Charles on… anything that comes along

Oh, please show this to George Bush, someone. The Onion has done its latest Infograph on “The Effects Of Global Warming”.

It’s scary stuff: Even fewer opportunities for snowmen to magically come to life and Led by circus-educated seals, wild seals will rise up and rule earth.

I mean, look, seals are scary, especially in Pingu. (And what about the effect of global warming on Pingu, hmm?) For God’s sake, someone, get George to see this and sign the Kyoto treaty (or vice-versa, same difference) before it’s too, too late.

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Fascinating map showing the population as upward bars from the electoral colleges which voted each way in the US elections.

Although I do wonder whether they’re just assigning places where Kerry or Bush was returned as a single colour, when in fact they’re more mixed. The truth is, the damn map should be purple. Do you think George would mind someone looking after the place while he’s on holiday?

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And you thought you had it bad. According to this Reuters article, billg gets 4 million of those damn things per day.

Well, this is according to Steve “iPod users are thieves!” Ballmer [note double quotes, here used to indicate nobody has ever said this], so perhaps we should hold back on belief eeeevvvver so slightly.

According to the story “only a few junk emails get through to Gates’s inbox”. Out of 4 million? That’s wayyy better than Spam Assassin or my own personal favourite (and recommendation). C’mon, Bill, tell the rest of us what this secret thing is you’ve got sorting through them. Whitelist? Secret code? I’m dying to know.

Worth looking at the story for the picture. Is he thinking (a) “Would Melinda find out if I do order the V—-a?” Or (b) “If I ever catch those spammers…”

Update: slightly more information over at CNN, which notes that practically an entire department at the company he founded is dedicated to ensuring that nothing unwanted gets into his inbox. Ah, so it’s not technology exactly, but dedicated people.

Even so, four million. Nuff respect.

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