First Astana, now Cofidis out of the Tour over drugs

Seeded on Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:48 PM EDT (BBC News)

I'm not a fan of this draconian team withdrawal trend, I feel it's a form of posturing brought about by the hysterics of the press over the drugs issue. Should (as far as we know) clean riders like Wiggins and Klöden be punished for the actions of their team-mates?

sports, drugs, cycling, tour-de-france, testosterone, astana, bradley-wiggins, alexandre-vinokourov, cofidis

Like a Bowl in a China Shop : Eggcorns

Seeded on Sat May 26, 2007 9:54 AM EDT (worldwidewords.org)

An Eggcorn: The term was invented by the linguist Geoffrey Pullum in September 2003 in an online forum called The Language Log.

language, english, humour, etymology

Actually reading the Bible found to be damaging to fundamentalist cause

Seeded on Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:27 PM EDT (Pandagon)

Christian fundamentalism has three great enemies in the struggle to retain its children, judging by the stories its apostates tell: weaknesses in its own teachings, science, and hypocrisy.

religion, christianity, bible, atheism, fundamentalism, theism, skepticism, beleif

Two cautioned over wi-fi 'theft'

Seeded on Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:56 PM EDT (BBC News)

I had no idea this is an actual criminal offense!

technology, crime, law, wireless, theft, wtf, wi-fi, caution, wardriving

The History of Violence

Seeded on Mon Apr 2, 2007 5:46 PM EDT (Boing Boing)

I wonder how well this correlates with the decline of religious influence…?

science, violence, evolution, psychology, harvard, stephen-pinker

The 'gun culture' myth

Seeded on Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:11 PM EST (-)

Adult society's indirection is projected on to rare acts of violence amongst groups of youths in suburbs in London and Manchester.

politics, crime, london, guns, youth, youth-culture, gun-culture, peckham

Vista hacked : No-one suprised

Seeded on Fri Feb 9, 2007 4:37 PM EST (CNET News.com)

"Russian hackers posted instructions to an underground forum describing how to implement 'privilege escalation,' which could bypass some Vista security measures.

technology, security, russia, microsoft, vista, hackers

Big labels are f*cked, and DRM is dead

Seeded on Tue Nov 7, 2006 5:46 PM EST (The Register)

A lot of good points in here - not entirely convinced by the blanket creativity tax but it certainly looks as though the big label days are drawing to a close...

technology, drm, speculation, record-industry, peter-jenner

SciFi books that ought to be movies

Tue Nov 7, 2006 10:03 AM EST

The recent articles Your Favourite Science Fiction Book and Top Ten Sci Fi Movies of All Time for me naturally lead on to the question - What SciFi films would I like to see made? So rather than sit around wondering I figured it'd be a perfect subject for my first proper vine art …

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entertainment, arts, books, movies, artsvine, science-fiction

Apple readying 15.4" MacBook for May?

Seeded on Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:25 AM EDT (The Register)

I think the Reg's conclusion is pretty much spot on: Unlikely! Screen size is the primary differentiator between the MacBook and it's Pro siblings, I don't see this changing without something giving somewhere…

technology, apple, macbook, rumour, credit-lyonnais

Bendy display prototype

Seeded on Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:03 AM EDT (The Register)

The roll-up display is one of the technologies I'm most impatient to see happen and this looks like another step along the way.

technology, screen, display, e-ink, dpi, plastic-logic

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