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Goodbye
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ShareMyNZ is going to be shut down soon so I won't post here any more. My main blog is still: blog.ojb.co.nz. Thanks for all the people who read and commented on my blog here.
Posted on Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 7:42 pm - comments (0) - views (36)
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Atheist Dogma?
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Supporters of religion seem to be getting a bit desperate. If you take religion seriously you must already be accustomed to using half truths, biased information, and invalid arguments...
Posted on Mon Jul 05, 2010 at 8:46 pm - comments (0) - views (50)
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Cart Before the Horse
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We seem to have the cart before the horse. That's an old proverb. In fact after researching it I can inform you that it dates back at least 2100 years to the time of Cicero (106 BC...
Posted on Wed Jun 30, 2010 at 7:55 pm - comments (0) - views (58)
Predicting the Future
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What do people think will happen in the future? It's an interesting question for two reasons: first because it can reveal genuine predictions (crowd sourcing often works); and second,...
Posted on Fri Jun 25, 2010 at 9:47 pm - comments (0) - views (51)
Worst Practice
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If you have read this blog much in the past you will be aware that, amongst the many professions modern society has, I have a particular dislike for managers. I don't know, maybe I...
Posted on Fri Jun 18, 2010 at 3:47 pm - comments (0) - views (24)
Intelligently Designed?
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A lot of my work involves designing and creating database systems, web sites, and basic applications. Another part of it involves using (and helping my clients use) programs, web sites,...
Posted on Mon Jun 14, 2010 at 10:11 pm - comments (0) - views (16)
The Mighty Have Fallen
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BP is one of the world's biggest corporations yet several commentators are now saying it could be soon bankrupt after the debacle of the oil leak in the Gulf. How can this happen? How...
Posted on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 7:45 pm - comments (0) - views (24)
Shallow Technology
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I've recently read a few commentaries regarding the topic of whether the internet is making us stupid. Sometimes the issue is expressed using exactly those words and other times slightly...
Posted on Wed Jun 09, 2010 at 8:02 pm - comments (0) - views (30)
Unholy War
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I have read a few commentaries recently on what seems to be a trending topic: is there a war between science and religion? (sometimes called the "unholy war") Alternatively...
Posted on Sun Jun 06, 2010 at 10:09 am - comments (0) - views (32)
Too Big to Fail?
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I have heard a lot recently about private companies which are too big to fail. In many cases these have had to be rescued by governments because if they had failed it would have caused...
Posted on Tue Jun 01, 2010 at 10:11 pm - comments (0) - views (30)
Playing God
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There has been a lot of controversy and excitement recently over the development of a "synthetic genome" by Craig Venter's group of researchers. Many people seem outraged...
Posted on Fri May 28, 2010 at 4:58 pm - comments (0) - views (25)
Really, Really Sick
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I have varying reactions to the people I debate controversial topics (especially religion) with. Sometimes I feel contempt because I realise they are deliberately lying to support a...
Posted on Sat May 22, 2010 at 2:15 pm - comments (0) - views (30)
Marcus Aurelius
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I'm currently involved in a minor debate with a Christian regarding the behaviour of his god. I found a web site which listed all the millions of people the traditional Christian god...
Posted on Mon May 17, 2010 at 10:17 pm - comments (1) - views (22)
Flush Flash
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The battle between Apple and Adobe over Flash continues. Apple won't allow Flash onto its devices such as the iPod, iPhone and iPad (although it does work on the Mac) and Adobe claim...
Posted on Fri May 14, 2010 at 11:09 pm - comments (0) - views (24)
Attack the Action
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I was recently involved in an email conversation with a conservative, fundamentalist Christian (well against someone like that it was, somewhat inevitably, more an argument than a conversation)...
Posted on Wed May 12, 2010 at 8:16 pm - comments (0) - views (31)
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Who Do You Trust?
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Who do you trust? Various people seem to have varying degrees of trust for different institutions and professional groups and those trust levels often don't seem to make a lot of sense....
Posted on Thu May 06, 2010 at 9:18 pm - comments (0) - views (25)
A Man is Lost...
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A man in a hot air balloon is lost.He goes lower and sees a woman walking down a road and calls to her: "I promised some friends of mine to bring them somewhere within an hour,...
Posted on Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 9:08 pm - comments (0) - views (21)
New MacBook Pro
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Yesterday I bought a new computer: an Apple MacBook Pro laptop. It's a custom model with the high resolution 1680 x 1050 anti-glare screen, the high performance (for a laptop) 7200...
Posted on Thu Apr 29, 2010 at 9:24 am - comments (0) - views (18)
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Theological Answers
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I have received some answers to my theological questions (the ones I talked about in my previous blog entry) but I really feel that I don't know a lot more than I did before! Nothing...
Posted on Sun Apr 25, 2010 at 9:26 pm - comments (0) - views (22)
Theological Questions
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In my last blog entry I talked about how confused I was after listening to two theologians debate an obscure point on a podcast. Yesterday I was doing some work for the theology department...
Posted on Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 8:43 pm - comments (0) - views (22)
Theological Confusion
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In a recent interview Richard Dawkins defended his foray into religious criticism by claiming that theology is an invalid form of intellectual pursuit. Or that's what he meant I guess...
Posted on Mon Apr 19, 2010 at 8:24 pm - comments (0) - views (21)
I Have Nothing to Say
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I have been writing this blog for a long time - since before most people even knew what a blog is in fact. My first blog entry was written over 7 years ago in April 2003. Since then...
Posted on Mon Apr 12, 2010 at 10:08 pm - comments (0) - views (19)
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Creationists Aren't Stupid
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I often wonder what the problem is with various groups in society, especially deeply religious people, creationists, global warming deniers, and believers in alternative medicine and...
Posted on Wed Apr 07, 2010 at 3:46 pm - comments (0) - views (23)
Warbirds 2010
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Yesterday I went to the Warbirds Over Wanaka air show. The show is run every second year (at Wanaka airport, Otago, New Zealand) and I attend most years (although I didn't go last time)....
Posted on Mon Apr 05, 2010 at 9:25 pm - comments (1) - views (18)
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iPhone Notes
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The iPhone has become very popular but I have noticed that there are two types of iPhone user: one, the people who use it to its full capability; and two, those who just use it like...
Posted on Wed Mar 31, 2010 at 9:02 pm - comments (0) - views (17)
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Asymmetry
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There is often an asymmetry in the public debates over science and other reality-based subject areas. By that I mean that one side has to stick to a set of rules which limit its ability...
Posted on Sat Mar 27, 2010 at 9:41 pm - comments (0) - views (23)
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Goodbye God
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Why would an atheist want to see the end of God? As I've said on many occasions in the past, I don't hate God - how could I when I don't think he exists? But I've thought about this...
Posted on Wed Mar 24, 2010 at 10:30 pm - comments (0) - views (19)
Everything's Good
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A view I have advocated often in this blog is that capitalism isn't the best economic system for our modern society. The issue became more prominent to me recently when I heard that...
Posted on Mon Mar 22, 2010 at 10:23 pm - comments (0) - views (23)
The Eerie Silence
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Where is everyone? It's a big universe sure, but we've been looking for 50 years now and still there's no real sign that intelligent life might exist in other parts of the universe.It's...
Posted on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 10:02 pm - comments (0) - views (20)
Bible in Schools Revisited
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I just listened to a Radio New Zealand podcast which discussed the future of teaching religion in New Zealand schools. Its a subject I have mentioned here a couple of times in the past,...
Posted on Mon Mar 15, 2010 at 9:40 pm - comments (0) - views (11)
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