I took this photo a couple of evenings ago in Superquinn in Ranelagh.  The only thing I have done is to remove the phone number.
So the question is…do you need a

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Apparently, RTÉ are looking for people to contact them about their broadband experiences.  You can contact them at consumer.response@rte.ie.  They are looking for both the good and the bad.  Well, for me UPC have been very good, reliable and they don’t overcharge me, hassle me or anything.
I used to have Clearwire.
I don’t anymore.

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This was published today in the world’s leading scientific journal Science.  My thanks to my friend Jim in New York for bringing this to my attention.
Science - 24 October 2008
Vol. 322. no. 5901, pp. 518 - 519
News Focus
SCIENCE AND THE 2008 CAMPAIGN
In Brief: Where They Stand on Science Policy
At the risk of oversimplifying these complex […]

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You have to love Tina Fey.

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Today something quite significant happened.  BioMed Central was purchased by Springer publishers.  BioMed Central is a publisher that makes all its publications available on the internet FOR FREE.
This is a very important thing for science.  That everybody in the world with access to the internet or with a friend with access to the internet, can […]

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Larry LaPrise, the man who wrote the famous party dance “The Hokey Cokey” died peacefully last week at the age of 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left foot in … and then the trouble started …

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I have long been a fan of synthetic biology - a way of producing genetically-engineered organisms that produce desirable products.   So, it is a bit of fun to see scientists producing novel GMOs that do things you might not ordinarily think about.  This is from a Rice University press release:
College students often spend their free […]

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I’m fed up of turning on the TV to hear some right-wing economist rabidly spouting about how the civil service needs to be reduced.
Which elements are they talking about and why?
The population of this country has grown by about 30% in the past 10 years, but the public service has grown by about 7%.  Sure, […]

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There is a rumour doing the rounds that Apple are about to launch a new line of laptops.  In the states, they might sell for cheap-o.  Stay tuned.  UPDATE:  Indeed there are new Apple laptops, including one sub-€1,000. www.apple.come/ie

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These are the odds being offered for each candidate.
<a href=”http://politicszone.betfair.com/zone”>Betfair Politics</a>

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