/**
 * @package Akismet
 */
/*
Plugin Name: Akismet
Plugin URI: http://akismet.com/
Description: Used by millions, Akismet is quite possibly the best way in the world to <strong>protect your blog from comment and trackback spam</strong>. It keeps your site protected from spam even while you sleep. To get started: 1) Click the "Activate" link to the left of this description, 2) <a href="http://akismet.com/get/?return=true">Sign up for an Akismet API key</a>, and 3) Go to your <a href="plugins.php?page=akismet-key-config">Akismet configuration</a> page, and save your API key.
Version: 2.5.3
Author: Automattic
Author URI: http://automattic.com/wordpress-plugins/
License: GPLv2 or later
*/

/*
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
*/

define('AKISMET_VERSION', '2.5.3');
define('AKISMET_PLUGIN_URL', plugin_dir_url( __FILE__ ));

/** If you hardcode a WP.com API key here, all key config screens will be hidden */
if ( defined('WPCOM_API_KEY') )
	$wpcom_api_key = constant('WPCOM_API_KEY');
else
	$wpcom_api_key = '';

// Make sure we don't expose any info if called directly
if ( !function_exists( 'add_action' ) ) {
	echo "Hi there!  I'm just a plugin, not much I can do when called directly.";
	exit;
}

if ( isset($wp_db_version) && $wp_db_version <= 9872 )
	include_once dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/legacy.php';

include_once dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/widget.php';

if ( is_admin() )
	require_once dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/admin.php';

function akismet_init() {
	global $wpcom_api_key, $akismet_api_host, $akismet_api_port;

	if ( $wpcom_api_key )
		$akismet_api_host = $wpcom_api_key . '.rest.akismet.com';
	else
		$akismet_api_host = get_option('wordpress_api_key') . '.rest.akismet.com';

	$akismet_api_port = 80;
}
add_action('init', 'akismet_init');

function akismet_get_key() {
	global $wpcom_api_key;
	if ( !empty($wpcom_api_key) )
		return $wpcom_api_key;
	return get_option('wordpress_api_key');
}

function akismet_verify_key( $key, $ip = null ) {
	global $akismet_api_host, $akismet_api_port, $wpcom_api_key;
	$blog = urlencode( get_option('home') );
	if ( $wpcom_api_key )
		$key = $wpcom_api_key;
	$response = akismet_http_post("key=$key&blog=$blog", 'rest.akismet.com', '/1.1/verify-key', $akismet_api_port, $ip);
	if ( !is_array($response) || !isset($response[1]) || $response[1] != 'valid' && $response[1] != 'invalid' )
		return 'failed';
	return $response[1];
}

// if we're in debug or test modes, use a reduced service level so as not to polute training or stats data
function akismet_test_mode() {
	if ( defined('AKISMET_TEST_MODE') && AKISMET_TEST_MODE )
		return true;
	return false;
}

// return a comma-separated list of role names for the given user
function akismet_get_user_roles($user_id ) {
	$roles = false;
	
	if ( !class_exists('WP_User') )
		return false;
	
	if ( $user_id > 0 ) {
		$comment_user = new WP_User($user_id);
		if ( isset($comment_user->roles) )
			$roles = join(',', $comment_user->roles);
	}

	if ( is_multisite() && is_super_admin( $user_id ) ) {
		if ( empty( $roles ) ) {
			$roles = 'super_admin';
		} else {
			$comment_user->roles[] = 'super_admin';
			$roles = join( ',', $comment_user->roles );
		}
	}

	return $roles;
}

// Returns array with headers in $response[0] and body in $response[1]
function akismet_http_post($request, $host, $path, $port = 80, $ip=null) {
	global $wp_version;

	$akismet_ua = "WordPress/{$wp_version} | ";
	$akismet_ua .= 'Akismet/' . constant( 'AKISMET_VERSION' );

	$content_length = strlen( $request );

	$http_host = $host;
	// use a specific IP if provided
	// needed by akismet_check_server_connectivity()
	if ( $ip && long2ip( ip2long( $ip ) ) ) {
		$http_host = $ip;
	} else {
		$http_host = $host;
	}
	
