In Other News...

The SMH's technology section is so full of wonderful, informative articles.

One problem (of many) with Australian media is that the whole shebag is geared toward old, conservative, baby boomer Australia, who really don't know anything about technology at all, least of all anything on the internet.

But god, do they love writing articles about it!

Ripped from the links above, we have.

• Poor little boy, realises that four hours a day of games is baaaad for him!
• A study finds games are baaaaad.
• Children like playing games. That's baaad.
  

XKCD said it best:

"People try to shut us d-d-down
Just cause our music gets around
Old folks act like total noobs
Get off OUR net, YOU block the tubes
Why don't you all just d-d-disconnect
And don't try an' grok our dialect
I'm not trying to cause a big s-s-sensatation
I'm just blogging about my generation"

The SMH, Sensationalism, Government Control

Wow! Singapore bans Mass Effect, a game that features "a scene of lesbian intimacy".

My favourite Chinese-run nation state in the world is so ultra conservative it's can't handle a little bit of alien lesbian love.

Of course, The SMH being the fountain of information that it is, also provided us with a further tidbit of information:

"As part of major revisions to the Penal Code approved by parliament last month, Singapore legalised oral and anal sex between heterosexual couples but retained a law which criminalises intercourse between gay men."

I only have three comments.
1. Can you say sensationalism!?!?
2. Shi-et. I'm glad all the Singaporean couples, husbands and wives, casual sex buddies and international students can now begin to explore the sweet, sweet avenues of oral and anal hanky panky, because the government told them that it is okay now. Because you know, we wouldn't want to break the law in the privacy of our own bedrooms.
3. I wonder how he powers that be policed these horribly illegal acts before this change in legislation?