broadband becomes essential
A survey published today shows that broadband is now regarded by most UK residents as an essential service on a par with water gas and electricity. The report also claims that it isn’t just speed that matters – users need to be certain they can access the services that matter most to them.
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new car for £1366
a good idea?!!!
A car that doesn’t have £800 MOT test bills to fix the onboard computer!!! The Tata Nano claims to be simple, but has all the things most mechanics claim to miss in car:
windows that wind by hand, rust proof plastic body panels (could be a Hollywood actress!!!), air conditioning consisting of open [...]
Older fathers and child disadvantages
Older fathers link to child brain
Quote:Experts believe mutations in a man’s sperm, which build over time, may be a factor.
This deserves a song; and someone ought to have let Job know. I’ve often suspected that the “7 sons and 3 daughters” at the end of the book of Job are [...]
nothing penetrates the institutional mind
‘nothing penetrates the institutional mind’, ‘To get the ball rolling – i propose the motion that nothing penetrates the institutional mind. I.e the institutional mind is impenetrable. Maybe this is it\’s function – to protect the instituted from perceiving the unfathomable chaos that is the ‘objective’ world.
Do please argue
Animated or Passivated?
Animated or Passivated?
Imagine a beautiful, seemingly unique world where the marginally-dominant species of ape are so demented that they invent a socio-economic system so destructive that most people spend ages in traffic jams on their way to and from increasingly worthless ‘employment’.
Imagine these people so weary and confused that they haven’t a hope of successfully [...]