	// use the WP HTTP class if it is available
	if ( function_exists( 'wp_remote_post' ) ) {
		$http_args = array(
			'body'			=> $request,
			'headers'		=> array(
				'Content-Type'	=> 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; ' .
									'charset=' . get_option( 'blog_charset' ),
				'Host'			=> $host,
				'User-Agent'	=> $akismet_ua
			),
			'httpversion'	=> '1.0',
			'timeout'		=> 15
		);
		$akismet_url = "http://{$http_host}{$path}";
		$response = wp_remote_post( $akismet_url, $http_args );
		if ( is_wp_error( $response ) )
			return '';

		return array( $response['headers'], $response['body'] );
	} else {
		$http_request  = "POST $path HTTP/1.0\r\n";
		$http_request .= "Host: $host\r\n";
		$http_request .= 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=' . get_option('blog_charset') . "\r\n";
		$http_request .= "Content-Length: {$content_length}\r\n";
		$http_request .= "User-Agent: {$akismet_ua}\r\n";
		$http_request .= "\r\n";
		$http_request .= $request;
		
		$response = '';
		if( false != ( $fs = @fsockopen( $http_host, $port, $errno, $errstr, 10 ) ) ) {
			fwrite( $fs, $http_request );

			while ( !feof( $fs ) )
				$response .= fgets( $fs, 1160 ); // One TCP-IP packet
			fclose( $fs );
			$response = explode( "\r\n\r\n", $response, 2 );
		}
		return $response;
	}
}

// filter handler used to return a spam result to pre_comment_approved
function akismet_result_spam( $approved ) {
	// bump the counter here instead of when the filter is added to reduce the possibility of overcounting
	if ( $incr = apply_filters('akismet_spam_count_incr', 1) )
		update_option( 'akismet_spam_count', get_option('akismet_spam_count') + $incr );
	// this is a one-shot deal
	remove_filter( 'pre_comment_approved', 'akismet_result_spam' );
	return 'spam';
}

function akismet_result_hold( $approved ) {
	// once only
	remove_filter( 'pre_comment_approved', 'akismet_result_hold' );
	return '0';
}

// how many approved comments does this author have?
function akismet_get_user_comments_approved( $user_id, $comment_author_email, $comment_author, $comment_author_url ) {
	global $wpdb;
	
	if ( !empty($user_id) )
		return $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE user_id = %d AND comment_approved = 1", $user_id ) );
		
	if ( !empty($comment_author_email) )
		return $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_author_email = %s AND comment_author = %s AND comment_author_url = %s AND comment_approved = 1", $comment_author_email, $comment_author, $comment_author_url ) );
		
	return 0;
}

function akismet_microtime() {
	$mtime = explode( ' ', microtime() );
	return $mtime[1] + $mtime[0];
}

// log an event for a given comment, storing it in comment_meta
function akismet_update_comment_history( $comment_id, $message, $event=null ) {
	global $current_user;

	// failsafe for old WP versions
	if ( !function_exists('add_comment_meta') )
		return false;
	
	$user = '';
	if ( is_object($current_user) && isset($current_user->user_login) )
		$user = $current_user->user_login;

	$event = array(
		'time' => akismet_microtime(),
		'message' => $message,
		'event' => $event,
		'user' => $user,
	);

	// $unique = false so as to allow multiple values per comment
	$r = add_comment_meta( $comment_id, 'akismet_history', $event, false );
}

// get the full comment history for a given comment, as an array in reverse chronological order
function akismet_get_comment_history( $comment_id ) {
	
	// failsafe for old WP versions
	if ( !function_exists('add_comment_meta') )
		return false;

	$history = get_comment_meta( $comment_id, 'akismet_history', false );
	usort( $history, 'akismet_cmp_time' );
	return $history;
}

function akismet_cmp_time( $a, $b ) {
	return $a['time'] > $b['time'] ? -1 : 1;
}

// this fires on wp_insert_comment.  we can't update comment_meta when akismet_auto_check_comment() runs
// because we don't know the comment ID at that point.
function akismet_auto_check_update_meta( $id, $comment ) {
	global $akismet_last_comment;

	// failsafe for old WP versions
	if ( !function_exists('add_comment_meta') )
		return false;

