Musings, Silliness

One (1) rant

2011-11-16T20:56:00.001+10:30

At 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

Norway attacks

2011-07-23T04:27:00.003+09:30

Seven 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

Overanalysis

2011-06-24T00:59:00.003+09:30

Boag'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 over

Am I a Rape Supporter?

2011-05-21T21:21:00.011+09:30

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

Zombie Apocalypse

2011-05-21T18:06:00.003+09:30

I 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 songs

The Rapture

2011-05-21T17:41:00.006+09:30

Well 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

Literally an eye for an eye

2011-05-16T11:34:00.003+09:30

It'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

The Big 5 - The Eurovision Final

2011-05-15T20:39:00.002+09:30

Well 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

Eurovision Semi Final 2

2011-05-14T19:39:00.006+09:30

And 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 100

Eurovision Semi Final 1

2011-05-14T18:32:00.003+09:30

Australia and then figured out that they couldn't bend time (takes about 14 hours to get to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and it took us an extra 7 to get

A Response to the WBC Site "God Hates Australia" Part 1.

2009-02-22T00:03:00.005+10:30

Before I begin, as far as I can tell the following is actually a site that belongs to the Westboro Baptist Church. Looking up on whois gives me the same result for the following site and the American counterpart (which is linked to from their main site). Otherwise it is the most elaborate form of Poe's Law that I have ever encountered.Without further adieu I shall introduce you to God Hates

WBC, Hatred and the Victorian Bushfires

2009-02-21T23:37:00.004+10:30

I should have been more detailed in my research, and I would have found what I wanted.When I wrote this post I had initially wanted to see what the Westboro Baptist Church had to say and compare that to what Danny Nalliah had to say.Turns out he's coming to Australia. I'm guessing that he would have already arrived by now so he can be nice and fresh for the picket tomorrow, on the national day of

About Bloody Time

2009-02-19T18:50:00.002+10:30

They've finally announced the winner of the bid to build a desalination plant in SA.(see title)This is something that should have been done ages ago, I understand some of the issues involved included things like what will happen to the salt and other stuff they remove from the water which I'm assuming will be just dumped back into the gulf instead of using it for something, but we really need to

Idiots and the Bushfires

2009-02-13T14:45:00.003+10:30

I feel certain that I can say that you would have to be living in a cave on Mars with no form of communication to have not heard about the bushfires.Let's start with this. Two people have already been charged for stealing bushfire appeal money. One, a 36 year old man broke into a school and stole money. A school for FSMs sake. The other thief was a 16 year old boy.Now that is despicable. People

To The Skeptic Zone

2009-02-13T14:08:00.010+10:30

I'm calling you out again Mr. Saunders and the rest of The Skeptic Zone. I feel like a git for saying this but I think that it should be said because I feel it undercuts your message.(For those that don't know what I'm going on about go here.)Usually you have a good podcast but I'm calling you out on your reference on the Victorian Bushfires.You said:Now remember this is the worst disaster in

Happy 200th Mr. Darwin

2009-02-12T11:43:00.007+10:30

Today Charles Darwin would be 200. But he won't be because he is dead.So that leads us to the question: If Charles Darwin came up with such an important theory then why is he dead?Ok, so it doesn't.But I'm sure that there is a creationist out there who would say something like that (a la Homer Simpson).But we sit here today on the birthday of one of the most important scientists to have ever