Porn For ChildrenPorn For Children
James Purser writes about the current plans for Internet filtering in Australia and concentrates on the technical issues (whether it will degrade the ISP service) and the issue of who’s[...]
Year: 2007
Is Hand-writing Necessary?Is Hand-writing Necessary?
The Washington Post has an article about handwriting, apparently for some university entrance exams in the US 85% of students write their essays in block letters. The article claims that[...]
CAPTCHAs that don’t workCAPTCHAs that don’t work
One thing that I don’t like is blogs that provide no method of feedback. When I want to read something with little or no possibility of feedback I’ll read one[...]
Microsoft Hires University Drop-Out for Recruiting CampaignMicrosoft Hires University Drop-Out for Recruiting Campaign
news.com.au reports that MS has hired former Miss Australia Erin McNaught to sex up the computer industry’s geeky image and describes her as a “University Drop-Out” (later in the article[...]
The Principles of StupidityThe Principles of Stupidity
We always underestimate the number of stupid people The probability of a person being stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person A stupid person is someone who[...]
Plans for Future PostsPlans for Future Posts
I have created a new blog page for suggestions for future posts. If you want to suggest future topics that you would like me to write about (or vote for[...]
Tactical VotingTactical Voting
In response to a blog conversation on Planet Debian, Wouter Verhelst writes about voting tactics in which he claims that Instant-Runoff (wikipedia) (the method used in Australia to elect members[...]
Two Questions for All Serious Free Software ContributorsTwo Questions for All Serious Free Software Contributors
What do you think is the most important single-sentence of advice that you can offer to someone who wants to contribute to the free software community? I intentionally didn’t mention[...]
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Blog MemesBlog Memes
A common pattern in blog communication is referred to as a Meme. Here is one example of the commonly used definition of the term as applied to blogs. One common[...]
TranslationTranslation
I’ve created a page about translating my blog. Currently it has the following text: If you would like to translate any posts from my blog to a language other than[...]