Interesting Links for 18-07-2012
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andrewducker- Xkcd is prepared to go a long way for a punch line.
- Scotland’s languages, Scotland’s people
- The laser-powered bionic eye that gives 576-pixel grayscale vision to the blind
- Your geek nostalgia for the day. Anyone using computers in 1990 should feel an odd mix of emotions from this.
And the command prompt works! Awesome!
- Naked rambler walks free from Perth Prison after 657 days behind bars
- Marissa Mayer on the day she broke Google.
- If you enjoyed yesterday's link about infinities, you'll also enjoy this.
- How to tell if a woman loves you
- The real reason Marissa Mayer left Google: She had to
- Texting overtakes talking in UK
- Users prefer Google+ over Facebook (probably _because_ less people are using it)
- If you're a man and your partner earns more than you, then being less macho about it will make you happier
- Why is Earth so dry?
- "Shoot on sight" appeal issued for muntjac deer in Scotland
- New information about the ancestry of Native Americans pushes back the first known examples
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Date: 2012-07-18 11:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-18 12:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-18 01:04 pm (UTC)The law in England/Wales is quite clear that it's only an offence if there is intent to shock:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indecent_exposure#United_Kingdom
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Date: 2012-07-18 01:57 pm (UTC)I think the naked rambler is a case of the law being well served but justice served poorly.
For what it’s worth I’m pretty sure that he hadn’t, in law, committed a breach of the peace. Public nudity isn’t, in my view, of itself a breach of the peace. So, as well as pointlessly incarcerated, he’s probably been wrongfully convicted too.
In any event, I’m pleased to see the police using their discretion at long last.
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Date: 2012-07-18 02:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-18 05:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-18 02:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-18 05:58 pm (UTC)so true SMBC...
Date: 2012-07-18 06:46 pm (UTC)geek nostalgia
Date: 2012-07-18 08:11 pm (UTC)I lol'd :-D
Date: 2012-07-18 08:23 pm (UTC)"give you the general case of a mathematical technique when you only need it for a specific usage!"
Re: geek nostalgia
Date: 2012-07-19 07:56 am (UTC)