My question for today. For months petrol has been going from 99.9 cents per litre to 89.9 cents a litre every week, up and down. Apparently 99.9 was the 'real' price for petrol and that 89.9 was the 'heavily discounted' price of petrol.

A couple of days ago (Friday I think) our Prime Minister dropped the fuel excise by 1.7 cents when petrol was 90.9 cents. Petrol everywhere dropped to about 88.6. Now petrol has been dropping steadily since then to today I noticed it at 85.9. That's 4 cents lower than the previous 'heavily discounted' price.

So who has been ripping us off? The government or the petrol companies? Personally I'm happy to pay masses of tax on petrol as long as that money goes into keeping the roads safe AND alternatives to cars, such as public transport etc.

Subject URL: Napster only filtering 5600 songs

It's a start, but I can't see it stopping the courts from shutting them down this week, unless we have ANOTHER appeal... and as Null Device said... there is nothing stopping the RIAA from sending in the cops to seaze servers.

Time to see if Gnutella has got any better since the last time I used it. The Gnutella link also has fairly good file sharing news coverage.

And according to www.gnutella.com/.org/.net. "it's all ok"

I drink a lot of water each day... but only at work. Once I get home I get slack with the water and don't drink anywhere near enough. Funniliy enough, on the weekends I feel very tired and 'smudgy'. This email was recently forwarded to me (which I might note is now illegal in Australia)

I can't state how much of this is true, especially given it was attched to that much forwarded 'coke is bad for you' email which is apparently pretty over the top in it's truthfulness.

75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half world population.)

In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.

Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%.

One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a U-Washington study.

Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.

A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.

Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.