The detectives who were involved in the brawl with the American university students were demoted back to beat police. They may be fired. The police union is of course claiming that this is all a bunch of nothing.
They are wrong. These detectives used their police power for personal revenge matters. They abused their authority.
The police where holding one of the American students in jail and trying to charge him with assaulting an officer and all sorts of crap. He was the one that managed to get a clean punch in and knock out the front teeth of one of the detectives.
However, the prosecutors refused to file charges claiming that everyone was at fault for the brawl and no blame could be laid on one person. The student flew home to the States. I don't blame him. The cops will be looking for him and trying to make his life hell.
Friday, July 09, 2004
Crazies
We have a receptionist here at IBM. Actually, two part time ones. They sit by themselves on the first floor dealing with a million things. It is thankless job. Most quite after a few months.
They have a panic button they can hit if they need help. It triggers a flashing light up in the sales floor where most people work. When the light goes off, most people jump and check on lobby. It only takes a few steps to get where you can peer down the atrium to see what is going on.
Most often, it is a false alarm. Usually a new receptionist hits the button by mistake. However, no alarm is ignored. We always check. It wouldn't take but a few seconds to round up some big guys should there be the need.
I often talk to them. They are very nice, and I think a tad lonely for something other than people demanding this or that.
One of the receptionist told me about an incident from last year, I think. This guy walked in and told her that he had invented DOS back in the mid 1960's and he was here to collect his royalties. She just laughed, until she realized he was dead serious. He started getting belligerent and demanding his money. She had to call the police on him.
It turns out he was an inmate at the local loony-bin, Greylands Hospital, who was out on a day pass.
They have a panic button they can hit if they need help. It triggers a flashing light up in the sales floor where most people work. When the light goes off, most people jump and check on lobby. It only takes a few steps to get where you can peer down the atrium to see what is going on.
Most often, it is a false alarm. Usually a new receptionist hits the button by mistake. However, no alarm is ignored. We always check. It wouldn't take but a few seconds to round up some big guys should there be the need.
I often talk to them. They are very nice, and I think a tad lonely for something other than people demanding this or that.
One of the receptionist told me about an incident from last year, I think. This guy walked in and told her that he had invented DOS back in the mid 1960's and he was here to collect his royalties. She just laughed, until she realized he was dead serious. He started getting belligerent and demanding his money. She had to call the police on him.
It turns out he was an inmate at the local loony-bin, Greylands Hospital, who was out on a day pass.
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
The Venus Transverse of the Sun
Yesterday I got to witness Venus crossing the Sun. Here in Australia we got a pretty good view of it.
It started around 2 in the afternoon and went on until sunset. However, it has been raining and cloudy here all week. Around 2:30 the clouds broke and we got to see the sun for the first time all day.
On of the guys at work brought bincolulars. So we set them up on the window facing the sun. We projected the image onto a wall.
There it was, clear as day. We had the sun projected about 3 feet diameter on a partition wall. There in the lower right hand corner was a small pea sized dot moving slowing left to to right across the bottom of the Sun.
It started around 2 in the afternoon and went on until sunset. However, it has been raining and cloudy here all week. Around 2:30 the clouds broke and we got to see the sun for the first time all day.
On of the guys at work brought bincolulars. So we set them up on the window facing the sun. We projected the image onto a wall.
There it was, clear as day. We had the sun projected about 3 feet diameter on a partition wall. There in the lower right hand corner was a small pea sized dot moving slowing left to to right across the bottom of the Sun.
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
Aussie Slang
Some recent Aussie slang I've learned.
Chook: Chicken
Mud Map: General Directions. Comes from drawing a rought map in the mud with a stick.
Chook: Chicken
Mud Map: General Directions. Comes from drawing a rought map in the mud with a stick.
Monday, June 07, 2004
Spirited Away
This weekend I rented a film called "Spirited Away". It is a Japanese animated film distributed by Disney. It was fantastic. The imagination that went into creating the characters was amazing. The art work was beautiful. I watched it twice and enjoyed it just as much the second time.
Here is the IMDB Profile of the film.
If you want a film that won't waste two hours of your life, watch this one. You won't regret it at all.
Here is the IMDB Profile of the film.
If you want a film that won't waste two hours of your life, watch this one. You won't regret it at all.
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