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Last login: 4 days agoSlyguy135: Guy is a 25 year old guy from Leamington Spa, England, UK.; Likes 445 pages, 4 photos • 27 fans • Received 4 reviews; Member since Apr 04, 2004

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spEak You're bRanes & The Twat-O-Tron: Jun 1, 7:48am 4 reviews humor, cynicism
http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/the-twat-o-tron/; This is supposed to be a generator of comments similar in style and mindlessness to those moronic ones found on the BBC's Have Your Say forum... but it's so good at it that I genuinely wonder if the "programmers" actually just collared one of the HYS contributors, confined them to a small, dirty cage, and force them (or maybe just asking them is enough?) to spout their idiocy on demand. Seriously good.

http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Mashav%20ā&: May 19, 7:34am 1 review
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Mashav%20ā&; Goddamn weird. I love. The Israelis promised the Chinese back in the mists of time (1993) that they would help them set up a super-farm, and apparently it's still going strong. Maybe I should visit it some time.

Grown-up politics goes&up&in&flames | spiked: Apr 7, 7:52am 1 review activism
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/4956/; " [The "Free Tibet" protest at the Olympic procession in London was] cartoon politics; it was about avoiding serious debate and instead taking refuge in the warm and moist-feeling arena of super-simplistic moral condemnation. " Yep, sounds right. When will people stop being so smug, please? It's getting boring.

BookFinder.com: Search for New & Used Books, Textbooks, Out-of-Print and Rare Bo…: Feb 17, 8:01am 45 reviews books
http://www.bookfinder.com/; Thank you, o merciful God, for creating this wonderful website. Now I can find the cheapest version of any book I care to desire! What a divine gift from you, o generous God.

What do you mean it was created by humans? It's not possible!

Pushin Daisies: a mortuary novelty shop - Pushin Daisies: a mortuary novelty sho…: Feb 15, 5:17am 3 reviews anatomy, ecommerce, heart, chocolate
http://www.pushindaisies.com/candypress/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=224; For next Valentine's Day, if you can't resist the commercial onslaught and simply must buy something to show your long-suffering amour that you do, indeed, love them, then get them a chocolate heart. An anatomically correct chocolate heart, obviously.

Deep inside the plucky country | The Australian: Jan 24, 4:21am 6 reviews middle-east, israel
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23072242-7583,00.html; A remarkably sensible, sensitive, and well-paced article about that place "alongside the [Palestinian] territories": Israel. I do wish I could read more such pieces in the media, about any topic: thoroughly researched, well-written, and thoughtful. Is that too much to ask for?

International Society for Bayesian Analysis: Nov 4, 2007 11:43pm 3 reviews mathematics, statistics, bayes
http://www.bayesian.org/; Wow, the ISBA has really spruced up its website. May the Bayes revolution continue! And its prospects updated rationally as new data comes in.

Fishing in the Bay & Blog Archive & More on Pearson and Eugenics: Oct 21, 2007 3:23pm 2 reviews stats, statistics, eugenics
http://blogs.mbs.edu/fishing-in-the-bay?p=174; Karl Pearson, one of those guilty of perpretrating the first "significance test", also had a penchant for eugenics, going so far as to set up a journal on the topic called "Annals of Eugenics". Here's a contemporary review of his first paper for the journal.

This should serve as a warning to all scientists: You could be wrong! Please don't jump to conclusions too quickly, or hindsight will one day laugh at you. That is, if your ideas have not led to the destruction of mankind.

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And welcome back.