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A Painful Interview
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I just listened to an interview featuring Theresa Gattung, the previous CEO of Telecom New Zealand, who has just released a book, titled "Bird on a Wire". It might be an interesting...
Posted on Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 8:46 pm - comments (0) - views (27)
You Win Some...
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Everyone has heard of the old saying "you win some and you lose some". Its true, I guess, because no person, group, or cause ever wins every battle and there are always setbacks...
Posted on Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 9:07 pm - comments (0) - views (22)
A Step Forward?
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In the last few entries here on New Zealand politics I have been a bit critical of the current government so I think its time to be a bit more positive again. I try to avoid political...
Posted on Mon Mar 08, 2010 at 8:59 pm - comments (0) - views (27)
Militant Atheism
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If you have read this blog much in the past you will have gathered by now that I'm a fairly vocal atheist. I'm not worried about expressing the opinion that every religion I know of...
Posted on Fri Mar 05, 2010 at 9:37 pm - comments (0) - views (24)
More About Multiverses
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When I first got involved with amateur astronomy the idea of a multiverse was either not taken seriously at all or it was considered to be so much on the edge of science that it wasn't...
Posted on Wed Mar 03, 2010 at 9:29 pm - comments (0) - views (30)
Evil Propaganda
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A friend left a couple of interesting items on my desk this morning: two small booklets distributed by some sort of evangelical Christian organisation, possibly the NZ Evangelistic...
Posted on Tue Mar 02, 2010 at 1:15 pm - comments (0) - views (26)
Daniel Dennett
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I always enjoy listening to Daniel Dennett speaking. In case you don't know, he's an American philosopher and a well known member of the new atheist movement. While he doesn't hesitate...
Posted on Sun Feb 28, 2010 at 11:28 am - comments (0) - views (28)
Climate Change Reality
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There are a lot of extremely ignorant and biased people criticising climate change science at the moment. They have been very effective recently because their cause has been helped...
Posted on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 9:32 pm - comments (0) - views (61)
Tags (Keywords): comments, science, skepticism, world, news
It Could Never Last
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Until recently I have been fairly generous to New Zealand's National-lead government. Maybe that was because they didn't really try to do anything. Maybe having no government is the...
Posted on Tue Feb 23, 2010 at 8:56 pm - comments (0) - views (35)
Propaganda 101
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  What is it about our political and business leaders which has allowed them to get to the "top"? Are they intelligent or knowledgeable or innovative? Well that might be a...
Posted on Sun Feb 21, 2010 at 6:26 pm - comments (0) - views (36)
Who Are Your Friends?
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How do people decide who their friends are? I don't just mean the friends they interact with in their social lives, I mean the groups of people from all countries and cultures who affect...
Posted on Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 11:54 am - comments (0) - views (50)
Scientists Gloomy
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Most people would say that science is an important part of modern society. Some (including me) would say its the most important. Anyone who disagrees with this should give up the technology...
Posted on Wed Feb 17, 2010 at 9:38 pm - comments (0) - views (37)
Apple's Biggest Problems
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I recently read an interesting article where a commentator listed the 10 biggest problems with Apple. As an Apple "fanboy" (I have 11 Macs at home and a lot more at work,...
Posted on Tue Feb 16, 2010 at 1:19 pm - comments (0) - views (39)
Tags (Keywords): apple, commentary, computers, technology
Year of the Mac
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I recently read an opinion which discussed the possibility that 2010 would be the year of the Mac. By "the year of the Mac" the author meant that the Mac would break out of...
Posted on Sat Feb 13, 2010 at 11:51 am - comments (0) - views (32)
Tags (Keywords): apple, commentary, computers, technology
Bullies and Thieves
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Well it didn't take long - or maybe it took longer than we thought - but the National lead New Zealand government seems to be up to their old tricks again. You can always tell when...
Posted on Thu Feb 11, 2010 at 7:33 pm - comments (0) - views (41)
Tags (Keywords): New Zealand, politics, commentary, rants
An Interesting Future
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It looks like the computer industry is starting to get back to its glory days and a real battle is starting to emerge. We're looking at a genuine revolution where computing will move...
