Saturday, November 28, 2009
Now this is an obsession...
... and also very good. Chevrolet V8 - ONE SIXTH SCALE. Fully working. Here.
The Most Annoying Thing...
... about a laptop touchpad is that you al
to
ways manage hit it at the wrong time...
Well I used to have mine disabled and reverted to using a mouse (still use it by habit) until I found a piece of software that solves the problem by disabling the touchpad when you start typing. The utility sits in the System Tray and waits. That is it. Brilliant. Here.
to
ways manage hit it at the wrong time...
Well I used to have mine disabled and reverted to using a mouse (still use it by habit) until I found a piece of software that solves the problem by disabling the touchpad when you start typing. The utility sits in the System Tray and waits. That is it. Brilliant. Here.
Physician, health thyself...
... BBC article with Gordon Brown pressuring Karzai to end corruption... here.
Friday, November 27, 2009
'Questionable Legitimacy"...
... whatever that is supposed to mean here. Regardless of the behaviour of the leader of a sovereign state, the law states that no armed force should be used against them. The action in Iraq was convenient as is the sabre rattling towards Iran...
A simple reading of the weapons inspectors reports will show how little threat Iraq posed militarily... likewise, the yellowcake fiasco, where we were led to believe that a shipment of 500 tonnes or so of glow-in-the-dark radioactive material was to be carried through the Suez Canal and around the corner to Iraq through the Persian Gulf where fishermen in wooden boats were complainign about being stopped so often by the naval ships patrolling the waters. Once there it was to be shipped to a processing centre to turn it into enriched uranium using the cascade method. Errm.... a TEST facility had been removed years before. A simple search on the interwebnettubes will show that, in order to process this material, it would be necessary to have a large tower that would even be spotted by Stevie Wonder on a bad day...
More than 'questionable legitimacy'...
A simple reading of the weapons inspectors reports will show how little threat Iraq posed militarily... likewise, the yellowcake fiasco, where we were led to believe that a shipment of 500 tonnes or so of glow-in-the-dark radioactive material was to be carried through the Suez Canal and around the corner to Iraq through the Persian Gulf where fishermen in wooden boats were complainign about being stopped so often by the naval ships patrolling the waters. Once there it was to be shipped to a processing centre to turn it into enriched uranium using the cascade method. Errm.... a TEST facility had been removed years before. A simple search on the interwebnettubes will show that, in order to process this material, it would be necessary to have a large tower that would even be spotted by Stevie Wonder on a bad day...
More than 'questionable legitimacy'...
Bananas are TOAST ...
... apparently. There is Panama disease... Black Sigatoka Disease ... lots of stuff to make them limp and kill off the plants. The variety grown and eaten world wide is the Cavendish, the Gros Michel variety grown in the early 1900s is virtually extinct except for a few pockets here and there. Problems with the spread of Panama Disease could lead to the infection of other varieties. While this may not concern those people who use it as a snack food, for many it is an integral and necessary component of their diet. More information at The Scientist website here.
The New Oxford Book of Food Plants
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
The Bank Bailout
Ever get the feeling you are being royally shafted?
Check out the report discussed in this article here.
It is happening throughout the banking world and affects every tax payer in countries like the US and the UK. As far as fiscal responsibility goes you only need to look on some of the sites that are recruiting temporary workers. Banks are offering rates for contract workers that are often more than double that for someone with equal skills in the required area working in other industry sectors. Smells a little iffy to me...
Check out the report discussed in this article here.
It is happening throughout the banking world and affects every tax payer in countries like the US and the UK. As far as fiscal responsibility goes you only need to look on some of the sites that are recruiting temporary workers. Banks are offering rates for contract workers that are often more than double that for someone with equal skills in the required area working in other industry sectors. Smells a little iffy to me...
Monday, November 23, 2009
Almost Kafka-esque...
... or a scene from "Saw nnn". Doctors discover that a man was conscious and aware after thinking him to be in a coma ... errmm... for 23 years. Story here.
Think about it for a brief moment. Then think about it for 23 years.
I mean, what if you have the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything? Or just want to say something seemingly insignificant. It would probably be like sitting in a perpetual traffic jam or waiting for a kettle to boil or expecting visitors or waiting for a program to load from cassette to a ZX Spectrum or something equally without quantifiable measure, or even an obvious end or meaning.
It is a different matter entirely when compared to something like a boring meeting, that you do not need to attend, dragging on beyond a sensible time so that you just know you have missed your train. I mean, what would you do for entertainment? I-Spy would soon get repetitive and almost second-nature. You could not even do Sudoku in your head because it was not a well known game 23 years ago. You would get fragged in no time in any online FPS combat game; Frogger or Pong would be more your cup of tea. There again, after 23 years you would probably want a ginger biscuit with that cuppa.
There again, there would be benefits. The time to plan that sweet revenge for that certain something in your life that has been bugging you for 23 years. Like... the faded tea stain that you remember when it was fresh that nobody has bothered to clean up... for 23 years. Lots of really important, nagging things like that. You could think about writing that book you have been thinking of doing... 23 years later and be the only person who could say that with honesty. How on earth would you catch up with your mail backlog? You would be one of a few people with an empty email account. Think of the accrued interest on any savings.
The list is endless. A bit like being an aware, sentient being, who is unable to move or communicate with anyone for 23 years. Sort of like being married or living in Rhyll.
Think about it for a brief moment. Then think about it for 23 years.
I mean, what if you have the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything? Or just want to say something seemingly insignificant. It would probably be like sitting in a perpetual traffic jam or waiting for a kettle to boil or expecting visitors or waiting for a program to load from cassette to a ZX Spectrum or something equally without quantifiable measure, or even an obvious end or meaning.
It is a different matter entirely when compared to something like a boring meeting, that you do not need to attend, dragging on beyond a sensible time so that you just know you have missed your train. I mean, what would you do for entertainment? I-Spy would soon get repetitive and almost second-nature. You could not even do Sudoku in your head because it was not a well known game 23 years ago. You would get fragged in no time in any online FPS combat game; Frogger or Pong would be more your cup of tea. There again, after 23 years you would probably want a ginger biscuit with that cuppa.
There again, there would be benefits. The time to plan that sweet revenge for that certain something in your life that has been bugging you for 23 years. Like... the faded tea stain that you remember when it was fresh that nobody has bothered to clean up... for 23 years. Lots of really important, nagging things like that. You could think about writing that book you have been thinking of doing... 23 years later and be the only person who could say that with honesty. How on earth would you catch up with your mail backlog? You would be one of a few people with an empty email account. Think of the accrued interest on any savings.
The list is endless. A bit like being an aware, sentient being, who is unable to move or communicate with anyone for 23 years. Sort of like being married or living in Rhyll.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
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