My so called life*

1. Dropped the mobile on the ground.
2. Squeezed the cellphone in tight jeans/pockets.
3. Used the handset in the rain.
4. Throw the device on the ground in rage.
5. The dog/child got hold of the mobile.
6. Dropped the cellphone in the toilette.
7. Dropped the handset into the sea.
8. Forgot the cellphone on the roof of the car.
9. Perspiration on the mobile during workout.
10. Dropped the handset in the snow.

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(Via The New York Times)

Say that an I.R.S. agent leaks a politician’s income tax return to a newspaper reporter, an act that is a federal felony. The newspaper may have a First Amendment right to publish the information, especially since it bears on a matter of public interest. The government, meanwhile, is entitled to punish the agent, to protect citizens’ privacy and ensure a fair and efficient tax system.

To punish the agent, prosecutors may need to get the leaker’s name from the reporter; but if the reporter refuses to testify because of a “journalist’s privilege” to protect confidential sources, the agent may never be caught. Such a pattern is evident in the Valerie Plame matter, where an independent prosecutor is trying to learn who leaked the name of Ms. Plame, a C.I.A. operative, to the press. Uncooperative journalists, including those at The Times, may face jail.
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In case anyone is worried about it, we are all ok.

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(Via The Register)

The Northumbria Safety Camera Partnership, aka “Safe speed for life” has just published its top 10 excuses for geting nobbled by a speed, sorry, safety camera. Top of the list is alien-induced trance, closely followed by blaming excessive velocity on a passing aircraft. The list is culled from the letters received by fixed-penalty units in which motorists attempt to extricate themselves from copping a fine for speeding.

Northumbria Safety Camera Partnership manager Ray King said: “Some drivers seem to think that if they tell a good enough story then they will get off, which unfortunately rarely works. It is quite amazing the lengths some drivers will go to to avoid £60 and three points, when really the alternative is extremely simple – keep within the speed limit.”
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And he is sweet :).

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Ringers: Lord of the Fans’ is a feature-length documentary that explores how “The Lord of the Rings” has influenced Western popular culture over the past 50 years.

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