Worst Album Cover? (Sun-Sentinel)
Date submitted: 04/25/2008
The Vatican has announced that this year’s Christmas mass is to be replaced with a PowerPoint presentation about Jesus’ birth…[newsbiscuit.com]
Doctors at the Royal St James Hospital in Swindon have admitted they were disappointed after an impromptu gig by pop star James Blunt failed to awaken 8-year old Kylie Taylor from a five day coma. Instead consultants believe that for two days afterwards she was even less responsive to stimuli and may have slipped deeper into unconsciousness… [newsbiscuit.com]
UPDATE [2009-12-18] (20:42:00) FERNET BRANCA ADV FAIL ON RAINEWS 24: sarà che il googlebot è proprio…
UPDATE FERNET BRANCA ADV FAIL ON RAINEWS 24: sembra che il googlebot abbia rimosso la pagina di rainews 24 nei risultati correlati…comunque i screenshots parlano da soli…o come manipolare in parte la diffusione di informazioni importante sulla rete grazie all’intelligenza arteficiale di un bot che genera milliardi di risultati al giorno, Google, ridicolo.
Il 14 notte postavo sul’incidente (well well well, Berlusconi is bloodied by attack @ news.bbc.co.uk), navigando da bbc news e rainews 24 mi sono reso conto di una pubblicità poco adatta per la circonstanza e piazzata in mezzo all’articolo. Ovviamente il legame non esiste fra Fernet Branca e la notizia, ma facendo poi una ricerca mirata con la string “brinda con fernet branca” su google.it a seguito del mio post mi sono ritrovato la notizia di rainews 24 come prima risultato, ad oggi il 16 arriva al secondo posto sul motore, che in questo caso avrà sicuramente mescolato un po le parole chiave..ottimo bot !
per un risultato sicuro utilizzare i ” nella ricerca (http://www.google.it/webhp?hl=it#hl=it&q=”brinda+con+Fernet+Branca”)
2009-12-09 07:29:50
Subject: Message to Switzerland
Hi,
My name is Elena, I’m 32 years old and I live in a province in Russia. I work in library and I can use computer after my work when possible. I finded your address in internet and I decided to write you this letter.
I have a 8 years daughter Angelina, her father left us and we live with my mother.
Due to financial crisis my mother unexpected lost job and our situation became very difficult.
The prices for gas and electricity is very high in our region and we cannot use it to heat our home anymore.
The winter is coming and weather becoming colder each day. We are very afraid and we don’t know what to do.
The only possibility for us to heat our home is to use a portable oven which work with burning wood. We have many wood in our region and this oven will heat our home all winter for minimal charges.
Unfortunately, we cannot buy this oven in our local market because it cost equivalent of 191 Euro and very expensive for us.
If you have any old portable wood burning oven and in case you don’t use it anymore, we will be very grateful to you if you can donate it to us and organize transport of this oven to our home address:
Elena Galitsyna,
Kirova Str. 25-54
Kaluga 248000
Russia
We are located in central part of Russia, 180km from Moscow.
I will be waiting for your answer.
>From all my heart I wish you a Merry Christmas. I wish that the New 2010 Year will bring you hapiness and all your dreams come true!
Elena and my family.
Debrett’s – the modern authority on etiquette and manners – has provided a list of top etiquette tips to help students get it right:
1. Introduce yourself to strangers at parties. Everyone is in the same boat, so don’t worry about making the first move.
2. Listen to what other people tell you, and ask questions. Conversation is likely to be about A-level results, school, courses and gap years.
3. Be social. Operate an open door policy when you move into your halls.
4. Be a joiner. Sign up to societies and clubs, but don’t go mad – build on your existing interests and expand your horizons.
5. While it’s good to be open to new experiences, exercise a little caution. You may end up doing something in freshers’ week that will haunt you for the next three years.
6. Watch your budget. Don’t blow the entire term’s allowance on overindulging in week one.
7. Away from parental and school supervision, hormones will run high. Make sure you’re not the talk of the campus.
8. The pints may be cheap and you’ll inevitably overindulge, but keep your wits about you.
If you thought it was tough going back to work this morning, imagine having the added mental burden of suddenly learning to drive on the opposite side of the road. (…)
The Real IRA has said today that it is ‘angered and offended’ that someone who is not the Real IRA has bagged the name on social networking site Twitter. Many celebrities use the word ‘Real’ in front of their name to differentiate from imposters but it would seem that the party using the username ‘Real IRA’ is not the breakaway terrorist cell of that name.
evilsuperstar [newsbiscuit.com]
La valise diplomatique
jeudi 12 mars 2009
Hadopi : surveiller et punir Internet
Nicolas Sarkozy est le partisan résolu d’une gouvernance moderne, basée sur un dialogue avec l’opinion publique à travers les médias et les corps constitués. Son usage de l’outil législatif manifeste cette option. Plutôt qu’à établir les règles du jeu social, les lois soumises au Parlement servent à adresser des messages ou à afficher une politique.
André Gunthert [monde-diplomatique.fr]