	// wp_insert_comment() might be called in other contexts, so make sure this is the same comment
	// as was checked by akismet_auto_check_comment
	if ( is_object($comment) && !empty($akismet_last_comment) && is_array($akismet_last_comment) ) {
		if ( intval($akismet_last_comment['comment_post_ID']) == intval($comment->comment_post_ID)
			&& $akismet_last_comment['comment_author'] == $comment->comment_author
			&& $akismet_last_comment['comment_author_email'] == $comment->comment_author_email ) {
				// normal result: true or false
				if ( $akismet_last_comment['akismet_result'] == 'true' ) {
					update_comment_meta( $comment->comment_ID, 'akismet_result', 'true' );
					akismet_update_comment_history( $comment->comment_ID, __('Akismet caught this comment as spam'), 'check-spam' );
					if ( $comment->comment_approved != 'spam' )
						akismet_update_comment_history( $comment->comment_ID, sprintf( __('Comment status was changed to %s'), $comment->comment_approved), 'status-changed'.$comment->comment_approved );
				} elseif ( $akismet_last_comment['akismet_result'] == 'false' ) {
					update_comment_meta( $comment->comment_ID, 'akismet_result', 'false' );
					akismet_update_comment_history( $comment->comment_ID, __('Akismet cleared this comment'), 'check-ham' );
					if ( $comment->comment_approved == 'spam' ) {
						if ( wp_blacklist_check($comment->comment_author, $comment->comment_author_email, $comment->comment_author_url, $comment->comment_content, $comment->comment_author_IP, $comment->comment_agent) )
							akismet_update_comment_history( $comment->comment_ID, __('Comment was caught by wp_blacklist_check'), 'wp-blacklisted' );
						else
							akismet_update_comment_history( $comment->comment_ID, sprintf( __('Comment status was changed to %s'), $comment->comment_approved), 'status-changed-'.$comment->comment_approved );
					}
				// abnormal result: error
				} else {
					update_comment_meta( $comment->comment_ID, 'akismet_error', time() );
					akismet_update_comment_history( $comment->comment_ID, sprintf( __('Akismet was unable to check this comment (response: %s), will automatically retry again later.'), $akismet_last_comment['akismet_result']), 'check-error' );
				}
				
				// record the complete original data as submitted for checking
				if ( isset($akismet_last_comment['comment_as_submitted']) )
					update_comment_meta( $comment->comment_ID, 'akismet_as_submitted', $akismet_last_comment['comment_as_submitted'] );
		}
	}
}

add_action( 'wp_insert_comment', 'akismet_auto_check_update_meta', 10, 2 );


function akismet_auto_check_comment( $commentdata ) {
	global $akismet_api_host, $akismet_api_port, $akismet_last_comment;

	$comment = $commentdata;
	$comment['user_ip']    = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
	$comment['user_agent'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
	$comment['referrer']   = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
	$comment['blog']       = get_option('home');
	$comment['blog_lang']  = get_locale();
	$comment['blog_charset'] = get_option('blog_charset');
	$comment['permalink']  = get_permalink($comment['comment_post_ID']);
	
	$comment['user_role'] = akismet_get_user_roles($comment['user_ID']);

	$akismet_nonce_option = apply_filters( 'akismet_comment_nonce', get_option( 'akismet_comment_nonce' ) );
	$comment['akismet_comment_nonce'] = 'inactive';
	if ( $akismet_nonce_option == 'true' || $akismet_nonce_option == '' ) {
		$comment['akismet_comment_nonce'] = 'failed';
		if ( isset( $_POST['akismet_comment_nonce'] ) && wp_verify_nonce( $_POST['akismet_comment_nonce'], 'akismet_comment_nonce_' . $comment['comment_post_ID'] ) )
			$comment['akismet_comment_nonce'] = 'passed';

		// comment reply in wp-admin
		if ( isset( $_POST['_ajax_nonce-replyto-comment'] ) && check_ajax_referer( 'replyto-comment', '_ajax_nonce-replyto-comment' ) )
			$comment['akismet_comment_nonce'] = 'passed';

