What's your objection then Bill?

What's your objection then Bill?

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As you might imagine, I remain far from convinced!...

As you might imagine, I remain far from convinced!!

Bill

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It sounds certainly interesting.

It sounds certainly interesting.

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Disreali Gears

I've become bothered by the pulleys on rear derailleurs. They sap your exergy! Here's a more efficient gear system for bikes.

When you change down a gear, the chain would get pushed onto a smaller sprocket at the front, and simultaneously it would get pushed onto a bigger sprocket at …

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Landshare

Claire just texted me about Landshare and I've signed up. The idea is that someone can use my back garden to grow vegetables, and I get a share of the produce. I think I need to get the soil tested as the land was the site of some pretty nasty …

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Keep up the good work.

Keep up the good work.

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The dead hand of software patents

I've been moved to write the following to my MP and some of my MEPs:

Andrew Murrison, Graham Watson, Neil Parish,

I was concerned to hear that the Court of Appeal has ruled that patents should be allowed on software.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article4907993.ece …

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You're the first person I've asked that has come u...

You're the first person I've asked that has come up with this mid-point idea.

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Which sort do you think you are?

Which sort do you think you are?

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Synthetic Biology

As well as Bill and Pascal, Jo and Phil went along to Monday's Science Cafe. Jo and Phil work for a pharmaceuticals company, so phrases like 'recombinant DNA' hold no fear for them!

The subject covers the spectrum from taking the basic molecules of life and using new variants to …

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