fanf

Dear morons, I'm glad to know that this important marketing message is confidential, and that I shouldn't tell anyone about your branding change even though it's obvious because you are changing the signs on your buildings.

PS. if you are going to use an email service provider to send this shit, at least you could hire one that is able to delete your misleading disclaimers first.

Received: from mail.highford.com ([213.210.16.63]:53904)
    by ppsw-6.csi.cam.ac.uk (mx.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.146]:25)
Message-Id: <curu/yjjezx3xvv8q6i5ew@hearfrom.com>
From: Bradford & Bingley <news@savings.bradford-bingley.co.uk>
To: Mr Finch <dot@dotat.at>
Subject: Update Bradford & Bingley Savings changing to Santander

Dear Mr Finch,

As of 11 January 2010 Abbey National plc which includes the
Bradford & Bingley savings business will change its name to
Santander UK plc and operate under the brand name of Santander.

[...]

This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential
and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to
whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in
error please notify the system manager.

[...]

avva

— Как вы думаете, как бы Набоков отнёсся к изобретению компьютера? Пользовался бы им? А интернетом?

— Вѣроятно, съ живымъ любопытствомъ; но пользоваться сомнительными услугами вычислительныхъ машинъ скорѣе всего не сталъ бы, предоставивъ это женѣ или секретарю.

Вы знаете, что онъ никогда не садился и за пишущую машину, которая была изобрѣтена незадолго до его рожденія. Для этого много причинъ практическаго и философическаго характера, но главная въ томъ, что всякій настоящій писатель знаетъ, или по крайней мѣрѣ чувствуетъ, тончайшую, но ненарушимую связь между образомъ выраженія (въ его высшихъ формахъ) и правой рукой съ писчимъ инструментомъ въ трехъ пальцахъ.

Первоначальна только рукопись, а никакъ не машинопись. Грубо говоря, ни одинъ шедевръ ни въ прозѣ, ни тѣмъ болѣе поэтическій не былъ и не можетъ въ принципѣ бытъ написанъ иначе какъ десницею.

На ремингтонахъ и макинтошахъ можно сочинять или «писать» всякую всячину (не говорю тутъ о перепечатываніи перебѣленной рукописи, это дѣло обычное), что и дѣлается сплошь, но такимъ искусственнымъ опосредованнымъ способомъ ничего нельзя создать въ высшихъ художественныхъ разрядахъ.

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/12/telcoms_securit.html

A very good four-part series: "Risk and Security in the Telecommunications Industry."

katebate

• 11:50 can't beat driving to north shore blasting the beatles. never coming home, btw. #
• 19:07 @jphilm Have you seen the pretty costumes? And the dancing? Oh, you don't mean figure skating do you? #
• 19:07 The only reason to leave Hawaii: sand. #
• 19:07 @hawaiitvblog Nope, it was on Oahu. #

http://www.avclub.com/articles/december-16-2009,36327/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=type_savage-love

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091215.html

Do stars appear dimmer when nearer the horizon?

http://xkcd.com/676/

torgo_x

«Hiragana was developed for speed, whereas katakana developed to be small.»

—Wikipedia entry: "Kana"

...and...

«Hiragana developed from man'yōgana written in the highly cursive, flowing sōsho style; katakana is based on pieces of man'yōgana, and was developed by Buddhist monks as a form of shorthand. In some cases, one man'yōgana character for a given syllable gave rise to the current hiragana equivalent, and a different one gave rise to the current katakana equivalent; for example, the hiragana る (ru) is derived from the man'yōgana 留, the katakana ル (ru) is derived from the man'yōgana 流.»

—Wikipedia entry: "Man'yōgana", section "Development"

If true, interesting!

Meanwhile, the entry "hentaigana" is not as interesting as I expected.

However, YOW!