March 2008
42 posts
“A chunk of ice the size of the Isle of Man has started to break away from...”
– Antarctic shelf ‘hangs by thread’ - BBC NEWS
“The government is appealing against a High Court decision that granted Symbian a...”
– Call for clarity on code patents - BBC NEWS
“OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. It is made by people...”
– OpenStreetMap
“In the end, though, I was pleased to see that careful reading and analysis of...”
– Lithoguru » In Defense of Beer-Drinking Scientists
“((19*t+u-w-(u-(u+8)\25)+1)\3)+15)mod30)+(32+2*x+2*y-(19*t+u-w-...”
– God Plays Dice: Easter’s early this year. Deal with it.
“Europe’s environment chief Stavros Dimas says the EU’s leaders are...”
– EU ‘committed’ to stiff CO2 cut - BBC NEWS
“the Iraqi civilian death toll since our invasion is now greater than the total...”
– Robert Fisk: The only lesson we ever learn is that we never learn
“What is it that turns one scientist into more of a Darwin and another into more...”
– For Scientists, a Beer Test Shows Results as a Litmus Test - New York Times
“Like biofuels and micro wind turbines, carbon capture and storage turns out to...”
– Burnt Out - Monbiot.com
“Primary school children should be eligible for the DNA database if they exhibit...”
– Put young children on DNA list, urge police - The Observer
“The rate at which some of the world’s glaciers are melting has more than...”
– Glaciers suffer record shrinkage - BBC NEWS
“Britain’s biggest teachers’ union has accused the Ministry of...”
– Teachers told to rewrite history
Being a geek means...
…optimising the position at which you stand on the platform, so that the button to open the train door stops right next to you. Today I was exactly spot on, despite having to make a rainy day adjustment, and I am therefore \o/ TEH WINNAR!! \o/
“US authorities are trying to work out why a Kansas woman spent two years on her...”
– US woman spends two years on boyfriend’s toilet - The Register
“Hundreds of people near the Kenyan port of Mombasa say they have become ill...”
– Kenyans ill in ‘toxic waste’ leak - BBC News
“Suspending the promised increase in fuel duty has fatally undermined his boast...”
– The green reaction: ‘a missed opportunity’ | Environment - guardian.co.uk
“a team of computer security researchers plans to report Wednesday that it had...”
– A Heart Device Is Found Vulnerable to Hacker Attacks - New York Times
“I can’t decide if he has a problem or the answer to life”
– Sinfest
“Most kids dream of having a superpower, but Register Hardware’s never heard of...”
– ‘Magnet boy’ freezes Xbox - Register Hardware
Oh, FFS! How come I never thought of this
module Univ : Univ = struct type t = { id : unit ref; store : unit -> unit; } let embed () = let id = ref () in let r = ref None in let put a = let o = Some a in { id = id; store = (fun () -> r := o); } in let get t = if id == t.id then (t.store (); let a = !r in r := None; a) else None in (put, get) end
“Whether it’s a frisky kitten or a tubby tabby, a cat at home could cut...”
– Cats Help Shield Owners From Heart Attack
“In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Thursday, Jacqui...”
– Home Secretary in ID card gaffe - The Register
“Carbon dioxide emissions have risen under Labour. We’ve had enough of...”
– MPs call for rise in green taxes
Leg on fire
eth01: oh noes
eth01: i think my prosthetic leg is on fire
eth01: :S
jynxzero: :O
jynxzero: Got a fire extinguisher?
eth01: no
eth01: need a man hose right now
* JonathanD shoves eth01 in the swimming pool
* eth01 gets soaked in water
tunk: please join ##flammable-prosthetics eth01, such flippency is not approved of in here.
jynxzero: Dude, the guy was on fire. You can't stop to think which channel you're talking in when that shit happens.
jynxzero: You just find the first available window and type.
tunk: jynxzero, idiots like you are killing freenode
jynxzero: NO U R!
tunk: even if you are on fire, it's imperative to rejoin the appropriate channels
tunk: right, you're now on ignore.
jynxzero: Good.
tunk: i didnt hear that btw
“There are more solar panels in the German city of Freiburg than in the whole of...”
– Government backflip on solar panel policy - Telegraph
“A nuclear plant built at a cost of £470m to provide atomic fuel to be used in...”
– Minister admits nuclear fuel plant produces almost nothing - The Guardian
“My name is Rachel and my (now ex) boyfriend, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, just...”
– Jimbo Wales dumps lover on Wikipedia
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“The International Earth Destruction Advisory Board (IEDAB) is an independent...”
– International Earth-Destruction Advisory Board