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andrewducker- The UK economy has a bigger contribution made by the internet than any other G20 country.
- Nike puts foot in it with 'Black and Tan' trainers. Together with other examples of branding Epic Fail
- Global arms trade grows by a quarter. Do they know something I don't?
- U.S. newspapers lost $10 in print advertising revenue last year for every $1 they gained online
- The FAA is going to test iPads and the like to see if they can be safely left on in flight. (I want my ebook reader!)
- The Libya campaign has made UN missions to protect civilians less likely
- Otters Who Look Like Benedict Cumberbatch: A Visual Examination.
- The Mirror stole someone's self-portrait - and used it to illustrate an article on serial killers
Just shut them down, FFS.
- Legalising pornography does not cause an increase in rape levels.
- This is why I do not enjoy viral marketing
- Which is the world's biggest employer? (It's not the NHS, that's 4th)
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Date: 2012-03-20 06:29 pm (UTC)And somehow, those few minutes between taxi'ing and completing takeoff - where everyone has to switch off their electronic devices off - seem the longest. Only a physical book can fill that gap. For that, I tend to cart around a slim volume or two I my laptop sleeve - otherwise I end up descending into the insanity of the flight magazine. The horror! The horror!
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Date: 2012-03-20 02:07 pm (UTC)Quirky fact for you -- the South Pacific island Tuvalu has a GDP of only $31,350,804. Of this, something around $5,000,000 or $4,000,000 comes from the fact that their domain name is .tv and lots of people want to hire that. That's 13% of GDP -- making our 8% generated by internet look poor.
Sometimes it's better to be lucky than clever. :-)
The open question is, if you set up a micronation, what unused two letter combo do you choose to maximise this revenue?
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