Liverpool sale may collapse if nine points are deducted | The Guardian
Does their whole business case fall down over a difference of nine points? This seems very flaky.
Football involves a bit of luck. Nine points can come or go. It’s three losses.
This makes the whole new purchase look like no improvement over the current situation.
Douglas Coupland is a genius.
At some sort of deep level he is capable of expressing how I feel; it’s almost frightning.
The suburbs are doomed, especially thoseE.T. , California-style suburbs
This is a no-brainer, but the former homes will make amazing hangouts for gangs, weirdoes and people performing illegal activities. The pretend gates at the entranceways to gated communities will become real, and the charred stubs of previous white-collar homes will serve only to make the still-standing structures creepier and more exotic.
A radical pessimist’s guide to the next 10 years – The Globe and Mail.
What does this mean?
“Now, given the passionate outpouring from customers that followed, weve decided to engage in the dialogue, take their feedback on board and work together as we move ahead and evolve to the next phase of Gap.”
I thought that the old logo was ageless. The new one looks a bit like an office cleaning company.
Go on, tell me that this could happen anywhere else in the world. It’s just magical.
Parisian flat containing €2.1 million painting lay untouched for 70 years – Telegraph.
I suppose that this is what happens when you put software online and ask people to test it.
“Within 36 hours of the system going live, our team had found and exploited a vulnerability that gave us almost total control of the server software, including the ability to change votes and reveal voters’ secret ballots. In this post, I’ll describe what we did, how we did it, and what it means for Internet voting.”
Alex Halderman’s totally epic hack of the DC internet voting system pilot program – Boing Boing.
Oh no. I might have to admire Russel Brand. At least he’s frank about the situation he’s got himself into.
BBC News – Newsnight – Paxman quizzes Russell Brand on the cult of celebrity
“If I was a sort of floating voter, I would say ‘this is a very attractive sort of geek here, but is he actually anybody who can run anything’? Geeks are people who should advise people who lead countries and lead governments, it seems to me.”
Kenneth Clarke relishes life back at the centre of government | Politics | The Observer.
I suppose what the UK government needs is more public school boys who’ve done nothing but study politics and work in marketing.