a rantfest to end them all
Yet another act in the umpteenth rehashing of “Yes, I’m a [random nationality]. My opinions – they are like a single falling leaf in autumn” kicked off recently. I’m slightly nonplussed why people actually think this is worth nattering on about any longer. Is this the same sort of misplaced optimism that has a website asking whom the world would elect? Because I don’t think the Americans are really interested in having their presidential elections determined by the six billion odd inhabitants of the planet; regardless of (or in spite of) what said inhabitants may think about GWB.
And since I made a reference to GWB, it’s only fair that I link to MoveOn. Which is taking aim at Facebook. Yes, new advertising scheme. The most disturbing part about this whole setup is that it may use cookie sharing (like Microsoft Passport). Help Pages here – a tad sparse on information. But really, if you’re in the UK – then this is pretty much nothing. 25 million personal records lost in the post. Yes – names, dates of birth, bank account details. The lot.
An interesting observation about news coverage of the data security incident. I know the field reasonably well. I probably can’t spot the sophisticated half-truths, but I can pick out the idiots. The number of idiots interviewed in the past couple of days about the incident makes me wonder if all the stories are spun in the same clumsy haphazard way.
And finally, ah, England. Did you really deserve to qualify at all? At least now you’re rid of that bumbling underachiever who allegedly coached you for 18 odd months. And on a different sport, the tour match scorecard almost looks like the scorecard for the Aussies in the tests.
On 23-Nov-07 at 8:00 am,
tinylittlefascist wrote:
So much vitriol.
Surely seeing England prance around like a bunch of headless idiots didn’t bring you to this, dracky sire?
On 23-Nov-07 at 4:38 pm,
Curious Yellow wrote:
I was hoping England would lose so Hiddink would take the Chelsea job, sadly not though
I wonder why the English are deluding themselves that Mourinho will take the accursed task of managing them too :s The bookies had him on at 4/1, must have made a fortune. Oh, and someone made a tidy sum betting on Croatia to win, 7/1, can you believe it? The mind boggles.
On 23-Nov-07 at 5:06 pm,
drac wrote:
Fascist: it was the accumulation of many little irritants, like the buildup of gunk on some random mechanical part (of which I know nothing).
CY: You mean, England will win and Hiddink is sacked as the Russian coach, right? Or did I misunderstand completely? Also, Maurinho said no very early in the game I thought… It’s Martin O’Neill (who may have also ruled himself out), Fabio Capello (who wants the job – little does he know, the poor bastard) and Steve Coppell/Harry Redknapp bringing up the rear.
Yeah, betting on a Croat victory must have had a massive payoff. Heh. Also on a related theme they seem to have lost a few more records.
On 03-Dec-07 at 4:44 pm,
Curious Yellow wrote:
Yeah sorry, I did mean England to win. It’s surprising how England are always odds on to win even when you know they’ll lose. If they get Capello then they get the man who left out a potential match winner due to a lover’s tiff. Awesome! Betfair is going to see some more of my money soon if he gets the job!
I heard McLaren was incompetent, but the question is, how did those details get into the hands of the FA in the first place? Methinks the rot starts at the head.