Friday, August 19, 2005
PrettyAdventuresomeProgramming
we don't have any design documentation, and we don't comment our code much! So in a sense, you're right, we're almost doing ExtremeProgramming ..more
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All 21-year-olds should get £50,000 from the government
.. argued Bruce Ackerman on the radio yesterday.
... after that, it would be up to them to make what they can of it. It would be funced by hiking inheritance tax. It's called asset-based welfare.
It's argued that is the only way to achive real equality of opportunity.
Also that being a 'stakeholder' (property owner?) makes everyone behave better.
That's an interesting idea.
... after that, it would be up to them to make what they can of it. It would be funced by hiking inheritance tax. It's called asset-based welfare.
It's argued that is the only way to achive real equality of opportunity.
Also that being a 'stakeholder' (property owner?) makes everyone behave better.
That's an interesting idea.
Thursday, August 18, 2005
tiddly wiki
Woah, an all-local no-webserver Tiddly Wiki !
Like a normal wiki, but all the JS functions, and the content, are stashed inside one HTML file.
Like a normal wiki, but all the JS functions, and the content, are stashed inside one HTML file.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Gaza
I'm really excited that Israel is pulling out of Gaza today.
I agree with this guy that the settlements pissed off the palestinians and made israel look like colonial aggressor.
Maybe it's the beginning of a new era? A good first step at least?
Hamas are still making all the wrong noises though. And this guy thinks it's all a trick.
But I still think it's a really exciting and historic day.
I agree with this guy that the settlements pissed off the palestinians and made israel look like colonial aggressor.
Maybe it's the beginning of a new era? A good first step at least?
Hamas are still making all the wrong noises though. And this guy thinks it's all a trick.
But I still think it's a really exciting and historic day.
T - E - N
IT is TEN years since my memorable 17th birthday party..
TEN
T - E - N
TEN
!
(ten)
ARG.
TEN
T - E - N
TEN
!
(ten)
ARG.
Friday, August 12, 2005
Friday nights down at the Globe
OK, so I quite enjoy watching the punchups outside the Globe on friday nights.. but really, it's not a good thing for the Cowley Road community. Just to test out the new Freedom of Information Act, we thought we'd find out the stats.
> Subject: RE: FOI Request - RFI2005000370
> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:19:58 +0100
> From: "Hopgood Malcolm"
>
> To: "Dave Sant"
>
> Dear Mr Sant
>
> Reference No: RFI2005000370-2
>
> Thank you for your request for information dated
> 08/08/2005 concerning
> incident statistics relating to The Globe
> Restaurant, Cowley Road,
> Oxford.
>
> Your request for information has now been considered
> and our response is
> detailed below:
>
> Date Time Classification
> 06/08/2005 00:30 Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily
> Harm (Sec 47)
> 09/10/2004 22:31 Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily
> Harm (Sec 47)
> 19/09/2004 00:15 Assault (Common Assault)
> 16/07/2004 23:30 Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily
> Harm (Sec 47)
>
> 15/04/2005 23:00 Theft
> 19/02/2005 00:00 Theft
> 11/11/2004 23:30 Theft
> 22/10/2004 23:30 Theft
> 30/01/2004 23:30 Theft
> 24/01/2004 22:00 Theft
>
blimey. "restaurant" ?
> Subject: RE: FOI Request - RFI2005000370
> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:19:58 +0100
> From: "Hopgood Malcolm"
>
> To: "Dave Sant"
>
> Dear Mr Sant
>
> Reference No: RFI2005000370-2
>
> Thank you for your request for information dated
> 08/08/2005 concerning
> incident statistics relating to The Globe
> Restaurant, Cowley Road,
> Oxford.
>
> Your request for information has now been considered
> and our response is
> detailed below:
>
> Date Time Classification
> 06/08/2005 00:30 Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily
> Harm (Sec 47)
> 09/10/2004 22:31 Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily
> Harm (Sec 47)
> 19/09/2004 00:15 Assault (Common Assault)
> 16/07/2004 23:30 Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily
> Harm (Sec 47)
>
> 15/04/2005 23:00 Theft
> 19/02/2005 00:00 Theft
> 11/11/2004 23:30 Theft
> 22/10/2004 23:30 Theft
> 30/01/2004 23:30 Theft
> 24/01/2004 22:00 Theft
>
blimey. "restaurant" ?
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
A Grey Peace Corps
We're stealing badly needed nurses from developing countries to prop up the NHS. Probably it should be stopped.
But then again, migrant workers send £44 bn to their home countries, which is more than development aid.
Jagdish Bhagwati proposes that instead we plug the skills gap in developing countries by sending our early-retired professionals over there. more
But then again, migrant workers send £44 bn to their home countries, which is more than development aid.
Jagdish Bhagwati proposes that instead we plug the skills gap in developing countries by sending our early-retired professionals over there. more
Then there is the stealing...
"The essential idea was to give a monkey a dollar and see what it did with it. The currency Chen settled on was a silver disc, one inch in diameter, with a hole in the middle -- ''kind of like Chinese money,'' he says. It took several months of rudimentary repetition to teach the monkeys that these tokens were valuable as a means of exchange for a treat and would be similarly valuable the next day. Having gained that understanding, a capuchin would then be presented with 12 tokens on a tray and have to decide how many to surrender for, say, Jell-O cubes versus grapes. This first step allowed each capuchin to reveal its preferences and to grasp the concept of budgeting.
Then Chen introduced price shocks and wealth shocks. If, for instance, the price of Jell-O fell (two cubes instead of one per token), would the capuchin buy more Jell-O and fewer grapes? ..." Monkey Economics.
Then Chen introduced price shocks and wealth shocks. If, for instance, the price of Jell-O fell (two cubes instead of one per token), would the capuchin buy more Jell-O and fewer grapes? ..." Monkey Economics.
Monday, August 01, 2005
Ccreationism back in biology lessons in 20 states in the US.
David Attenborough on the today program this morning, reminds "Intelligent Design" lobbyist that we solved the what-about-the-human-eye one in the 19th century.
IntelligentD dude's argument goes something like: dna is a program, programs have programmers -> qed. This is a special new kind of science called uniformitarianism. Interviewer appears to be giggling in background. Attenborough polite but firm.
(skip to 3 mins in if you don't want to hear the introduction)
