No, I’m not going to say that terrorism doesn’t exist and that 9-11 et al. were inside jobs, because I don’t think that’s the case, but I do think that terrorism is less of an issue that they, the governments, especially of the United States, make it out to be.
Terrorism is always going to be an issue, and someone who’s determined to cause mass casualties is always going to be able to do it without arousing the suspicions of the authorities; we let pretty much anyone drive cars, which already cause plenty of fatalities in accidents, so it isn’t hard to come up with ways to intentionally kill people with them. Yet, this isn’t happening. Terrorists aren’t running down pedestrians, or burning down schools, or stabbing magistrates, or really killing a significant number of people on Western (in terms of culture, not hemisphere) soil.
The fact of the matter is that terrorists aren’t hitting us (the West, again) on home ground and you can’t just chalk that up to the vast amounts of money being spent on preventative measures—which in many cases are just shams (as recently re-demonstrated by Christopher Soghoian, whose situation got me thinking about the terrorism situation). There simply aren’t that many people out there trying to kill us in the name of terrorism.
However, it is a fantastic excuse to force draconian restrictions on the citizenry—who, as a whole, don’t seem to care that much. Certainly, they didn’t care enough to get George W. Bush out of power. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a staunch conservative or a radical socialist or anything else, when a government so terribly infringes upon your rights, you cannot accept that and you certainly cannot vote them in again and let them have another go at it.
Firefox 2 has been released, and in a word: fantastic. It’s not a revolution, but it’s certainly an evolution. Apart from the new features (which are numerous, including in-built session saving), it’s a lot more polished and responsive—for example, I have always been annoyed with the lag when downloading. No longer; it’s just how it should be. Visually, Firefox has also improved in minor but not-too-minor ways, which also improve the experience.
I’m thoroughly impressed by this. I expected a bunch of new features and options, but the improvements in speed and the interface have caught me by surprise. If you haven’t already, get it.
And, most exisiting extensions still work (with automatic updates required in some cases).
Everyone loves ABC Learning Centres, Australia’s favourite profit-driven childcare company. I especially love the management lingo (weasel words) used in their advertisements and their website. Specifically, what inspired me to make this weblog post was a television ad I saw in which they mentioned ‘learning outcomes’ for these young children. Come on. These children do not need learning outcomes.
Our early childhood personnel bring their own individual skills and experiences to the classroom enhancing their own personal teaching style. Variations within classroom programs will occur as early learning personnel focus on the different needs and interests of each child with the uniqueness of each child being the focus of our learning environments. Each centre has a clear set of goals based on a philosophy established from a sound knowledge of early childhood education theories and practices. These goals form the basis of each classroom’s program.
That entire paragraph says absolutely nothing. It’s absolute drivel and an affront to the English language.
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Just smoothed some stuff out. Also, it seems like bkgset will /not/ work on versions of Windows prior to XP. I’ll try to find and put that feature back in.
bkgset is a tool for randomly setting Windows wallpapers.
That’s right, Comrades. Communism: it’s cool now.
All 1024×768 PNGs.
320×240. You have the option of playing fullscreen or windowed (windowed is rather small, as the following screenshot will probably show):
Acid Assault is a basic arcade game which involves shooting falling acids and bases.
In C++ & Allegro, featuring far better gameplay and retro low-res graphics. Currently in development.
Acid Assault is a basic arcade game which involves shooting falling acids and bases.
