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China's politicians are getting interactive - as the country becomes one of the fastest growing internet markets.
Their foreign minister recently took part in an online chat where he was told, in so many words, that his face was scaring young children.
His response was "My mother would not agree with this view." But it's not his mother who'll have been taking note... All online activity in China is subject to government surveillance, according to the New York Times.
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Back in the 60s when Ringo sang off-key (i.e. most of the time) poor old George Martin had to patiently rewind the tape and get him to sing the song again. In the late 70's, Kate Bush came up with the technique of splicing together different vocal takes to achieve the ultimate performance on each song. Nowadays, they just get a computer to sing in key for you. Maybe I should take up that boyband career after all...
Why does Home Secretary David Blunkett's bit on the side, Kimberly Quinn, look so surprised all the time? Perhaps she has spotted a tiny sparrow?
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Remember playing 20 Questions at school?
In this fascinating test of human reasoning, you had to guess an object by asking no more than twenty questions . Each question had to be answered with a "yes" or a "no".
Now, using the full resources of today's advanced computer technology, you can play 20 questions on the web. Go to http://c10.20q.net/btest and find out if you can outwit your PC.
And don't forget to play exactly the same way you did at school - by making all your answers swear words.
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