In the News

[mr_e]

North Korea consider sanctions an act of war!? I thought they were pretty much isolationist anyway. If it was some kind of "false flag" operation by S. Korea or a third party, which is what N. Korea are effectively claiming... bloody hell.

Interesting that paintings are often stolen to use as currency for criminals, but what's the good of a currency you're going to have difficulty liquidating?

And a warning for those visiting Australia who think kangaroos are cute: don't turn your back on them

[Mike]

Tesco wants ban on below cost alcohol sales and to go further by setting a minimum price. Well duh, of course the do. It will make them
more money!

[Mike]

Chinese Media are widely reporting that passionate kissing creates a pressure imbalance that can cause temporary (2 month) deafness. Subtly called the 'Kiss of Deaf' in the BBC article.

[Mike]

Chinese Media are widely reporting that passionate kissing creates a pressure imbalance that can cause temporary (2 month) deafness. Subtly called the 'Kiss of Deaf' in the BBC article.

[Mike]

Eurozone debt and spending crisis in graphics by the BBC.

Net mortgate lending falls to £1.8bn in April. This might explain why the number of viewings of my house has fallen.

[johnriley1uk]

So if every country is in deficit, who is lending us all the money?

[Mike]

Private investors / vecture capital firms / pension funds / China.

[johnriley1uk]

Hmm, hope we don't get repossessed by them all...

[Mike]

Stop the press Charlotte Church and Gavin Henson have split! This comes 6 weeks after thier engagement.

And in other news Shrek 3 beats Sex in the City 2 in the USA box office.

An interesting graphical representation of the fastest super computers in the world. China a doubling their efforst to become a super computer power by opening the second fastest machine in the world. I wonder what they need all that processing power for?

[Andy]

Who said North Korea know nothing about football? They were hinting at the truth as a striker is forced to play as a goalkeeper for the duration of the tournament.
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/wor ... icle/5269/

[BarcelonAl]

A sneaky effort indeed!

In other World Cup news, Rio's been injured by Heskey and misses the competition.

[Andy]

In other World Cup news, Rio's been injured by Heskey and misses the competition.

He got turned by Heskey What do you get for £30+million these days eh?

Dawson's in and Gerrard is captain. How many references to Istanbul will we now get? I'm already sick of this World Cup and I'm a football fan!

[Mike]

I am sick of the football adverts. Try are no longer fun.

[BarcelonAl]

I am sick of the football adverts. Try are no longer fun.

Plus all the footy related rubbish on web-sites (Dabs are not immune, sadly)...totally un-needed!

[Mike]

Hospital to use robots to control infection. This is the statement from the infection control nurse.

Traditionally clean and dirty tasks are carried out by the same person," infection control nurse Lesley Shepherd said.

"Here, you'll have the robots that do dirty tasks, so they may take dirty linen or clinical waste away, and you'll have robots that do clean tasks, such as bringing meals and clean linen to patients.

"They have separate lifts so there's no way they can cross, which is great."

Surely the answer to your traditional problem is to have one person dealing with dirt and one with clean. Just like the new system but without robots. What a lame ass reason to try using robots - I bet this person does not have any friends.