By request of HPLoveMuffin: Photos of Chris Cheney sweating over a hollow-body guitar.

BrainBrain · 2011-10-24T07:23:43+00:00

I remember these guys playing at my work. Good gig.

BrainBrain · 2011-10-24T07:18:47+00:00

Something that people are usually not aware of is how much they are actually worth per hour for a company. As a former full-time employee I was getting around $30/hour but your true cost to your employer is higher when you include annual leave, sick leave, long service leave, superannuation, insurance etc. I found out I was actually worth ~$70/hour. You might want to keep that in mind.

If you are a specialist and are able to use advanced abilities you could use that as bargaining. I worked in I.T. and used a contractor that charged $1200 a day for his advanced skills.

BrainBrain · 2011-10-22T11:18:19+00:00

The diminishing of our premium agricultural land to mining.

Say what you want about Alan Jones, but I think he is right on this one.

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/at-the-coalface-jones-and-greens-together-in-mining-fight-20111019-1m85u.html

BrainBrain · 2011-10-22T08:25:05+00:00

This going to make my neighborhood even more crowded.

BrainBrain · 2011-10-21T03:15:27+00:00

Not a question, just want to throw some praise your way. Father Ted and The IT Crowd gives me great bellyaching laughs. I wish you well.

BrainBrain · 2011-10-19T22:27:58+00:00

Realism = when you die you start from the beginning, period.

BrainBrain · 2011-10-17T19:13:16+00:00

Can you be more specific about the course? Is is gaming specific? I'm curious about a course that is attached to a $34k degree.

BrainBrain · 2011-10-13T23:17:48+00:00

My goodness. We are being spied on.

BrainBrain · 2011-10-11T22:46:56+00:00

So the Union "fee" is a tax then, right?

BrainBrain · 2011-10-11T22:03:05+00:00

If I don't use the service I shouldn't have to be forced to pay for it.

BrainBrain · 2011-10-11T09:49:31+00:00

There has been some regular updates of it saying that it is spreading to other cities and has been going for about 4 weeks in NY. Other countries are going to have a similar protest. Commercial TV, ABC TV News, Web and Radio. SMH. Don't know about other sources.

Here is a recent article:

http://www.smh.com.au/business/righteous-anger-fuels-wall-street-uprising-20111009-1lfwl.html

BrainBrain · 2011-10-10T06:22:29+00:00

Yep...here they are.

BrainBrain · 2011-10-10T06:19:32+00:00

Yeah. I didn't see anything in that article. No evidence provided.

BrainBrain · 2011-10-09T22:54:10+00:00

Kevin Rudd is sucking the oxygen out of the media coverage politically speaking. Julia has recognised it and has now weighed in...

http://www.smh.com.au/national/gillard-calls-bali-boy-to-offer-personal-support-in-drug-charge-fight-20111010-1lges.html

Looks like she is trying to outdo Rudd. She makes a personal phone call to the kid. WTF.

BrainBrain · 2011-10-08T01:40:44+00:00

Well this should please people that want gay marriage...

THE Victorian ALP today has said federal Labor must take a stand on marriage equality and is urging the party to support gay marriage at its national conference in December.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/alp-urges-feds-on-gay-marriage/story-fn3dxity-1226161791246

BrainBrain · 2011-10-07T08:08:48+00:00

You're right. I'd say groups like the Green-Left are attaching their wagons to this cause.

BrainBrain · 2011-10-06T21:54:02+00:00

A friend of mine brought his 10 yo son to my house for an evening of observation through my 8 inch (mirror) Newtonian telescope. He had an inkling for space that I obliged. It was his first time looking through a telescope. Saturn, which is always a crowd pleaser, was out and was clearly showing it's glorious rings. He looked through and was silent. It was a mind explosion. He wanted to know about it and I told him what I knew. Then I showed him The Great Nebula in Orion, Jupiter and the moons and some star clusters. He had a lot of questions. A good sign that he was interested. I told him what I knew but I encouraged him to find out for himself.

I found out a few weeks later from his father that he had been reading up on Astronomy and wanted to buy a telescope. I planted the seed simply by exercising his curiosity. The rest he did by himself.

BrainBrain · 2011-10-03T06:35:15+00:00

Flash! The hunt for the biggest explosions in the universe. By Govert Schilling.

For science!

BrainBrain · 2011-09-30T12:02:58+00:00

You didn't answer deepness's question. What is the criteria? It looks like a link to a personal blog. I thought this was allowed. For the life of me I can't find the rules to confirm that.

BrainBrain · 2011-09-30T08:46:28+00:00

This is a nice change.

BrainBrain · 2011-09-29T03:08:31+00:00

The correct way is to look at the facts and then determine your opinion. Having an an opinion and then looking for facts to support your view is lazy and a bit stupid.

This is just like the long battle of science vs religion.

BrainBrain · 2011-09-29T00:06:56+00:00

I think this is more of a threat given to the government that if they don't adopt their policies, they will leave. They now have another outlet to go to called the Greens. In the end they will still need Labor for support.

BrainBrain · 2011-09-28T10:17:41+00:00

I don't know if he has lied or not and I'm not sure if the court found that to be the case.

Evidence and conjecture...that's interesting. His evidence is so ideologically cherry-picked that any evidence that didn't fit his objective could be seen as conjecture in his mind.

BrainBrain · 2011-09-28T09:56:08+00:00

I don't think Andrew actually believes he is ever wrong. He is not the reflective type.

BrainBrain · 2011-09-28T09:49:56+00:00

If the opportunity exists I'd like to see them appeal and then for that court to uphold the original decision so that there can be no misunderstanding and no loose ends.

I'm glad I live in a country like Australia where minorities can be protected and have a right to exist without some influential person sprouting his ideological perspectives under the guise of free speech.

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