Recent content by lbft

Discrimination is not fine in any circumstance. Affirmitive action to attempt to minimise the effect of existing discrimination is a necessary evil (if we all lived in an ideal world, all holding hands and singing and dancing around pots of gold at the foot of rainbows, then it would be unfair...

If I must be exact, I was referring to the promise to give students back $20 for the Queer collective, which in of itself costs less than a dollar to every SRC member... That shows bloody-mindedness and overenthusiasm to the point of ridiculousness.

And what sort of SRC would you prefer, Calculon? A CHOICE one, perchance, that promises Howard-style bribes based on stupid principles? I do like the Greens but I also like that NOLS has a habit of actually getting things done rather than jumping up and down on the spot about it.

Heaven forbid I should find out about previous SRCs even though they were about before I started... OK, I'll revise my statement: I can very much deal with a NOLS SRC - they've done well for the 2 years I've been at usyd, and from what I've read, seen and heard, did well before then, too...

I can very much deal with a NOLS SRC - they've done well for the past few years (with a couple of minor exceptions.)

Again, you're confused - just because you do not support the SRC does not mean everyone does not support the SRC. Face facts: if people supported you, they would have voted for you. They didn't (even though you pretended that your campaign was based on something more than the Conservatorium...

Andrew, you seem a little confused - the SRC is by its very nature political. The Union is the one which has the capacity to be apolitical (but, since student politicians are the ones who get elected, it will never be apolitical.)

I am fully of the belief that, if Conservatorium students were as unhappy as you make them out to be, they would get off their arses and do something about it. I agree that the hours weren't adequate at the Conservatorium (or anywhere else apart from Fisher and Wentworth), but: 1) The law...

Thank fuck you never got elected, Quah. I'd never want such a hot-headed, idiotic toss on the SRC. And, by the way, if the Conservatorium students had wanted you on the SRC, they could've got you there. They didn't. You still had no chance of getting Prez, though.

The answer to that is, I'll launch it as soon as I can. I'll stick with my initial timeframe of "a few weeks". The thing is, I have uni work to worry about, which obviously takes priority over this. I don't want to rush the development and produce a half-arsed website that is useless. I'm...

If everything goes to plan, I would like to have it up within a few weeks (although I will still be adding features after that.) No need to bookmark, I'll send you an email when it's up and running if you send a blank email to notify at practicalpupil dot com (and I'll probably also send an...

I'm still seeing what I can do with regards to covering the cost of the SMSes, although for various reasons I'd rather have advertising on practical pupil to cover the cost of SMSes than use a free SMS site's adverts because I would have more control over the actual messages. A...

Yep, definitely. Depending on how much it costs me there may be some unobtrusive ads (but if I can avoid it I will, coz I hate ads - and definitely no popups/popunders/large loud flashy irritating things.) The one thing that I don't know will be free would be SMS reminders, because they do...

Hey everyone. I'm making a website to assist students with time management (reminders, marks graphing, that sort of thing.) I'm looking for some suggestions as to features people want, so I'd really appreciate it if you could have a look at http://www.practicalpupil.com/ and email me your...

If you're in a School of IT (i.e. Computer Science or Information Systems) unit, you get a free printing quota for use in the School of IT's labs (although you can't connect your own computer through wireless or wired ethernet -- you have to use their machines.)