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Discspeed: failed to confirm price and availability

Posted on 29 June 2017 by stuff writer

Today I drove off to buy a printer from DiscSpeed, also known as http://www.inktankprinters.co.za/  I wanted the L655 which was advertised for R6999 on their web site.  The friendly lady on the phone told me that they had stock of … Continue reading →

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Sinaiticus: a corrupted Bible to corrupt a generation

Posted on 3 April 2017 by stuff writer

The British Library has a number of leaves of the famous “Codex Sinaiticus”, reputed to date from the years 300AD or so.  Their forensics experts have examined it.  They have a number of things to say.  Also, they say it … Continue reading →

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What are the IP addresses for NS records of co.za?

Posted on 9 March 2017 by stuff writer

In short? 99.8% of the time, they are these: ns1.coza.net.za. IN A 66.135.62.20 ns.coza.net.za. IN A 206.223.136.200 ns4.iafrica.com. IN A 196.7.142.131 ns0.is.co.za. IN A 196.4.160.17 ns0.neotel.co.za. IN A 41.160.0.4 coza1.dnsnode.net. IN A 194.146.106.74 And the remaining 0.2% of the time?  … Continue reading →

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Calvin and Arminius agree

Posted on 31 December 2016 by stuff writer

Calvinism and Arminianism are commonly presented as opposing propositions on the question of what the ultimate cause of salvation by faith is: From Arminius (and I must confess that these are somewhat mangled, because I’m unsure of which variation I’m … Continue reading →

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No, it’s not your land

Posted on 20 November 2016 by stuff writer

Mr Julius Malema, lately the leader of the “Economic Freedom Fighters” (EFF) is quoted as speaking as follows on the subject of land. Occupy it, it belongs to you, it is your land, it is the land of your forefathers… … Continue reading →

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Invasion of the evil androids

Posted on 17 November 2016 by stuff writer

Google says you are too stupid to rule your own life.  They say this by their Android phone operating system, in which they do not give you, the owner and operator of the device, root permissions.  This means: You cannot … Continue reading →

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Who will rule South Africa at the resurrection?

Posted on 31 October 2016 by stuff writer

Jacob Zuma said in 2008 that the ANC will rule until Jesus returns. While things do look a little shaky on the ANC front, it does look as if the ANC might be able to last for a few more … Continue reading →

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Illsong

Posted on 30 September 2016 by stuff writer

Being distressed at the prospect of singing a Hillsong song, I collected all the lyrics of 100 or so Hillsong songs, and put them through a Markov chain generator, to generate new songs in the style of the originals.  The … Continue reading →

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Hate speech

Posted on 14 September 2016 by stuff writer

Melusi Gigaba said stuff about Steven Anderson and barred him from coming to South Africa to preach the gospel of Christ.  It doesn’t wash, and Gigaba’s history of adultery renders him an incompetent witness and a partial judge on matters … Continue reading →

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Organs: Neither donor nor recipient be

Posted on 9 July 2016 by stuff writer

Organ transplants used to be a matter of saving lives: after a tragic death, the better bits of the deceased are given to someone in desperate need, whose life is saved.  It was a good news story: sight for the … Continue reading →

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