i’ve made a huge mistake

This is just awesome – we may not be all that far off being able to clone an actual wooly mammoth. Occasionally, despite our major effort to annihilate ourselves and the planet, humans do…

flame/legal/political/technical discussion

To add to the previous post, there is an epic flame/legal/political/technical discussion of the iiNet case at Whirlpool: link.

There’s also a discussion at Slashdot: link (more from a “you crazy Australians and your crazy laws” perspective).

iiNet film piracy case

You might remember this from a few days ago – a federal minister reading directly from the film and music industry script about the evils of piracy.

Now, in what seems not to be a coincidence (perhaps a…

carcassonne tactics

We’ve been playing a bit of the boardgame Carcassonne lately.  I found this article helpful in clarifying my thinking about the best tactics to use, and in particular to really think about what each move is…

just another afternoon in sunny Adelaide

This just happened in one of the busiest locations in the Adelaide CBD in the middle of a weekday afternoon: link. It sounds like two groups of Sudanese youths had a very serious fight with knives. This is…

in soviet russia

…water boils you! : link. Featuring headline of the week, and quote of the week from “an official at the Military Medical Academy hospital in St Petersburg”:

She parked her car, left it, and immediately found herself

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DVD piracy = child molesting

And so it begins: link. If you copy DVDs, you are directly supporting drug trafficking and the rape of small children. As if you didn’t know that, you raping, drug-dealing monster, you.

The USA has been subjected to…

the thrill of legal proceedings

This is not a great look: link, judgment.  The High Court in Cesan v The Queen; Mas Rivadavia v The Queen [2008] HCA 52 has overturned two criminal convictions on the basis that the trial judge…

the tallest man on earth – shallow grave

Another album review: link.

president obama will destory us all

Take a moment to marvel at the subtlety and correct spelling of US presidential campaigning: link.