Thursday  the Sixth of March, 2003

Je Ne Ressens Plus Rien. Back on Monday.  ]
"Warning: You are attempting to save a document that contains the following trademarked and/or copyrighted language."
Accept is an enticing mish-mash of artistic comment on the nature of copyright, surveillance and junk mail. Press 'Cancel' to abort the installation?  ]
The transcript of the accused Millionaire cheating makes for disappointing reading, after all this time - Major Charles Ingram's ingenious accomplice-aided quiz-beating system was, in full:-
  • One cough for yes.
  • One Eric-Morecambe-style 'no!' cough for no.
  • All coughs to be made immediately after the contestant has repeated the answer aloud.
Which seems thoroughly absurd. With a million pounds at stake, why not invest in a set of shoe-sole radio transmitters? If studio security is tight enough to make coughing the only viable system of communication, at least develop a system a little more elaborate than "repeat all the answers aloud and cough in response"; have your stooge cough x seconds after each question, where x is three times the answer number, with some further modifiers based on the question number, or something. Encrypt your suspicions into dialogue rather than repeating the answer aloud (three word comment = "Is it answer C?"). Signal with a dog whistle, wear an earpiece that can detect it. Bluetooth your teeth. Come on.  ]

Passing Frenzies: Thief II - Button Men - Startopia - BlogNomic - Trodo


 Tuesday  the Fourth

The most heartening aspect of the ridiculous SMS-essay story is that news editors are unable to parse smileys.  ]


 Monday  the Third

Daypop have unveiled a flashing-light hackwatch machine; their News Bursts detect and rank the most common words in online news stories. Cliché du jour is "mastermind". (There's also a weblog version.)  ]
CND, Greenpeace, Mark Thomas and some others are running a White Ribbon campaign to highlight public opposition to war with Iraq; a pity that they'll be pissing away the money raised by trying to get Blair tried as a war criminal, but eh, it's a useful symbol. The world needs useful symbols.  ]

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