By: Tateru Nino
16 August, 2010
I grew up under a 14 year gerrymander, where less than 30% of the vote kept the ruling party in power. Where bulldozers moved out at 3AM to demolish National Heritage sites, so that the land could be sold “for the sum of one dollar” to political cronies. Where police would direct traffic around cranes that were hoisting gaming tables into illegal casinos in the middle of the city centre for all to see.
And yet, I have not been more ashamed of our political process than this current election campaign.
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By: Tateru Nino
28 July, 2010
Functional illiteracy is a growing problem. You’re probably aware of that. Are you aware of just how widespread it is?
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By: Tateru Nino
9 June, 2010
Senator Stephen Conroy, speaking at the launch of National Cyber Security Awareness Day, made a truly woeful slip.
I must hasten to remind you that Conroy is the Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. Why? Because his fumbling prose about the Web is essentially the equivalent of calling a modern military assault rifle “a thunderstick”.
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By: Tateru Nino
10 May, 2010
Got your attention, have I?
Okay, so not all of you are a major let-down. Some of you, I’ll grant, are not. Mistakes do happen – we all make them. Nobody’s at their best when they have to write an article about something that they know nothing about, surely.
But for pity’s sake, make an effort! The fact is that if what you know about virtual worlds is based on what you read in the media, you probably know less than nothing about them.
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By: Tateru Nino
25 March, 2010
So, a little while ago I had my first experience with a Games For Windows Live game, that being Red Faction: Guerrilla which I’d gotten as a part of a bundle.
About three hours into that process, I realized that Games For Windows Live (GFWL) is a blight on the face of PC gaming.
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By: Tateru Nino
20 December, 2009
If I cannot judge the quality and excellence of your company by your corporate communications, what can I judge it by?
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By: Tateru Nino
13 December, 2009
That might not take the prize for the most bizarre and ridiculous statement I’ve ever heard, but it’s right up there.
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By: Tateru Nino
8 December, 2009
“Dark Fantasy” is often used to indicate an alternative to fantasy genres and settings that are Tolkien-esque.
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By: Tateru Nino
1 December, 2009
In Foggy Bottom in Washington, D.C. is the Watergate complex. A site covering ten acres with a hotel-office building, three apartment blocks and an office block. It was completed in 1971, and is one of the most popular residential spots in the city, having a particular popularity with executive appointees and Congressional members.
Due to events that took place in the Watergate’s hotel-office building in the HQ of the Democratic National Committee, we have the scandal that was named, the Watergate scandal.
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