| From Twitter 05-14-2011 |
[15 May 2011|03:01am] |
- 16:50:31: Headed back from #gc4. Am in coach 8 of 7. Southeastern assimilated by confused Borg?
- 16:51:58: @DoctorMikeReddy Well who is going to argue with someone waving a sword? #gc4
- 17:00:42: @DrEvanHarris What if it raises some cash, but less than the cost to business/taxpayer to administer?
- 20:15:51: Time for #Eurovision kickoff, song 1: Finland. Odds:21. It's a terrible eco-ballad. Also, they have run short on actual words dum de dum
- 20:16:25: RT @sixthformpoet: Dana International is the world's most confusing airport. #eurovision
- 20:16:44: @narrativium Shame the rest;'s terrible.
- 20:20:05: OK, #Bosnia at odds:46. I think this mathematics loses a bit in the translation. Ugh, tambourine-based instrumental can't save#Eurovision
- 20:22:39: Our response toopening #Bosnia 'wohohoho' : 'dudedumdedum dadedum dum dum', swiftly followed by 'Everybody was Kung-fu fighting" #eurovision
- 20:24:28: It's #Denmark on #Eurovision (25) even in this crazy-crazy world, that hair isn't well-advised. Quick! One of them's getting away!
- 20:27:30: Hello, #Lithuania's brought fog. I Highly doubt a win here, but the odds are at 620, so who knows, worth a flutter? #eurovision
- 20:28:14: RT @Nosemonkey: It's Andrew Lloyd-Lithuania. KILL IT WITH FIRE. #eurovision << Burniate it!
- 20:31:33: #Hungary (40) with some (retro-pop) apparently. OK, what about your love/drams/how you feel? #eurovision
- 20:33:25: RT @DIMBLEBOT: DIMBLEBOT CALCULATES THE #EUROVISION LIGHTING DIRECTOR WAS IN RECEIPT OF A SPECIAL "BUY ONE GET FORTY FREE" LASER OFFER
- 20:34:44: It's the #Ireland comedy entry with the Jedward at an amazing 5.8. Net it not be said that terrible #Eurovision entries are dead!
- 20:38:42: A change of tone now with #Sweden (24) It's a crazy man with a box! #eurovision
- 20:40:54: Even worse, now it's a crazy man with a box, without his box! #eurovision
- 20:42:51: #Estonia time now (19) My 28mm scenery looks better than this! #eurovision
- 20:45:02: They really are moving like computer game heroes, everyone's hiding behind chest-high walls #eurovision #estonia #zeropunctuaton
- 20:46:39: Now: #Greece (200) Apparently, this includes a stereo microophone which is a wrapper (whatever that means) #eurovision
- 20:48:51: Apparently I should whatch his dance. Where? Is it on the You Tube? #eurovision #greece
- 20:52:44: The ever-popular #Russia (85) on now. He chooses his words like wise men do. If those wise men were 2nd rate pop writers #eurovision
- 20:55:56: The favorites, #France (2.7) now, going with the controversial tactic of entering someone who can actually sing. #eurovision
- 20:59:54: Time for the long-un-awaited return of #Italy (220) 'Beyond the shadow of a coffee' it says on these subtitles. #eurovison
- 21:02:31: I've been transported to Italy. The lobby of a fairly nice hotel. (Not an excellent one, or they'd be hitting the high notes) #eurovison
- 21:05:48: It's #Switzerland (170) now. this is the background music for an aggressively chirpy television advertisement for something. #eurovision
- 21:07:09: Bubbles cannot save that song #eurovision
- 21:09:51: Aaaah, time for UK(13.5) Buzzcocks-lineup-entrants Blue, with ICAN (according the signs behind them). Bad: I nned the subtitles #eurovision
- 21:12:50: As far as I can tell, Blue's song relates to either a kidnapping or the type of thing that would keep Max Mosely happy #eurovision
- 21:14:20: #Moldova's Rock Gnomes up now. (+2 Str, +2Con, +2 to Climbing). It's at 150, but this deserves to win on hats alone. #eurovision
- 21:15:24: RT @Nosemonkey: [...] Why hasn't anyone else realised this is what #eurovision's meant to be about before now? It's song 15 ffs... <Seconded
- 21:18:01: #Germany (19) back , and Lena's satellite has fallen back to earth, and it would appear not to have been a controlled re-entry. #eurovision
- 21:19:47: RT @bensaffer: Enjoying this. On mute. #eurovision << Our experience differs in only two important respects...
