
- What it's like to be Brian Cox's wife
- How the internet is killing magic
- NHS among developed world's most efficient health systems
- Crowdtilt - a less limited version of Kickstarter
- Glasgow Labour rebels forming splinter group. Interesting if it takes off up here.
- Why Arabic is Terrific
- Interview: Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party
- On Alan Moore's Doctor Who Work
- Portraits created using police composite sketch software - from descriptions of literary characters
- The Order of the Stick Reprint Drive - check the "Updates" for all the awesome stuff you can get!
- Some numbers on Scotland's whether Scotland's incomings and outgoings balance
- The British government is, unsurprisingly, not interested in harm reduction for drug-taking
- It's only a matter of time before Valentine-induced-anxiety is an official disorder.
- Education Gap In The USA Grows Between Rich and Poor
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Date: 2012-02-13 04:12 pm (UTC)In terms of soul I think the Labour party are more to the left and the Conservatives more to the right than they like people to see.
I'll go and read the interview now so I can join in with some cod psephology and my deep insights into the political soul of the Conservative Party.