I just received the following from M

The old publicity archive

:: fridgemagnet :: Cleaning The Fucking Kitchen

The one, the only, the original… your print-out-and-nail-to-someone’s forehead guide. Recently modified due to threats of legal action. Also see the FAQ.

You’d think that it would be harder to organise, but Adam was finding it simple. You’d think that there would be logistical problems, but dole cheques and the laptop he’d liberated from Alpatek were sufficient – that and a bit of legwork.

Every morning when he booted up, Adam looked at the Alpatek logo, probably the only person in the world to look at their startup screen with such attention. It was his Old Glory. If they’d had a company song he would have set it to play each time. He’d always been like that, from his second day at the office (the first was spoilt by an unfortunate toilet paper incident), one of the team, work hard play hard earn hard. Having gone through university not even joining the Ironic Beer Society, Adam had found the joys of belonging. » Continue reading “A Cheese By Any Other Name”

Football-Shit Corrector

Constructed at the time of the World Cup (can you tell?) this is guaranteed to provide proper translation of the most football-infected site.

Killer robots are definitely the future of military technology.

Consider. Weapons are getting smarter, because smart weapons are deniable. The restrictions that the Western military has on the use of force are based on public perception of responsibility.

When you can say “it’s an unavoidable and regrettable result of warfare”, people accept that. You can say it about cluster bombs and smart bombs. Imagine if you could define a robot as a munition, and airdrop a load of them in an area. They do the job that soldiers would have done before, conducting urban and rough-terrain warfare, but they’re not people, they’re weapons, so if they kill people accidentally that’s just a terrible accident.

The point about smart weapons is that they’re still weapons. They draw the ethical responsibility away from the users, and allow them to pretend their misapplication is a technical error. In a world where the politically active public are used to being fucked over by Windows, it seems a very believable excuse.

This is tremendously exciting to people like myself trained in artificial intelligence techniques. Er, possibly.

Current music is public enemy / "i stand accused"

New! Visit the [Football-Shit Corrector][2]!

Here we have a little rant about football, started on the day after England beat Germany 5-1. Fucking great. I’m really enthused with love of my country, can’t you tell?

Football isn’t all that shit. What I really object to is the constant assumption that (a) I am interested in it, (b) I should be and (c) it actually means something more than any other stupid hobby. Oh, and I despise the casual racism that goes with it. Anyway, here we go.

Football is demonstrably:

1. extremely dull
2. bad for people
3. bad for society

Let’s examine these issues a bit more closely.

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E-Bed.com – your solution for online kipping

Sleep! Fast! Online! Now! e-bed.com is there for you. Really should update this one of these days.

Through the magic of the net, fridgemagnet.org.uk is able to offer you an instant promotion, effective as of today. Please find your old and new job titles below.

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Pink Sheep

One of the first things I ever did on this site. You can tell. But I still like it.