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Comment on “The worm doesn’t like me” by sammy

sammy — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:35:43 +0000

I think they can both fire up and go on the attack. This would make an interesting debate. But if they stick to their scripts then the whole thing would be a waste of time – and I think this is what Gillard’s team will be encouraging her to do.

Comment on One belief does not a religion make by Tweets that mention One belief does not a religion make -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention One belief does not a religion make -- Topsy.com — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:43:42 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Bogurk Tyler. Bogurk Tyler said: "One belief does not a religion make" http://bit.ly/9KO5VK My housemate, magical Dave, has written about Jensen, Fisher and atheism. [...]

Comment on One belief does not a religion make by Neil

Neil — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 06:28:29 +0000

I am very glad to see such a well reasoned rebuttal of the idiocy spouted by church leaders yesterday. Nice work, Dave!

Comment on Open source science by Steve Easterbrook

Steve Easterbrook — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:48:58 +0000

Dave,
Thanks for writing that – it’s a very nice rebuttal of Ince’s letter. I wrote to the Guardian in response to the Ince piece, but they never published my letter. It’s here:
http://www.easterbrook.ca/steve/?p=1388

I like the tone of your rebuttal better!

Comment on Open source science by Climate Science and Software Quality | Serendipity

Climate Science and Software Quality | Serendipity — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:48:42 +0000

[...] Update: The Guardian never published my letter, but I did find a few other rebuttals to Ince’s article in various blogs. Davec’s is my favourite! [...]

Comment on Please reboot the aircraft by Wilson Waters

Wilson Waters — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:56:50 +0000

I can only assume the Virgin Blue technical support line answers with a recorded message “having technical issues? Sometimes a power cycle can help. Have you tried turning it off and on again”?

Comment on Fire drill by Wilson Waters

Wilson Waters — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:32:00 +0000

You should have taken advantage of the situation – how often do you get a chance to legitimately pull off a bit of public nudity!

I happened to be down at the Curtin security building yesterday during a “real” fire alarm.

The firies promptly arrived to discover someone sucking down a quick durry in the toilet, so no big problem (well, except the expense of having the fire brigade turn up).

What amused me most was the number of calls to security asking “is this just a drill?”, “do we really have to get out?”, “There’s a strange sound coming from a red thing on the ceiling” etc…

Comment on Did you miss me? by Nettie

Nettie — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:24:43 +0000

Hooray! Dave is back

Comment on Same-sex marriage bill by Nettie

Nettie — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:30:19 +0000

But Dave… haven’t you heard? A storm is coming!

Comment on What am I doing? by Mum

Mum — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:40:02 +0000

I notice you diplomatically don’t mention it’s your Mum who regularly asks you that ticklish question”how’s the work going?” I do so, of course, in the bizarrely optimistic hope that something resembling an answer intelligible to earthlings of moderate IQ ensues. I am always outwitted, however. I think you win, Dave, as always!