Monthly Archives: August 2006

Weighing electronics at airports?

Posted on 29 August 2006 by Angus Hardie

I was looking at a BBC news article about the recent security alerts at airports when a thought occurred to me. One of the big challenges with electronic items is to ensure that they have not been modified to contain … Continue reading →

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Britain, America and WW2

Posted on 25 August 2006 by Angus Hardie

The Guardian has an interesting article detailing apparent attempts by the British government to get America to join WW2. These apparently included an astrologer who made dire predictions about Hitler, a fake radio station and a campaign against Nazi groups … Continue reading →

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Abolish the “Three Rs”

Posted on 25 August 2006 by Angus Hardie

Why is it that whenever anyone seems to talk about education they always seem to use the phrase “Three Rs”. This particuarly stupid phrase seems to appear in every article about basic education. I think the very stupidity of this … Continue reading →

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Sony Batteries

Posted on 16 August 2006 by Angus Hardie

It looks like at least 4 million Dell notebook batteries are being recalled, all of which appear to be made by Sony. Worse news though, Sony also supply batteries to other companies thought to include Apple, Lenovo and HP. If … Continue reading →

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