heheheI may be a little bit busy today.
:o)
(:o)
Manic can teach you the secret of fire,
Wed 9 Oct 2002, 8:29,
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What doth...bugger,lots of work on?
( bovine I'm so old, even my old is old,
Wed 9 Oct 2002, 8:37,
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@metro did a nice write-upon the whole Tony Blair email thing
( Manic can teach you the secret of fire,
Wed 9 Oct 2002, 8:41,
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Ah,I think your inbox is about to get even bigger.
( bovine I'm so old, even my old is old,
Wed 9 Oct 2002, 8:56,
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heheheone guy piped up this morning with the simple yet eloquent statement:
yo! legalise it!!!
:o)
Now, I could be nasty and go straight out and use this as leverage, but two things have resulted from this article:
1) The statement from Downing Street regarding this read as follows:
‘We have plans to introduce an e-mail address for the Prime Minister in the near future, but we have set no date set yet.’
2) The journalist who wrote the piece asked me a very interesting question at the close of the interview. He asked if I would be willing to set up the service personally and you know, I actually had to think about that for a second or two. The answer? Yes, I would. In fact, yes I could.
I’ve done some research on the number of search queries made for Tony Blair’s email address and I’m estimating from that a total of 10,000 emails a month. I talked to a service provider that can not only handle the email, but also scan it for any nasty viruses along the way (being a published address, it will be vulnerable to attacks – automated and otherwise). These guys do some serious work at a local government level and have dealt with beefier back-ends and higher processing requirements than this.
I’m also in a unique position in that I know how to publicise the address in search engines. I could have the service set up in a week. A week. Search engine results would be live in Google within days following launch, and I’m pretty sure I can expedite quite a few other results given my list of contacts combined with the nature and importance of the content.
Haven’t set a date? How’s a week from tomorrow sound?
I’ll get back to you and let you know what the folks in charge have to say about it all.
(yo! legalise it!!!
:o)
Now, I could be nasty and go straight out and use this as leverage, but two things have resulted from this article:
1) The statement from Downing Street regarding this read as follows:
‘We have plans to introduce an e-mail address for the Prime Minister in the near future, but we have set no date set yet.’
2) The journalist who wrote the piece asked me a very interesting question at the close of the interview. He asked if I would be willing to set up the service personally and you know, I actually had to think about that for a second or two. The answer? Yes, I would. In fact, yes I could.
I’ve done some research on the number of search queries made for Tony Blair’s email address and I’m estimating from that a total of 10,000 emails a month. I talked to a service provider that can not only handle the email, but also scan it for any nasty viruses along the way (being a published address, it will be vulnerable to attacks – automated and otherwise). These guys do some serious work at a local government level and have dealt with beefier back-ends and higher processing requirements than this.
I’m also in a unique position in that I know how to publicise the address in search engines. I could have the service set up in a week. A week. Search engine results would be live in Google within days following launch, and I’m pretty sure I can expedite quite a few other results given my list of contacts combined with the nature and importance of the content.
Haven’t set a date? How’s a week from tomorrow sound?
I’ll get back to you and let you know what the folks in charge have to say about it all.
Manic can teach you the secret of fire,
Wed 9 Oct 2002, 9:14,
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I saw that!I thought, Oooh, they've put it in like they said they would. Nice one.
(
Dr Phil Kitten,
Wed 9 Oct 2002, 8:59,
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I vote manicas our new PM... let's cut the crap and get a real b3tan in there eh :-)
(,
Wed 9 Oct 2002, 9:19,
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fuck noyou'll have me spamming the board with my latest policies in no time
( Manic can teach you the secret of fire,
Wed 9 Oct 2002, 9:21,
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what is it they say?power corrupts... absolute power corrupts absolutely
( isthisyou?,
Wed 9 Oct 2002, 9:34,
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Seconded!With Manic as PM, we all could be your highly paid policy consultants..
1, Tax relief on kitten ownership.
2, War on Terror to be redirected towards spiders.
3, Establish a Ministry of Hummus.
[hops off soapbox and relurks...]
(1, Tax relief on kitten ownership.
2, War on Terror to be redirected towards spiders.
3, Establish a Ministry of Hummus.
[hops off soapbox and relurks...]
galanthis,
Wed 9 Oct 2002, 9:42,
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