Did Leveson Use Wikipedia?
The Times today is saying that some passages of Lord Leveson’s report were copied from Wikipedia.
Surprise! Surprise!
Aren’t we all guilty of that. I know, I regularly point to the articles of others. But I try to give the source.
The Leveson Enquiry
What a waste of time and money! If the law is broken, throw the book at them.
Anyway regulating the newspapers is a waste of time, as everything can be posted on the Internet without checking. And it will be!
Newspapers will just be used to wrap fish and chips.
WordPress Changes Picture Upload Again
Why do they keep fiddling with it? Especially, as I preferred the original one, where I could size my pictures directly to 450 x 337 pixels.
Now I have to edit the HTML
I Need A Left-Handed Connector
I have a small IKEA shelf, that is the ideal place to put my small wireless printer.
The Mains Cable On My Printer
But as you can see the mains cable pushes the printer forwards. What is needed is a right-angled mains connector like this.
A Right-Angled Connector
This one from Maplin, though is right-handed. They don’t do a left-handed one. So where can I get one? If you look at the item on Maplin, I’m not the only one who wants one, given the comments.
Wonga Apologises To Stella Creasy
Wonga have apologised to Stella Creasy, after one of their employees abused her on Twitter. It’s all here in the Guardian.
I’m always suspicious of Wonga, as I think they’re very slippery. So was the twibel, as they’re now called, a means to get more publicity? After all, they must have known that Stella Creasy wouldn’t be amused.
Frank Gardner On Risk Profiling
Frank Gardner has written an article about risk profiling software for the BBC web site. He writes it with respect to terrorism, but buried in the article is this piece.
He says South Korean Customs, which have bought the programme, report a 20% higher detection rate of illegal goods.
That is just good use of data mining software, to identify the source of illegality.
There are so many applications for this type of software, such as in healthcare, road safety, crime, product failures from televisions and vehicles to large projects, that generally all we will see is a much better lifestyle.
Only in a few areas will there be any cause for concern about human rights.
Sendola
I like this little web site application called Sendola. I saw it on Leon‘s site and it enables you to get details of the company to your phone. In Leon’s case it gets the address of the restaurant.
It even worked with my Nokia 6310i. But with a smart phone you get a map as well.
Sendola is even used by St. Paul’s cathedral, so God must get directions on their tablet.
An Unfortunate Name
I took this photo of an advert on the back of a car.
An Unfortunate Name
They’re probably an excellent company and I think this is their web site
Spam From President Assad’s Wife!
With all the troubles in Syria, I got this spam yesterday.
I will like to formally introduce myself, I am Mrs. Asma al-Assad, First Lady of Syria which is the wife of Syria President Bashar al Assad.
I have a Profitable business transaction for you which involves transfer of funds,Please if interested do contact me via email for more details on this transaction but if this does not suit your business ethics, kindly delete this e-mail as I will gladly appreciate.
I await your swift response, to my email.
It may have come from Iran.
I will of course not be responding.
Sue The Twits
It is reported on the front page of The Times, that Lord McAlpine is going to sue those who might have defamed him on Twitter. It’s also here in the Telegraph.
If I were him, I’d find the most well-known twit on the list with lots of money and sue just them. It wouldn’t cost me a fortune, but the returns could be high.
The Anonymous Widower 