Monthly Archives: May 2004

EU enlargement

Posted on May 4, 2004 by acb

A story told by the FWB’s Latin teacher, about one of her former jobs. On a school trip to France, one of the boys was being a tremendous nuisance, arrogant and rude, until he got a cold. A really bad … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Patriotism

Posted on May 4, 2004 by acb

I can quite believe that British troops are capable of beating up Iraqi prisoners, but when I read the — quite convincing — counter-attacks on the Mirror’s photographs my first reaction was national pride: at least our army is still … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Zombie dockers

Posted on May 4, 2004 by acb

I have noticed recently that a high proportion of the spam that makes it through Spamassassin is duplicated. Between a quarter and a third on any given day will be exact copies of the same message. I imagine this is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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