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Viacom: pwned

November 17th, 2007 · No Comments

You may have heard the writers of e.g. The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are on strike, because Viacom are unable to make up their minds if their Internet Content is worth $0 or $1,000,000,000. So here’s a video clip to help people survive this drought of new Daily Show and Colbert Report content [...]

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When Economics Destroys Press Freedom

November 17th, 2007 · 30 Comments

Money corrupts. It’s just one of those things.
Deon Maas wrote a column in the Sunday newspaper, The Rapport, that aimed to point out the differences between people and encourage people to listen to one another. By listening to one another we can understand each other. However, ironically, the exact opposite happened. A mass-hysteria campaign via [...]

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About Legalising Marijuana

August 1st, 2007 · 5 Comments

Larry (who works with drug addicts) writes in a comment on one of his posts:
No, I haven’t thought it out. In fact, most of my beliefs are poorly constructed out of pure whimsy. This one is no exception. The only anomaly I can think of to my “whimsy” rule is this: I believe that the [...]

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Glass Bottles better than Tin Cans?

June 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

Ever had trouble deciding whether to buy your Coke (or Fanta) in a 340ml tin can, a 500ml glass bottle, or a plastic bottle? If so, here’s some help: buy a glass bottle! Or anything that can be taken in again for a deposit.
If you are thinking of price, bear in mind the environmental costs. [...]

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What is a Job?

June 5th, 2007 · 3 Comments

A job is something that you do that is of value to someone else - that someone else then does something for you in exchange. Of course, since we often do things for people who have nothing to offer us directly, we do an indirect trade… through use of tokens we call money.
The resource that [...]

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