Posts In Category Opinion

On subjective and objective beauty, or why computers can’t create art

on January 23, 2012 by admin in Art, Opinion, Comments (0)

Everyone wants to be beautiful. Yet, we are told, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If that’s the case, can you crowdsource beauty? If, say, 9/10 people prefer […]

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Bitcoin – A digital tax rebellion through technology?

on August 3, 2011 by admin in Article, Opinion, Comments (1)

If you could avoid paying tax, would you? Be honest. Few people complain when they see their money being spent wisely. But when they see it going down the chute […]

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Hollywood’s love affair with Philip K Dick

on June 28, 2011 by admin in Article, Books, Opinion, Comments (0)

Was it his prolific, speed-induced output, or the craziness of his ideas? Or was it because at heart Dick was a moralist. Either way, Hollywood loves him. Why?

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Superinjunctions

on May 21, 2011 by admin in Opinion, Comments (0)

For fuck’s sake. It’s none of my business when some has-been premiership footballer from the fucking nineties ends up fucking some never-was second rate tit model from lads mags that […]

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A simple, free-market solution to the banking problem

on April 12, 2011 by admin in Opinion, Comments (0)

Banks aren’t popular. In fact, these days, they’re giving estate agents, property developers and other assorted vermin a run for their money. But I’m not talking about the billion pound […]

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Dinner Parties

on March 14, 2011 by admin in Opinion, Zeitgeist, Comments (0)

(Or how I learned to stop worrying and love unpasteurised cheese) I’m guessing you’ve seen the old drawing about the two paths a girl’s life can take –either virtue or […]

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Why The Burlesque Show is over

on November 29, 2010 by admin in Article, Opinion, Zeitgeist, Comments (26)

Well, folks, the inevitable has finally happened: the Neo-Burlesque Movement is now fully mainstream.  This initially underground movement started in the early 1990’s with the founding of Dixie Evans’ […]

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Student Tuition Fees Protest – What a bunch of wasters

on November 10, 2010 by admin in Opinion, Comments (7)

Students. Fucking hate them. Lazy, self-righteous, pot-smoking cunts. I should know. I used to be one. And thanks to the previous government’s outrageous policy of keeping everyone in higher education […]

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VAT: Fuck the Taxman

on June 22, 2010 by admin in Opinion, Comments (3)

I disagree entirely with the rise in VAT (sales tax to readers abroad) from 17.5% to 20%. It’s just plain stupid. It’s rare you get people from left and right […]

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Why David Laws Must Stay

on May 29, 2010 by admin in Article, Opinion, Comments (0)

David Laws, now at the Treasury, has been caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Specifically, paying rent out of his expenses to his gay lover for a room […]

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