You have to be sorry for the people in the music industry. (Actually I am not sorry for them at all – they have had enough limos and lunches for one life time, so might be time to do an honest day's work!). Have a look at this story in Wired about the new round [...]
Yesterday I creamed News Limited for fake and political reporting, targeted at influencing the outcome of the iiNet trial currently underway. They used non-empirical data and ancient quotes from an misnamed organisation all designed to create FUD. Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. That’s what the media these days considers is what is necessary for [...]
The American national debt is The Gross National Debt Which of course is only part of the story. The American Population are growing older. Which means that Social Security, Medicare and Prescription drugs are an added liability that means that every American owes $191,820 just to pay for the retirees and an additional $38,000 in [...]
Every Government knows that to keep the sheep constituency happy – you need to feed them four hours of entertainment daily to “pay” them for the addition to the national coffers (Tax). The other day I found some DVD’s at a barrow stand in a shopping centre selling for $2.00 each. They were all [...]
Its winter in Australia. Supposedly the coldest time of the year. Yet my Serrissa Foetida’s (tree of a thousand stars) are all in full bloom. Can’t be much of a winter if my Bonsai are all convinced that it’s already spring. So if it’s still winter, and it’s already this warm, will there be a [...]
A section of my Introduction to the Responses to Digital Economy Future Directions Consultation Paper By Thomas P. Koltai, on Behalf of Perceptric Pty. Ltd. Submitted 10th of February – Before the Governments National FTTH rollout announcement and before the ACCC ruling against Telstra on last mile local loop. – A section of my [...]
Its well known that in times of economic crisis, the best thing an administration can do is take the nation to war. War boosts manufacturing, jobs, and manages to get rid of a few thousand future social welfare entitlement recipients. But what happens when the population is sick of war. What happens when [...]
On Neil Diamonds Album, Hot August Night, he calls out… Hello out there Tree People….. His words – which impressed me over thirty years ago are obviously an acknowledgement by Neil, that even the non-paying tree people had a value, by adding to the carnival atmosphere of the concert and were therefore worthy of [...]
Tonights blog is short. In response to President Obama hiring 5 ex RIAA lawyers and increasing the per infringement amount to $150,000 per, we give you – The List. AppleJuice Halite DC++ Freenet iMesh Ares LimeWire dctc Acquisition Apollon KCEasy Localhost Dolda Connect Acqlite Grokster BitTorrent MLDonkey Elise Apollon Kazaa ABC MonoTorrent fulDC Cabos [...]
Peering is an agreement between two or more ISP’s to share traffic between each other to prevent it from using the internet for its transit. Chris Gilbey my business partner lives 120 kilometers down the road from where I live. You would think that when he and I send each other email it (the [...]