The Journal
April 22, 2009
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Conficker Again
I have had two computers in today which were infected with the dreaded Conficker Worm. This was the first time I had seen it in the wild. You can download a free Conficker (sometimes called Downadup)…
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Another Boat Intercepted
That’s the fifth boat in a fortnight, the forteenth since the federal Labor government made changes to immigration policy last September. No doubt we will soon be hearing repeats of the ‘Jesus was a refugee‘ motto,…
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Numeracy Test Answers And Explanations
The questions at the end of the article on NAPLAN testing (a few posts below) were selected from those close to the end of the paper. They are among the harder questions Question One. Each person gets…
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Best Chance Yet For Extra-Terrestrial Life
Scientists at the Geneva Observatory in Switzerland have found an earth-like planet orbiting the red dwarf start Gliese, about 20 light years away. The planet’s gravity is too high to support life in forms similar to those…
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A Few Windows Tips
1. Don’t install Apple’s Bonjour programme. Bonjour is meant to simplify network setup and connectivity between your computer and ‘smart’ devices. In fact Windows handles network setup perfectly well, and Bonjour simply adds another layer of…
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Climate Changing On Climate Change
This from the current edition of The Professional Edge, the journal of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geo-Scientists of Saskatchewan. This links to a PDF file. See from page ten on. A couple of excerpts: Add a…
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Strangely, Something Worthwhile at Durban II
The U.N. Durban II (Geneva) conference for racism and anti-semitism was planned and organised by the world’s worst perpetrators of racism and human rights abuses. A representative of Libyan dictator Col. Muammar Qaddafi, Mrs. Najjat al-Hajjaji, has chaired the Durban…