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7,000 users in over 70 countries!

7,000 users in over 70 countries!

on May, 12 2012
Subvertive apps now have over 7,000 users in more than 70 countries all over the world... and counting (about 40 new users per day).
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Four Wolves And A Sheep Vote On What's For Dinner...

Four Wolves And A Sheep Vote On What's For Dinner...

on Mar, 07 2012
I once commented to a friend, that the only democratic system I would support would be one where only those resolutions with unanimous agreement would pass.
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How To Win The Irish Lottery

How To Win The Irish Lottery

on Jan, 24 2012
The Irish National Lottery is played by an estimated 1,900,000 people.  Each one of these people have a shot at winning serious money (the jackpot this week was just shy of €5 million).
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How To Take Over A Country

How To Take Over A Country

on Nov, 15 2011
Imagine you are the head of the state.  You are the territorial monopolist of a geographical landmass that has been arbitrarily declared by detached predecessors - an all-encompassing boundary uniting the properties of your friends, relatives…
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The PRSI Con

on Sep, 19 2011
If you are a wage-earner under the age of 66 in Ireland, you pay PRSI Tax, or Pay-Related-Social-Income Tax.  The tax goes something like this:
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Speed Doesn't Kill, Public Roads Do

on Sep, 17 2011
Between 1998 and 2006, 3,294 people have died on Irish public roads.  That number today is obviously much higher (I got this number from the CSO's website, a publicly operated statistics organisation - hence the five…
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Pat Rabbitte, photo may or may not have been doctored :)

The Homeless Political Class

on Aug, 14 2011
The political class in the western world is typically understood as being comprised of two distinct types of character (and degrees in between).
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How To Get Super Smart

How To Get Super Smart

on Aug, 02 2011
Why do people bother reading so many books that they understand?  If their enjoyment of reading comes exclusively from books they understand, they are doomed to never learn from them.  And that's fine for many -…
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This Blog is NOT Protected by Copyright

This Blog is NOT Protected by Copyright

on Jul, 18 2011
In a world without scarcity - where every person can have everything they desire at no cost - the concept of property would not exist.
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