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  This article, from a British national newspaper, caught my eye yesterday: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10607071/Fifth-of-unemployment-benefit-claimants-have-criminal-record-say-new-figures.html The article describes a study done by the UK government which compared information contained in court records and national law enforcement databases with names appearing on government … Continue reading →

When you buy a lower-tier (less expensive) computer processor, you’ve actually purchased a top-tier model which has been deliberately modified to lower its performance level.  Why would a company artificially reduce the performance of their product in this way? One … Continue reading →