"including standardizing flavorful, cost-effective cups of tea."

Is that like "almost but not quite entirely unlike tea"?

I wonder if this was the origin of Douglas Adams' idea?

Antinous

I do voluntary work in a context which brings me into fairly regular contact with deportees. Mistakes are made, bad laws exist and injustices are done, but groundless cases under the law going through are rare.

And yes, I find the logical jump in the post involved in asserting that "he must be being deported because he was researching terrorism" as scary as the allegation that "he was researching terrorism so he must be deported".

Antinous

I do voluntary work in a context which brings me into fairly regular contact with deportees. Mistakes are made, bad laws exist and injustices are done, but groundless cases under the law going through are rare.

And yes, I find the logical jump in the post involved in asserting that "he must be being deported because he was researching terrorism" as scary as the allegation that "he was researching terrorism so he must be deported".

I'm with RIKF. The deportation may well be being expedited with all speed, but there must be some grounds. According to the article, Cory's intro is misleading when it suggests that the deportation is on the grounds of the Terrorism Act.

Heavy-handed state intervention scares me, but inaccurate reporting scares me nearly as much.

The idea is great and the link somewhat entertaining. But the research on the link, as is demonstrated by some of the commentators, is lousy, and the blogposter just won't admit it. How can HAL9000 be inspired by 1990s-style CCTV cameras?

This doesn't matter too much for a fun piece of reading - except that it's not presented as speculation (until challenged). Playing fast and loose with the facts damages credibility.

I don't know if the sculptor knows this, but the French for being at the end of one's tether is being "at the end of the roll". Looks like this worker drone just reached that point.

Don't worry. these ones are just as nice, much nearer to me and still photographable legally :)