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Tag Archives: rants
The butler did it
The South African Police Service (SAPS) hold as common knowledge that by far the majority of murders are committed by family members and occasionally by known associates. When Ani Dewani was murdered in Cape Town, the police immediately suspected her … Continue reading
When the indicator does not flash, the vehicle may be turning
I spoke to a man driving a nice big white 15-seater bus and trailer for Ilios travel – http://www.ilios.co.za/ this morning in the traffic, to let him know that the lights on his trailer don’t work. That was cool. I … Continue reading
Collapse of the justice system in South Africa
On 20 February 2013, Johan Kriegler on Classic Business on Classic FM radio, discussing the legal practice bill, said the following words: A case is only as good as the argument that is presented. Just after this, he said the … Continue reading
The Mayan Grinch
There’s a small stormy teacup about the Mayan calendar coming to an end – a civilisation that used rope to keep track of time and came to an end themselves before they ran out of rope. It seems that the … Continue reading
Hidden treasure in a field
The wise and all knowing government of the republic of South Africa has given themselves sole and unassailable custodianship of the mineral rights of the country, including the salt on the sea shore. They have gone too far. The President, … Continue reading
Can’t send mail because of iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp –tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -j TCPMSS –clamp-mss- to-pmtu
So, you have a Netgear DGN1000 N150 router or possibly any other Netgear router, and you have it set up with: DSL – VPI=8, VCI=35, LLC, PPPOE Wireless Ethernet One day, as you are sending mail, you notice that mail … Continue reading
Douglasdale watered down milk
Just for the record: we’re not buying Douglasdale milk from Douglasdale dairies for the next few months, since we bought a batch of “full cream milk” that was visibly watered down, such that you couldn’t use it to make coffee … Continue reading
Protection of Information Bill, sure
The “Protection of Information Bill 6 of 2010” (or whatever it is called) is currently being steamrollered through our legislative system. This act says that state information must be protected, and lays out all sorts of sanctions for those who … Continue reading
Whatever you bind on earth …
If you are not conversant in first century Greek, then in order to read the Bible, you generally need a translation. I am told that the ESV is an excellent translation. My loving wife went out and bought one. It … Continue reading
What does it take to raise a child?
You have heard it said: It takes a village to raise a child The radio announcers of our national broadcaster frequently treat us to that African “wisdom”. The idea of this is that every mama and auntie out there should … Continue reading
