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by lotsofmangos 4192 days ago
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This reads like a Register article after Lewis Page has forgotten to take his pills again.

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I can just hear the cherry British accent (RP, if you please) soaking through the text.
You should try following 'More or Less' on Radio-4.

Here's their 'Numbers of the Year 2014' -

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreor...