The Guardian presents the 105th King William’s College quiz
Metafilter has a quiz discussion thread
I have a hunch that section 16 is not to do with subway lines but is to do with the boardgame Monopoly and that the street names listed are two of the three that make up the red set.
And with a little help from Google
16.6 Avenue Matignon
16.9 Abbey Street
16.10 Annankatu
The Guardian reports that the BBC have issued an apology following Rage Against the Machine’s live performance of this years probable Christmas No. 1 Killing in the Name.
Rage Against The Machine were guests on the morning show, hosted by Nicky Campbell and Shelagh Fogarty, and invited to play a live version of their song, Killing in the Name.
The band had been asked not to sing the final refrain, “Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!” but singer Zack de la Rocha sang it anyway.
It was not until the fourth repetition that the breakfast show production team faded out the microphone and returned to the studio.
Call me cynical but this had to be set up to stir up a little controversy. What were the chances that Zack de la Rocha would not sing those particular lyrics after having been asked not to? Even if there was no collusion between the band and the BBC producers I’m sure the producers expected this to happen.
End of the first decade of the 21st century and this is how it looked according to 9-year-olds.
There have of course been a slew of top ten lists of the decade in different categories. Could not find a single list of books I agreed with, but I think The Auteurs 50 Top Rated Films of the Decade is on the money as is Shock’s Top 25 Horror Films of the Decade.
Jason Kottke has a round up of a ton of different lists of the decade.
Wired reports that anthropologists have discovered signs of mass cannibalism in prehistoric Germany.
I’m pretty sure that this very scenario is in Michael Marshall’s excellent book The Straw Men (or perhaps one of the other books of the trilogy) and is an indication of the early origins and activities of the murderous cult/family that The Upright Man is a part of.
Normally one’s ISP would handle the Domain Name System (DNS) resolution of turning the domain name into the associated IP address but ISP’s DNS servers are typically pretty slow. Lifehacker reports that Google yesterday launched a new, free DNS service — called Google Public DNS and having just amended my DNS settings I think I’m noticing an improvement over OpenDNS which I’d been using previously.
I hope that my CCNA exam is nothing like this one.
The actor talks about his personal experience of domestic violence at the launch of ‘Created Equal’, a new book on women’s rights.
The company of myself is wonderful and a heartbreaking experience. [via]
Christopher Bird at Mighty God King gives us the sublime Scenes From An Alternate Universe Where The Beatles Accepted Lorne Michaels’ Generous Offer. [via]