You have to admit; simply taking the casing off a store bought 80's clock, putting it in a suitcase and bringing it to school could easily be grounds for a bomb hoax.

Exactly, this implied he'd elected not to carry a gun; most police in the UK that carry guns are special armed units.

Yes, but the possible input to a chess game is strictly limited - one player cannot just change the way a piece moves or introduce a new piece, and thus, it is not taken into account in any strategy. These sorts things must be taken into account when programming.

This is how a chess player thinks. "Jesus, why did she play that? She must have seen something I've missed. Shit, if I had more time I'd be able to figure it out. Damnit, I'll just move my knight back, that way my king'll be safer. I'm sure there's a better move but I can't find it now, and I think my ass went to sleep."

Change a few words, and it's pretty much a typical thought process when coding for me.

Bughouse chess might fit the bill in this case. If you're not familiar, there are two boards with four players, with teammates playing opposite colors on each board. A captured piece on one board can be held in reserve by the teammate and played on any subsequent turn on any open square on the other board.

So exactly like Yik Yak?

Yik Yak is more a board, Nod is messenger with all the instant pushes and everything else.

Very novel, but I feel like its fundamentally flawed; for most people it would easier to remember a URL than it would be to remember a 'meshtag'.

The researchers created an entirely unnecessary risk on a public road. There's nothing more to it than that.

So they should get away with it to ensure that their funding isn't cut? I'm intrigued what you'd consider a "big enough" risk that they should face punitive measures.

I believe Student Finance ask whether or not you're financially dependent/ living with your parents, so I'd guess not.

I think you should definitely force new users to swipe through the tutorial - it's initially not obvious at all what the goal of the game is!

Haha, that's a very accurate analogy!