Posted on Tue Feb 09, 2010 at 9:34 pm - comments (0) - views (34)
What Is the iPad?
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What is this new device from Apple called the iPad? Is it a computer, or a laptop, or a netbook, or an ebook reader, or an oversized iPod? Is it some of those things, or all of them,...
Posted on Mon Feb 08, 2010 at 10:24 pm - comments (0) - views (44)
Dorky Dawkins?
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Yesterday I was sitting in one of the cafes we have distributed around the campus of the university I work at writing some notes on Richard Dawkins' latest book, The Greatest Show on...
Posted on Sat Feb 06, 2010 at 12:37 pm - comments (0) - views (47)
I Get It Now!
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I suppose many people would classify me as an Apple "fanboy" (or, to use a more complimentary term, an Apple enthusiast and computing professional). Even so, I was initially...
Posted on Thu Feb 04, 2010 at 7:43 pm - comments (0) - views (37)
Tags (Keywords): apple, technology, computers, comments
Just Water
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I've never said that all alternative medical treatments are nonsense. It would be ridiculous to claim that there aren't a few which (mainly through good luck rather than good management)...
Posted on Wed Feb 03, 2010 at 12:55 pm - comments (0) - views (42)
Good Old Bill
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There have been a few occasions in the past where I have been critical of Bill Gates, mostly because of his role leading Microsoft, a company which I think has stopped the computer...
Posted on Mon Feb 01, 2010 at 11:02 pm - comments (0) - views (39)
Tags (Keywords): news, opinions, microsoft, society, world
Telecomorons
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How hard can it be to implement a telecommunications technology which has been developed and fine-tuned in numerous other countries overseas and to get it working in New Zealand where...
Posted on Fri Jan 29, 2010 at 8:03 pm - comments (0) - views (66)
Tags (Keywords): commentary, opinions, rants, technology
iYawn or iCool?
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The problem with the amount of hype that the release of a new Apple product creates is that it almost inevitably results in disappointment when the product itself is revealed. The hype...
Posted on Thu Jan 28, 2010 at 5:37 pm - comments (0) - views (49)
Back to Basics
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Maybe the biggest problem I have with debating ideologically driven people (you know the ones I mean: creationists, global warming deniers, believers in the paranormal, extreme conservatives,...
Posted on Wed Jan 27, 2010 at 4:59 pm - comments (0) - views (40)
Tags (Keywords): philosophy, skepticism, science, religion
Battle Lost?
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The facts haven't changed and the evidence seems to be getting more compelling but I think the battle to have serious action taken to prevent significant climate change has been lost....
Posted on Tue Jan 26, 2010 at 10:54 pm - comments (0) - views (48)
You Want Immortality?
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One of the main reasons believers tell me they believe their religion is true is because of the promise of an afterlife. They say something like they would prefer to go to heaven and...
Posted on Mon Jan 25, 2010 at 11:04 pm - comments (0) - views (56)
Why Does He Do It?
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I read an interesting article at the BBC web site recently. It was titled "Why does God allow natural disasters?" and was provoked by the natural disaster in Haiti. Its a...
Posted on Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 9:53 pm - comments (0) - views (59)
A Painful Debate
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I have just watched a rather disturbing video where Richard Dawkins interviewed a creationist, Wendy Wright. The reason I watched it is that a friend, who is also a creationist, challenged...
Posted on Wed Jan 20, 2010 at 12:12 pm - comments (0) - views (61)
How Many Universes?
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The consequences of the anthropic principle continue to worry me. More specifically I cannot understand how the universe seems to be so finely tuned that it allows life to exist. Its...
Posted on Fri Jan 15, 2010 at 11:13 pm - comments (0) - views (83)
Is Avatar OK?
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Everyone seems to have an opinion on the movie Avatar - even the Vatican! I was initially surprised when I read that they had commented on this popular culture subject but a more recent...
Posted on Thu Jan 14, 2010 at 10:41 pm - comments (0) - views (66)
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