Friday, January 31, 2014

Surrender etiquette

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I surrender .. " Please don't kill me - I have a wife and children back home !" Good answer:  "I accept your sur...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

Solar panels are go ..-ish

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Yes, the bounty of the sky! 30W! It was all over by 2 pm. Twelve solar panels securely fixed to our roof ("if the wind takes ...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The Executioner

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In response to our little mosquito problem , Clare has retrieved her Christmas present of The Executioner . The Executioner Powered ...

Mosquitoes in Somerset

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Love that dopplered hum as you lie awake at 2 am. That intimate, penetrating whine as - invisible - it skims past your ear. Why doesn't ...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

Weight Loss Ward (ITV)

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ITV's Weight Loss Ward (about extremely fat people) has proved to be somewhat compulsive viewing. Take Doreen Thomas: age 56, height 4f...

Frack or Freeze!

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Dominic Lawson in the Sunday Times today . "... we are now being told by experts on solar physics that we are heading into a period ...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Send your order in now :-)

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With thanks to my sister (my mother was rooting for Roger!).
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

"The Light of Other Days" - Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter (2000)

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Just finished " The Light of Other Days " by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter , first published in April 2000. Here's the ...
Saturday, January 18, 2014

Three Roads to Artificial Intelligence

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AI pioneer Marvin Minsky once famously stated that “Artificial Intelligence is the science of making machines do things that would require ...
Friday, January 17, 2014

Disappearing accountants

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The Economist this week has a feature on the changing nature of work. Just as machines displaced agricultural workers in the fields and cr...