So it’s the 8th of august today. A very special day to many, especially the Chinese. 8 being a very lucky number indeed.
Will attempt to post some 8 related things during the day!
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After around 1400 years, Bishop Gianfranco Girotti, head of the Apostolic Penitentiary decided that The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, required a bit of a modern update to include some of the more pressing threats to that crazy Vatican crowd.
The seven social sins are:
1. “Bioethical’ violations such as birth control
2. “Morally dubious” experiments such as stem cell research
3. Drug abuse
4. Polluting the environment
5. Contributing to widening divide between rich and poor
6. Excessive wealth
7. Creating poverty
The original deadly sins:
1. Pride
2. Envy
3. Gluttony
4. Lust
5. Anger
6. Greed
7. Sloth
The old ones are way cooler imo. Maybe they should make up some rad word for “Contributing to widening divide between rich and poor” and i will be more interested. hah!
via Bloomberg
so, work connection using a Sydney mirror where the COLO is.
will post from my puny home connection later.
And here it is.
Why is my ISP the only one not to have my exchange on ADSL2+? WHY!!?!? I’ve been waiting forever!! In build for the last…5 months probably? LAME! If i was with Telstra i would have 24MBit. That is a joke.
Blimey. Four years. Pretty harsh laws over there i guess.
Was obvious he was going for a while after reading this one about a Briton jailed for four years in Dubai after customs find cannabis weighing less than a grain of sugar under his shoe.
Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history.
We reflect on their past mistreatment.
We reflect in particular on the mistreatment of those who were stolen generations – this blemished chapter in our nation’s history.
The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia’s history by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future.
We apologise for the laws and policies of successive Parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians.
We apologise especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their communities and their country.
For the pain, suffering and hurt of these stolen generations, their descendants and for their families left behind, we say sorry.
To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, for the breaking up of families and communities, we say sorry.
And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry.
We the Parliament of Australia respectfully request that this apology be received in the spirit in which it is offered as part of the healing of the nation.
For the future we take heart; resolving that this new page in the history of our great continent can now be written.
We today take this first step by acknowledging the past and laying claim to a future that embraces all Australians.
A future where this Parliament resolves that the injustices of the past must never, never happen again.
A future where we harness the determination of all Australians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, to close the gap that lies between us in life expectancy, educational achievement and economic opportunity.
A future where we embrace the possibility of new solutions to enduring problems where old approaches have failed.
A future based on mutual respect, mutual resolve and mutual responsibility.
A future where all Australians, whatever their origins, are truly equal partners, with equal opportunities and with an equal stake in shaping the next chapter in the history of this great country, Australia.
my man leejay did a mix.
Download Title
Distance-Feel Me
ABSO1-Unknown
Clouds-shallow
Headhunter-unknown
Martin Buttrich-Well Done(Papa Ench Rmx)
Skream-2d
D1-Im Lovin
Ld-Swing That Skirt
Random Trio-Press Button(Omen Mix)
HeadHunter-Unknown
The Others-Afrika
Benga-Skunk Tip
Richie Spice-Burnin’
El-b and Roxy-Endorse And Sell It
Mala-Blue Note<<<<< Teaser
L-Wiz-Girl From Codene City
Coki Feat Underground Ice-Gangster 4 Life
ClueKid-The Legacy
Skream-Tek A Pill
D1-Instep
Emalkay-Mecha
Skream-Wobble That Gut
Benga-Still Rocking
Headhunter-Sushi Brain
Omen-Vengance
Check this out. Disney appear to have a hydroponics department at EPCOT devoted to making MASSIVE MUTANT ALIEN VEGETABLES!
Mickey Mouse shaped pumpkins?
more info and amazing pics here!
So WordPress 2.3.3 is out. I used to hate updating as i didn’t really know how to use any shell commands. Anyway now i do know and its rather easy.
Well i was just alerted to this article on news.com.au about a massive floating junk pile in the middle of the pacific ocean. I must say it is quite alarming indeed. As my girlfriend said, why didn’t we know about this before!?
“It is endless for an area that is maybe twice the size as continental United States”
After a quick bit of googling i found an article by Charles Moore, the man who discovered it, on Natural History Mag.
EDIT: Just found another article from SMH here: The plastic killing fields.
I’m fascinated as to how this is not more widely known? I mean, i know everything huhu.
Here is a documentary called Alphabet Soup made by the Cryptic Moth crowd.
you can download a copy here also.
So, without even realising it i passed 100 posts. Unfortunately that number isnt correct, well it is, but seeing tho i have deleted quite a few that number is actually 55. I would not have thought i delete that many lol.
i updated the Picolax post. Somehow i had missed quite a bit from the first post.
fixed!