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Entries from December 2008

More BBC Pseudo-Science

December 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Nail-in-the-glans of scientific accuracy and reliable public information (BBC News), have once again lurched forward with their helmet visors fully occluded by their own sweat, and their engines set to maximum stupid. Julian Siddle makes a brilliant job of de-accuratifiying* the recent discovery of evidence for water vapour in the atmosphere of a newly discovered extra-solar [...]

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Tags: BBC News is Shit · Fail · Rant

Britain – Please Add ‘Google’ to National Curriculum

December 10th, 2008 · No Comments

My dearly not-beloved sludge-filled news drip-tray [the BBC] has recently point out this delightful set of stats published my our Mighty Search Overlords. Orginial article is here for anyone who cares. And for those who don’t, but lack the energy to click that link, I’ve screenied the comparison below, with an explanatory summary.   “What do [...]

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Tags: Fail · Rant

Daily Stupid Fucking Mail

December 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Oh the irony of this. Could someone please tell me exactly what the Daily Fucking Mail are thinking here? Isn’t 6 years old a little young for someone to be undertaking a graphics editor post at a national rag? Check out this screenie linked from this retarded article. (Thanks Doug for tip off).

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Tags: Fail · Rant

iPhone Firmware (2.0.2 -> 2.2)

December 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

I wimped out of leaping onto the 2.1 bandwagon. My iPhone shipped with 2.0.2 and I wasn’t experiencing any of the call dropping/3G performance issues so why bother? And besides, I’d jailbroken the bastard anyway and I lost patience waiting for the hackers to catch up. Then 2.2 pops up with some notable (but all-the-same [...]

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Tags: Gadgetry · Interesting