"You've left it a bit late, no?" you're probably thinking. Well yes, I have. Fortunately I'm fairly sure that nobody reading this was going to vote Conservative any way, and those that were planning to won't be swayed by any argument I can come up with. That's my defence of this late comment, and I'm sticking to it ( Read more... )

I've been avoiding posting for days. Not just because I've been tired as hell, but because I know that if I post I'll feel compelled to catch everyone up on all the amazing things I've been doing the last few weeks ( Read more... )

I've been silent for weeks. I've been busy getting myself ready to move back to London and trying to get this bloody degree out of the way; posting to my LJ has taken a back seat. But I saw this and couldn't stay quiet. I had to let everyone know exactly what kind of disgusting rubbish gets printed in The Daily Mail. I know I usually laugh about it ( Read more... )

Remember the houpla about Britannia being removed from the 50p? Well the new designs are in!

Guess what - I like them! There's not bad. The naysayers of the Daily Mail and their ilk say it shows a disjointed union - which is why it's crap and a symbol of "Nu Labour". Then there's the complaint about the lack of Welsh representation on the coins. ( Read more... )

Dear Media,

Brown, at no point whatsoever, said he was calling an election. Every single time he was asked, the response was "We are focusing on the business of governing" or similar. All this snap election business was your invention. Don't get angry with Brown just because you guessed wrong, and stop calling it "the election that wasn't". You ( Read more... )

Why do I do it? Why do I torture myself by looking at the BBC Have Your Say pages? It's like a collective of Tunbridge Wells Daily Mail readers. (What is the collective noun for a group of Daily Mail readers? Apart from a "£#*@%!" of readers?) In reaction to the flooding we should stop all building on flood plains. Of course, to tackle the ensuing ( Read more... )

Well, I've picked up a habit from the Boy now. He has this thing where he reads Wikipedia for hours just clicking on links and ending up in weird places - which I've been doing tonight. Today I learnt about Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. DUDE! Dick Cheney wasn't the first Vice President to shoot someone! How cool! I'm sure it's one of those ( Read more... )

Good Lord. I never thought Jonathon Ross could sound intelligent.

See, the Mail went nuts this weekend because Jonathon Ross asked Dave Cameron if as a teenager he ever had a wank over Thatcher. Big fucking deal, says I. Oooh, but not to the Daily Mail. No! It's the end of the world as we know it, Ross should lose his job, it's obscene and evil ( Read more... )

So the Mail has confused me this time...


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A lecturer was referring to the way customarily the letter lambda is usually used with ODEs and stuff, but with this new one you also use lambdas so try to not use them both and change one lambda to an alpha otherwise you'll get confused. Then he goes "I've never seen anyone use two lambdas with different meanings and not mess up their calculation ( Read more... )