	}

	if ( akismet_test_mode() )
		$comment['is_test'] = 'true';
		
	foreach ($_POST as $key => $value ) {
		if ( is_string($value) )
			$comment["POST_{$key}"] = $value;
	}

	$ignore = array( 'HTTP_COOKIE', 'HTTP_COOKIE2', 'PHP_AUTH_PW' );

	foreach ( $_SERVER as $key => $value ) {
		if ( !in_array( $key, $ignore ) && is_string($value) )
			$comment["$key"] = $value;
		else
			$comment["$key"] = '';
	}

	$query_string = '';
	foreach ( $comment as $key => $data )
		$query_string .= $key . '=' . urlencode( stripslashes($data) ) . '&';
		
	$commentdata['comment_as_submitted'] = $comment;

	$response = akismet_http_post($query_string, $akismet_api_host, '/1.1/comment-check', $akismet_api_port);
	$commentdata['akismet_result'] = $response[1];
	if ( 'true' == $response[1] ) {
		// akismet_spam_count will be incremented later by akismet_result_spam()
		add_filter('pre_comment_approved', 'akismet_result_spam');

		do_action( 'akismet_spam_caught' );

		$post = get_post( $comment['comment_post_ID'] );
		$last_updated = strtotime( $post->post_modified_gmt );
		$diff = time() - $last_updated;
		$diff = $diff / 86400;
		
		if ( $post->post_type == 'post' && $diff > 30 && get_option( 'akismet_discard_month' ) == 'true' && empty($comment['user_ID']) ) {
			// akismet_result_spam() won't be called so bump the counter here
			if ( $incr = apply_filters('akismet_spam_count_incr', 1) )
				update_option( 'akismet_spam_count', get_option('akismet_spam_count') + $incr );
			wp_redirect( $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] );
			die();
		}
	}
	
	// if the response is neither true nor false, hold the comment for moderation and schedule a recheck
	if ( 'true' != $response[1] && 'false' != $response[1] ) {
		add_filter('pre_comment_approved', 'akismet_result_hold');
		wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 1200, 'akismet_schedule_cron_recheck' );
	}
	
	if ( function_exists('wp_next_scheduled') && function_exists('wp_schedule_event') ) {
		// WP 2.1+: delete old comments daily
		if ( !wp_next_scheduled('akismet_scheduled_delete') )
			wp_schedule_event(time(), 'daily', 'akismet_scheduled_delete');
	} elseif ( (mt_rand(1, 10) == 3) ) {
		// WP 2.0: run this one time in ten
		akismet_delete_old();
	}
	$akismet_last_comment = $commentdata;
	return $commentdata;
}

add_action('preprocess_comment', 'akismet_auto_check_comment', 1);

function akismet_delete_old() {
	global $wpdb;
	$now_gmt = current_time('mysql', 1);
	$comment_ids = $wpdb->get_col("SELECT comment_id FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE DATE_SUB('$now_gmt', INTERVAL 15 DAY) > comment_date_gmt AND comment_approved = 'spam'");
	if ( empty( $comment_ids ) )
		return;
		
	$comma_comment_ids = implode( ', ', array_map('intval', $comment_ids) );

	do_action( 'delete_comment', $comment_ids );
	$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_id IN ( $comma_comment_ids )");
	$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->commentmeta WHERE comment_id IN ( $comma_comment_ids )");
	clean_comment_cache( $comment_ids );
	$n = mt_rand(1, 5000);
	if ( apply_filters('akismet_optimize_table', ($n == 11)) ) // lucky number
		$wpdb->query("OPTIMIZE TABLE $wpdb->comments");

}

add_action('akismet_scheduled_delete', 'akismet_delete_old');

function akismet_check_db_comment( $id, $recheck_reason = 'recheck_queue' ) {
    global $wpdb, $akismet_api_host, $akismet_api_port;

    $id = (int) $id;
    $c = $wpdb->get_row( "SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_ID = '$id'", ARRAY_A );
    if ( !$c )
        return;

