Tag Archives: truth

Cloudflare doesn’t help your DDOS

Ever since CloudFlare helped out Spamhaus with their big deal big DNS reflection DDOS attack, conventional wisdom has said that if you are faced with a DDOS attack, you should give CloudFlare a shot. By all means, give it a … Continue reading

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On Bitcoin

Currencies are based on a scarce and desirable commodity, and as such, can be traded for any goods and services.  Where does this leave Bitcoin – what is the commodity it uses?  Why would anyone want it? Your currency options … Continue reading

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Defy not to buy in July

Game is advertising a “34 litre mirror finish grill microwave oven (DMO343)” for “R1090” with features including: 1000W Cooking power 5 power levels 60 minute timer 24 month guarantee Don’t buy it.  It’s a fine microwave oven, but it is … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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Society versus copyright

Of late I have wondered about this: And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and … Continue reading

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Climate stasis

It’s time to drop in my 2c on the topic of the moment: climate change. Not happy with definitions like “the climate is what the weather is usually like”, climatologists have defined climate as something more like this: The average … Continue reading

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Socialist social justice is no justice at all

Recently the SABC spent many a monopoly buck on advertising their coverage of the “Mandela” speech of the “Librarian of Alexandria”. This is smells of political influence peddling, since that is what the SABC does these days, and the library … Continue reading

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Oops, Google went evil – again

On 22 April 2011, Good Friday, we remember that Jesus was crucified and buried. On this very day, Google.com displayed a feature for the day: a picture of some kind of garden in place of their regular logo. Perhaps the … Continue reading

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