Quite Good, Thank You
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A twitter refugee - and the handle means "Quite good thank you"
Actually it doesn't. I was looking for a short handle and that was the only 4 letter one I could find.
Tend to post random quips, as reality is just too bleak
Actually it doesn't. I was looking for a short handle and that was the only 4 letter one I could find.
Tend to post random quips, as reality is just too bleak
I do love the "...after the Chancellor was accused..." passive voice.
I think who was firing off unfounded accusations - lobby journalists and opposition politicians - is now an important part of the story.
I think who was firing off unfounded accusations - lobby journalists and opposition politicians - is now an important part of the story.
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I do love the "...after the Chancellor was accused..." passive voice.
I think who was firing off unfounded accusations - lobby journalists and opposition politicians - is now an important part of the story.
I think who was firing off unfounded accusations - lobby journalists and opposition politicians - is now an important part of the story.
He eats most types of Curry, but he Can't Dhansak
December 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
He eats most types of Curry, but he Can't Dhansak
It is probably heating induced by the magnets - I was in an MRI playing "Has this dude any gallstones"? and no contrast or anything. Felt I was being cooked.
That Trump doesn't know what was being scanned is just not plausible as well.
And: hope you are well now!
That Trump doesn't know what was being scanned is just not plausible as well.
And: hope you are well now!
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It is probably heating induced by the magnets - I was in an MRI playing "Has this dude any gallstones"? and no contrast or anything. Felt I was being cooked.
That Trump doesn't know what was being scanned is just not plausible as well.
And: hope you are well now!
That Trump doesn't know what was being scanned is just not plausible as well.
And: hope you are well now!
Every day is "Chris Mason sucks" day. Just some days we notice more.
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Every day is "Chris Mason sucks" day. Just some days we notice more.
The "charge" seems to be that she didn't correct the papers' rampant erroneous speculation
Well, no why should she? She is the Chancellor, not some fairy god-mother whose job it is to stop them talking utter bollocks
Suspect that are just annoyed the financial markets said "Like" to the budget
Well, no why should she? She is the Chancellor, not some fairy god-mother whose job it is to stop them talking utter bollocks
Suspect that are just annoyed the financial markets said "Like" to the budget
December 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The "charge" seems to be that she didn't correct the papers' rampant erroneous speculation
Well, no why should she? She is the Chancellor, not some fairy god-mother whose job it is to stop them talking utter bollocks
Suspect that are just annoyed the financial markets said "Like" to the budget
Well, no why should she? She is the Chancellor, not some fairy god-mother whose job it is to stop them talking utter bollocks
Suspect that are just annoyed the financial markets said "Like" to the budget
I just wish the OBR was one step ahead and put an entirely bogus set of numbers at that URL (marked "Test - not for publication" somewhere unobtrusive) just for the press apoplexy and howls of outrage.
December 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I just wish the OBR was one step ahead and put an entirely bogus set of numbers at that URL (marked "Test - not for publication" somewhere unobtrusive) just for the press apoplexy and howls of outrage.
I'd never noticed the diet-Peston intonation before, with a touch of the Shatner gap. Well spotted.
Usually too offended by the content of the utterance to pay much attention to the form.
Usually too offended by the content of the utterance to pay much attention to the form.
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I'd never noticed the diet-Peston intonation before, with a touch of the Shatner gap. Well spotted.
Usually too offended by the content of the utterance to pay much attention to the form.
Usually too offended by the content of the utterance to pay much attention to the form.
If they had a parrot from a brothel it would be both more intelligent and less offensive that Mason.
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 AM
If they had a parrot from a brothel it would be both more intelligent and less offensive that Mason.
Ask the drivers then - I think Lando even slowed up a bit so they could stack and do both.
But doing something dumb in the interests of fairness is even dumber that the dumb thing you just did.
But doing something dumb in the interests of fairness is even dumber that the dumb thing you just did.
November 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ask the drivers then - I think Lando even slowed up a bit so they could stack and do both.
But doing something dumb in the interests of fairness is even dumber that the dumb thing you just did.
But doing something dumb in the interests of fairness is even dumber that the dumb thing you just did.
Another stitch-up by the centrist cabal
Typical
Typical
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Another stitch-up by the centrist cabal
Typical
Typical
It's November, for pity's sake.
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It's November, for pity's sake.
Only thing I can think of is checking for "impossible" deltas - e.g. is the output from the sensor is a slow changing short int then 127,128,126 is reasonable, but 127,0,126 isn't.
Probably wrong, but fun to speculate.
Probably wrong, but fun to speculate.
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Only thing I can think of is checking for "impossible" deltas - e.g. is the output from the sensor is a slow changing short int then 127,128,126 is reasonable, but 127,0,126 isn't.
Probably wrong, but fun to speculate.
Probably wrong, but fun to speculate.
Seriously?!?! 😂
I do know the Heavenly Father takes a dim view of astroturf - what with all the grass he created (after complaints from the dinosaurs about "all these bloody ferns" - but that ended badly for them).
