I doesn't look like so many in a list like that. I might have forgotten a couple.
Uni is finished. Good stuff.
Hackers are a blessing. Imagine what the world of internet security would look like if there were no hackers to fight. Even the most hardcore security paranoids would have trouble staying interested when there was no apparent need for it. Hackers are a continual reminder that we still suck at programming, and that we have to get better. Think about the consequences of not trying to get better. If every government system still had the sort of security we used 20 years, and some other country wanted to disrupt things, all they'd have to do is a spend a little bit of money training up some warrior-hackers of their own, and make a huge mess of things. So I'm glad that there are hackers around.
My post titles have really gone to the dogs. I used to try and be a bit creative, even if they were bad puns or something.
Today was the accounting exam. I wasn't sure what to expect, but yesterday was such a surprise that I decided it was better not to expect anything anyway. But even though I wasn't expecting anything, I was still surprised all over again. It was super easy most of it. There were a few bits I had no idea about, but all the actual accounting stuff which didn't need you to remember obscure facts, were way easy. Everyone was finishing really early. I finished in two hours comfortably and still had an hour left. So I spent another half hour looking for all the major questions I must have missed. But I didn't find any, so I left early. I can't remember doing that in an exam before. I usually finish a bit early, but not so early that I can't use most of the spare time to check answers.
It's amazing how much happier I feel after a good exam. Yesterday I felt pretty crap. Something as superficial as an exam can even change what I think about things. Yesterday asking someone I like out seemed liked a terrible idea. Today it seems like a pretty good idea. It's a bit scary how variable that one is.
Lousy comment spam. I've made it so that you can't post URLs in the URL field of comments now. Which is totally dumb, but I can't think of a better solution. Anyone who has the energy is welcome to remove the field from their comment form. Or you can post URLs without the http:// same as with the comment body.
This is the sort of stuff we get in our macroeconomics textbook. Stupid educated professors and their lousy theories about the rest of the world.
The higher the unemployment benefit rate the longer is the length of time that an unemployed person spends searching for a job.
And this little gem.
Unions say that workers are better off, firms say workers are worse off, economists say some workers are better off and some are worse off, politicians say that workers are neither better off nor worse off. Who is correct?
Answer: Economists are correct.
As a nasty, but hopefully practical, solution to comment spam, you can't put URLs in comments anymore - on the footboot.net blogs at least. If you're desperate to put a URL in, just leave off the 'http://' because that's what it searches for.
I finally submitted the last 8 year's tax returns a few weeks ago. The ATO just transferred $6000 into my bank account without telling me. Goodness me.
Today the guy who I stuck my middle finger up at said to me "Why don't you pay some fuckin road tax?"
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | |
|---|---|---|
| Motor vehicle taxation | $940,000 | $981,000 |
| Total roads operating expense | $2,797,978 | $2,858,690 |
One of the first people to join the BikeBus was Colin who works at the University of New South Wales UNSW). Colin has commuted by bike on and off for years depending upon where he has been working, but had never ridden to UNSW as he regarded the trip from Marrickville as “just too hairy to contemplate�.
Off To Work? On your Bike! (RTA)
I had a bad ride today. I almost got squashed by a truck overtaking another truck on a blind corner. Then I got honked by two cars within the space of about two minutes for riding the middle of the lane. I stuck my middle finger up at the second one, and we argued for a bit. He threatened to break my neck, but I think he knew that if he got out of his car I'd just ride off. I haven't had a proper argument with someone in years.
So I just went to check the road rules. They recommend you ride in the middle of your lane whenever possible. But gee whiz it's hard work. I'm going to get killed either by a pissed off driver that wants to pass, or a stupid driver that comes to close.
I got a new clock from the bargain shop yesterday. It's silver and I love it.
Comment spam has got a bit silly recently. I've done something to Jem's blog that might fix it. If it works, I'll show everyone else how to do it too.
And, email addresses are no longer ever required when commenting. And even if they are included, they'll never be shown in the comment list.
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