The French are legendary for their bureaucracy, and they are proud of it. Questioned about it, they will slyly deny it but with that look in their eye like a cheeky child who took a cookie without asking. It’s a national institution and, in a wholly un-metaphorical way, it is one that employs vast numbers [...]
A report from the Policy Exchange suggests that Britain would need £434bn to overhaul its infrastructure in order to be competitive in today’s world. Businesses have a massive burden placed on them through dealing with poor power supplies, limited access to resources, time/money wasted in congestion and high maintenance costs. Pointing out that our electricity [...]
I was messing with a rubber ring with my niece, when I noticed that, in addition to the usual European languages and Chinese, three different English languages were listed, probably for their different legal dialects. AU: Flotation toy warning: use only under competent supervision. GB: Warning! Only to be used in water in which the [...]
“The Reg” tells us that the government has produced a five-thousand word report on how to use the web-service, Twitter. Now, is it just me, or is this really just a waste of everyone’s time and money? I am hoping that it’s a mistake: maybe the guy who obeyed ‘Can you go get me a [...]
