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  1. @serialseb we need to replace "the browser" with "the client". Right now, the web tech is a shoehorning of one metaphor into another. 2 minutes ago from web in reply to serialseb
  2. @serialseb they lack the sort of "engineering" approach that server and desktop technologies had. 5 minutes ago from web in reply to serialseb
  3. @serialseb the French system works as an insurance based system with competing providers. It's one of the best systems out there. about 3 hours ago from web in reply to serialseb
  4. @natmandu it was an OK movie, but exactly the sort of epic nothingness that wins Oscars. about 3 hours ago from web in reply to natmandu
  5. excellent blog post from Tim Worstall: http://bit.ly/6rmZ54 about 4 hours ago from TweetDeck
  6. @serialseb and no targets. Government simply defines the things that it covers and what it doesn't (like NICE now). about 11 hours ago from web in reply to serialseb
  7. @serialseb but uniformity doesn't work. It gives you uniformly sub-par services about 11 hours ago from web in reply to serialseb
  8. @serialseb I'm not talking about targets. Targets are nearly always a disaster. I mean that end users choose a hospital and get reimbursed. about 11 hours ago from web in reply to serialseb
  9. @serialseb no. I'm serious. It's the only way to improve public services. The monolithic NHS doesn't work. about 12 hours ago from web in reply to serialseb
  10. @serialseb no. this makes sense. vouchers for schools and a health system based on multiple competing providers. about 12 hours ago from web in reply to serialseb
  11. Ric Romero of fark.com fame shows huge sense of humour in aid of charity: http://bit.ly/6G7Jlm?ref=mf about 14 hours ago from web
  12. @FallowfieldsUK OK. about 14 hours ago from web in reply to FallowfieldsUK
  13. @counsell I did wonder about tigerscougars.com, but it's gone. about 15 hours ago from web in reply to counsell
  14. @FallowfieldsUK can we pre-order pies? about 15 hours ago from web in reply to FallowfieldsUK
  15. RT @phildonohue: Radio 4 comedy always leaves me thinking "I could do so much better than that". about 15 hours ago from web
  16. @counsell is the problem with Tiger the adultery, or that they weren't exactly Miss World? about 15 hours ago from web in reply to counsell
  17. RT @Stephenwest: Ed Balls Thinks Footie is “Wholly and Necessarily” etc- reckons we should pay his football subs. http://bit.ly/7FoO5X ... 3:36 AM Dec 10th from TweetDeck
  18. @Aesthetik_uk presumably, the stormtrooper ones are incapable of shooting accurately? ;) 1:39 AM Dec 10th from TweetDeck in reply to Aesthetik_uk
  19. @simonapps grey or bald. You go one way or the other. Personally, I'm happy to be going (gone) grey. 1:34 AM Dec 10th from TweetDeck in reply to simonapps
  20. @serialseb RSI: The Mrs recommends olbas oil and a warm towel. 1:25 AM Dec 10th from TweetDeck in reply to serialseb