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Friday, July 26, 2002


Today is Systems Admin Appreciation day!!!

Mark found this link, but Blogger is being awkward, so here it is.

posted by Andy Buchanan at 1:14 PM



Ask Insane Jeeves

SA's Phtoshop Phriday this week focuses on extracting the urine from a certain (un)popular search engine.

posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:50 PM



"Hippo" sues Internet Date

Hippo
Story on Ananova about another predictable case of IRL woes.
Gabriel, 33, from Bucharest, told the National newspaper: "I expected to see a blonde, blue-eyed, slim beauty in front of me. But what I got was a gigantic hippo. She told me she weighed eight stones but she was more like 18."

Nicoleta, who's 29, says she's going to sue him for emotional distress.

posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:48 PM



Psych Test Answer

Sorry about the delay on the answer, I was suffering from brain-fade this week...
Lets see how you did:

She was hoping that the guy would appear at the funeral again.

If you answered this correctly, you think like a psychopath.
If you didn't answer correctly - good for you.
If your friends hit the jackpot, may I suggest that you keep your distance.
This was a test by a famous American psychologist used to test if one has the same mentality as a killer. Many arrested serial killers took part in this test and answered it correctly.

posted by Mark Matheson at 8:24 AM



Thursday, July 25, 2002


Egyptian wisdom....

Ben found this corker of a site where Annubis will answer any cosmic (or more mundane) mysteries you wish explained.
And also this:

posted by Andy Buchanan at 10:21 AM



Wednesday, July 24, 2002


Blairwolf

Man or half-dog-man? Who can tell? Wasn't he supposed to be a Hawk or a Jackal? Forget that, let's have a fluffy bunny-rabbit next time.

posted by Andy Buchanan at 4:52 PM



Artithmetic curiosity

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 . Not really that amazing, obvious in fact, when you consider how multiplation works. But it looks cool.Smilie

posted by Andy Buchanan at 2:31 PM



Tuesday, July 23, 2002


JPEG Patent Update

The Register are running an interesting article indicating that ISO are strongly considering withdrawing the JPEG standard if Forgent don't stop this ludicrous mucking about over its patent.
[quoting JPEG committee member Richard Clark ]

"Under ISO terms, formally you can only have a standard you can implement on free or RAND terms."

"Reasonable and non discriminatory (RAND) terms are typically published, and the same for everyone. It's clear that Forgent's claims are not RAND. $15 million doesn't sound like free to me, and Forgent is not publishing the terms of their licensing."

posted by Andy Buchanan at 9:18 PM



Those wacky SA dudes have been photoshopping movie posters again!

posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:52 PM



van Hoogstraten Guilty!

Evil bastard Nicholas van Hoogstraten has been found guilty of Manslaughter. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Don't think his millions will be as much use to him in chokey. This has cheered me up no end. Details to be had over at the BBC. Also an old Guardian interview with the slimeball.

posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:34 PM



Monday, July 22, 2002


Cousin It


Yes, that's me on the left @ the company picnic last Friday. Scary huh!

posted by Andy Buchanan at 2:54 PM