inkscar's bits & pieces: Archive

“Trade association Abta told the BBC that the case highlighted that holidaymakers should never do anything to raise “concern or suspicion in any way”.” —

Caution on Twitter urged as Britons barred from US

In any way! Got it? Wait. Where are my facepalms?

Jan 31, 2012

Roadrunner

Just got to my head. The Sex Pistols one. Brain picked it up from somewhere.

If we lived in a sane world, here I would have not ranted but linked to a video of them doing Roadrunner. But, we don’t. And you would not get any special satisfaction from me posting an image of an apology for not having the vid in your country, you stupid person. So, instead, start singing.. is not’ard… Raodrunner roadrunner… going thousand miles an hour… with the radio oooon..

Jan 30, 2012

“My friend’s claim seeks to apply a worn out law to a new reality. Books are different to other chattels (possessions) and the law should recognise this. Learned men like us, who have received a new heritage of knowledge through books, have an obligation to spread that knowledge, by copying and distributing those books far and wide. I haven’t used up Finnian’s book by copying it. He still has the original and that original is none the worse for my having copied it. Nor has it decreased in value because I made a ranscript of it. The knowledge in books should be available to anybody who wants to read them and has the skills or is worthy to do so; and it is wrong to hide such knowledge away or to attempt to extinguish the divine things that books contain. It is wrong to attempt to prevent me or anyone else from copying it or reading it or making multiple copies to disperse throughout the land. In conclusion I submit that it was permissible for me to copy the book because, although I benefited from the hard work involved in the transcription, I gained no worldly profit from the process, I acted for the good of society in general and neither Finnian nor his book were harmed.” —Colmcille and the Battle of the Book [..] (pdf)

Jan 30, 2012

“Liebe, Nähe und das Gefühl, zu einem Menschen zu gehören, sind die wichtigsten Dinge in meinem Leben. Ich könnte ohne sie nicht mehr leben” —Tabu Sex und Körperbehinderung - sueddeutsche.de

Jan 29, 2012

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“The fondant in the centre of After Eights is made as a stiff paste of saccharose, water, and a small amount of the enzyme invertase. This fondant can readily be coated in dark chocolate. After manufacture, the enzyme gradually splits the saccharose into the much more soluble glucose and fructose, resulting in a more liquid consistency.[1] Maturing of the mint is said to take over three months.” —After Eight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Мое шибано дневниче

..дето те пиша от сто години. В една или друга форма.

Да можеше чошек да станеш та да ми помогнеш, ама не ставаш. Все си говорим монологово. Пък може и да е добре така.

Щото днес повечето от нещата които чух ми прозвучаха като обвинение. Не успях да стана идеалнят роднина, пък какво остава за идеалната дъщеря… Освен да бъда идеално зле, не виждам какво.

Трудно нещо е това живота. Колкото повече го мислиш, все по-трудно става.

Не го мисли дълго, че ей отишло е зад ъгъла.

Jan 28, 2012

“[…] die politischen Parteien in der Bundesrepublik immer weniger mit Gesellschaftsgestaltung oder Ideologien zu tun haben. Sie sind ein Wirtschaftszweig geworden, eine gewinnorientierte Dienstleistung, die einen Service anbietet: die Umwandlung von Partikularinteressen in Gesetze.” —“Die Parteien sind Konzerne geworden” | Telepolis

Jan 28, 2012

Do you..

.. know that feeling when you don’t want to wake up because you don’t want to start thinking about everything again?

Jan 28, 2012

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Jan 27, 2012

“A quarter of the samples of Escherichia coli bacteria carried genes that made an enzyme called ESBL, which can destroy penicillin, cephalosporins and related antibiotics.” —Superbugs spied off the Antarctic coast - New Scientist

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It’s hard to pick one piece from his post to quote; it’s all worth reading. Including the comments.

Jan 27, 2012

“Richard Edelman, president and CEO of Edelman, said: “Business is now better placed than governments to lead the way out of the trust crisis”.” —

BBC News - Trust in government has ‘suffered a severe breakdown’

The irony.. After government sold themselves to business.

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“Fuck you guys. The global economy is not a difficult thing to figure out. Make shit that people want to buy and sell it for a price that people can pay. There is a reason Manka Bros. is the World’s Largest Media Company. It’s simple. It’s because we are the biggest and we are not stupid. When Jimmy Cameron came to me and said he wanted to make a $400 million dollar movie about blue people set on a distant planet, I passed. No fucking way am I shooting a movie on another planet. It’s expensive enough in California!” —

Davos World Economic Forum – Khan Manka, Jr. Keynote Address » Chairman’s Blog

Fake Steve in the media world. Quite amusing.