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I've just finished jury duty at the Old Bailey. Next to each court is a jury waiting room, the seats in there were fold up seats linked in rows, a bit like cheap cinema seats. Every few feet around the walls was the following sign:


"Please check your seat is NOT in the UPRIGHT position when you sit down"


So there have apparently been people sitting as jurors at the bailey who couldn't be trusted to sit on their own arses without injuring themselves.

  • 3 weeks later...

More graphs


A statistician called Hilary discovers that Ms Rodham Clinton has renedered her name the most poisoned name in US history.

http://hilaryparker.com/2013/01/30/hilary-the-most-poisoned-baby-name-in-us-history/

She also did one on faddish name (witness the mighty growth of the name Colt thanks to the Fall guy)

http://flowingdata.com/2013/07/29/the-most-trendy-names-in-us-history/


Would love to see something similar done for the UK.


I imagine Adolf has probably sufferred a bit in Germany!!

  • 2 weeks later...

Random query:


I walked past the gym on Crystal palace road yesterday morning at about 10am and saw a parade of people leaving the building each brandishing some form of padded stick. Then they all assesmbed on Goose Green. I have no idea what they were doing and I didn't have time to stick around. I assume some sort of exercise class?


Can anyone explain this?

  • 2 weeks later...

This reminds me of something... in the movie The Abyss, they used a "breathable liquid" in the diving suits, allowing humans to dive deep down into the sea. But before our hero takes the plunge, they demonstrate the principal using a rat, by submerging it in the special liquid.


The thing is, the rat scene wasn't CGI... they really did it.

  • 2 weeks later...

telephone number layouts - we know the 3 x 4 grid by now. But it could have been sooo different if the labs approved something different back in the 50's


http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/the-17-designs-that-bell-almost-used-for-the-layout-of-telephone-buttons/279237/

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