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"Don't watch The Da Vinci Code", religious people say. "It's a work of fiction. Instead read our book about our invisible sky wizard. It's all true." Perhaps religious types should stop trying to tell people what to do and think? I know it's a pretty ...

calum@magpie ~ $ grep "meaning of life" /dev/urandom grep: Memory exhausted. calum@magpie ~ $

I wonder how many people know (or care) that the Northern themed Ridley Scott 1973 "Bike Round" Hovis advert was actually filmed in Shaftesbury in the South Coast county of Dorset?

Crazy French man travels a long way through Paris at speeds of up to 140mph in a Ferrari in under 9 minutes. Oh, he filmed it too, and it was totally illegal. Even I can't believe some of the stuff he does. Straight through lots of red lights at high s...

It seems as though direct action is the only thing that governments listen to. Perhaps if hundreds of thousands of people protested in London, they might drop this stupid ID card idea.

I can't be bothered to watch Channel 5. They put the volume of their programmes down so low that you have to turn it up, and then the adverts come on, and blast you away. That, plus the fact that they are the undisputed terrestrial channel of shite in ...

I feel the need to explain about bird flu. Not because I'm an expert, or anything - but I was reading a site (www.fark.com) the other day, and I was struck at how many people "didn't get it". 1. Bird flu has a very high mortality rate. Out of the 190...

I am always find it strange when I hear people say "I could care less". Logically, it means that you are able to care less than you are currently caring about the thing being discussed, which is usually something the person speaking is expressing ambiva...

Push to add folic acid to bread: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4878448.stm Medicating a nation to save 250-300 babies a year? It's like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. One has to wonder why they're not tackling things that kill tens or hundr...

You know when you install the Apache webserver, it usually comes with a message something like "The fact that you are seeing this page indicates that the website you just visited is either experiencing problems, or is undergoing routine maintenance." S...