    $c['user_ip']    = $c['comment_author_IP'];
    $c['user_agent'] = $c['comment_agent'];
    $c['referrer']   = '';
    $c['blog']       = get_option('home');
    $c['blog_lang']  = get_locale();
    $c['blog_charset'] = get_option('blog_charset');
    $c['permalink']  = get_permalink($c['comment_post_ID']);
    $id = $c['comment_ID'];
	if ( akismet_test_mode() )
		$c['is_test'] = 'true';
	$c['recheck_reason'] = $recheck_reason;

    $query_string = '';
    foreach ( $c as $key => $data )
    $query_string .= $key . '=' . urlencode( stripslashes($data) ) . '&';

    $response = akismet_http_post($query_string, $akismet_api_host, '/1.1/comment-check', $akismet_api_port);
    return $response[1];
}

function akismet_cron_recheck() {
	global $wpdb;

	delete_option('akismet_available_servers');

	$comment_errors = $wpdb->get_col( "
		SELECT comment_id
		FROM {$wpdb->prefix}commentmeta
		WHERE meta_key = 'akismet_error'
		LIMIT 100
	" );
	
	foreach ( (array) $comment_errors as $comment_id ) {
		// if the comment no longer exists, remove the meta entry from the queue to avoid getting stuck
		if ( !get_comment( $comment_id ) ) {
			delete_comment_meta( $comment_id, 'akismet_error' );
			continue;
		}
		
		add_comment_meta( $comment_id, 'akismet_rechecking', true );
		$status = akismet_check_db_comment( $comment_id, 'retry' );

		$msg = '';
		if ( $status == 'true' ) {
			$msg = __( 'Akismet caught this comment as spam during an automatic retry.' );
		} elseif ( $status == 'false' ) {
			$msg = __( 'Akismet cleared this comment during an automatic retry.' );
		}
		
		// If we got back a legit response then update the comment history
		// other wise just bail now and try again later.  No point in
		// re-trying all the comments once we hit one failure.
		if ( !empty( $msg ) ) {
			delete_comment_meta( $comment_id, 'akismet_error' );
			akismet_update_comment_history( $comment_id, $msg, 'cron-retry' );
			update_comment_meta( $comment_id, 'akismet_result', $status );
			// make sure the comment status is still pending.  if it isn't, that means the user has already moved it elsewhere.
			$comment = get_comment( $comment_id );
			if ( $comment && 'unapproved' == wp_get_comment_status( $comment_id ) ) {
				if ( $status == 'true' ) {
					wp_spam_comment( $comment_id );
				} elseif ( $status == 'false' ) {
					// comment is good, but it's still in the pending queue.  depending on the moderation settings
					// we may need to change it to approved.
					if ( check_comment($comment->comment_author, $comment->comment_author_email, $comment->comment_author_url, $comment->comment_content, $comment->comment_author_IP, $comment->comment_agent, $comment->comment_type) )
						wp_set_comment_status( $comment_id, 1 );
				}
			}
		} else {
			delete_comment_meta( $comment_id, 'akismet_rechecking' );
			wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 1200, 'akismet_schedule_cron_recheck' );
			return;
		}
	}
	
	$remaining = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->commentmeta WHERE meta_key = 'akismet_error'" ) );
	if ( $remaining && !wp_next_scheduled('akismet_schedule_cron_recheck') ) {
		wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 1200, 'akismet_schedule_cron_recheck' );
	}
}
add_action( 'akismet_schedule_cron_recheck', 'akismet_cron_recheck' );

function akismet_add_comment_nonce( $post_id ) {
	echo '<p style="display: none;">';
	wp_nonce_field( 'akismet_comment_nonce_' . $post_id, 'akismet_comment_nonce', FALSE );
	echo '</p>';
}

$akismet_comment_nonce_option = apply_filters( 'akismet_comment_nonce', get_option( 'akismet_comment_nonce' ) );

if ( $akismet_comment_nonce_option == 'true' || $akismet_comment_nonce_option == '' )
	add_action( 'comment_form', 'akismet_add_comment_nonce' );

if ( '3.0.5' == $wp_version ) { 
	remove_filter( 'comment_text', 'wp_kses_data' ); 
	if ( is_admin() ) 
		add_filter( 'comment_text', 'wp_kses_post' ); 
}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
		>
<channel>
	<title>Comments for simplepole</title>
	<atom:link href="http://mws.studio282.com/comments/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://mws.studio282.com</link>
	<description>a story of a return to a complex plane</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:05:26 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1</generator>
	<item>
		<title>Comment on motorways by Jessica</title>
		<link>http://mws.studio282.com/archives/65/comment-page-1#comment-259</link>
		<dc:creator>Jessica</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mws.studio282.com/archives/65#comment-259</guid>
		<description>Flashing alternate indicators or hazard lights to say thankyou is becoming common in  the UK. I first had it observed to me seven or eight years ago as a practice common amongst lorry drivers. Since then I have noticed it increasingly with lorries and also with regular road users.

