http://www.olympic.org/photos/...

^fucking peep sights.

Nottingham, actually. I've never been to Locksley.

The Olympics lost all meaning when it was decided to admit events for people missing fucking LIMBS into a sporting gala previously for those who were ACTUALLY BETTER THAN AVERAGE! Better, stronger, faster. What the fuck is "dressage", anyway??

Take my favourite competitive sport: archery. OK, we have the longbow, which is pretty fucking difficult to STRING, never mind DRAW and AIM, but now we have the olympic event where they get to use counterweights, spring cam mechanisms to bring the draw weight down yet maintain nock energy, composite bows and superthin strings, peep sights(!) and drop scales, and the basic event which runs just 33 feet, where it is entirely possible to gain a gold medal. I *PRACTICE* AT NINETY FEET. WITH AN ENGLISH LONGBOW (and the trainer at the club across the river wonders how I don't tear the shit out of my shoulder muscles every week, it's because I've been shooting bow since I was FOUR). I could piss the basic event with my bow on a *bad* day.

strangely, I did post a submission on this very event, alas the phase of Kim Kardashian's arse took centre stage and pushed my submission out to the realms of "not important enough science to warrant even a sideline story on Slashdot".

http://slashdot.org/submission...

Fuck you, Slashdot.

I Would Rather:

Circumcise myself with a chainsaw.
Masturbate with a garlic hammer.
Gouge out my eyeballs with an ice cream scoop then rinse out the sockets with battery acid.
Watch the Den & Angie episode on a continuous loop.
Braid my own pubic hair. Then garotte myself with it.

A&A is pretty much the best out there, since they are in fact the only declared XKCD/806-compliant ISP in operation currently.

it is absolutely fucking clear that that is not the case: Camoron [sic] left his fucking daughter in a PUB. Anyone else does that, the kid goes into care. Cameron? Gets a "And finally..." lafftrack on the ten o'clock news.

Cunt.

I was denied the vote in the last election because my poll booth closed FIVE HOURS EARLY.

I'm not the only one this happened to.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_...

Highest turnout for thirty years?? Sure, half of them didn't get to fucking vote, though!

all it requires here is a doctor (pretty much any one single person with a doctorate, not necessarily in medicine either) to say "He's mental!" and you're in a room with nice soft walls and wearing a sweater with really long sleeves before you have the chance to try and refuse the needle (which you can't under the mental health act).

PIA18906 just became my new wallpaper. Forget the technical stuff, that is just beautiful.

the tax bill?

Hell, it seemed to require a new law... also refer to EEOC -v- Ford Motor Company, and the ensuing and continuing saga of the various State Supreme Courts versus the IRS regarding mileage deductions for telecommuting (it's an actual issue!). Oh, not forgetting of course, the increase in billable hours for employees, the resultant reduction in actual travel hours paid on the pretext of not having to travel, overall resulting in salary reduction for more work and people wondering if they just got joejobbed.

Sony creates situation following poor critical review of a movie in prerelease state to up the hype.
Now one of two things will happen:

Tickets will sell out as people fall for the hype, only to be disappointed - but it'll be too late, because Sony now has their money.

-or-

Theatres will remain empty as people are smart enough not to be fooled again.

I wonder which is true?

them too.

I don't think NASA are allowed to launch military payloads. You'd be better off asking the US Navy.

Andrews & Arnold Ltd (also known as AAISP) is an Internet service provider based in Bracknell in the United Kingdom founded in 1997 and launched in 1998, primarily serving businesses and "technical" home users.

In 2009 the company was judged the best niche provider in the Thinkbroadband Customer Service Awards, based on customer ratings and again in 2010.

The company's owner, Adrian Kennard (RevK), stated in a blog post that as of October 2010 the company is "XKCD/806" compliant, referring to XKCD comic number 806. This means that technical support callers who say the code word "shibboleet" will be transferred to a technical support representative who knows at least two programming languages, and presumably can offer more useful advice than a standard tech support script.
Andrews & Arnold is one of the rare ISPs in the United Kingdom to provide IPv6 to home customers, for free.

Andrews & Arnold are strong advocates of not censoring Internet connections. Adrian Kennard has several blog postings discussing why Internet censorship as discussed in the UK is not workable, providing background for AAISP's decision.