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In which I demonstrate my lack of history education

Chris — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:14:59 +0000

chrismear: i really feel like i ought to have a better grounding or sense of human history chrismear: timescales, at least davidmear: Yeah chrismear: 'cause, like chrismear: here's what i've got at the moment chrismear: Dinosaurs chrismear: Cavemen chrismear: Egyptians chrismear: Greeks chrismear: Romans chrismear: Jesus chrismear: nobody expects the spanish inquisition? chrismear: that's, like leapfrogging 1600 years or something chrismear: no, wait chrismear: then chrismear: Blackadder chrismear: Blackadder II chrismear: Blackadder III chrismear: Victorians chrismear: Blackadder IV chrismear: NASA

“Linux… is holding our kids back.”

Chris — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:25:52 +0000

“The student was… handing out Linux disks… I am not sure what you are doing is legal. No software is free and spreading that misconception is harmful… putting linux (sic) on these machines is holding our kids back.”

Scare tactics much?

Chris — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:57:51 +0000

Scratchcard game cancelled because it requires punters to understand negative numbers

Chris — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:23:56 +0000

Scratchcard game cancelled because it requires punters to understand negative numbers. And they don’t.

Scampi and Economics

Chris — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:29:35 +0000

Wikipedia taught me a new word today. While I was learning about scampi, it treated me to this delightful sentence:

The word “scampi” is often construed as that style of preparation, not an ingredient, hence the seemingly pleonastic “shrimp scampi” or the seemingly impossible “chicken scampi”.

I would also like an explanation as to why this photograph of the American dish ’scampi’ is captioned thusly:

Since you’re rich and spoiled, it might not seem like the economy has gone into the toilet, so I’d just like to bring that to your attention – The economy has gone into the toilet.