You could die with a million pounds but have your family got access to that million pounds to bury you? Probably not because it has got to go through probate and solicitors so they might not have the £3K, £4K, £5K to bury you next week or in a fortnight’s time. Pre-paid ...
Leigh’s remarks brought wild applause and a standing ovation from the assembled group. She pointed to a poster of Douglas Fairbanks in a typically bold swashbuckling pose, ready to take on the bad guys with his rapier: “See that fellow right there? He’s our inspiration. He’s the reaso...
Think of this as our obsessive love letter to the obsessed maniacs responsible for all of this. April 25, 2014 Cracked Writers Easter eggs: the ultimate symbol of man- and bunnykind's insatiable need to hide neat things in plain sight. For the last ... our entire existence, Cracked ...
who allied themselves with local Karakalpaks to take control of the entire delta region, from No'kis up to the Aral coastline. When Shaydakov and his troops steamed down the Amu Darya to No'kis to put down the revolt they were annoyed to be fired upon by Junaid's Turkmen supporters. Af...
in massive amounts; it can be stored, processed and analyzed fast and cheaply with modern tools; and most importantly, it can be fed to ever-more performing ML/AI models which can make sense of it, recognize patterns, make predictions based on it, and now generate text, code, images, ...
However, notes Sherry Turkle, "the jury is still out on it ultimate effects. It may, for example, be possible to create an illusion of decentralized participation even when power remains closely held." This is particularly true given cyberspace?s potential for producing illusions. Thus, it is...
Until the agreements are signed, recipient countries are happy to leave the details to the consultants for they are interested only in the ultimate amount they will receive. In 1984, when Grameen made it clear to the World Bank that we would not let them dictate to us how to run our ...
The upgrading of the SRY/BC Hydro railway and reintroduction of a scheduled Chilliwack to Scott Road Interurban service will assist the FVHR in their ultimate goal of operating heritage interurban cars on the BCER. This report acknowledges the aspirations of the FVHR and many in the Fraser ...