2017.11.22 Too Illegit to Quit

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. - Douglas Adams


Show Notes


Quote

"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams

News

Adani protests http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-22/anti-adani-protesters-ambush-lnp-leader-tim-nicholls-townsville/9179412

Ratko Mladic: UN judges find 'Butcher of Bosnia' guilty of war crimes, genocide http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-22/ratoko-mladic-found-guilty-of-genocide/9181354

Not-a-RIP

Hedy Lamarr - born 9 Nov, 1914 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr

CompuServe https://www.fastcompany.com/40495831/compuserves-forums-which-still-exist-are-finally-shutting-down

Memento Mori http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/memento-mori-remember-that-you-are-man.html

In Search of the Warrior Spirit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-58394-202-4

Argie subs

Russian oligarchs spending Thanksgiving with 45

Tillerson won't condemn child soldiers (use of) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/state-department-employees-split-with-tillerson-on-child-soldiers-list/2017/11/21/ea906b8b-6d72-4e88-bb57-197a38baf164_story.html

Why aren't we in the streets over Manus? Cost of living? Riot cops for grannies?

Last time at Lorengau http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/bad-blood-promo/7346396

Ruthenium-106 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/21/russian-radiation-leak-everything-you-need-to-know

Sport

The World Game

Cheers Ange, best of luck mate

Faarkup final

#notasport https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/20/how-to-get-rich-playing-video-games-online

"The broadcast never resumed; later, Vigneault's body was found in his Virginia Beach home. Many of his peers speculated that he had suffered a heart attack from too many marathon streams. Months later, it emerged that he'd died of an overdose of the opioid fentanyl. Yet the speculation had not been implausible; several broadcasters, including one of Dariani's clients, have suffered heart attacks while streaming...."

The Clock

https://www.gc2018.com/



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