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What could I do with this?

CREATE TABLE child (
  id BIGINT NOT NULL AUTO_NUMBER PRIMARY KEY
, parent_table VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL
, parent_id BIGINT NOT NULL
, FOREIGN KEY parent_table REFERENCES INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables(name)
, FOREIGN KEY parent_id DEREFERENCES parent_table(id)
) ENGINE=fantasy COMMENT=’Don’t run this at home, folks!’;

AND
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“No love, they only blow hot air.”

Yay! Snow in Sheffield again. Piccies just as soon as my camera batteries charge. Oh dear, my camera has failed doesn’t seem to like the cold! Anyways, a couple of pics from out front and back.
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This picture may tell a thousand words where The Google AdSense Team will utter not a one. So far I’ve had no response from a human concerning my lost revenue from valid clicks.

The irony may be, I found The AdSense Insider by clicking through a Google ad on here!

See also: Sellout posted 1^st November 2005

I’m open to argument.

Could sending more children to state-sponsored faith schools tip the balance one way or the other?

Watch Google squirm.

How about the full text of many recent posts on several of the WordPress developer’s blogs? Without your knowledge or permission? Does that sound like a valuable option?

You will need: SQL knowledge or interest, geekiness, a cup of coffee.
You should have: A WordPress blog, PHPMyAdmin, half an hour.
My intent: poke fun at WordPress developers, for poor customer service, again.
Your reward: entertainment, enlightenment, knowledge.

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Originally posted on Kuro5hin, where it was dumped within a few hours. Tough crowd. I have tidied it a little.

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A response to this dreadful programme. A hatchet-job from start to finish, in the same vein as that God-awful Richard Dawkins programme I wrote about before.

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Cornz, and now all his mates, are on the lookout for eskimo sex. We won’t pay for it. We’re not like that. We’re from Yorkshire.

Just plain, free eskimo sex. The real deal. Not some fake shite.

Did I mention we won’t pay?

I’ve just about had enough. Anyone who wants to say something to me had better do so soon, because I’m not staying in a country that so disgracefully treats people who are down on their luck. Not that I can afford to go anywhere. I’m just going to vanish, unexpectedly, like the generousity and compassion of the British people did while I went travelling.

I suppose it should come as no surprise that the Child Support Agency behave strangely. In this case, the CSA have definately lost the plot. The proof is the letter I received from them today:

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A response to the conjuring thread on the W3C Style mailing list, in which to everyone’s relief I shall no longer be participating. If the answer isn’t ready yet, that’s OK.

Laurens Holst wrote:

Yes, but XML is not HTML, fortunately.

I’m an engineer, not a philosopher, meaning I’m irritable, impatient and totally uninterested in moral arguments, which eliminates most of yours. I just don’t care.

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