Interesting Links for 13-04-2012

[andrewducker]

• Britain's silent, scandalous epidemic of malnutrition
  (tags: food uk )
• This is how to do a Terms Of Service
  (tags: law contracts english clarity )
• What Recruiters Look At During The 6 Seconds They Spend On Your Resume
  (tags: cv jobs )
• German incest couple lose European Court case
  (tags: germany europe incest law )
• Atos forces doctors to sign Official Secrets Act.
  (tags: atos healthcare disability uk welfare secrecy )
• Zombie Survival Map - are _you_ prepared?
  (tags: zombies maps )
• Ladies! Is your vagina too brown? Are you sure? We have something that would help if it was!
  (tags: advertising vagina )
• How to get more likes on Facebook
  (tags: funny marketing socialmedia facebook )
• The writers of Wrath of Khan could not count
  (tags: startrek )
• Alcohol makes you smarter
  (tags: alcohol intelligence )
• Parents not sure how to play with their children
  (tags: uk parenting children )
• Better Business Bureau investigating Mass Effect 3 for promising more than it delivered.
  (tags: )
• The London Underground has its own unique mosquito population
  (tags: mosquito animals london transport )
• High levels of a common chemical found in plastics and cosmetics can lead to greater risk of diabetes
  (tags: diabetes )
• Twelve years ago today Metallica Sued Napster. Which is why piracy was eradicated.
  (tags: copyright metallica napster history )

Comments

[innerbrat]

"Favorite" comment of the day:

I'M A DIRECTOR AND IT'S HARD TO DIRECT SOMEONE IN BLACKFACE. THEREFORE: BLEACH YOUR GENITALS.

[andrewducker]

Yes.
a) Not actually an issue.
b) Is he directing porn?

[innerbrat]

Having seen Macbeth the porn, I'm not sure I particularly want to see Othello the porn, but I can see how there might be a market for it.

[hawkida.livejournal.com]

It depresses me how few people know what a vagina is. Should I just give up and accept that the word has changed meaning?

[andrewducker]

Probably. Or you could think of it as synecdoche.

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

Many hungry children are from immigrant families whose parents are not eligible to work or claim benefits.

Not permitting immigrants/refugees to work strikes me as astonishing cruelty, and most people don't seem to notice it as a problem.

In re diabetes: I've heard that diabetics carry a higher pollutant load in their bodies than non-diabetics. There's a question about whether the pollutants contribute to diabetes, or whether non-diabetics are better at not accumulating pollutants.

[andrewducker]

I agree. It's an appalling situation.

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

Red Cross destitution payment to a failed asylum seeker unable to return to their own country or claim benefits here:

Single £10
Family £20.

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Hanging around on websites where people point out mathematical inaccuracies in Star Trek, Andrew?

Wow, you must be beating the chicks off with a stick...

[andrewducker]

I'm happy for them to be beaten off with anything they like, but sadly I am unavailable for the task :->

[henriksdal.livejournal.com]

Zombie survival map: EVERYONE BACK TO MINE although the local golfcourse is apparently quite risky

[drdoug.livejournal.com]

I'm sure the kids' play thing was done with good intentions (and marketing), but it really isn't hard to imagine reading it as yet more unhelpful pressure on parents. And what meagre evidence there is in the story is far more 'parents too short of time to spend lots of it with their kids' than 'they do not know how to play'.