Voting and Linux AustraliaVoting and Linux Australia
Dhanapalan writes about the small number of voters for Linux Australia elections [1]. I guess that blacklist-voting is partly to blame for my inactivity in this regard. Linux Australia is[...]
Category: Politics
More about Australian Internet CensorshipMore about Australian Internet Censorship
As the Australian government wants to show how well they understand technology, they have started a blog about the “Digital Economy” [1]. So far they have hundreds of comments, most[...]
Other Reasons for not Censoring the NetOther Reasons for not Censoring the Net
Currently there is a debate about censoring the Internet in Australia. Although debate might not be the correct word for a dispute where one party provides no facts and refuses[...]
Support Gay Marriage in case You Become GaySupport Gay Marriage in case You Become Gay
A common idea among the less educated people who call themselves “conservative” seems to be that they should oppose tax cuts for themselves and support tax cuts for the rich[...]
Christian Principles in an Election YearChristian Principles in an Election Year
The National Council of Churches in the US [1] has produced some advice for Christian voters titled Christian Principles in an Election Year [2]. It starts by saying “Your church,[...]
The Next Miserable Failure?The Next Miserable Failure?
Until very recently I thought that it would be almost impossible to get someone worse than George W Bush as the leader of any significant country. Unfortunately it seems that[...]
Solutions for the Housing CrisisSolutions for the Housing Crisis
Currently we have a huge husing crisis in the US which involves significant political corruption including the federal government preventing state governments from stopping predatory banking practices [1]. The corrupt[...]
On Talking to PoliceOn Talking to Police
The lecture by Professor James Duane about why you should not talk to the police (in the US at least) is doing the rounds at the moment. The Google video[...]
Bad TelstraBad Telstra
77020 packets transmitted, 18029 received, 76% packet loss, time 77049435ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 20.026/130.848/2245.752/287.550 ms, pipe 3 Above are the ping results from pinging my server (hosted on a business[...]
Logic and PantsLogic and Pants
I just read an interesting post about proposed new laws in the US prohibiting exposing underpants [1]. This is not a new thing and is part of a debate that[...]