- 21:22:28: #Romania (200) wants to change the world. Maybe he should walk to see the Finnish monarch/legislative assembly #eurovision
- 21:25:08: @Nosemonkey "My campaign to get Japan honorary European status so we can get some J-Pop into #eurovision starts now. Who's with me?" I'm in!
- 21:26:18: Now #Austria (36) I have more or less nothing to say about this. #eurovision
- 21:27:04: @DavidAllenGreen Well from the sound of that, you just got your way. #Austria #eurovision
- 21:30:23: #Ajerbaijan up now (5). Looks like they're at risk of being abducted by aliens. This actually sounds like a pop music record. #eurovision
- 21:35:14: OK #Slovenia (75) this isn't bad, pretty catchy. Plus, you know, see other comments on the visual appeal. #eurovision
- 21:38:39: Oi, #Iceland (150), I think you'll find that's *our* piano now. #eurovision
- 21:43:15: Perennial non-winners #Spain(160) 'You can't take the fun away from me' The same appears to be true of the microphones #eurovision
- 21:46:45: #Ukraine time (130), and they've slightly broken the stage. Get rid of the damn singer, we want more of the evils sand witch! #eurovision
- 21:48:06: RT @stebax: I like the Mystic Meg sand person. She scares easily but she'll be back. And in greater numbers.
- 21:50:03: Nearing the end with #Serbia(130), and we're back to the 60s. Groovy baby! #eurovision
- 21:51:15: Hang on, 'strong as a rock'. Since when did rocks have a high STR? (and no, Earth Elementals don't count) #eurovision
- 21:56:01: And we're finishing with #Georgia (65) She wants to give it on fire, to pay for the hopeless despair, apparently. #eurovision
- 21:57:36: Apparently the #Georgia rapper chap was 'one of those silly fellows'. In a metally rocky song. #eurovision
- 22:04:08: Approved songs: Moldova, Estonia, Georgia, Serbia, Azerbaijan, France (he says grudgingly) #eurovision
- 22:08:39: @Nosemonkey Well the thing on the ceiling looks like they're about to start a fight sequence from Revolutionary Girl Utena #eurovision
- 22:11:25: Much as I think Norton's #Eurovision commentary has improved, I am not backing down, they should give the job to Eddie Mair.
- 22:25:29: Help! @bbcEurovision's Graham Norton is pinching @AFNeil's #bbctw material.
- 22:30:23: Jeepers! The UK gets a 12 from Bulgaria! #eurovision
- 22:33:39: Oi, other #eurovision tweeters in this room. Stop chearing hte UK score, it was terrible!
- 22:44:58: Well, we gave the Moldovans 10 and 12 to Ireland, so we're obviously treating the voting with the seriousness #eurovision deserves.
