Category Archives: News
We’ll be hunting whalers, purely for scientific purposes
On Sunday Japan sent a whaling fleet off to hunt in the Antarctic. They say that the hunt is being conducted “purely for scientific purposes“. With an expected haul of 1000 whales I ask, why do they need to catch … Continue reading
Japanese contraception ethics, is it a woman’s responsibility?
While looking for information for my Japanese anti-grope phone application post I came across the article Slow Life, Slow Sex: Pregnancy in middle age far from inconceivable on a Japanese news site. It seems to be a article giving medical … Continue reading
Japanese anti-grope phone application
In Japan there is a problem of women being groped by on trains. As a way to combat this an anti-grope application was written for mobile phones games developer Takahashi. Released back in 2005, but only recently becoming popular, the … Continue reading
Have you enrolled to vote yet?
We all know that the Australian federal election has been called for 24 November, but did you realise that the electoral role closes when the election is called? You need to enroll if you have never been enrolled, or if … Continue reading
Cruel Tcard twist to hit commuters
After 4 years there isn’t much to show for the $367 million Tcard contract with ERG. Both ERG and the NSW government bare some responsibility for the delay. And now they are thinking of making public transport more expensive when … Continue reading
Aussie shirts keep APEC leader Driza-Bone despite Sydney weather
The APEC leaders wore Driza-Bones as the Australian national dress (silly shirt day). Not something I would have liked to do the in heat of the week before APEC, but quite good when the weather turned sour. I hope they … Continue reading
Firm sues forum to silence critics, 2Clix wades into Whirlpool
In a move that could set a nasty precedent for Australian website operators and their users, a software firm is suing a community website over comments published on its message board. 2Clix is suing the owner of the popular broadband … Continue reading
Double standards in advertising, its ok to objectify men
The post looks at the double standards in advertising, and how society perceives gender roles. A Hahn add turning a heart in the sand to beasts draws complaints. But the revenge addition, turning sausages into mince, draws none. Are our … Continue reading
Sell off electricity: inquiry
The NSW government should sell off both the retail arms and the generation business of the state’s electricity sector, an inquiry has recommended. All to make electricity cheaper? So we use more of it? But what about being more environmentally … Continue reading
AI advocates believe we have passed the event horizon, soon we will see Hal
At the centre of a black hole there lies a point called a singularity where the laws of physics no longer make sense. In a similar way, according to futurists gathered for a weekend conference, information technology is hurtling toward … Continue reading