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Perhaps I should embark on a start-up that sells strengthened chambers capable of withstanding explosives to replace traditional seating that the attendants lock you in before take…

'Listening to her Dutch friends, she assumed that Americans were fat, loutish, naive and sexually repressed. “But then I came here and found it was all false,” she smiles.' So very…

Neither can I. EDIT: Doh! I wasn't clicking on myself first. Never underestimate the stupidity of users.

Not sure how accurate it is but I enjoyed Thirteen Days: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146309/ Fog of War also features the subject and is excellent: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt031…

It's more of a 'link-bait-and-switch' title.

' while the more educated ones come up with elaborate rationalizations' - one or all of which might be correct?

Seriously, it ain't that bad! But I wouldn't complain about an update if you feel so inclined :)

Thanks, that's a great appraisal of the two and sums up most of what I've read so far nicely.

I thought it was a recent fork of the project - I stand corrected. Kohana certainly does look good. I'm just getting to grips with CI now. Authentication has been a matter of bolti…

That's based on Codeigniter, right? How do the two compare?

Coming from having done a Bioinformatics PhD and Post-Doc, I reckon getting in touch speculatively with people in Bioinformatics should work. You might get a lot of knock-backs but…

Wow, the economist link just gave me a 503 error with a 'Guru Meditation' message. Not something I would have expected from that site. It actually made me chuckle. Error 503 Servic…

At the risk of getting downmodded because people disagree with me, it's hackneyed dull crap. Hey, my opinion's as valid as yours, right?

Is there an equivalent library for PHP? It might save me a lot of time.

The Bladerunner soundtrack has worked wonders for focusing my mind since about the age of 15. Gastr del Sol's Camoufleur LP also performed admirably during my arduous PhD write-up.…

Thanks. I also found this whilst hunting around, which I found utterly fascinating: http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2002/sep/22/featuresre...

Thanks, I'll check these out.

I'd like something that can produce pretty diagrams out of the box for software, business processes, etc for showing to clients. Anything free would be a bonus too. Any advice?

Could you elaborate about the 'business revelations'? I'm really intrigued.

Perhaps the causes or whatever drives people to be religious or criminal are not the same? Perhaps removing criminals from British society was enough to 'reform' a lot of them.The …

I wouldn't be happy if, say, objections to an unpopular scientific theory were simply expressed by scientists down-voting and burying it. Unless the idea's completely insane or fac…