- 22:46:28: Get on with it! #eurovision
- 22:48:55: @BevaniteEllie <300Voice> This. Is. #Eurovision! </300Voice>
- 23:10:17: @Unity_MoT or, as here:(http://bit.ly/dmPj5k) Warsaw Pact, Viking Empire & Balkan Block. Intro of semis mean no Partial Benelux.#Eurovision
- 23:19:28: Graham: "I've been told by a man who knows" What, someone who can count? #eurovision
- 23:22:11: RT @MattStrevens1: Does this mean Blue split up again? Every cloud #Eurovision
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| From Twitter 05-12-2011 |
[13 May 2011|03:01am] |
- 21:03:18: RT @girlonetrack: LOVE this (especially the BTTF one): Sci-Fi IKEA Manuals: http://bit.ly/izwSRK via @Den_Patrick
- 22:31:41: @Skeekrit Well they *certainly* can't afford to win! #eurovision
- 22:48:50: It's not reasonable to blame the Lib Dems for not sticking to their manifesto when they lost. Now the pledge on the other hand... #bbcqt
- 22:50:31: @garydunion Everything was fine pre May 2010? #bbcqt
- 22:57:09: @edwardclarke Given the (unfortunate) attitudes to sexual orientation of some of the population, it's relevant as an explanation #bbcqt
- 23:04:23: Apparently Bio-dimbleby understands all this Twitter jargon. I think the #bbcqtwitterati remain unconvinced. #bbcqt
- 23:06:11: RT @DIMBLEBOT: DIMBLERECORDS INDICATE THAT "BDSM" STANDS FOR "BIO-DIMBLEBY SURPRISES MOSLEY" USING QUESTIONS #BBCQT
- 23:07:19: @aldm I thought the 'Nazi' specific aspect of the story didn't ultimately stand up? (the BDSM bit I think is uncontested) #bbcqt
- 23:09:29: @garydunion The crisis is and always was international, and is certainly ongoing. All UK Gov't can do is ride it out as best they can #bbcqt
- 23:11:55: @aldm Now you can't just leave it at that ;-) ... #bbcqt
- 23:14:59: @MB1402 Question is how to create a rule which differentiates between the two, and a system that can be trusted to apply it fairly #bbcqt
- 23:19:31: The 'Nuclear option' ref is a half-quote. Cable was saying he had an extreme option, *but not a moderate one* #bbcqt
- 23:28:07: @mjryandaly Why are hospitals a part of healthcare provision that can't be provided commercially (while other bits are)? #bbcqt
- 23:29:15: @edwardclarke It only does indirectly, in that it provides plausibility to his explanation. #bbcqt
- 23:32:44: @mjryandaly Or perhaps a continental-European style one (which appear to muddle through OK). As long as everyone gets healthcare... #bbcqt
- 23:37:02: Blunkett is making Jokes (for a sufficiently broad definition of the word). This is not a good thing #bbcqt
- 23:38:25: @DestinyofL It works well as a lightweight pick-up game (simple, low cost, etc). As a pro sport, I don't get it. #bbcqt
- 23:42:20: @mjryandaly But where draw the line? Fully nationalise GPs, dentists, opticians, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies? #bbcqt
- 23:45:18: @mjryandaly the *ends* (universal healthcare provision) I can see a reason to support ideologically, but for the *means*, whatever works?
- 23:48:17: @mjryandaly the NHS may well be paying for (e.g.) Boots or Specsavers to provide a service, that doesn't make them part of the NHS #bbcqt
- 23:57:00: @jedweightman It'd be a blessed relief! #bbcqt
- 23:59:16: Oooh! @afneil: "You'd be madder than a box of Nadine Dorreses to leave us" Brilliant! #bbctw
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| From Twitter 05-04-2011 |
[05 May 2011|03:00am] |
- 08:14:08: @pinkteapot3 Improvement. Will return similar results to FPTP, but makes sincere voting a more viable tactic, and eliminates bad bar charts.
- 13:38:37: @pinkteapot3 Bar bad bar charts! #Yes2AV
- 18:18:13: @Skeekrit PR not on table. If someone's prefs are PR>AV>FPTP, what's truthful about a #notoAV vote? Also, if sincere voting wanted, #yestoAV
- 23:08:06: @Skeekrit I'm sure lots of people don't really know what AV is after this campaign, but I'm not convinced they have an opinion on PR either.
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| From Twitter 05-02-2011 |
[03 May 2011|03:00am] |
- 09:20:35: RT @Herring1967: So now we can get rid of all that security at airports right?
- 09:22:52: @IainDale I'm pretty sure he *was* accused of all those atrocities he was behind.
- 09:33:46: RT @TimHarford: RT @foxyhedgehog: 20 Insanely Creative Bookshelves http://bzfd.it/evFwyW
- 17:10:42: RT @BethanyBlack: hang on Osama Bin Laden's been buried at sea? Are Homeopaths in uproar that the whole world will become terroristy?
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| From Twitter 04-29-2011 |
[30 Apr 2011|03:00am] |
- 00:04:05: Gosh. Early #bbctw finish = time to watch #bbcdp on BBCP.
- 00:12:00: @NickyEdwards Come on! #bbctw *exists* to pogo jump the shark on rocket assisted trampolines.
