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Shoot ’em in the head

Police chiefs around the world have been advised to broaden their policies and to shoot suspected terrorists in the head. The definition of suspected terrorists is: wearing a heavy coat in warm weather, carrying a backpack with protrusions or visible … Read more …

“I want my spam, dammit!”

I've been dealing with a particular engineer today at a particular northern branch of the particular company I work for. He wanted to be notified when any spam sent to him is blocked by our email firewall, particularly when the … Read more …

The Space Shuttle

The latest shuttle liftoff experienced a piece of debris falling off the fuel tank and hitting the shuttle. At this stage they don't believe it caused any significant damage. What I'd like to know is, why were they able to … Read more …

Chinese Censorship

Most of the western world knows that the Chinese government are oppressive, and that the internet, for example, is severely censored. Large numbers of key words, like democracy and freedom, are banned on the Chinese internet network, so whenever a … Read more …

Drive-Through Fast Food

Is it the same in your part of the world, where drive-through fast food isn't fast at all? Over here, drive-through is VERY annoying. Slow? You wouldn't believe how slow! On a number of occasions I've gone to McDonalds or … Read more …

Online Photo Hosting

There's a lot of websites out there that offer you free hosting for your photos, but unfortunately, most of them don't offer a lot of space. For example, my new-ish photo album website, available from the link on the right, … Read more …

Rant for the day

/Begin rant… I don't understand why so many people feel the need to blame someone for things that they don't NEED to blame others for!  It's just bizarre. I was reading yesterday about how a group of Americans wants to … Read more …

Annoyed

My flatmate gave me 2 weeks notice yesterday.  She's moving out.  I'm really annoyed how she's gone about it. Last week she bought a dog.  She didn't ask me if I minded her buying a dog to keep here at … Read more …

I’m depressed

I'm depressed that George Bush won the US election.   I'm depressed that he won not only the popular vote, but also the electoral vote.   I'm depressed that the people of America, in their stupidity and ignorance, voted for … Read more …

Stupid people

What is the problem with so many people in this world, whose powers of awareness and common sense are seriously lacking? I was walking to work this morning after getting off the bus in the city. I get off at … Read more …