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Shoot first
Niven writes: So… its happened – in London, a young Brazilian electrician was shot to death- 5 rounds in the head – as a supected suicide bomber. Apparently, police were alerted when they noticed him wearing unseasonably warm clothing. Funny – who’d have thunk a brazilian would maybe find London summers a little nippy? Mitigating…
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Now… the good news (title from 60 mintues)
I don’t have much respect for the news in Australia. What it covers, how it covers a story, and how it does affect people is a very scary thing. This open-letter to Sixty Minutes was spawned by the following news story and a fight with my mother questioning if Shane Warne is BAD . (Her…
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Battlefield 2 Review
Battlefield 2 is the sequel to Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield Vietnam. It is set in the present day with battles between America and Iraq, and America and China. Much of its gameplay and style has been directly lifted from the hugely popular Desert Storm expansion for Battlefield, which turned Battlefield 1942 into modern downtown iraq.…
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Left Behind Game
From boingboing Left Behind Game, a game based on a science fiction book series in which Christians have gone to heaven and non-Christians have been left on earth to battle it out to the death (as those with prepared to question questionable material should be!). It sounds awesome, who needs nukes when you have smite.…
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Nuclear Energy
Niven writes: I consider myself a person who believes fairly strongly in limiting human’s impact on the natural environment. But i believe firmly in nuclear energy. Am a crazy? Well, my argument is, is that if we boil it down to basics – nuclear energy requires physically small quantities of input, which release very large…
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Alvin is the face of tomorrow
Alvin appears in large image for a study we all took part in (warning large download).