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Monday Links from the Gap Between Teams Meetings vol. DCCCXLVIII
The Mars paper is fascinating. Here is a much more image heavy paper on the theory regarding the previous civilisation. -
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Plane crash
Many carriers (including Indian) are now checking the the lock mechanism. The original warning did not have a mandatory check in place so many airlines (including Indian) didn't check if the mechanism was fitted. Lots of officials are asking for video capture in cockpits as the pilots exchange... -
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Dead Celebrities Thread
Roger Nichols, the composer behind some of The Carpenters' biggest hits, has died at the age of 84. https://metro.co.uk/2025/05/23/carpenters-legend-roger-nichols-dies-aged-84-23227800/ -
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Eurovision
I think things would improve if the BBC stopped paying the 'automatic qualification' fee. That, of course, pre-supposes that the rampant Anglophobia is not present at that point. -
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Hullo Tosh got a Toshiba?
I have a T6600, with Win95 on it. It still runs fine. -
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Dead Celebrities Thread
It's free on the indie also if you click on 'spam me' -
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Dead Celebrities Thread
Gene Hackman. Sounds gruesome. Apologies behind paywall. -
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a non political and non racist funny picture (as is normal for me)
Only the Sinclair one, mempack ones were far superior -
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Berkeley's hunt
They've (Barclays) had 'technical' people in India for a while now. I note that the share price jumped to £3 on the 'rumour' that they are about to report strong results based on lowering their 'operating costs'. Says everything you need to know about the state of play currently in this country. -
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Berkeley's hunt
Given the recent redundancies at both Barclays and Lloyds, I'm guessing the bean counters got it wrong. You do actually need technical staff to run your infrastructure, the more experienced the better. Admin breeds admin, as they say. -
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set a racist to catch them
Odd that they can send, on average, more than 6 messages a day to a external site and not get picked up on it. Thought they were overworked? -
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We forgot Jesus birthday
Once you understand the early Christian church's need to recruit converts (particularly in Northern Europe) you can understand their hijacking of the (very popular) mid-winter festival. There is also strong evidence to suggest that that figure of Mary has more to do with incorporating other...
