GM Food and VaccinesGM Food and Vaccines
Michael Specter gave an interesting TED talk about the dangers of science-denial [1]. Most of his talk is about the people who oppose vaccines, such as the former Playboy model[...]
Category: Politics
A School IP ProjectA School IP Project
The music industry seems fairly aggressive in taking legal action against children when they break the licence terms of copyright material. I think it would be good to teach children[...]
Is the NBN a Good IdeaIs the NBN a Good Idea
Since writing my post about whether the National Broadband Network can ever break even [1] I’ve had a number of people try to convince me of it’s merit. He is[...]
Slavery vs Child PornSlavery vs Child Porn
Slavery Still Exists! We all like to think of slavery as a problem from the 19th century, but it still exists and is a significant problem! Kevin Bales gave an[...]
Too Stupid to be a BishopToo Stupid to be a Bishop
A Stupid Bisop breaks the Godwin Rule The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Catholic Bishop Anthony Fisher has just claimed that “GODLESSNESS and secularism led to Nazism, Stalinism, mass murder[...]
CAL – Self-Serving and UselessCAL – Self-Serving and Useless
Brendan Scott linked to a couple of articles about CAL (the Copyright Agency Limited) [1]. I have previously written about CAL and the way that they charge organisations for the[...]
Terms of Abuse for Minority GroupsTerms of Abuse for Minority Groups
Due to the comments on my blog post about Divisive Behavior [1] I’ve been considering the issue of terms of abuse of minority groups – a topic of which racial[...]
Divisive BehaviorDivisive Behavior
Past Sins Sam Varghese wrote an article about Matthew Garrett’s LCA talk “The Linux community: what is it and how to be a part of it” [1]. In page 2[...]
Net NeutralityNet Neutrality
Martin Krafft advocates a model of Internet access where advertisers pay for the Internet connection [1]. The first problem with this idea is the base cost of providing net access[...]
Can the NBN Ever Break Even?Can the NBN Ever Break Even?
I previously wrote about how the National Broadband Network (NBN) seems more suited to porn delivery than regular Internet use [1]. It doesn’t seem to be of much use really.[...]