tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75327576415207093052024-02-07T14:00:00.753+10:30Musings, SillinessA blog about stuff and thingsWildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.comBlogger291125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-22474502172373824812015-11-20T06:47:00.002+10:302015-11-20T06:47:58.466+10:30The Entitlement of TotiloStephen Totilo is complaining. That's the best way to explain his article entitled "A Price of Games Journalism". For two years Bethesda and Ubisoft have been blacklisting Kotaku, apparently over the outlet's habit of leaking upcoming projects.
While I can understand the annoyance at this making things harder for them there is an underlying sense of entitlement in this article. And it starts in Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-50273562280203053882015-09-10T23:18:00.000+09:302015-09-10T23:21:01.754+09:30Elevatorgate and Gamergate - on the gatekeepersAs humans we like to organise things. Our ability to recognise patterns ultimately allows us to organise things in ways that make sense to us, whether it's books on shelves, or animals in nature or even chemical compounds. It's something that we're good at to a rather insane degree coming up with a pattern and then organising things to that pattern.
It's something we also do to fellow humans as Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-64463463718116759532015-09-10T15:59:00.002+09:302015-09-10T15:59:58.642+09:30Fresh coat of paint.It's been over three years since I last wrote something for this blog. I just wasn't really motivated to write something. But now I am, and so after clearing up some stuff and fresh coat of paint I'm ready to write something that will probably be the last thing for ages.Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-1974159020653033732012-08-31T22:00:00.003+09:302012-08-31T22:02:31.187+09:30More Atheism+ stuff
Now that I think about it, I was a little wishy-washy when it comes to whether I would call myself a follower of Atheism+ and joining the movement.
I think that I would be something of a "fellow traveller" at the moment because the ideals that were laid out are ones that I either agree with or can agree with, but that is because the moderate movement hold broad, generalised views.
What Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-18648194953263798622012-08-30T03:43:00.001+09:302012-08-31T22:02:15.703+09:30Atheism+
Talking about Atheism+ seems to be the thing everyone is talking about so I'm going to jump on the bandwagon and talk about it.
In essence it's supposed to be "Atheism with other things", but it's already starting to look like this isn't the case.
I would say that it looks like Jen McCreight's idea is already being co-opted by Richard Carrier, but that appearance is probably a little Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-43928053196942813672012-05-24T18:45:00.001+09:302012-05-24T18:45:37.242+09:30Indefinite DetentionThe Greens are planning on introducing legislation that will allow refugees to appeal negative ASIO determinations. This would be introduced when the Senate resumes next month.
ASIO, for the people who don't know is basically Australia's version of MI5.
At the same time Human Rights Lawyer David Manne has lodged a papers in the High Court challenging the same problem.
As it stands at the Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-14420707674243412672011-11-16T20:56:00.001+10:302011-11-16T21:16:12.051+10:30One (1) rantAt work we have a sign that tells us the five (5) steps in washing your hands. I don't understand why people seem to think that putting a number in brackets is supposed to do anything. Are they trying to show people what a three (3) looks like to people who haven't seen this number before?
Or maybe it's for people who are illiterate but not innumerate so people know that a number four (4) looks Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-28500679123443147632011-07-23T04:27:00.003+09:302011-07-23T04:35:10.806+09:30Norway attacksSeven dead in a blast in Oslo and there have been shootings at a youth camp on Utøya. There are unconfirmed reports of between 20-25 people dead on the island. As I write, Dagbladet has a picture of people who may be dead.They were shot by a man dressed as a police officer. And at the moment nobody has an idea about who did it.All I can say is that my thoughts go out to the victims and their Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-10010764692154017672011-06-24T00:59:00.003+09:302011-06-24T01:15:42.853+09:30OveranalysisBoag's beer have been showing a bunch of ads for quite a while now showing magical rivers in Tasmania that make things better, such as this ad, this ad or this ad that basically explains the premise.My question is if you put that beer back into the river, would it come out as a better beer? Or is Boag's supposed to be the pinnacle and people have to keep on putting the bottles into the water overWildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-33685984621235311602011-05-21T21:21:00.011+09:302011-05-22T03:22:03.741+09:30Am I a Rape Supporter?So I finally decided to watch one of The Amazing Atheist's (TJ from now on) "Hate Week" videos. Mainly because the title "A Feminist" intrigued me for being so specific instead of the blanket terms like "Idealism" or "Individualists".So I watched it. And being naturally skeptical of the source material he was referring to, since I couldn't find a link for it on the Youtube video, googled one of Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-32693955479873803702011-05-21T18:06:00.003+09:302011-05-21T18:43:36.294+09:30Zombie ApocalypseI found this on Pharyngula. The CDC have released guidelines on what to do if there is a Zombie Apocalypse. It provides a good overview on things you need for basically any other disaster except a Zombie Apocalypse.For one thing nowhere do they mention that you need some sort of weapon, whether it is a shotgun, or baseball bat, or bowling ball or banjo. Neither do they suggest some relevant songsWildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-65053531942929887692011-05-21T17:41:00.006+09:302011-05-21T18:05:27.977+09:30The RaptureWell apparently today is the Rapture. Apparently. As I write this it's 5:47 PM (UTC+9:30) and I just heard thunder. Surely this can't be a coincidence... hang on... yes. Yes it can be.I base this on the simple fact that it's supposed to be at 6PM local time everywhere and unless God obeys the international date line we should