2008/05/22 21:58
For mange år siden læste jeg en science fiction-roman om et samfund, hvor børnene blev opdraget i en slags blanding af børnehaver og kostskoler, ikke sammen med deres forældre, typisk placeret i øverste etage af et højhus.Hovedpersonen er en dreng, der bryder reglerne, og derfor bliver smidt ud og må leve sammen med sin far.Jeg har glemt hvad denne bog...
2008/05/14 23:15
So the government managed to "resolve" the 10p tax issue before the bye-election in Crewe.Only thing is it doesn't really resolve the issue:As far as I can tell, all people paying only the basic rate of income tax (i.e., not 40p) are getting money back. That means that many people who made money out of the budget are now getting...
2008/05/23 22:26
There’s a good article in The Times tomorrow about what the Tories are hoping Labour will do, and consequently, what Labour should do:
Next week, as Thursday’s by-election cheers and boos subside, [...] Cameron and his crew will be calling on Gordon Brown to do literally anything – make way for a Conservative Government, hold an early election, precipitate a leadership contest, resign… whatever – except inflict upon us the horror of two more years of his wretched administration. [...] For Mr Brown to carry on regardless [is the situation which give the opposition] their best hopes for a whopping victory after a general election that they’ve had ample time to prepare for.
Well worth a read.
2008/05/17 22:50
I got a different type of spam mail today, apparently from "adams jamil". I quote it in its entirety:I felt very sorry and bad for you, that your life is going to end like this if you don't comply. I was paid to eliminate you and I have to do it within 10 days.Someone you call your friend wants you dead by all means, and the person have spent a lot of money on this, the person also came to...
2008/05/15 22:06
There was an article today in The Metro claiming that the Scottish Government is considering to force supermarkets to make separate check-outs for alcohol, so that one cannot buy port and cheese in one go but has to go through the shop twice.It's the same kind of thinking that's behind the alcohol monopolies in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Canada, and...
2008/05/13 19:58
So far, GramTrans been the only freely available maskinoversættelsesservice online.But now Google Translate been extended by the Danish, and it seems that Danish freely combined with all their other languages.This post is written in English and translated into English by...
2008/05/11 22:43
The Word Atlas of Language Structures has been high on my wish-list of books I'd like for a long time, but its high price has prevented me from buying it.Luckily, however, it's now online, so there are now lots of...
« Later stories — Earlier stories »
Comments