While you don&#039;t do motorway driving as part of a basic test you do get to do plenty of dual carriageway lessons. I certainly didn&#039;t find my motorway lessons to be greatly different from dual carriageway lessons except that there were more lanes and I was taught about exiting/joining the roads and how to navigate by junction numbers. The actual rules about overtaking and lane-hogging were identical, except you could be overtaking two lanes of traffic instead of one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Flashing alternate indicators or hazard lights to say thankyou is becoming common in  the UK. I first had it observed to me seven or eight years ago as a practice common amongst lorry drivers. Since then I have noticed it increasingly with lorries and also with regular road users.</p>
<p>While you don&#8217;t do motorway driving as part of a basic test you do get to do plenty of dual carriageway lessons. I certainly didn&#8217;t find my motorway lessons to be greatly different from dual carriageway lessons except that there were more lanes and I was taught about exiting/joining the roads and how to navigate by junction numbers. The actual rules about overtaking and lane-hogging were identical, except you could be overtaking two lanes of traffic instead of one.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>Comment on motorways by Paul</title>
		<link>http://mws.studio282.com/archives/65/comment-page-1#comment-109</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mws.studio282.com/archives/65#comment-109</guid>
		<description>When I learned to drive, the driving school was doing a promotion where they offered a couple of extra &quot;advanced&quot; lessons as freebies if you passed your test.  I was taught the style of driving you attribute to the French during these sessions.

I&#039;d suggest that, even though it&#039;s good practice, most people don&#039;t drive like that is because (in the UK at least) most people are never taught to drive on motorways.  You can&#039;t drive on them before you pass your test and unless you have a special offer as I did most people stop learning what to do from that point on.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I learned to drive, the driving school was doing a promotion where they offered a couple of extra &#8220;advanced&#8221; lessons as freebies if you passed your test.  I was taught the style of driving you attribute to the French during these sessions.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d suggest that, even though it&#8217;s good practice, most people don&#8217;t drive like that is because (in the UK at least) most people are never taught to drive on motorways.  You can&#8217;t drive on them before you pass your test and unless you have a special offer as I did most people stop learning what to do from that point on.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>Comment on the state of polish popular economics by David</title>
		<link>http://mws.studio282.com/archives/63/comment-page-1#comment-104</link>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mws.studio282.com/archives/63#comment-104</guid>
		<description>(Is it necessarily &quot;socialist versus capitalist&quot;?  Anyway ... )  I am probably more &quot;socialist&quot; than you, but having said that I want to ask some questions about the minimum wage itself; to be more precise, one question: why?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(Is it necessarily &#8220;socialist versus capitalist&#8221;?  Anyway &#8230; )  I am probably more &#8220;socialist&#8221; than you, but having said that I want to ask some questions about the minimum wage itself; to be more precise, one question: why?</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>Comment on motorways by David</title>
		<link>http://mws.studio282.com/archives/65/comment-page-1#comment-103</link>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mws.studio282.com/archives/65#comment-103</guid>
		<description>Of course, of the two styles of driving, one is in fact illegal.  A minor technical point that - it saddens me to say - only the French seemed to have registered ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course, of the two styles of driving, one is in fact illegal.  A minor technical point that &#8211; it saddens me to say &#8211; only the French seemed to have registered &#8230;</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>Comment on the state of polish popular economics by marcin</title>
		<link>http://mws.studio282.com/archives/63/comment-page-1#comment-77</link>
		<dc:creator>marcin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mws.studio282.com/archives/63#comment-77</guid>
		<description>to play devil&#039;s advocate - would &#039;artificially&#039; putting the pay levels up reflect one valuing people? Surely if one believed that people are good and productive one would be reassured they will earn good living. But if you expect most people to be able to do only lowest paid jobs then it would be showing them some form of valuation. ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>to play devil&#8217;s advocate &#8211; would &#8216;artificially&#8217; putting the pay levels up reflect one valuing people? Surely if one believed that people are good and productive one would be reassured they will earn good living. But if you expect most people to be able to do only lowest paid jobs then it would be showing them some form of valuation. &#8230;</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>Comment on the state of polish popular economics by Simon</title>
		<link>http://mws.studio282.com/archives/63/comment-page-1#comment-76</link>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mws.studio282.com/archives/63#comment-76</guid>
		<description>I was going to launch into some argument about valuing people more, but to be honest I can&#039;t be bothered, and my argument would just demonstrate my lack of understanding of economics!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was going to launch into some argument about valuing people more, but to be honest I can&#8217;t be bothered, and my argument would just demonstrate my lack of understanding of economics!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>Comment on I don&#8217;t like flying by Paul</title>
		<link>http://mws.studio282.com/archives/53/comment-page-1#comment-55</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mws.studio282.com/archives/53#comment-55</guid>
		<description>Budget airlines are much tighter on excess baggage - it&#039;s one of the ways they make up for the discrepancy in costs.  Having recently travelled myself by BA short haul (someone else was paying!), it&#039;s clear that the &#039;frilly&#039; airlines are a lot more lax in applying luggage restrictions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Budget airlines are much tighter on excess baggage &#8211; it&#8217;s one of the ways they make up for the discrepancy in costs.  Having recently travelled myself by BA short haul (someone else was paying!), it&#8217;s clear that the &#8216;frilly&#8217; airlines are a lot more lax in applying luggage restrictions.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>Comment on effortlessly by Ian Anderson</title>
		<link>http://mws.studio282.com/archives/32/comment-page-1#comment-51</link>
		<dc:creator>Ian Anderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mws.studio282.com/archives/32#comment-51</guid>
		<description>Just the sort of transnational comparative thought I would expect from our cosmopolitan pole!

