h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Seen any good ones today?

Just seen the one, so far. Apparently Portugal are to sell Cristiano Ronaldo to Spain to help clear their national debt (from the Independent).

Saw one from a torrent site that said they were eradicating malware from their site by making it incompatible with suspect browsers. These would be put on a browser blacklist and nobody could download anything if they were using them. The browsers on the list were IE, Firefox and Netscape. Loads of people were falling for it judging by the replies.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12923112

The Rolls-Royce 102EX Phantom Experimental Electric? Taking the PEE, surely?


Geggs

Google are joining in as usual:

Gmail motion - control Gmail with movements of your body:
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html

LinkedIn - my 'people you may know' list includes:

Sherlock Holmes (Detective at 221B Baker Street)
Robin Hood (Activist/ Chief Fundraiser at Nottingham)
The Hatter (Riddler at 6 o'clock productions)
Werner Heisenberg (This *may* be Heisenberg's profile)

Robin Hood's summery:

Accomplished fundraiser with over 15 years experience in robbing the rich to give back to the poor. Skilled at highway robbery. Charismatic leader that motivates and directs a band of 15 merry men.Skilled in forestry, archery, swordfighting, hand to hand combat. Great singing and dancing skills.

His current positions are
Activist at Nottingham
Mortal enemy at Sheriff of Nottingham
Environmentalist at Sherwood Forest

Pitpass (a motorsport gossip/news website)

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=43226

Bernie Ecclestone to recruit Simon Cowell & Simon Fuller to improve the spectacle...

Oh, and on a similar subject.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/237975/Rising-fuel-costs-threaten-British-Grant-Prix

This one had me worried...

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/savings-and-banking/article.html?in_article_id=528736&in_page_id=7&ct=5

There's this, from the Woodland Trust. http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/sniff

And an article claiming we'll soon be paying cat tax to help pay "senior public sector managers' salaries and pensions".

Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/savings-and-banking/article.html?in_article_id=528736&in_page_id=7#ixzz1IGPf4lLy
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/savings-and-banking/article.html?in_article_id=528736&in_page_id=7&ct=5

http://www.machinery.co.uk/article/32755/Science-fact-replicates-science-fiction-(World-Exclusive).aspx

"Bernie Ecclestone to recruit Simon Cowell & Simon Fuller to improve the spectacle..."

To be honest, I can't be sure that's not true.

B

Anyone hear the possible on on todays Today this morning just prior to the 'Platitude of the Day' slot?

It was a piece about musicians re-mastering their albums to be played in '3D' sound...i.e. surround sound. Mike Oldfield has done it with Tubular bells.

They then mentioned binaural recording where a special microphonesare set up allows a mimicking of how the human ears hear the sound. You then listen to the recording through headphones.

Here is an example:

http://www.giltrap.co.uk/index.php?page=cds&category=02--CDs&display=309#offset17

Now so far so factual however even people thought this was the April Fool bit...why people didn;t check on the interent before posting on twitter etc I do not know.

If it was in any way an Aril Fool it was them playing binaural recordings and telling people to put their hand in frot of their face to cut the hissing out.

I have no idea as I don't know that much about what a binaural recording sounds like...since I knew about Binaural recordings I assumed it was interference patterns of the two channels?

Hence, if it was an April Fool it wasn't a good one as it was too factual in it's set-up.

There were plans announced today to put a toll on a stretch of the M6 near Preston. There has been a certain amount of scepticism about this.

Unfortunately, I'd put nothing past this government...

On Twitter: DiscoverIreland
Big news! The Giant's Causeway, started by developer Finn McCool, will be extended across Irish Sea to Scotland as intended when first began

A subtle one from the Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/01/magic-monarchy-royal-moment

BMW are running ads in today's papers advertising a new limited-edition car to mark the royal wedding, available in red, white or blue, with a special 'Will' logo.

I suppose, this time next year, we'll have a whole load relating to the Olympics.

It's always hard to know in the NI papers whether it's a joke or not: I have my doubts about the following stories...


Irish bank shares rise!

Peter Robinson pictured reading a book entitled "It could have been worse"

Dual time zone along the border as the Republic ditches "British" Summer Time.