I have not had many links for a while and today, lots of goodies.
- I have been watching the shenanigans for a while now. Some people have been concerned, some completely heartless and inhumane on this one, but finally the public outcry has stopped the killing. The national carrier, which has come under fire from the union and the government following 25 staff suicides in the last 20 months, announced the halt to restructuring plans after the latest meeting with employee representatives.
- I have wondered for some time how long it would be before the cable systems start going to 40G wavelengths. It seems it is still some ways off. I suspect that they are having troubles getting the technology to work reasonably at an affordable price. Still, as there always is, there are some strange sounding encoding schemes.
- A site on getting around Sydney by bicycle.
- Also, Open Street Map have an ever improving set of cycleway maps for Sydney. I am also using a free application on the iPhone called RouteBuddy Atlas that gives access to this map and is on of my most used applications.
- China has reached 1 billion phone lines (including mobiles). This is an astonishing achievement given that they had less than 10 phones per 100 people when I first visited in 1992.
- It seems that the Prime Minister is still avoiding questions on the tricky topic of filtering. This is very sad. I am still of the view that he has made an pact and sold his soul to Satan (oops, I mean some church groups) to get their political support.
- I am very pleased that the FCC is pushing net neutrality. It should exist, just like it does for post and roads.
- And being behind the times, I only just discovered these photos about a radio telescope that collapsed.
- And here is an interesting article on how your brain perceives time and processes images. Seems there are a few clocks with the fastest one at about 30 ms and the longest ones running at about 7 times a second.
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2009-October-19
Man: why did you say he knew about this? M2: we said we are sorry!
A man speaks of the rapists pretty
Man: you’re fucked! You said that’s what he wanted!
Man: we can’t believe he didn’t know this bit
Woman: then explain the fingerprints bit
Man: so that’s it, he didn’t know anything
Woman: we can’t believe they thought this meant that!
Man: then don’t pretend!
Man1: who said that? M2: Naddsy Man1: they said he didn’t have a hide and it turned out he did Man1: they siad, if he’s like that then only give him one thing at a time!
Woman: they know they grilled Jim
Man: ah he knows about this part, the prick does
2009-October-20
Man1: if you don’t fix this we are going to tell him that M2: please don’t.
Man: it’s a fucking disaster Woman: shit they did!
Man: because he walked down there they thought he was their contact
Boy: they won’t admit! Girl: the cops won’t admit!
Man: oh dear, they said “the Chinese part”
Man1: who thought that M2: Belinda did
Woman: oh, because of this, Peter left
Man: oh dear, it was his best friends daughter
Man: the cops thought messages
2009-October-21
Woman: we’re the Russians you bastards!
Woman: you siad he must be like this
Woman: they have to explain why they said, they should not come in next week unless they refuse to talk to him.
Man: the council won’t.
Woman: oh no, not my daughter!
Man: he’s like this! Woman: are you sure Man: we are certain
Man: ooh a schnauzer!
Man: oh no, they warned her!
Woman: we are so upset! The arseholes think like that!
Man1: they showed her this! M2: the pricks! Woman: we are so upset
Man: oh fuck, you know we don’t!
Man: yes they did, so fuck off then!
Woman: we are so upset, she has three days to withdraw it
Woman: they have to admit that they are the ones who are sexist. You prommised to fix this.
Woman: they have to admit that they are the ones who are sexist. You prommised to fix this.
2009-October-22
More people talking about things in the bathroom.
Man: you are going to explain what the changes are
Boy1: we won’t hit you B2: you know we won’t!
Man: you are going to admit, that’s all he said!
Man: fuck, he thinks they’re the boys?! M2: yes! Woman: god the Americans are!
Man1: who said that? M2: the coppers did.
Woman: the cops have to accept that we don’t!
Woman: he doesent even know about the prostitutes
2009-October-23
Man: oh they paid her, fuck they did!
Several people speak of salvador Dali
Man: who thinks like that? Woman: the coppers!
People talking about pinpricks
Man: that’s what we are here to protect you from
Woman: but we love this!
Man: something about a kangaroo
Man: they thought, some of his contacts are children.
Man: that’s why he didn’t know anyone, he didn’t know a thing
2009-October-24
Man: yes, the Simon part
Man: they said, you’ve fucked up and if you stay it’s only going to get worse
Woman: we know she has got a ticket to go past somebody Man: who told you that?
Many people: they really thoght he did, the cops fucked up!
Man: that’s what he thought, out of my mind; Woman: he didn’t know any of this!
One of the arseholes says: we are all allowed to make mistakes, but strangely that rule only applies to the arseholes!
2009-October-25
Man: why did you have to do the levitate bit?
Woman: no wonder he thought we were bastards…
Man: it’s what we thought he wanted!
Man: they are going to explain the satanist part.
Man: then find the torture chamber
A Man realizes what the Japanese worked out decades ago: he thinks like a girl, he really does
Man: holy shit! He thinks like that! M2: he didn’t then W1: which means he didn’t fuck up W2: he thinks they did W1: he said, fuck off