March 2008
Monthly Archive
ID revisited
Posted on Mar 28 2008 | Tagged as: Words, The Stupid, ID Cards: Still think they're a good idea?
A while back, I submitted a Freedom of Information request to the Identity and Passport Service, asking how many ways there are that they know of in which it is possible to compromise the security or integrity of the proposed ID card scheme.
I mentioned their reply here, when they claimed that disclosing their strategies and […]
Tescopoly? Not really
Posted on Mar 28 2008 | Tagged as: Media, Business
The Guardian reports, under the hysterical headline “Tesco nears complete conquest of UK”, that the supermarket chain’s purchases of stores on a couple Scottish islands leaves the Harrogate postal-code area as the only part of the UK without a store.
They write:
The retailer has faced accusations that it has a near monopoly of the UK grocery […]
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Posted on Mar 11 2008 | Tagged as: ID Cards: Still think they're a good idea?
“The number of people wrongly declared dead every day in the US as a result of data input errors by social security staff.”
(From this week’s New Scientist.)
Magic of the Cup
Posted on Mar 09 2008 | Tagged as: Sport
Portsmouth are now the only Premiership club through to the semi-finals of the FA Cup, guaranteeing a place in the final for a team from the lower leagues — the way the FA Cup is supposed to be.
But if it’s this easy for little teams to knock out the big ones, maybe it’s too hard […]
Frustrating
Posted on Mar 07 2008 | Tagged as: Farce
Pub quiz machines now won’t allow entry of a rude name for their scoreboards.
Sour FA
Posted on Mar 06 2008 | Tagged as: The Stupid, Sport
Via Dan:
A non-league club faces suspension by the Football Association from all competitions for refusing to pay an ex-player jailed on a robbery charge.
Grays Athletic FC terminated Ashley Sestanovich’s contract before his conviction for conspiracy to rob.
Grays have been given 14 days by the FA to pay Sestanovich £14,000 for the five months […]