vaccinationsvaccinations
You might expect that a vaccine against a disease that causes cancer would be widely embraced as soon as it was proven safe. If the disease in question was transmitted[...]
the word “beamer”the word “beamer”
Martin F. Krafft blogs about looking for advice on buying a “beamer“. He describes the word as meaning a projector in Germany (it also means the same in the Netherlands).[...]
meeting people at Linux conferencesmeeting people at Linux conferences
One thing that has always surprised me is how few people talk to speakers after they have finished their lecture. A lecture might have many questions and the questions may[...]
spare tiresspare tires
The following letter was published in the RACV Magazine. The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria is a driver advocacy organization that provides roadside assistance and insurance. The fact that they[...]
Mercedes S class and car safetyMercedes S class and car safety
The S Class Mercedes has some really interesting safety features, see this 6.8M PDF file for details. If you are interested in technology then you want to read it just[...]
slangslang
It is reported that a theater in Florida has changed the name of The Vagina Monologues to The Hoo-Haa Monologues after a complaint. How does a medical term become so[...]
a good dog for upliftinga good dog for uplifting
The Norwegian Puffin Dog has six toes that are all fully formed. This has to be a good start for the uplift process. The requirements for uplift are intelligence, speech,[...]
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xen sucksxen sucks
According to Debian bug #399113 and linked discussion it is impossible to run a stable system on Xen without enabling PAE. It seems that no-one is considering the fact that[...]
John Howard is bizarreJohn Howard is bizarre
Our despicable prime minister said “I think that would just encourage those who wanted completely to destabilise and destroy Iraq, and create chaos and victory for the terrorists to hang[...]
namesnames
Wouter wrote an interesting post about names. I wonder how many people know me as Russell SELinux… No related posts.[...]