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• Commented on Generation Z
  I for one (having enjoyed the West German version of free education) am still wondering why the lousy education system in the UK has not prompted more enthusiasm in the British youth to go and study somewhere else for less...
• Commented on Another deceptively simple question
  I think (and I am not limiting myself to fiction here), THE book will experience a split. While the medium is great for certain applications like portable, battery-free entertainment that is easy on the eye and inoffensive to airline security...
• Commented on Lies, damned lies, and popular beliefs
  Hasn't changed much. And the explanation is quite obvious. Nothing whips up support like "OBVIOUS" indicators that your country is going to the dogs, preferably under external pressure. Another example is UK attitude towards the EU. I have rarely heard...
• Commented on Crib Sheet: The Jennifer Morgue
  If you are interested in the Azorian inside story, check out http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nukevault/ebb305/index.htm...
• Commented on Crib Sheet: The Merchant Princes
  So instead of unqualified para-medicinal hogwash, best wishes for rapid restoration of health and reading capabilities....
• Commented on Crib Sheet: Iron Sunrise
  Greg, Just disclaimer first, I am sitting on the fence on this one. But... Alex Salmond has his roots in Edinburgh banking, so he might be able to pull something there. and.. MoD has already massively reduced their footprint by...
• Commented on Crib Sheet: Iron Sunrise
  I expect "Halting State" and "Rule 34" to be forgotten -- they're much too contemporary; HS already looks badly dated. I am not sure if you would consider this good news, but at least on a Scottish forum, both books...
• Commented on Crib Sheet: Iron Sunrise
  Being a good British resident alien, I have to add the Rule of Law. You can have Democracy, especially high-volume freedom of speech and some form of separation of powers and still make a royal mess of the place, if...
• Commented on The language of alienation
  So here are a few technologies I figure I might have to explain to my kids at some point: Telefax, Telegraph, Postage stamps, Cheques (as long as I do not move to the US), Postal Orders, Polaroid, Typewriter, Video cassette...
• Commented on Minor hiccup
  I am one of those immigrants in the UK, and I found your insights into the British Public Service very entertaining, working with the DECC and its tentacles and educating myself through the House of Cards otherwise. Where did you...