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Schneier on SecurityA blog covering security and security technology. « iJacking | Main | Announcing: Movie-Plot Threat Contest » March 31, 2006Friday Squid Blogging: Ben Deacon, Squid ResearcherThird item on the page: According to juicy folklore and loose legend, for centuries, the inky waters of our deepest oceans have been home to that most mysterious of marine creatures -- the giant squid. Well, as we speak, visitors to Melbourne's aquarium can take a gander at the real thing, a 7m-long squid, caught in New Zealand and frozen in a block of ice. Posted on March 31, 2006 at 03:05 PM • 7 Comments • View Blog Reactions To receive these entries once a month by e-mail, sign up for the Crypto-Gram Newsletter. Dear Mr. Schneier, Here's one for next week's squiddery: http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/03.29.06/squid-0613.html Posted by: Captain Nemo at March 31, 2006 05:52 PM in the billingsgate fish market, do they ever cry a kilo of squid for a quid? Posted by: another_bruce at March 31, 2006 09:36 PM A pound of squid for a quid, surely? Billingsgate hasn't been Eurofied yet I hope. Posted by: Ragamuffin at March 31, 2006 10:36 PM @Ragamuffin Yes it is Eurofied - all food is sold in Kilos these days Pete Posted by: PeteM at April 2, 2006 06:12 AM But until (I think) 2010, prices can be advertised both per lb and per kg, even though the sale has to be weighed and calculated in metric. So until 2010, they can probably shout as another_bruce suggests. Posted by: Steve at April 3, 2006 04:50 AM No, I mean as ragamuffin suggests. *After* 2010 it has to be another_bruce's version. Of course there's also the question of how long the quid will last, but it will certainly still exist in 2010. Posted by: Steve at April 3, 2006 04:52 AM Post a comment
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