Posts by Phil 42

'Being cyber-stalked is as bad as being raped, or in a war'

Trick cyclists

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Trick-cyclists

Slightly OT I know, but could someone kindly remind me of the original derivation of the epithet 'trick-cyclist' in this context? I did a search on the site but could only trace it back to a Lewis story of 2007, which didn't indicate it's provenance.

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Adam Curtis: The Rise of the Machines

No need for bittorrents

Just follow the links from Adam Curtis' blogspot: http://adamcurtisfilms.blogspot.com/

I would recommend, rather than using the versions directly linked to, following the link from each series page to archive.org, which has better versions, in a variety of formats, e.g. for 'The Power of Nightmares' http://www.archive.org/details/ThePowerOfNightmares.

I get the feeling that he is only too happy for the films to be distributed.

Wooden spaceship descends into Moscow sandpit

America and the New Found Land might never have been discovered!

...and the problem with that would have been..?

Police-baiting website Fitwatch returns

Maybe not

Chris, I don't think you've bothered to check what Fitwatch is about have you?

Second Life figures cast doubt on Ofcom report

Believing SL?

Whilst I have no idea who is more 'accurate', Ofcom or SL, it does seem strange to me that we would take SL's repost at face value. After all the fifth para gives a strong motive for SL to deny it: 'If true, this would represent a devastating blow to Second Life, bringing aggregate usage in the UK down to just over 10 per cent of what it was a year ago.'

The truth no doubt is somewhere in the middle but I would have expected the author of the article to have at least expressed some scepticism about figures from a commercial company who's interests lie strongly in the direction of using the most optimistic measures. Anecdotally, some sectors who seemed to be so in love with SL a year or two ago, such as the arts and education, seem to have cooled or perhaps become more realistic in the meantime.