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Computer games, diddies and the breakdown of society
This morning’s episode of Radio Scotland’s Morning Extra was about videogame violence and GTA IV (yep, I was the one who called in at the end to call irresponsible parents “diddies”, heh). I know phone-ins don’t exactly attract rocket scientists – I mean, they let me on air – but even by the usual standards…
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All this scratching is making me itch
Many years ago, I was driving a Transit (badly) through St John’s Wood in London and misjudged the width of the van, knocking out the taillights of a parked car. I stopped and left a note so the owner could get in touch with a bill (he/she didn’t, which surprised me). A few years after…
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Life’s a gas
Apropos nothing… Cost of filling a car with petrol in the US: $62 (£36). Cost of filling a car with petrol in the UK: £71 ($142).
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Comes with music. And stupidly large bills
Is Nokia’s Comes With Music deal one of the dumbest digital music deals ever struck? Could be! The deal, which enables the phone firm to give users unlimited music downloads, could cost Nokia a fortune. The Register has learned that Nokia must pay the wholesale per-unit rate for downloads over a certain ceiling – believed…
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Morrissey, racism and the NME
No, not that story. This one. It seems that Morrissey has stepped in to save the Rock Against Racism event after the NME, which was sponsoring the gig, pulled out. So Moz is saving anti-racists from the NME. Blimey. Elsewhere, Metallica appear to be considering “doing a Radiohead” and embracing downloaders rather than suing them.…
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The war on terror… and dogshit
When the Regulation of Investigatory Powers legislation was introduced, tinfoil hat wearers like me wrote a lot of words about how the rules would be abused. And lo! It turns out that councils are using the anti-terror legislation to find the owners of crapping dogs. Earlier this month, it emerged that a family in Poole…
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Wanking for coins
The BBC reports that webcam stripping jobs are being advertised in Jobcentres. “Do you have an internet ready computer and a webcam? If yes, Barcode18.tv is looking for adults aged 18+ for immediate start either from home or from employer site in Mitcham, Surrey. “Guaranteed minimum wages per 4 hour shift. Duties require the successful…
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If you liked NYPD Blue or Hill Street Blues, you’ll like this
…because it’s great.
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DRM “still shit” shocker
I wrote this in a PC Plus feature back in 2004: It’s been a long day, and you deserve a treat. Maybe that reissue of the Jeff Buckley album, or the new U2 one. You make a detour on the way home to stop at the record shop, but it’s boarded up – it looks…
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Keystone cops prevent perfectly legal photography
Number one, on Boing Boing: Security goons, store-clerks and police officers detained Flickr user “i didn’t mean to go to Stoke” for taking photos in the outdoor, pedestrianized area of Middlesbrough, UK Meanwhile in London, the PCSO (aka Keystone Cops or “not cops at all”) try to stop someone filming (video link). There are places…