via The BBC:
Mayor Boris Johnson has said he wanted London to become “a wi-fi city”, where the internet was available anywhere.
Oh dear. Let’s outline the options that are currently already available for connecting to the internet in central London:-
Wi-fi in cafes/restaurants. For the price of a latte or a Big Mac, you can sit down […]
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Pub closures are running at 27 a week, according to the BBPA, amounting to some 1,200 that have been forced out of business over the last 12 months.
From a purely utilitarian point of view, what’s that in job terms? OK - you’ve got the publican, his wife, probably a couple more bar staff […]
via The Times
All fathers will be required by law to sign their child’s birth certificate under new measures designed to increase parental responsibility.
The new law will give birth registrars powers to pursue reluctant fathers who do not want to be named. It will also prevent mothers from keeping the name of the father off […]
India Knight
There are many mysteries about the binge-drinking epidemic - not least why the British are so uniquely wedded to the idea that you can’t have fun unless you’re falling over
Not like those responsible French, who in 2003 had about 5 times the number of deaths related to drinking and driving as we did.
Alcohol misuse […]
From The FT
The government will on Friday tell internet service providers they will be hit with legal sanctions from April next year unless they take concrete steps to curb illegal downloads of music and films.
Sounds reasonable, doesn’t it.
A creative industries strategy paper published on Friday commits the government to consulting on anti-piracy legislation this spring […]
via The Telegraph
Motorists who undertake advanced driver training should earn “positive points” on their licence which could be used to offset points for speeding, a Thatcherite think tank has said.
Isn’t that like suggesting that someone who’s been on anger management course be allowed to beat a few people up?
I am a republican (in the british sense). That’s not to say that I have a problem with the current Queen (opinion is high from everyone who’s met her), nor do I have a problem with the cost (which probably costs less than tourism). I just don’t believe in the idea of hereditary power as […]
NHS Trusts ‘reject homeopathy’
The clinical director of the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, which last year warned it may have to start charging patients, said he was nonetheless confident it would survive.
What? Reducing something makes it less effective? Don’t the unphysics of homeopathy apply to bank balances?
Next time, I’ll just write about something less contentious, like abortion or religion.
Jackie Danicki closing comments on her quite reasonable post suggesting that the Mac mantra may not be entirely correct. To some people, their choice of operating system is akin to religion.
Via The Telegraph
A new study into the health implications of wireless internet connections has been announced amid fears that they could harm young children.
Some consumer groups believe the radio waves emitted by wi-fi computers in a classroom could cause fatigue, memory and concentration problems, irritability and bad behaviour.
There are people who believe in an alien […]
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