have heard of the destruction of Kiribati (UTC+12,13,14). If God Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-26211542863369508862011-05-16T11:34:00.003+09:302011-05-16T12:28:18.274+09:30Literally an eye for an eyeIt's such a good saying, but it's also one that I get the impression that people don't understand very well. But it might also be that I've come up with my own interpretation of the adage. I always interpreted it as a form of justice with a defined start and end point. So if someone attacks you and cuts off a finger then as a form of justice you get to cut off the finger of the person who Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-42188074518198389092011-05-15T20:39:00.002+09:302011-05-15T22:25:59.342+09:30The Big 5 - The Eurovision FinalWell they are the only songs that I haven't heard yet so I'm going to just post my comments on them since my opinions haven't really changed for the other songs.France. This was a pretty good song, but I wouldn't have said that it was a winner. I just don't think that it would have reached enough people to do really well.Italy. I was very, very wrong. This wasn't a crap song at all and I now Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-4985665194279686852011-05-14T19:39:00.006+09:302011-05-14T22:00:02.061+09:30Eurovision Semi Final 2And this is the one for the second semi final.There seems to be a bit more German in this one.Good old fake miniaturisation, it does give a strange look for Germany.Bosnia and Herzegovina. For a guy like Dino I wasn't expecting that kind of music. Nice to see the double bass player can play two instruments. I wonder if the triangle requires as much training as the bass. On to the lyrics: 1 to 100Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-62348393810778779092011-05-14T18:32:00.003+09:302011-05-14T18:57:00.301+09:30Eurovision Semi Final 1<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-33870250703803319042011-04-18T22:21:00.004+09:302011-04-18T22:40:05.964+09:30Cat-lessI'm writing this about 20 minutes after finding out that the cat has died.We all knew that this was coming soon, she was old and deaf and we think she was going blind.I'm not really a cat person, I've always preferred dogs but Moosbach has always just been there. The strange name is because she was named after a character from a Loriot sketch.Getting her is one of my earliest memories, we got herWildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-44287937843129680302011-04-09T15:33:00.002+09:302011-04-09T15:36:15.851+09:30StormIf you haven't seen it yet you should check out this video of Tim Minchin's "Storm":Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-49674096807325100392011-03-24T00:24:00.004+10:302011-03-25T22:26:45.165+10:30Rebecca BlackAka "How I'm jumping on the bandwagon really really late just because I really should update this blog".So I first heard about this song on Triple J. It was a talking point on the Doctor's show. And then I just learned that Simon Cowell likes her by which I assume he means he can see lots and lots of money because she is infamous.So then I decided to watch the damn video. I did learn one thing, Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-50692551915116800942011-03-01T18:31:00.003+10:302011-03-01T23:26:37.322+10:30Juliar Gillard?So Labor decided to implement a carbon tax. Oh no the world is going to end. Yep, soon we'll see our mining industry sent overseas because it'll be cheaper to mine Australian uranium in China or something.So of course our leader is now being called "Juliar Gillard" by some people. Stupid people.To call her that shows such an ignorance of pretty much everything to do with politics at all. Maybe Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-74592672384777899242011-02-22T19:35:00.004+10:302011-02-22T19:51:38.395+10:30Somebody to LoveIf someone talks about the song "Somebody to Love" which band do you think of?I think of Jefferson Airplane.My parents think of Queen.A few people I know would think of the Boogie Pimps, which was a cover of the Jefferson Airplane song. It's an okay cover, but the film clip did have Natasha Mealey in it.Someone called Leighton Meester also wrote a song by that name.Now if you typed in "somebody Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-12358196509974214902011-02-16T03:01:00.005+10:302011-02-16T04:03:44.357+10:30Andrew Bolt, Muslims and AustraliaI don't read too much of The Advertiser when I'm not at Uni. At Uni I can get the paper for free, so I get it. The Internet has allowed me to get my news from sources like the BBC and the ABC (the Australian one obviously). If I go shopping I'll usually pick up a copy if there are any available, since sometimes it's good to get some idea of what is going on in the state.Anyway, I seem to have Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-41717471243221947212011-01-09T23:16:00.006+10:302011-01-10T00:14:51.625+10:30Meryl Dorey on 2UE2UE's Tracy Spicer "interviewed" Meryl Dorey, president of the Australian Vaccination Network over the British Medical Journal calling Andrew Wakefield's "research" as fraudulent. If you can't listen to the 2ue version, the audio can be found here on Youtube.I say "interviewed" because it's probably better to describe it as a slaughter. Spicer slaughtered Dorey and that was that.Refreshingly Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-78208885609553749272010-12-09T03:41:00.006+10:302010-12-09T05:12:01.851+10:30More WikileaksSo this Wikileaks stuff is still going, and there are two things that I would like to mention.The first is that Kevin Rudd, the current Minister for Foreign Affairs and former PM has gone on record stating that Assange shouldn't be blamed for the leaks.And former PM John Howard has also stated something similar.It's good to see that two people who probably won't have the most flattering things Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532757641520709305.post-86546172568559365632010-12-07T00:14:00.004+10:302010-12-07T00:55:47.091+10:30Mr. Squiggle DiesNorman Hetherington, the man behind Mr. Squiggle died yesterday aged 89. Mr. Squiggle was Australia's longest running children's show.I loved watching that show as a kid. For those who don't know Mr. Squiggle was the man from the moon, who came and visited us in his pet rocket named Rocket and would draw these pictures from canvasses with squiggles and lines and dots. When he finished it was up Wildyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816391700278074035noreply@blogger.com0