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“Officer Bubbles”

Posted by Kulvinder Matharu on 20 October 2010, 12:31 pm

The saga of “Officer Bubbles” continues… Meet the YouTube Commenter Sued for Mocking ‘Officer Bubbles’ http://gawker.com/5668410/meet-the-youtube-commenter-sued-for-mocking-officer-bubbles Toronto’s ‘Officer Bubbles’ gains web notoriety http://www.thestar.com/article/836982 MisterOfficerBubbles’s YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/MisterOfficerBubbles#p/u It was great that the incident was caught on camera. Cameras are a wonderful tool as they help in fighting abuse of power. I do wonder, though, how [...]

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Joe Power, criminal intent?

Posted by Kulvinder Matharu on 23 June 2010, 9:15 pm

In my previous post Mediums – true, deluded or criminal? at http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2010/06/20/409.html I asked if those people who claim to be mediums and the like should be prosecuted for making claims that they cannot prove and for deliberately misleading and lying to people. So, thanks to a pointer from Michael Marshall versus ‘psychic’ Joe Power, [...]

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Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception

Posted by Kulvinder Matharu on 15 June 2010, 7:09 pm

Interesting talk from Michael Shermer on “The pattern behind self-deception” and explains the concept of “agenticity”. http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_shermer_the_pattern_behind_self_deception.html (although I think that the lipstick segment at the end wasn’t needed and is just a distraction to the main ideas in the talk) Shermer goes on: Agenticity – The tendency to infuse patterns with meaning, intention, and [...]

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Sky+ HD failures – Thomson DSI8215 model

Posted by Kulvinder Matharu on 16 December 2008, 9:57 pm

I have one of the original Sky+ HD satellite PVR boxes made by Thompson (model DS18215). It’s been a fairly reliable unit until about two months ago when the box started to increasingly suffer from picture break ups, failed recordings and requiring frequent reboots. I initially chalked this up to the autumnal weather when we had heavy rain. But [...]

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