Showing posts with label Mea Culpa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mea Culpa. Show all posts

2009-02-23

Moron Ubuntu Names

Confirming the fact that I am lacking basic skills, a commenter on my Ubuntu names post pointed out that Ubuntu 10.04 should actually be the letter "L", not "M" as I posted.

(puts head in hands, groans in frustration, kicks self in shins)

Anyway, I began checking out the "L" names and eventually worked out that there are some great adjectives and animal names that Ubuntu should NEVER put together. These are:

  • Lazy Lemur
  • Lethal Lemming
  • Large Lice
  • Lewd Leech
  • Ludicrous Louse
Imagine Ubuntu 10.04 Lethal Lemming being released to universal horror and amusement.

2007-11-16

Cricketer Bob Holland on child sex charges?

This doesn't look good:
A 61-year-old man has been refused bail after police laid an additional 67 child sex charges against him relating to seven more male and female victims aged between two and 16 at the time of the alleged offences.

Robert Holland, from West Toronto in New South Wales Hunter region, is now facing a total of 115 charges against 12 victims but police expect to lay more charges.

The extra charges, laid by Lake Macquarie detectives in Newcastle Local Court yesterday, relate to offences allegedly committed between 1957 and 2001.

The charges include sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, committing an act of indecency and buggery.

Magistrate Richard Wakely refused an application for bail, citing concern for the welfare of the community.

The case was adjourned to December 12.
There is nothing in this report about whether this is the same Robert Holland who played for Australia in the mid 1980s. Yet there are two reasons this might the case;

  1. When Bob Holland played for Australia, he was based in Newcastle at the time. He probably remained in the Hunter Valley after retirement. West Toronto is in the Hunter Valley region.
  2. The Robert Holland who was arrested was described as being 61 years old. According to Bob Holland's cricinfo page, he is 61 years old.
Of course, none of this proves that it is the same Bob Holland, but, you have to admit, it looks bad.

Update:
I've just contacted the Sydney Morning Herald. They think it is a good lead. More soon.

Update 2:
SMH contacted me. It WAS NOT Bob Holland the cricketer. That's good news.