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Another step closer - 21/08/2010 - 13:13 GMT - [Link]

Whenever I watch a video of people getting shot to bits from a circling helicopter, I'm always put in mind of this passage from that book:

April 4th, 1984. Last night to the flicks. All war films. One very good one of a ship full of refugees being bombed somewhere in the Mediterranean. Audience much amused by shots of a great huge fat man trying to swim away with a helicopter after him, first you saw him wallowing along in the water like a porpoise, then you saw him through the helicopters gunsights, then he was full of holes and the sea round him turned pink and he sank as suddenly as though the holes had let in the water, audience shouting with laughter when he sank. then you saw a lifeboat full of children with a helicopter hovering over it. there was a middle-aged woman might have been a jewess sitting up in the bow with a little boy about three years old in her arms. little boy screaming with fright and hiding his head between her breasts as if he was trying to burrow right into her and the woman putting her arms round him and comforting him although she was blue with fright herself, all the time covering him up as much as possible as if she thought her arms could keep the bullets off him. then the helicopter planted a 20 kilo bomb in among them terrific flash and the boat went all to matchwood. then there was a wonderful shot of a child's arm going up up up right up into the air a helicopter with a camera in its nose must have followed it up and there was a lot of applause from the party seats but a woman down in the prole part of the house suddenly started kicking up a fuss and shouting they didnt oughter of showed it not in front of kids they didnt it aint right not in front of kids it aint until the police turned her turned her out i dont suppose anything happened to her nobody cares what the proles say typical prole reaction they never --

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OMG ECLIPSE SPOILER ALERT - 21/08/2010 - 13:13 GMT - [Link]

Charlie: Alright! So, you guys are... taking precautions? Bella: OK, Dad? Please just don't worry about that. Edward is.... old school. Charlie: Old school? Great! What's that? Like code for something? Bella: Oh my god! Dad! I'm a virgin! Charlie: Aaaah...okay! Good! Glad we covered that! Bella: [running away] Me too! Charlie: Hm... Virgin! Liking Edward a little bit more now... Little Boy In Back Row Of Cinema: What's a virgin? Little Boy's Mother: I'll tell you later.

True story.

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Come in, Spongebob Theme - your time is up - 30/01/2010 - 12:15 GMT - [Link]

It's Timmy Time!

Timmy (Baah), It's Timmy (Baah) He's the little lamb with a lot to learn. Timmy (Baah), It's Timmy (Baah) He's a handful of trouble at every turn.

Timmy leaves the farm, And goes out into the world. Trying to be cool, he's number one! He joins all his friends. On the big adventure, And he's always having such a lot of fun.

A lot of fun!

Timmy (Baah), It's Timmy (Baah) He's the little lamb with a lot to learn. Timmy (Baah), It's Timmy (Baah) He's a handful of trouble at every turn. And he's always having such a lot of fun.

A lot of fun!

Timmy (Baah) It's Timmy (Baa) He's the little lamb with a lot to learn (Baaah).

It's Timmy time!

• Dom said:

  Dave, it's imperative that you are removed from society.

  [2010-02-28 16:04:54 GMT] [Reply to this comment]



• schpengle said:

  .........I think I just remembered why I dont swing by as much as I used too......ooops must dash, I have to do a poo poo in the la la loo loo

  [2010-03-05 11:11:35 GMT] [Reply to this comment]

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German Government Advises Public To Stop Using IE - 21/01/2010 - 11:22 GMT - [Link]

(Translated from this page; The BSI is Germany's IT security agency)

Critical Security holes in Internet Explorer

BSI recommends temporary use of alternative browsers

Bonn, 15/1/2010

There exists in Internet Explorer a hitherto unknown security hole. The vulnerability allows attackers to insert and execute malicious code in a Windows computer through a manipulated website. The attacks revealed in the past week on Google and other US businesses probably used these security holes.

Versions 6, 7 and 8 of Internet Explorer on Windows XP, Vista and 7 are affected. Microsoft has published a security advisory outlining ways to minimise the risk, and they are currently working on a patch to close the hole. The BSI anticipates that this vulnerability will soon be used in attacks on the internet.

Using Internet Explorer in "Safe Mode" and turning off Active Scripting reduces the likelihood of attacks but cannot completely prevent them. Therefore, the BSI recommends using an alternative browser until a Microsoft has issued a patch.

As soon as the security hole has been closed, the BSI will make an announcement through its warning and information service Bürger-CERT. The BSI issues information and warnings to [German] citizens and SMEs about viruses, worms and security holes in computer applications. The experts at BSI analyse the internet security situation around the clock and distribute warnings and security advisories by email.

[Still got it :)]

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2010 - 21/01/2010 - 11:21 GMT - [Link]

Ever since Michael gave me a loan of his Fantasma CD in some boring class in room 17 of the Museum Building some time in late '98 or early '99 and I copied it onto Minidisc and fell in love with the chiptune v Bach insanity of track #10, I've been waiting for "Twenty Ten" to come around. It feels very strange that a precise date I've been anticipating for over a decade is almost here.

To mark the occasion, I think I will have to contrive some way of queueing 2010 to play extremely loudly at approximately 2009-12-31 23:58:23.

Happy New Year, people. I hope you all (especially those of you living in the Banana Republic of Ireland) make it through intact.

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