- 00:41:46: RT @TimHarford: Tesco surrenders, customer power FTW! http://bbc.in/j3Ecye << Hands up the gamer geeks who find this in any way surprising?
- 12:35:49: @mrchrisaddison I have it on good authority that it was planned, but the Dark Necromantic Arts department was axed to save 6Music.
- 20:59:39: If Huhne is going to accuse #no2av of inventing their own facts, it would help if his own claims on AV were actually true.
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| From Twitter 04-28-2011 |
[29 Apr 2011|03:00am] |
- 23:21:23: What the heck is that poor excuse for a union flag on @afneil's head? #bbctw
- 23:26:32: @mrchrisaddison I dunno, there's been some pretty damn ropey Who in the past. #bbctw
- 23:30:22: @kingswing72 Have ye forgotten the special election themes? #bbctw
- 23:32:45: @Sproat94 Did they bring a crumpet bar? #bbctw #10oclocklive #crossover
- 23:34:27: RT @cjjmccray: Diane wearing purple - is that a nod to #YesToAV? Michael wearing green - is that a nod to #YesToSwitchingOverAndWatching ...
- 23:39:10: @DalePhoenix And one of *those* was Ed Millibrother, which you wouldn't think was that tricky. #bbctw
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| From Twitter 04-26-2011 |
[27 Apr 2011|03:00am] |
- 22:43:17: @cjjmccray Explains the ballot filling, but not the vote counting. #AVVoitingInOneSentence #Newsnight
- 22:47:52: Hang on, did I just hear the problem of party lists invoked as a #no2av argument? #newsnight
- 22:54:17: @sabfrancis Eh? Wherever I've seen it defined, Tactical voting is given as not expressing true preference. #newsnight
- 22:56:29: @cjjmccray It did take 2 sentences to do the whole thing though ;-) #newsnight
- 22:58:34: @whalemonster Falconer's not a disingenuous MP (he's a peer of the realm!) #newsnight#Yes2AV
- 23:00:58: @anaestheticdoc How the heck do they implement preference voting by phone? (is't familiar with strictlycomexfactoronice) #newsnight #yes2av
- 23:02:09: @DrTomFlynn Yes, but would be totally ignored for being too confusing, even if right ;-) #Newsnight
- 23:04:17: @ethicalifa It doesn't *strictly* eliminate tac voting possibilities (although true pref a better strategy than before) #yes2AV #newsnight
- 23:06:05: @JoshGBHardy Be nice if he could stop being slightly wrong though. #Newsnight
- 23:17:12: RT @GazWeetman: I think the BBC should put "Please do not adjust your set. Liam Fox IS that colour" underneath this interview. #newsnight
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| From Twitter 04-21-2011 |
[22 Apr 2011|03:00am] |
- 20:40:52: @alixmortimer The world appears to have gone M&S pig-based confectionery mad while I wasn't looking!
- 22:10:56: RT @mybrightidea: "It couldn't be more BBC if it was Attenborough's funeral and he was being buried in a tardis by Gromit" LOL #10oclocklive
- 22:11:40: RT @jamali94: Watching the Royal Wedding on ITV is like using Bing not Google. Sky News? It's like using Yahoo to search Hellman's Mayon ...
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| From Twitter 04-19-2011 |
[20 Apr 2011|03:00am] |
- 19:19:16: RT @TheOnion: 'The Economist' To Halt Production For Month To Let Readers Catch Up http://onion.com/fOxzXB << I have a ludicrous backlog.
- 23:08:04: @AdamGraySays It's a probability thing I thought? Infection chance vs acceptable risk.
- 23:12:43: @JamieSlavin I believe so, but there will be some false-negative rate on the tests.
- 23:13:30: Blood ban a technical issue surely? The rights of donors don't seem relevant here when balanced against the safety issue. 2 options (cont)
- 23:15:09: 1)Allowing blood in question into the system raises risk above acceptable levels: We should not do this, riskk trumps rights of donor (cont)
- 23:16:29: 2)Allowing the blood use does *not* raise risk above acceptable levels: We should do this, we need the blood, rights not invoked either.
