Tag: politics
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 4th through January 7th
When is a pencil and paper better than a computer? – And here’s another piece about technology and voting in the States. This time (blatant self-promotion alert) it’s one that I wrote last year… Follow the Money – Daringfireball links to this “forgotten” Cringely article about the US voting system. He’s right: low technology can…
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 1st through January 3rd
Banking disaster man honored by the Queen – The man who lost the personal data of 25mm people is rewarded with a CBE. Does that make any kind of sense? Anywhere other than the civil service he’d lose his job! Paris and Berlin ban cafe smoking – Definite progress. Does the reference to Nazi policies…
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for December 26th through December 30th
Ex-BBC DJ Greening dies aged 44 – Kevin Greening was the best thing to happen to the Radio 1 Breakfast Show for years. Shame he only lasted a year. Very sad to hear of his premature death. The Megapixel Myth – More on the myth that more megapixels makes better pictures. Ban helps more smokers…
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When is a pencil and paper better than a computer?
People seem to just trust highly mechanised solutions without really considering what the problem really is. Can it be true that an old, well established technology can be better than a computerised one?
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Notes on CRAP Alert
While my previous post on the CRAP Alert was most definitely a satire, there are some serious points that I unambiguously want to get across.
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Catholic threat on slave rights law
The Catholic Church today caused widespread controversy when it issued a statement urging the Government to overturn a law made two hundred years ago. Clive Adams, standing outside Saint Johns Cathedral in Norwich, read the statement: “The Catholic Church is unable to comply with the Slave Trade Act, the 1807 Act of Parliament abolishing slavery…