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beagl and kimeros albeit briefly. On other Linux related news, went to the annual LUV BBQ at Fairfield this Saturday, which was very enjoyable; hasimir and I signed a significant piece of paper ;-)
Also on Saturday I attended committee meeting for Labor for Refugees, just as we discover DIMIA wrongfully locked up 60 people (malevolent and incompetent). The very good news is that Tony Burke, the Federal Opposition spokesperson for Immigration is coming to our AGM; an impressive change given the antithetical approach of Gillard and Ferguson (interesting that Burke is of the right and Gillard and Ferguson are both supposed to be of the left).
Managed to meet up withozraptor4 this week; an old friend from Murdoch Uni days whom I haven't seen for, ahh, twelve years? He's achieved a life dream - he's a palaeontologist. Showed me some of his recently published artwork on dinsoaurs and other fun stuff. Has the joy (and this is not saracasm) of living in Melbourne, studying at ANU and primarily working in Western Australia. We promised to do some gaming in the near future as well.
The recent attempt by the six nations responsible for half the world's greenhouse gas emissions to bypass the Kyoto Protocol is downright dangerous in its myopic stupidity. The polluters have managed to pledge $445 million over the next five years on emission reduction. Melbourne's Eastlink on the other hand will cost about $1.4 billion. They estimate that there will be a 100% increase in emissions by 2050 if they succeed in their research. What is needed? A 60 percent reduction from 1990 levels. To assist this we must produce a device that absorbs carbon dioxide, separates carbon and oxygen, exhausts oxygen into the atmosphere, is low maintenance, solar powered and is aesthetically pleasing. Can anyone guess a name for such a device?
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Abbie Hoffman recently turned 100 (fromjahbulon. He continues to argue that LSD has medical utility. I also agree with the Dr. Timothy Leary (and John Lilly's) claim of its effectiveness as an entheogen.
Also in the news, whilst the American neocons have been paying attention to fighting their kindred Islamicist spirits in the Middle-East, the Latin Americans are leading the way for 21st century Libertarian Socialism and now in Chile too. Time to start studying Spanish again, methinks.
beagl and kimeros albeit briefly. On other Linux related news, went to the annual LUV BBQ at Fairfield this Saturday, which was very enjoyable; hasimir and I signed a significant piece of paper ;-)Also on Saturday I attended committee meeting for Labor for Refugees, just as we discover DIMIA wrongfully locked up 60 people (malevolent and incompetent). The very good news is that Tony Burke, the Federal Opposition spokesperson for Immigration is coming to our AGM; an impressive change given the antithetical approach of Gillard and Ferguson (interesting that Burke is of the right and Gillard and Ferguson are both supposed to be of the left).
Managed to meet up with
ozraptor4 this week; an old friend from Murdoch Uni days whom I haven't seen for, ahh, twelve years? He's achieved a life dream - he's a palaeontologist. Showed me some of his recently published artwork on dinsoaurs and other fun stuff. Has the joy (and this is not saracasm) of living in Melbourne, studying at ANU and primarily working in Western Australia. We promised to do some gaming in the near future as well.The recent attempt by the six nations responsible for half the world's greenhouse gas emissions to bypass the Kyoto Protocol is downright dangerous in its myopic stupidity. The polluters have managed to pledge $445 million over the next five years on emission reduction. Melbourne's Eastlink on the other hand will cost about $1.4 billion. They estimate that there will be a 100% increase in emissions by 2050 if they succeed in their research. What is needed? A 60 percent reduction from 1990 levels. To assist this we must produce a device that absorbs carbon dioxide, separates carbon and oxygen, exhausts oxygen into the atmosphere, is low maintenance, solar powered and is aesthetically pleasing. Can anyone guess a name for such a device?
( answer )
Abbie Hoffman recently turned 100 (from
jahbulon. He continues to argue that LSD has medical utility. I also agree with the Dr. Timothy Leary (and John Lilly's) claim of its effectiveness as an entheogen.Also in the news, whilst the American neocons have been paying attention to fighting their kindred Islamicist spirits in the Middle-East, the Latin Americans are leading the way for 21st century Libertarian Socialism and now in Chile too. Time to start studying Spanish again, methinks.