Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Archive for June 2004

For the grammar nazis…more thoughts on language soon…

Blocking the bible “Warning: this story contains nudity. Warning: this story contains sexual content. Warning: this story contains violence. Warning: this story contains cursing.” (thanks to nevla for the link)

LET’S AGREE ABOUT THE PRICE AND MAKE IT ONE JET AIRLINER AND TEN PRISONERS “It was quite nerve wracking for Special Branch to come looking for you at work.” redefine the enemy…death of a president…by any means necessary…the future of war…destroy 2000 years of culture…you can’t hold us back…whatever it takes to change, I’m up […]

sploit “CVS is a source code maintenance system used by many open source development projects, raising the prospect that the exploit may be used to spread compromised code to developers and end-users who download files from hacked servers.” This is an interesting development – what happens if you can’t trust your version control system? The […]

5TH MOBILE PHONE THROWING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS “We are offering wireless communication in languages from all around the world and if you have a lurking sense of frustration concerning: Unanswered mobile calls Wrong numbers “Sorry, this number cannot be reached at the moment “-situations “Sorry, this number does not exist any longer”-messages “Your battery is low”-messages […]

Under the hood “The following references for each vehicle manufacturer provide the sources for accessing OEM service information, tools, and training materials.” Anyone know of a similar resource for UK cars? Or am I reduced to buying a beamer ‘cos they’ve got better tech support.