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US Programmer Uses Cloud Computing to Write The Works of Shakespeare

By On September 26, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Cloud

Probability says that with an infinite number of monkeys and typewriters given an infinite amount of time, at some stage the monkeys will produce the entire works of Shakespeare. According to this BBC News article, a programmer in the US has tried to do just that, using AWS (Amazon Web Services).  He’s [...]

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A Dying Industry (slightly off topic)

By On July 24, 2008 · 2 Comments · In Uncategorized

The BBC reported today of the next stages of the government and record companies’ attempts to crack down on illegal file sharing. Persistent offenders will have their internet connections cut off. Unfortunately, the genie is out of the bottle in terms of the ability for music to be copied [...]

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Shock – Escargots n’est pas francais!

By On July 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Uncategorized

The BBC has reported that prices in France for snails are set to rocket. I lived and worked in France for a few years and loved tucking into the garlic covered gastropods. But horror of horrors, apparently most snails served in France are now not French! Is nothing sacred?

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UK Email and Phone Database

By On May 20, 2008 · 5 Comments · In Uncategorized

The BBC reported today that the UK government is planning a tracking database for all phone calls made and emails sent in the UK.

This strikes me as an unbelievably stupid plan. In the first place, every UK citizen will be baulking at this incredible intrusion into civil liberties. Second, it is [...]

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