Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Lazy, lazy police on anarchists

From the Guardian:

 There was no warning about other political groups, but next to an image of the anarchist emblem, the City of Westminster police's "counter terrorist focus desk" called for anti-anarchist whistleblowers stating: "Anarchism is a political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society, or anarchy. Any information relating to anarchists should be reported to your local police."

From the Wikipedia page on anarchism:

Anarchism has been variously defined by sources. Most often, the term describes the political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society, or anarchy

And the same page a few months ago:

Anarchism is a political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society, or anarchy
Such a shame the wiki hadn't been vandalised the day they looked. "A type of vole? Oh, okay! Beware the voles, citizens!"

Monday, August 1, 2011

Cute Lion UI feature

The terminal in Lion:

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The terminal in Lion:

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The terminal in Lion:

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What's new? Note the icon; it represents the current directory, is draggable, and uses the assigned directory images. Though, slightly oddly, in the older style, not the newer one found on the side of Finder windows:

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Minor, but a nice touch.