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.[...]
Would you Short-Change a Pedophile?Would you Short-Change a Pedophile?
For some time the film industry has been running an anti-piracy campaign with slogans such as “you wouldn’t steal a car” [1] in an attempt to draw a false analogy[...]
National Broadband/Porn NetworkNational Broadband/Porn Network
Currently we have a new “National Broadband Network” under construction in Australia [1]. It is going to cost $43,000,000,000 which is $5,000 per household. It is designed to deliver 100Mb/s[...]
Links February 2010Links February 2010
Popular Mechanics has a good article about 911 [1]. Experts in all the relevant fields were consulted to debunk popular myths. It’s an old article but I hadn’t read it[...]
Will Aliens be Alien?Will Aliens be Alien?
The Telegraph has a silly article titled “Aliens are likely to look and behave like us” [1]. It’s based on the ideas of Professor Simon Conway Morris [2] who is[...]
I Just Bought a new Thinkpad and the Lenovo Web Site SucksI Just Bought a new Thinkpad and the Lenovo Web Site Sucks
I’ve just bought a Thinkpad T61 at auction for $AU796. My Thinkpad T41p has cooling problems which I have previously described[1]. It’s also started to rattle a bit when I[...]
Which People are Stupid on the Internet?Which People are Stupid on the Internet?
I don’t think that the answer is “everyone” or even “everyone other than my geeky friends“, but obviously it is a large number of people. Many people apparently type “facebook”[...]