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"Already seen the [movie](http://www.imdb.com/video...)" - Alex Farran

"I think I'd go back time and subtly help my past self. Direct advice would probably be ignored by that arrogant young man. Since everything resets when I return I won't directly benefit, but somewhere in an alternate timestream I'll have a slightly better life. And maybe when alex mk2 comes across the time machine he'll pay it forward to alex mk3 and so on. This may have already happened..." - Alex Farran

"submitted by reddit to blog." - Alex Farran

"What if that someone is a computer? That doesn't seem too far a stretch if we're already assuming that computers are smarter than us." - Alex Farran

"[Paywall free link](http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search...) courtesy of google's cache." - Alex Farran

"I was hoping to see a bit more of Prof Dienes. He was cast as the establishment figure that says it can't be done, with no chance to respond at the end." - Alex Farran

"VAT. It's not charged on books, but is charged on e-books." - Alex Farran

"The quora posting is [here](http://www.quora.com/Steve-J...) and contains a few disclaimers that aren't in the Daily Fail." - Alex Farran

"Here you go [Steve Jobs dead at 56, his life ended prematurely by chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer](http://www.naturalnews.com/033793_...) via @bengoldacre and @quarsan" - Alex Farran

"I'd recommend a read of [Passport to the Pub](http://www.sirc.org/publik...) and if you like that you might want to read Watching the English on the flight over, or maybe Bill Bryson's Notes From a Small Island." - Alex Farran

"Judge Dredd's opening monologue in America: Where do I stand? I'll tell you where I stand. I stand four-square for justice. I stand for discipline, good order and the rigid application of the law - and Grud help any limp-wrist liberals who say different. The people, they know where I stand. They need rules to live by - I provide them. They break the rules, I break them. That's the way it works. The people like it that way. They need to know where they stand. Rights? Sure. I'm all for rights. But not at the expense of order. That's why I like to see the statue of judgement standing there, towering over liberty. Kind of a symbol. Justice has a price. The price is freedom." - Alex Farran

"I've seen that trick before.... Episode 4 of [The Invisibles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...)." - Alex Farran

"I recognised it too http://www.zx81kit.com/images..." - Alex Farran

"Also in Long Dark Teatime of the Soul. Dirk says "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be."" - Alex Farran

"> then explain to a five year old how what they just saw wasn't terrific, it was rubbish because you, as a grown up, know better I imagine it would look something like [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch...)" - Alex Farran

"Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer More reliable than a garden strimmer" - Alex Farran

"Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer More reliable than a garden strimmer" - Alex Farran

"And all the other browsers. It's a much better tool for syncing bookmarks but not much use for sharing them." - Alex Farran

"And all the other browsers. It's a much better tool for syncing bookmarks but not much use for sharing them." - Alex Farran

"OMG its the Trinity Killer" - Alex Farran

"OMG its the Trinity Killer" - Alex Farran

Why the fear of exploitation of your code should not drive you to choose a copyleft licence over a permissive one. - Alex Farran

McCarthy disapproves. De-motivational poster - Alex Farran

A tidier version of javascript that compiles to javascript - Alex Farran

A tidier version of javascript that compiles to javascript - Alex Farran

"> My poop is natural too, but it won't cure your cancer. (Hmmm, I smell a business idea.) Been done: http://www.google.com/search..." - Alex Farran

"> My poop is natural too, but it won't cure your cancer. (Hmmm, I smell a business idea.) Been done: http://www.google.com/search..." - Alex Farran

"PR company press release dressed up as news to get free advertising." - Alex Farran

"PR company press release dressed up as news to get free advertising." - Alex Farran

"Surely macros are metaprogramming? Or has ruby appropriated the term to mean something more specific?" - Alex Farran