I think this is as much about national myth-making as about reality - especially in a world where no upper class in any country still shapes social values or politics. So the traditional self-images remain, but the practice is increasingly out of kilter: Poles in the UK are renowned for their hard work (with one or two exceptions at Oxford, perhaps); scratch American society and there plenty of laziness and inherited wealth. 

In the UK we have kept the value of not working too hard but lost the bit stressing that you have to be successful anyway...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just the sort of transnational comparative thought I would expect from our cosmopolitan pole!</p>
<p>I think this is as much about national myth-making as about reality &#8211; especially in a world where no upper class in any country still shapes social values or politics. So the traditional self-images remain, but the practice is increasingly out of kilter: Poles in the UK are renowned for their hard work (with one or two exceptions at Oxford, perhaps); scratch American society and there plenty of laziness and inherited wealth. </p>
<p>In the UK we have kept the value of not working too hard but lost the bit stressing that you have to be successful anyway&#8230;</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>Comment on windows and flowers by the_exile</title>
		<link>http://mws.studio282.com/archives/41/comment-page-1#comment-27</link>
		<dc:creator>the_exile</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mws.studio282.com/archives/41#comment-27</guid>
		<description>It fascinating to read about going-home culture-shock.  It has occurred to me a few times as we&#039;re becoming acclimatised to our place-of-exile that going home may be nearly as much of a shock.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It fascinating to read about going-home culture-shock.  It has occurred to me a few times as we&#8217;re becoming acclimatised to our place-of-exile that going home may be nearly as much of a shock.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>Comment on windows and flowers by Peckboy</title>
		<link>http://mws.studio282.com/archives/41/comment-page-1#comment-24</link>
		<dc:creator>Peckboy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mws.studio282.com/archives/41#comment-24</guid>
		<description>I&#039;m loving hearing about the contrasts between Poland and England! 24/7 florist? Not sure i see the need for that either?!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m loving hearing about the contrasts between Poland and England! 24/7 florist? Not sure i see the need for that either?!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
</channel>
</rss>