- 23:19:23: I have no idea of the risk levels but this is a prime example of where we should get some experts in and then do what they say #newsnight
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| From Twitter 04-17-2011 |
[18 Apr 2011|03:00am] |
- 14:13:16: Clegg on #bbcpoliticsshow: Immigration policy 'Firm where it needs to be firm, fair where it needs to be fair' Fair only in places?
- 15:02:05: @DrEvanHarris Well I see #bbcpoliticsshow has splashed out ofr one of those iTabletComputer thingumijiggies to sit in front of him.
- 15:02:53: @LudditeWebDev Thought they were PR>FPTP>AV? #bbcpoliticsshow
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| From Twitter 04-14-2011 |
[15 Apr 2011|03:00am] |
- 18:25:50: RT @tom_watson: I would love to this in the House of Commons. I need a plan: http://bit.ly/gvOySS <At last! A Labour proposal I agree with!
- 19:46:55: @DrEvanHarris Wouldn't that first require a concrete useable definition of tax avoidance? #NHS
- 20:06:32: @DrEvanHarris Waht about perfectly legit companies from e.g. Germany, France, the USA, whatever?
- 20:22:16: @NEDGE2 That's1% looks like it is the % of *global* profit paid in *UK* tax, they pay tax in other countries as well.
- 20:46:18: @InsaneGibberish Does it work well?
- 22:06:20: RT @la_jellybean: "I'm Charlie Brooker." "I'm David Mitchell." "I'm completely extraneous." "I wear fake tits." "Welcome to #10oclocklive!"
- 22:13:32: @jennie_kermode I dunno, seemed more like traditional British frog-bashing to me ;-) #10oclocklive
- 22:19:37: @DrEvanHarris I know, but what criteria will be used to separate tax-dodging offshoreness from legitimately just being foreign?
- 22:31:21: @barton_thebrand Well, except at #PMQs, but then our political leaders are reasonably competent comedians ;-) #10oclocklive
- 22:35:04: @jameshooker Yeah, but only occasionally #10oclocklive
- 22:40:05: Peter Hain on #bbcqt complaining at the Cam/Cable immigration disagreement in a manner designed to not actually pick a side.
- 22:42:20: @jon_s They need to do some eps like the Any Questions off-season, where none of the pannelists are politicians #bbcqt
- 22:43:06: @joshspero A couple of cables and a medium size capacitor? #bbcqt
- 22:44:43: @mathew4barwell True, but the benefit is unequally distributed, and some people may well be disadvantaged. That's the key problem. #bbcqt
- 22:54:24: @redtrainers And inventing pie charts #bbcqt
- 23:02:23: @latentexistence It's the belief that a market is a mechanism for converting the individual profit motive *into* the good of society. #bbcqt
- 23:04:02: @stuartalder Who are you suggesting should be accountable for ensuing quick and excellent care? #bbcqt
- 23:14:30: @ishbroken That's *alleged* Israeli war criminals... #bbcqt
- 23:16:39: Hain, you can try imagining Libya with nukes by now all you like, they wouldn't have had them. #bbcqt
- 23:29:56: @robefc1980 Gadaffi's said a lot of very silly things in his time, and people around him prone to carrying out his instructions. #bbcqt
- 23:33:11: @martin_lowe It's not strictly AV for Tory Lshp is it? #bbcqt
- 23:35:07: @mrrenan75 Nope. (for example, FPTP really is a bit quicker and simpler to count). Most of them do though. #bbcqt
- 23:37:41: @nooption If the person you wanted didn't stand (withdrew, suddenly died, or something), would you then not vote? #bbcqt
- 23:39:35: @tnjharris Yes, but FPTP is identical to a multi-round AV-like election with no subsequent pref transfer, where that is also true #bbcqt
- 23:41:33: @deanlove Well we could choose from a range of options, but which system would we run the referendum under ;-) #bbcqt
- 23:42:08: @Metalhead_Matt Source/breakdown for figure? #bbcqt
- 23:44:30: @AManOfTomorrow I'm unconvinced that the quality of our politicians is improved by listening to the opinions of those who can't be arsed.
- 23:50:56: My support for AV is second to my nerdy pedantry ;-) There's been a lot of mentions of 50% in the campaign, most of them misleading or wrong
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