PAL: Archivio

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Big Brother is watching: surveillance box to track... →

“Roads in the UK are already subject to the closest surveillance of any in the world. Police control a database that is fed information from automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras, and are able to deduce the journeys of as many as 10 million drivers a day. Details are stored for up to five years.”

Mar 31

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“Will “The Hilliker Curse” [a four-part serial he’s writing for...”

– Sempre Ellroy, sempre dal Los Angeles Times. Immenso.

Mar 30

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“I want rectitude, brain power and passion.”

– “[James Ellroy’s] current taste in women”, come dichiarato al Los Angeles Times. Subito dopo però Ellroy aggiunge: “Quite often I take what I can get”.

Mar 30

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“Moon’s penchant for the wild life was detrimental to his drumming and his...”

– Dalla pagina di Wikipedia dedicata a Keith Moon (gli asterischi di enfasi sono miei). Le rockstar di oggi? Al massimo riescono a non piangersi addosso.

Mar 27

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Mar 27

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Mar 26

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Pupils to study Twitter and blogs in primary... →

E allora questo, come motivo? Oggi è giornata.

Mar 25

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Home Office defends proposal to track social... →

È uno dei motivi per cui me ne sono andato dalla Gran Bretagna. Da noi la gente scenderebbe in strada, lassù permettono questo e altro.

Mar 25

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Mar 24

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Dead Palestinian babies and bombed mosques: IDF... →

“Dead babies, mothers weeping on their children’s graves, a gun aimed at a child and bombed-out mosques - these are a few examples of the images Israel Defense Forces soldiers design these days to print on shirts they order to mark the end of training, or of field duty. The slogans accompanying the drawings are not exactly anemic either: A T-shirt for infantry snipers bears the...

Mar 23

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Israeli troops describe shooting Gaza civilians →

“The accounts, published in two Israeli newspapers yesterday, gives rare insight into how the soldiers acted. It reinforces Palestinian accounts of disproportionate Israeli force and contradicts the Israeli military’s official version of events.”

Mar 20

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“you want nerd points? i’ll GIVE you nerd points: in 1985 (or something…’86?) i...”

– Zak Sally, ancora da Journalista. È talmente bella che sono sicuro sia finta.

Mar 18

“Y’know, I haven’t had a real job in ages, but now even the people with real jobs...”

– Bruce Sterling, via Journalista. Proprio come mi sento io. Heh.

Mar 18

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