You're right dammit! I've corrected the post and f...

You're right dammit! I've corrected the post and fired the editor.

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Gongoozling

Reflection

Here are a few photos from my rock 'n' roll weekend. We walked from Bath along the Kennet and Avon canal to The George pub.

Me and Liz

This is my friend Liz and me.

Swans

Thanks to Rahul for these photos.

Rahul had bangars and mash at the pub, but unaccountably lost his …

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Tony,

If your going to include my name in ...

Tony,

If your going to include my name in your blog, please please try and get your facts straight. On subjects as important as those discussed, I really think that accuracy is of paramount importance.

You have not been to all the science cafes, as stated, you missed the one …

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The Precautionary Principle

It was my friend Bill that started it. 'Come to the Science Cafe', he said. That was ages ago, and I've been to every one since (apart from the one on football). Monday saw Dick Taverne talking on the theme of his book, The March of Unreason. He delivered a …

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Consultation on draft Climate Change Bill

Bob sent me a link to the consultation on the draft Climate Change Bill. Here's the response I sent to Defra:

  1. I'm concerned that by raising the cost of carbon emissions in the UK, countries with lower emissions costs will come to see their unregulated emissions as a competitive advantage …
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Kerckhoffs and Swire's disclosure matrix

Every public electricity supply in the UK has a unique MPAN number, the last digit of this is the check digit. I tried to impress my dad with this knowledge, and he gamely showed interest. 'You mean a check digit like on the end of credit card numbers?', he asked …

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Imprimatur 008

Announcing a new version of Imprimatur. The two main changes are:

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Lyrical Rhetoric: Syllepsis

There's a good example of syllepsis in Dignity by Deacon Blue:

And he takes no lip off nobody
And litter off the gutter

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EU Holocaust Denial Ban: II

In an earlier post I argued against a law prohibiting the denial of the holocaust.

I've just listened to a programme on Radio 4 where the leader of the BNP used the threat of extradition to France as a way of evading the interviewer's questions on the holocaust. The French …

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Was I right to change to Good Energy?

Some time ago I switched my electricity supplier to Good Energy, thinking that it would mean that my electricity use wouldn't be contributing to CO2 emmissions. On Saturday my friend Bill came up with an argument that made me rethink green electricity.

In the UK, thanks to privatization, customers can …

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