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Thursday March 18th 2010

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Credit crunch crimewave: Theft jumps by a quarter and burglaries rise 4% in credit crunch crime wave

The number of thefts have jumped by a quarter sparking fears of a credit crunch crime wave fuelled by rising unemployment, official figures reveal today. View original post here:  Credit crunch crimewave: Theft jumps by a quarter and burglaries rise 4% in credit crunch crime wave

An Old Univac Ad: “You’re Trying to Divide by Zero”

An Old Univac Ad: “You’re Trying to Divide by Zero”

Here’s a computer ad from 1956 – it’s for Univac computers, a brand name that was as synonymous with “computer” in the same way that “Xerox” was once synonymous with “photocopier”: Click the ad to see it at full size. Ad courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele. Here’s the text of the ad. If it seems a little strange to your [...]