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Entry 455, on 2007-01-12 at 14:17:00 (Rating 4, Comments)

Yesterday I commented on how much I would like to have an iPhone. Today a local news site has reported that the iPhone would be prohibitively expensive to use in New Zealand because the charges from our two main providers. According to an Australian expert "Running Apple's new iPhone could cost New Zealand users hundreds of dollars a month. And it could be 10 years before the mobile broadband needed to run the phones is affordable." The government has been saying for years that they want a knowledge economy here. They have taken the first steps to improving our Internet services by regulating Telecom's land network. Its time they also stomped on our pathetic cell service providers. I use Vodafone myself, and when people ask what are they like I usually say "almost useless, they have poor services and are over-priced". Then they ask me why I don't use Telecom instead and I say "they're worse". What a choice: really bad, or even worse.

On a different theme, the latest podcast I have been concentrating on is "Evolution 101". Its a podcast about the mechanisms of, and evidence for evolution, presented by a professional biologist. Since I have a background in science myself, I haven't learnt a huge amount I didn't already know, but I have picked up a few new facts, and hearing all the information in one place has been useful. Its so annoying listening to evolution deniers, like one I read in the local newspaper who said evolution is a theory based on no evidence. What nonsense. The evidence is irrefutable and there is simply no alternative theory available. I guess if creationists (and other evolution deniers) keep repeating this old mantra over and over they might just convince themselves its true.

George Bush has decided to send more troops to Iraq. He has got himself into an awkward position, and given where the situation is now maybe that's his best option, because at this point it probably doesn't matter what he does, it will turn into an even bigger disaster. Maybe he should have read the history of the American military in Vietnam before embarking on his little military exercise! As I have said in the past, his first step should be to admit that it was a mistake invading in the first place, then resign as president, then his successor can find a way to really solve the problem. More of the same won't work.

Well that's enough ranting for today. As always, I am being confrontational here, but only to emphasise points I believe to be logically valid.

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