Submitted by James Purser on Wed, 19/01/2011 - 06:07
Seriously, just stop it.
For a long time now we've had the Anti-vaccers pushing the inane and fraudulent line that vaccinations cause Autism. For almost as long the evidence has been there to prove that this claim is complete and utter bull crap. No one credible has been able to replicate the findings and now we're reaping the "benefits" of a drop in vaccinations, namely the sharp rise in diseases such as Pertusis, Measles and so on.
Submitted by James Purser on Sat, 02/10/2010 - 01:24
I've deliberately held off writing this post until the fuss has died down so that it doesn't get caught up in the crap flood that followed the initial article.
But first an explanation for those of you just joining us.
Submitted by James Purser on Sun, 08/08/2010 - 00:32
Okay, it's Sunday morning, I have a coffee in hand and I haven't had a chance to blog lately, so here we go:
This election has officially jumped the shark
That's it, this election is officially a joke. Neither party is offering significantly different policies, the media seems to be more concerned about the Days of Our Lives that is the Labor leadership squabble, and now we have channel 9 bringing Mark bloody Latham into the mix as a "guest journalist"
Submitted by James Purser on Fri, 25/06/2010 - 02:55
A long time ago, not so far away I used to participate in Venturers (that's the next level up after Scouts for the uninitiated). As you would expect for such a youth organisation, there was a good deal of focus on out doors activities, including camping, caving, abseiling and so on.
It was on my first (and as it turns out last*) caving trip that I discovered an excellent way to satisfy that urge to set fire to something and be completely and utterly physical (and stupid) at the same time.
Fireball
Submitted by James Purser on Mon, 19/04/2010 - 02:33
Okay here's a list of phrases that have been rolled out in the election campaign (whatever anyone else tells you, we're in election mode federally) so far that I think should be banned:
"In the nations interest"
Submitted by James Purser on Fri, 05/03/2010 - 00:01
Okay, Freeview (the group that represents all of the major Free to Air Networks, including commercial and government owned) has announced that it's going to be launching a new Electronic Programme Guide service in June, complete with new hardware and something they are calling an Online Catchup Service.
Submitted by James Purser on Sat, 27/02/2010 - 08:49
Today while out with the family, we decided to purchase a treat for the kids. So we headed for the nearby donut place to purchase the required sickeningly sweet treat.
Turns out they didn't have enough of the particular sweet my son wanted, so he picked what looked like an iced donut with chocolate flakes on it. Except it wasn't called a donut, rather it was called a Yeast Ring.
Submitted by James Purser on Fri, 26/02/2010 - 01:58
Hey here's an idea to combat the rash of idiotic facebook page "hacks" (leaving your facebook page open to all is not a hack by the way). Let's set up an Online Content Ombudsman, who shall have the power to... umm... complain to overseas companies.
Um.
Originally suggested by South Australian independent Senator Nick Xenaphon, it's been picked up by the Government to show how "pro-active" they are when it comes to dealing "Teh Evil Interwebs".
Submitted by James Purser on Wed, 24/02/2010 - 23:26
We've both played Enemies of the State.
Seriously, according to this article the IIPA (International Intellectual Property Alliance) has requested that the US Trade Representative place countries that mandate, or (and here's the kicker) even suggest the use of Open Source software be placed on a special list of countries that have lax intellectual property regimes (read Pirate Havens).
Submitted by James Purser on Thu, 18/02/2010 - 12:22
I was pondering the supposed reason behind the recent fee rebate the Government is giving to the TV networks, that Australian Content needs to be developed and played on our air waves, when a question arose.
How much "Australian Content" is generated online? If you took the podcasts, blog posts, music and videos generated by Australians for online consumption, how would they stack up against the "Traditional Media"?
Does anyone know if any studies have been done on this?
Oh and I've added the spam module and turned off comment moderation, let's see how this goes.
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