Popular Science article on making your own Tivo with linux raises all kinds of issues:
“For now, whatever you do with your Linux recorder, with the exception of rebroadcasting or selling digitized shows, is still mostly legal. That may change (in the United States at least) if entertainment industry lobbyists get their way: On tap in the current Congress, for example, is one bill that would require any digital device capable of storing copyrighted material to abide by whatever restrictions publishers decide to impose on how the material can be viewed, played, or copied. Another would permit registered copyright owners to hack into any computer they believe might be involved in illicit reproduction of their property, to prevent that computer from sharing the owners’ copyrighted material.”

BBC: US leaders ‘among world’s least trusted’

Classic line from Neighbours… “New York… it’s a million miles from Erinsborough’.
(The one good thing about being home sick was getting to watch Neighbours. I feel pretty deadly though).

strange sisters

It’s easy to forget how pretty Melbourne is.

Bilbao sounds ace! I can’t wait to go.
I didn’t realise that Jeff Koons’ Puppy is permanently outside the Guggenheim.

http://www.google.com/search?q=qaulity+assurance

Googlism for: celine dion, first entry is:
celine dion is an alien
I rock!
Googlism also says, ‘muff diving is the next extreme sport’, heh.

Googlism for: minke
minke is a realtively fast swimmer
minke is protected and provides us with a very unusual encounter
minke is moving to the right and blowing
minke is streamlined
minke is most likely to get caught in the ropes of a fishing boats
minke is herring hog
minke is not like that
minke is one of those venues that always feels warm

Today I finally got off my arse and wrote to some grammar experts for advice on the correctness of the ‘war on terror’. I can’t wait to hear back from them!
I wrote:
“War on terror” or “War on terrorism”?
Since September 11, 2001, “terror” seems to have replaced “terrorism” in common usage in the media and by politicians, especially in phrases such as “the war on terror”.
Is the use of ‘terror’ in this context grammatically correct or does it more correctly imply a war on an emotion or an abstract concept? If not, how does an incorrect usage become so widely accepted? I can understand politicians misusing it, but would have expected that journalists and sub-editors wouldn’t allow it.
Any clarification on the use of ‘terror’ for ‘terrorism’ would be much appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
Mia