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27 January 2008 in Notes, Politics by Stilgherrian | 3 comments
When I gave my predictions for 2008, I said Barack Obama would become President of the USA. patty disagreed, and we made a bet. Given that Obama won the South Carolina Primary yesterday, I reckon I’m well on the way to winning. Better warm up that olive oil, patty!
Tags: barack obama, hillary clinton, john mccain
Snarky Platypus on 27 January 2008 at 1:25 pm
The South Carolina primary is not indicative of anything much — Edwards won it in 2004. Jesse Jackson won it in 1988
Florida on Tuesday will give a better indication of where things are at.
Stilgherrian on 27 January 2008 at 1:33 pm
@Snarky Platypus: I was about to ask, “Who’s Edwards?” But I guess that’s the point. Super Tuesday on 5 February is the killer, of course. But the bet’s not resolved until the election itself on that first Tuesday in November.
What odds the Republicans could still win? Centrebet currently have Hilary Clinton at $2.30, Barack Obama at $3.20 and John McCain at $5.25.
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16 March 2010 in Arts, Politics, Sydney, The 9pm Edict
Here, ladies and gentlemen, no more than 20 minutes late, is episode 5 of The 9pm Edict. Finally.
You can listen to this episode below. But if you want them all, subscribe to the podcast feed, or even subscribe automatically in iTunes.
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16 March 2010 in Notes, The 9pm Edict
I’m mostly recovered from my illness, so The 9pm Edict returns tonight. Yes, on Tuesday and Thursday this week rather than the originally-planned Monday and Wednesday, just because. There’s still a couple hours left to post an audio comment on episode 4. Skype to “stilgherrian” or phone +61 2 8011 3733.
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11 March 2010 in Ecology, Media, Politics
ABC chair Maurice Newman, who is not a climate scientist or even any kind of scientist at all, is pleased to hear more non-scientists talking about climate science. I reckon that apart from being a tool he’s way out of line.
He clearly has no clue about how the ABC, as the national broadcaster, should be [...]
11 March 2010 in Business, Internet
The perceived speed of your internet connection isn’t just about raw bandwidth. The National Broadband Network won’t automatically speed up everything.
In this week’s Patch Monday podcast, Steve Dixon from Riverbed Technology explains how inefficiencies in TCP/IP network protocols mean that latency can be as much of a problem as bandwidth. “WAN optimisation”, which is something [...]
11 March 2010 in Notes, The 9pm Edict
There wasn’t an episode of The 9pm Edict last night either, due to continuing illness. Bother.
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