Another week in Dell Hell!
Kate Carruthers My recent experience of Dell’s customer service is that it COMPLETELY SUCKS! And, as anyone who can Google Dell Hell knows, I’m not the only one who feels this way……
Kate Carruthers
What Do You Believe That You Cannot Prove?
There is some really thought provoking stuff over at esr.ibiblio.org – Armed & Dangerous – (esr.ibiblio.org/index.php?p=184 full story here), an excerpt follows below: “I believe, but don?’t know how to…
Palestinian question – an interesting insight
Just recently came across an old transcript of an interview with Martin van Creveld (one of my favourite military writers – he wrote good books on command in war and…
The solution is . . . send in the tanks
How ironic is this? I’ve been waiting for my new water tank to be installed. But after years of drought it has been delayed – by rain! The solution is…
International Aid = False Hope for Africa?
Another interesting snippet re international aid and Africa: Tech Central Station – False Hope “Thus, the international aid system has essentially served to reward policies that slow down development, whatever…
Interview: For God’s Sake, Please Stop the Aid!
“The Kenyan economics expert James Shikwati, 35, says that aid to Africa does more harm than good. The avid proponent of globalization spoke with SPIEGEL about the disastrous effects of…
LIVE 8 – Why bother?
On the Live 8 website it states that: “Every single day, 30,000 children die, needlessly, of extreme poverty. On July 6th, we finally have the opportunity to stop that shameful…
Hidden Socialism
Someone suggested to me the other day that I ought to join th eAustralian Labor Party. I replied that I was unable to commit to a party that upheld socialism…
Just War?
“A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope.” (Livy) One little problem with Livy’s idea is…
Reasonable Hours of Work in the ICT Industry
A friend who works in IT support (for a very large and well known IT industry multi national doing security patching and stuff) just phoned me because his boss wants…