Smiting bodes for these skinflints.
I do know the Heavenly Father takes a dim view of astroturf - what with all the grass he created (after complaints from the dinosaurs about "all these bloody ferns" - but that ended badly for them).
Smiting bodes for these skinflints.
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Seriously?!?! 😂
I do know the Heavenly Father takes a dim view of astroturf - what with all the grass he created (after complaints from the dinosaurs about "all these bloody ferns" - but that ended badly for them).
Smiting bodes for these skinflints.
I do know the Heavenly Father takes a dim view of astroturf - what with all the grass he created (after complaints from the dinosaurs about "all these bloody ferns" - but that ended badly for them).
Smiting bodes for these skinflints.
Oddly not - there is a celestial "Mansion Dilapidation Service" to ensure that doesn't happen.
Mind, that service is just an Angel with a half brick to lob through a convenient window.
Mind, that service is just an Angel with a half brick to lob through a convenient window.
November 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Oddly not - there is a celestial "Mansion Dilapidation Service" to ensure that doesn't happen.
Mind, that service is just an Angel with a half brick to lob through a convenient window.
Mind, that service is just an Angel with a half brick to lob through a convenient window.
In my Father's house there are many mansions, all worth £1.9M
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
In my Father's house there are many mansions, all worth £1.9M
Umm - "No state". Apart from the Roman Empire, which was the state in which Christianity started.
No Welfare: well, apart from things like Cura annonae aka Grain Dole which has been described as "a permanent social welfare program which comprised a substantial part of the state budget"
No Welfare: well, apart from things like Cura annonae aka Grain Dole which has been described as "a permanent social welfare program which comprised a substantial part of the state budget"
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Umm - "No state". Apart from the Roman Empire, which was the state in which Christianity started.
No Welfare: well, apart from things like Cura annonae aka Grain Dole which has been described as "a permanent social welfare program which comprised a substantial part of the state budget"
No Welfare: well, apart from things like Cura annonae aka Grain Dole which has been described as "a permanent social welfare program which comprised a substantial part of the state budget"
The Bible According to Kemi:
The Parable of the Loaves and the Fishes: "shoulda brought more food suckers! But not sandwiches LOL"
The Parable of the Loaves and the Fishes: "shoulda brought more food suckers! But not sandwiches LOL"
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The Bible According to Kemi:
The Parable of the Loaves and the Fishes: "shoulda brought more food suckers! But not sandwiches LOL"
The Parable of the Loaves and the Fishes: "shoulda brought more food suckers! But not sandwiches LOL"
This is why you need an emergency collapsable vuvuzela - intensely loud, very irritating, yet not as bad as a twat shouting into a mobile.
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
This is why you need an emergency collapsable vuvuzela - intensely loud, very irritating, yet not as bad as a twat shouting into a mobile.
4 factions for 6MPs!?!? This is amateur hour. There are potentially 63 factions so this is under 10% of the possible total.
They are not even trying.
They are not even trying.
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
4 factions for 6MPs!?!? This is amateur hour. There are potentially 63 factions so this is under 10% of the possible total.
They are not even trying.
They are not even trying.
Um - if you are travelling at the speed of light then relativistic time dilation means the journey takes zero time (in the travellers frame of reference)...
And you can't catch the radiowaves either
And you can't catch the radiowaves either
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Um - if you are travelling at the speed of light then relativistic time dilation means the journey takes zero time (in the travellers frame of reference)...
And you can't catch the radiowaves either
And you can't catch the radiowaves either
I think there is: websites are cached (certainly back in 2002) and the site you are seeing is maybe 15 mins out of date for the index page.
As a reporter you are trying to access a report you genuinely believe has been published to work round this problem.
As a reporter you are trying to access a report you genuinely believe has been published to work round this problem.
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I think there is: websites are cached (certainly back in 2002) and the site you are seeing is maybe 15 mins out of date for the index page.
As a reporter you are trying to access a report you genuinely believe has been published to work round this problem.
As a reporter you are trying to access a report you genuinely believe has been published to work round this problem.
It is "knowingly unathorised access" but it is horribly badly written. What consitutes "authorised" in the context of a link to a website?
Link is a reasonable summary (and I don't think it was unauthorised) but OTOH brute force guessing would be unauthorised so a grey area IMO
Link is a reasonable summary (and I don't think it was unauthorised) but OTOH brute force guessing would be unauthorised so a grey area IMO
Intentia vs. Reuters: A (Slightly) Contrarian View - CITP Blog
The recent dispute between Intentia and Reuters has gotten lots of online attention, most of it scornful of Intentia's position. I think Intentia is wrong, but it's a closer call than most online comm...
blog.citp.princeton.edu
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It is "knowingly unathorised access" but it is horribly badly written. What consitutes "authorised" in the context of a link to a website?
Link is a reasonable summary (and I don't think it was unauthorised) but OTOH brute force guessing would be unauthorised so a grey area IMO
Link is a reasonable summary (and I don't think it was unauthorised) but OTOH brute force guessing would be unauthorised so a grey area IMO