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Friday 28 January 2005

Filed under: — Charles @ 7:42 pm

Flying / amphibious cars, courtesy of Microsoft: no, really, don’t thank us

Wonderful work by Andrew Orlowski over at The Register, where he’s hot on the trail of Microsoft’s marvellous project to give Scandinavians flying, amphibious cars. Or at least make it a requirement before you buy Microsoft Maproute or Autopoint.

And not every one believes the explanation can be so simple.

“I believe this to be a decoy tactic,” writes Simon Walke. “They are involved in something far more sinister, potentially involving the relocation of thousands of Norwegian citizens.”

Oh, just go and read it. Go on go on go on go on…

Updated 7.40pm: hmm, yes, it would have been good to include the URLs too in the first version, wouldn’t it? Now there, courtesy of Anna. I think that’s close to “technology physician, heal thyself”.

Filed under: — Charles @ 4:30 pm

Clear days on the reporting front

Seen in the Cambridge Evening News: the intro to a report into a school reads

There are ‘no significant weaknesses’ at a primary school, according to inspectors.

Ah yes, news - what someone, somewhere doesn’t want printed. And then there’s the rest of the stuff in the paper…

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