New Ipod Adverts

Posted on 14 September 2006

As usual Apple spend all their money on the advert and bypass the problems with the device (there are FAR better music players on the market.) But, you know, I think that Apple know that. In fact they are not actually selling MP3 players (something that sounds geeky to even write.) No, they [...]

Is there a God?

Posted on 02 September 2006

I was asked this rather open ended question on Yedda today, here is what is wrote in reply:

Firstly, and not to start a flame war here, but very clearly 99% of the world do not believe in a god. This is a fiction. For a start China is communist and therefore wont believe [...]

A War Letter

Posted on 22 August 2006

 My darling wife,
I cry a bitter tear at being parted from you during this awful conflict.  It is terrible, not only because all war is terrible, but also because I have no peace of mind and no time to myself. Whenever I think of you my attention is suddenly drawn painfully away by the [...]

V for vendetta; the ethics of terror

Posted on 09 August 2006

Last night I finally got to see the new Wachowski brothers’ film; V for Vendetta. This film raises several interesting ethical dilemmas that reflect our own world in 2006.

The two main themes brought to the fore are around the relationships between people and states. I found myself moved by the challenges raised by [...]

The state of Britian…

Posted on 16 June 2006

The state of Britain today…….
A collection of posts on a discussion I am having on the web:

QUOTE(Crazy_Harry @ Jun 15 2006, 08:05 PM)

there’s always someone, no matter what class you are supposed to be in, who thinks they are “entitled” to something for doing nothing.

Man, you have one giant chip on your [...]

God’s Debris?

Posted on 12 April 2006

Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, has written a philosophical book available free on the internet: God’s Debris.

You can download it from HERE
Synopsis
Imagine that you meet a very old man who—you eventually realize—knows literally everything. Imagine that he explains for you the great mysteries of life—quantum physics, evolution, God, gravity, light, psychic phenomenon, and probability—in [...]

Bush and Hitler: any connection?

Posted on 14 February 2006

This is a write up of an argument on the Arnies forums.

Firstly, I posted in a topic regarding George Bush, which was started by the late Hissing Sid:

I see that Bush, in his State of the Union speech, has noted that the USA is “addicted to oil” and has made additional funding available to find alternative energy sources in order to make the USA self sufficient and not reliant on “unstable” countries for oil.

And, in the same speech, he demands that Iran stop building their nuclear power plants for fear that the plutonium or Uranium can be used to make nukular™ weapons.

Double standard or what?