* Posts by Martin

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Asus to revamp Eee PC 901 with bigger keyboard?

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>Product lifecycle

Not just laptops. Anybody remember when the VW golf was a small/cheap hatchback?

Oxford tops Blighty university rankings

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Dead Vulture

So nothing changes then

“Courses that are perceived to offer a clear career path are becoming increasingly popular," said Guide editor John O'Leary, adding that "some traditional academic subjects are struggling.”

So we have lots of people to do media relations for the all those new nuclear power stations but no physicists or engineers to design and build them.

Brown pledges annual commons debate on surveillance

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20th century methods

"we have used nineteenth century means to solve twenty first century problems"

What like effective policing, parliamentary democracy, respect for citizens ?

"Instead we must have twenty first century methods"

Like total surveillance, internment without trial and a suspicion of a particular religous group - sounds like a mid-20th Century method to me !

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