http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08...op-of-mozilla/
"Blackbird is a new browser built on top of Mozilla technology that is
supposed to make it easier for African Americans to discover relevant
content on the web and to interact with other members of the African
American community online"

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12...ox_to_ie_port/
" Is there a good reason to build a browser add-on for Internet
Explorer as well as Firefox? Yes, according to Microsoft IE evangelist
Joshua Allen. Building an add-on for IE is so difficult, he said, your
browser app competitors won't even bother. "It's harder to write apps
for IE - so it's a harder market for competitors to get into,""

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Ha...tle.4790377.jp
"BUS passengers are set to get free or cut-price journeys if they
recycle their used drink cans and plastic bottles."

http://www.caganer.com/caganer-angela-merkel-p-290.html
Traditional Catalan christmas ornaments of people defecating, now
featuring world leaders

http://www.concentrate.org.uk/index.php?page=117
Bloke who bombed on 'Dragons Den' introduces pre-chewed pencil: "No
need to spend time chewing your pencil - Just get down to some
concentrated thinking and who knows what you might come up with."

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/new...pong_in_Poole/
"Ryvita factory produces garlic pong in Poole"

Any more? come on - you know you can do better...

In message <84b29129-6374-4950-93ae-7cfce795ca6d
..com>, at 18:38:26 on Fri, 12 Dec 2008, bobharvey <robertharvey@my-
deja.com> wibbled
>Any more? come on - you know you can do better...
>
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article...1&in_page_id=2
The implausibly-named Hope Wideup, of Demotte, Indiana, came across the
horde of walnuts when she opened the car's bonnet to see what was wrong.
'There were thousands in there. They were everywhere,' she said.
http://www.lep.co.uk/weirdnews/Tinse...ign.4777483.jp
A school crossing patrol officer declared his bosses humbugs for banning
him from placing Christmas tinsel on his lollipop.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyE...lyE noughNews
Shareholders of troubled Swiss bank UBS have been offered a new way to
get out of their investment at a premium: buy a suit.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081205...t_081205013244
Other new offences include "wilfully pretending to be a barrister",
"disturbing a pack of eggs when instructed not to by an authorised
officer"...
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/12/...1441228283158/
An Italian man said his car's satellite navigation system guided him to
make a right turn that led his car to roll down two flights of stairs in
Trieste.

bobharvey said:
>
> [..]
> " Is there a good reason to build a browser add-on for Internet
> Explorer as well as Firefox? Yes, according to Microsoft IE evangelist
> Joshua Allen. Building an add-on for IE is so difficult, he said, your
> browser app competitors won't even bother. "It's harder to write apps
> for IE - so it's a harder market for competitors to get into,""

This may be true, but. It gets really peculiar when you notice that said
pbzcrgvgbef are as likely to have considered this argument as you are. And,
if they're still not going to ...

They probably wouldn't code it by hand in raw opcodes while slapping
themselves across the face with a enraged salmon, either.

Pedt said:
> .com>, at 18:38:26 on Fri, 12 Dec 2008, bobharvey <robertharvey@my-
>>Any more? come on - you know you can do better...
>>
> [..]
> The implausibly-named Hope Wideup, of Demotte, Indiana, came across the
> horde of walnuts when she opened the car's bonnet to see what was wrong.
> 'There were thousands in there. They were everywhere,' she said.

Hordes of nuts, eh ?

> [..]
> Other new offences include "wilfully pretending to be a barrister",
> "disturbing a pack of eggs when instructed not to by an authorised
> officer"...

"The idea that anyone might cause a nuclear explosion without killing
anybody, and therefore being subject to a possible charge of murder, is
extremely far-fetched."

"Possible" is good.

bobharvey wrote:

> [..]
> Traditional Catalan christmas ornaments of people defecating, now
> featuring world leaders

> Any more? come on - you know you can do better...
>

I'm not sure I'd want to Try to top that one.

On 13 Dec, 04:39, Pedt <"\"@ @\""> wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081205...ticslawoffbeat...
> Other new offences include "wilfully pretending to be a barrister",
> "disturbing a pack of eggs when instructed not to by an authorised
> officer"...

A mate of mine reckons that whenever Westmuddlester wants to pass a
new law, they should have to repeal two others - any two, no need to
be related.

On 13 Dec, 04:39, Pedt <"\"@ @\""> wrote:
> Ihttp://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKTRE4BB5JL20081212?f...

