Comments on: First Inaugural SBBS Loon-Off

By: Tim Worstall

Tim Worstall — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 09:49:00 +0000

"This could well entail the referee being a madman, which may also have other advantages. If you appoint a raving mad a referee.."

So John B won’t be allowed to actually play the game then?

By: john b

john b — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:27:00 +0000

I think the minis are Hitachi and the big ones Toshiba...

One quick Google later: yes, they are.

By: John S

John S — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 15:09:00 +0000

Toshiba, I’m fairly certain.

By: Chris b

Chris b — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 14:37:00 +0000

I’ve found the dumbest article ever (not a blog though, does a quote count)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4617139.stm

Hello anyone home!?!?!? People buy Mac’s ‘cos they like the styling and the attached lifesytle statement not ‘cos of the individual components. It’s like saying Apple will have an ipod sales issue by ‘confusing’ consumers if they changed HDD supplier from Seagate to Fujitsu (BTW does anyone know who makes the Ipod HDD’s?)

By: john b

john b — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 12:08:00 +0000

Everybody has won, and all must have prizes.

By: eskimo

eskimo — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 12:04:00 +0000

Who won, then?

By: N.I.B.

N.I.B. — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 11:50:00 +0000

If someone hasn’t done a satire version of that site, they really should… PROJECT PLAN!

By: john b

john b — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 11:16:00 +0000

I got the impression he appended the AQ joke to an otherwise serious comment (hence all the stuff about CCTV riddling the minds of the people of Rochdale). The whole thing [*] might be satire, but I don't think it is.

[*] either the comment or Samizdata.

By: N.I.B.

N.I.B. — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 11:09:00 +0000

That didn't work for Ian Huntley.

I think that poster was joking though, hence the remark directly after about being the CEO of AQ. Either that or I didn't get the joke.

By: john b

john b — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 11:01:00 +0000

Hmm. The madness comes in the writer’s implication that the two points are somehow related, and the fact that he’s scared of being tracked by his mobile (whereas for anyone sane, the correct attitude is ‘Bothered. If I need to do anything really dodgy, I can always switch it off beforehand.’)