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Tax is not charity
Most people seem to forget what tax is. It’s a compulsory levy. It’s not charity. It’s entirely natural for individuals and corporate entities to manage their finances such that they are required to pay less tax, in just the same … Continue reading
Smoking ban in pubs
If you don’t like smoke, don’t go to a smoky pub. More blinding than the simplicity of the above statement is the fact that most people don’t seem to understand it. “Oooh I hate it when I go out to … Continue reading
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MSN censorship in China
Democracy. Demonstration. Freedom. If I were in China, I wouldn’t be allowed to make this post because of the above three words. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4088702.stm Microsoft have bowed down to the Chinese government’s demandsĀ for censorship of MSN Spaces. Some would say that … Continue reading
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Architecture
It’s time for another opinionated rant. This one’s a biggie, and deeper than my usual stuff. Please extinguish your cigarettes and fasten your safety belts. So what is it this time? A bit of background. At university, I studied music. … Continue reading
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Discussion Forums
Newsgroups seem to be dying. Doing searches for anything on Google Groups yields fewer and fewer results from recent months; most results point to posts that are at least 2 years old. A lot of newsgroups that were once probably … Continue reading
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Keyboard Layouts
Just another random thought today as I look at my computer keyboard (yes, here comes yet another another moan). Why is the keyboard layout we use so stupid? I’m not talking about the A-Z alphabetic keys – I mean all … Continue reading
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