Liberty and Mobile PhonesLiberty and Mobile Phones
I own two mobile phones at the moment, I use a Samsung Galaxy S running Cyanogenmod [1] (Android 2.3.7) for most things, and I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10[...]
Category: Politics
Some OWS StuffSome OWS Stuff
There is an interesting interview with Richard Wilkinson on ted.com about the damage to society that is caused by excessive inequality [1]. The conclusion is interesting, it seems that one[...]
Stop HRLStop HRL
Today I attended the Stop HRL demonstration [1]. The government plans to spend $100,000,000 of federal money and $50,000,000 of Victorian state money to build a new coal power station.[...]
Occupy Main StreetOccupy Main Street
The Occupy Wall St blog has an informative summary of attempts to reclaim the American political process which has been pwned badly by financiers in recent times [1]. The basic[...]
Rallying for a Carbon Tax 5th JuneRallying for a Carbon Tax 5th June
It’s not that common to have a rally in favor of creating a new tax, but today I attended the Melbourne rally in favor of a “carbon tax” [1], it[...]
Ziggy’s Lecture about Nuclear PowerZiggy’s Lecture about Nuclear Power
The Event I just attended a lecture by Dr Ziggy Switkowski (see the above picture) on the topic of nuclear power, for a long time Ziggy has been the most[...]
Are Assholes Essential to a Free Software Project?Are Assholes Essential to a Free Software Project?
What do Assholes do? Rusty just wrote a post titled “If you didn’t run code written by assholes, your machine wouldn’t boot” [1] about some of the anti-social tendencies demonstrated[...]
Preventing the End of the WorldPreventing the End of the World
Some crazy people led by Harold Camping who call themselves Christian claimed that the world was going to end yesterday [1]. Harold had previously done this in 1994 so he’s[...]
Osama bin LadenOsama bin Laden
After almost 10 years the Americans finally found Osama bin Laden, unfortunately they were unable to take him alive. The Reid Report has a good summary of what happened [1].[...]
Australia Needs it’s own MonarchAustralia Needs it’s own Monarch
Tomorrow Prince William will marry Kate Middleton. If we don’t change anything he will probably become the King of Australia at some future time, so I think that now is[...]