Posted by: JackP on October 8th, 2008
I believe the traditional answer is that the only certainties are death and taxes. Although it has been known for people to cheat death…
But in this particular case, it is the use of the word guaranteed that has intruiged me.
The poster says that there is a price hold, and that they are holding those prices [...]
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Posted by: JackP on September 18th, 2008
Oxford University’s head of admissions has said there is a “finite pool” of state school sixth-formers it can draw on to widen its intake.BBC News: Oxford laments finite talent pool
All I can say is thank the Lord for that. Unlike Oxford University’s Head of Admissions (who really must be applauded for recognising that there isn’t [...]
Posted by: JackP on September 10th, 2008
The BBC have labelled a shipping container with the BBC logo, with various GPS tracking and so forth, so that they can track the progress of a shipping container around the world for a year, they can show where it is and what it is containing at any time, in order to show something or [...]
Read: Follow The Box »
Posted by: JackP on August 31st, 2008
Britons told to leave New OrleansBBC News Headline
Well, technically, yes. But I rather think everyone has been advised to leave New Orleans, what with that big windy-blow Hurricane Gustav thingummy heading in that direction; the BBC’s headline would seem to imply that everyone else can stay…
It’s one of those things: when viewed from a [...]
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Posted by: JackP on August 22nd, 2008
Ah, bless them. The BBC have commented on the fact that it appears Internet Explorer 8 may contain new privacy features in the browser, to make it easier to clear your browsing history, to reduce the amount of data you leave behind on sites you visit, and so on.
Why could anyone possibly want to do [...]
Posted by: JackP on August 19th, 2008
I read with interest that the BBC news site was trialling…
linking from within the body of news stories to related background materialBBC Editors Blog: New ways of linking
Well, that’s nice, I thought. The BBC have finally worked out how everyone else has been using the internet since 1995. You know, when you find some relevant [...]
Read: Bad, Bad, Bad-Linking Beeb »
Posted by: JackP on August 6th, 2008
Stuart, did you ever get that nagging suspicion that there was something you’d missed? A headline, perhaps?
It still hadn’t been defined 12 hours after I first spotted it — check for yourself if they’ve ever got round to updating the article.
Read: Undefined Headline »
Posted by: JackP on August 5th, 2008
When it is the same story every week and nothing ever comes of it.
In around June 2007, Mike Ashley bought Newcastle United. Ever since then, seemingly every five minutes, there has been a story in the newspapers (most frequently in the News of the World) indicating that he’s about to sell up and move on.
Mike [...]
Posted by: JackP on July 28th, 2008
Some oddments from the meedja this week…
Firstly, it appears Edgar Mitchell, former astronaut and one of the few people to have walked on the moon, believes that we are being visited by aliens:
Apollo 14 astronaut Dr Edgar Mitchell, said he was aware of many UFO visits to Earth during his career with NASA but each [...]
Read: Of Aliens & Abominable Snowmen »
Posted by: JackP on July 25th, 2008
Well, not exactly, but I did receive a phone call from a nice lady at the BBC who had read my post on thanatophobia.
For those of you who haven’t read that, and can’t be bothered to read it, here’s a one-paragraph recap:
I suffer from thanatophobia. That’s the fear of death. It’s not a fear of [...]
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