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Latest beta version of Colloquy for Intel Macs is available, go grab yourself a copy if you want a lean, mean IRC client for Mac OS X :).

Colloquy 2.1 Beta (Universal Binary): The beta built on 7/9/2006 can be downloaded here (6.25 MB), made to run on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Mac computers. Older builds are archived here. The beta builds may or may not work properly — or at all. If there is a problem with a particular build, it may be worth trying again in a day or two.

Colloquy 2.1 Beta (Universal Binary)

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10:00 – Bit of Rubenerd Housekeeping (transferring RubenerdShow.com domain complete, moving to new webhost), blog software subscriptions versus podcast clients, sorry state of reality television in Australia (Channel 7 and 9 fun, Channel 10 sucks, tired and worn out) and the Rubenerd Ultimate Reality Television Show!

Recorded in Adelaide, Australia. Licence for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5. Attribution: Ruben Schade.

The problem with all these services is that they prey on people who don't know much about internet security. You can "mostly" protect your computer with free services and software, you don't need to pay money to someone else.

Plus people who claim they can provide "Total Internet Security" are scammers. It's like a company saying their new miracle spray will prevent your car crashing, or a shipping line saying their ship is "unsinkable".

“…If you really are concerned about privacy, the internet is a horrible place for you to hang out. There is no such thing as privacy on the internet and anyone who tries to assure you that they can cloak your activities is lying. If you’re really concerned, we suggest you stay off…” – Jim Kloss

Ironically, this advertisement was on the same site that claimed that left wing people are amoral.

“Yes, but the procedure is prohibitively expensive, and rarely works.”
“Sounds like marriage.”

For instance, should we experiment with embryonic stem-cells just because we can? Do we ask if moral factors mitigate our scientific quests?

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The “left” would rather imply that those opposed to their position are ignorant Luddites, or uncompassionate zealots, while depicting resistance towards caprice in bioethics as another chapter in the Galileo versus the Roman Catholic Church misadventure.

We're not implying you're views our outdated and that you're a fanatic, we know :D. Though you said it better than us; I guess the first step to recovery is acknowledging you have a problem.

Ruben picks apart the useless spam he receives from the spamming spammers who spam him with their spammingly spammish spam. For all the spam he has picked apart, visit the spam category… sounds like a Monty Python routine.

Say I can have sex all nocturnal long!

Nocturnal long?

Remember a few hours ago when I typed:

Remember back on 5th March 2006 when I said I wanted the Accepting Applications for Japanese Girlfriends Tshirt? Well while you’re at ThinkGeek buying that I’d also love this [Mug Boss]!”

Here's an even better shot of it:

Remember back on 5th March 2006 when I said I wanted the Accepting Applications for Japanese Girlfriends Tshirt?. Well while you're at ThinkGeek buying that I'd also love this!

Slap a Mug Boss around your least favorite mug and it’s now a mega-strong receptacle for all your desk gear. Made with the same tough construction and materials as its larger contractor-grade cousin the Bucket Boss, the brawny Mug Boss is ready to be used and abused. It has twelve durable pockets which can hold almost anything (pens, screwdrivers, laser pointers, paper clips, Bawls Mints, ad infinitum). Larger items can go directly into the mug itself. To top it off, a hook and loop closure holds the whole thing secure (it fastens through the mug handle). Buy it, use it, love it – just please don’t call it an “office tool.”

That's too good! :D