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Tag Archives: rants
Hello China, goodbye freedom
The South African government and the ANC has started to flirt with China and take their loans. It’s too good to be true. There’s a problem: The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the … Continue reading
Repent and believe the good news
Update: Believe it or not, this is a muddled message – see the note at the tail of this article. Christians follow Jesus, who said as follows: Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of … Continue reading
Homo Naledi explained
Since many don’t understand the scientific paper on the pile of bones from the Sterkfontein caves, here is the picture: If making up stories about a pile of bones is science, then my story is science too. It is, however … Continue reading
Book review: Life Talk for a Daughter
A copy of a book by Isabella Little (now Isabella Little-Gates, congratulations Isabella) came into our possession – “Life Talk for a Daughter”. It’s this one: http://www.tugoflife.com/life-talk-for-a-daughter. You might think that this is a book to introduce your little girl to … Continue reading
White paper
All sorts of organisations want you to download white papers: vendors with amazing storage, virtualisation and security solutions. This would be great if these papers contained something of value, but universally they do not. Instead they are behind a registration-wall … Continue reading
Computer insomnia
I updated my Ubuntu system installation on a laptop. This went fine. I installed more memory. This went well. But on the second day, I discovered that my laptop had insomnia. It could not sleep. Close the lid? It’s still … Continue reading
The pill, uncritically accepted
In the movie, The Matrix, Neo is offered a red pill and a blue pill. Not one movie goer thought to ask why he should take a pill at all. Things I only recently found out about the contraceptive pill: … Continue reading
Adobe XFA forms do not work, no really, Adobe sucks
Our friendly tax collector has automated their personal inefficiencies into a relatively efficient system called SARS e-viling. This amazing system allows you to confess your tax sins, after which they will perform their happy little calculations and tell you whether … Continue reading
Halal is not kosher
Those that follow the teachings of Mohammed are told that they must not consume … alcohol meat not slaughtered with a sharp knife, especially pork Wow. What a list. These poor people. They are so restricted. How will they keep … Continue reading
NIV1984 switcheroo
Three years too late, I’m running into this controversy that is now starting to hit our shores. In 1984 the International Bible Society published a new English translation of the Bible: the New International Version, NIV1984. This was welcome, not only … Continue reading
