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Technical question

August 22nd, 2008 · 18 Comments

So, all mobile phones have SMS or texting on them.
Is there any way to turn that feature off?
Specifically, a way to turn it off so that anyone who tries to text you knows that it didn’t go through? And that it won’t?
 

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Marvellous, Quite Marvellous

June 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Ben Goldacre sharpens his pencil once again. That Reform report on how we should have more mathematicians.….
….but let’s round up like the angry maths profs did and say that about 20% of maths graduates enter financial services. Not 40%. I call this "arithmetic".
Not good so far. But then the report makes two economic howlers.

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