Interesting Links for 16-08-2012
Aug. 16th, 2012 12:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andrewducker- R.I.P. Harry Harrison, creator of the Stainless Steel Rat, Bill the Galactic Hero, and Soylent Green
- 16-year-old Amina Filali Who Was Forced To Marry Her Rapist, Commits Suicide
- Scotland is one of the most genetically diverse nations on the planet (And porridge played a big part in its history)
- America is now officially made of pi
- How To Create A Liberal America
- See (and buy) 27 concept images for never-made Gaiman Sandman movie
- The C-Word - a follow-up on the "creeper" posts from a few days ago.
- Factcheck: Are health and safety laws a "nonsense"?
- Cats, shockingly, do not cope well with a lack of gravity
- Broadband speeds rise 20% - have doubled in the last three years
Of course, my parents still have less than 1.5MBit, but eventually even they will join the 21st century.
- Revel in the wisdom of philosophy dog
- Wow. Unbreakable glass is _really_ unbreakable.
- Why Sexy A-Levels are shutting down
- Streaming music revenues up 40% globally, physical media down 12% - tipping point set for 2015
At which point it's streaming media versus downloads - and which one can offer more convenience and choice.
- Mutilating girls is not "harm": the extreme relativist strand in anthropology
- You are allowed to run a "Company X ruined my life" site - but possibly only if you don't put advertising on it
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