Coo.
http://uk.reuters.com/news/video?vid...ideoChannel=76
"The park, located near the Chittranjan Locomotive Works, exhibits
some of the 2351 steam engines which were produced at the factory
between 1951 and 1972."
Coo.

The message
<15b01abc-b1d2-49b3-923e-4f68bc1b8213>
from bobharvey <robertharvey> contains these words:
> On 13 Dec, 04:39, Pedt <"\"@ @\""> wrote:
> > Ihttp://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKTRE4BB5JL20081212?f...

> Coo.
> [..]
> "The park, located near the Chittranjan Locomotive Works, exhibits
> some of the 2351 steam engines which were produced at the factory
> between 1951 and 1972."
> Coo.

Coo! Coo! Coo! Cooooooooo!
Chuff-chuff-chuff chuff-chuff-chuffitty-chuff

In article <49439e96$0$508$bed64819>,
Richard Robinson <richardR> wrote:
>Pedt said:
>
>Hordes of nuts, eh ?
>>"The idea that anyone might cause a nuclear explosion without killing
>anybody, and therefore being subject to a possible charge of murder, is
>extremely far-fetched."
>
>"Possible" is good.

It's to allow for the possibility that the possible perpetrator might possibly
be a Firearms Officer of the met going about his Lawful Business of killing
people not unlawfully. Possibly.

In article <b3972a26-44cb-4f14-b7f9-258eb3e01bda>,
bobharvey <robertharvey> wrote:
>On 13 Dec, 04:39, Pedt <"\"@ @\""> wrote:
>[..]...
>> Other new offences include "wilfully pretending to be a barrister",
>> "disturbing a pack of eggs when instructed not to by an authorised
>> officer"...
>
>A mate of mine reckons that whenever Westmuddlester wants to pass a
>new law, they should have to repeal two others - any two, no need to
>be related.

I think they should have to sacrifice a politician.

In article <49439dcd$0$508$bed64819>,
Richard Robinson <richardR> wrote:
>bobharvey said:
>
>This may be true, but. It gets really peculiar when you notice that said
>pbzcrgvgbef are as likely to have considered this argument as you are. And,
>if they're still not going to ...
>
>They probably wouldn't code it by hand in raw opcodes while slapping
>themselves across the face with a enraged salmon, either.

I strongly suspect that coding in raw opcodes, with or without fish-slapping,
would be loads simpler than getting into the M$ mindset and trying to
jbex with one of their half-documented APIs.

In article <002f7c7c$0$531$c3e8da3>,
JonG <news> wrote:
>bobharvey wrote:
>
>> [..]
>> Traditional Catalan christmas ornaments of people defecating, now
>> featuring world leaders
>
>> Any more? come on - you know you can do better...
>>
>
>I'm not sure I'd want to Try to top that one.

I goove they'd be a splendid addition to anyone's collection of
pretentious porcelain figurines, hmm...

Carl LHS Williams said:
> Richard Robinson <richardR> wrote:
>
> I strongly suspect that coding in raw opcodes, with or without fish-slapping,
> would be loads simpler than getting into the M$ mindset and trying to
> jbex with one of their half-documented APIs.

Oddly enough, I rather came to that conclusion last time I tried.

Carl LHS Williams said:
> Richard Robinson <richardR> wrote:
>>
>>"The idea that anyone might cause a nuclear explosion without killing
>>anybody, and therefore being subject to a possible charge of murder, is
>>extremely far-fetched."
>>
>>"Possible" is good.
>
> It's to allow for the possibility that the possible perpetrator might possibly
> be a Firearms Officer of the met going about his Lawful Business of killing
> people not unlawfully. Possibly.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/de...ramatic-scenes

Richard Robinson wrote:

> Carl LHS Williams said:
>
>>> They probably wouldn't code it by hand in raw opcodes

Actually googe are suggesting using x86 opcodes instead of
java/javascript/qbgarg/fvyireyvtug or other "p-chamaine" for browser
based apps.

http://google-code-updates.blogspot....r-running.html

>> I strongly suspect that coding in raw opcodes, with or without fish-slapping,
>> would be loads simpler than getting into the M$ mindset and trying to
>> jbex with one of their half-documented APIs.
>
> Oddly enough, I rather came to that conclusion last time I tried.

Never had prombles coding on Windows meself, it used to irk to cnl for
compilers, SDKs and DDKs, but there are now SFP and SFPOSS toolchians,
no doubt there were APIs that existed only for M$'s benefit, but that
was mainly contra-wordperfect or contra-lotus then an azbeny pogrommer.