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Australia Develops Space Program With Russia
Chuq writes: "ABC News has details of a joint space effort between Australia and Russia. Australia will be providing launch locations on the Christmas Islands and Woomera (central Australia) and Russia will be providing.. well, experience! As I'm an Aussie I'm glad to see us finally making our first move into the space arena, no matter how small!" Imagine this happening even, oh, 10 years ago. -
Australia Develops Space Program With Russia
Chuq writes: "ABC News has details of a joint space effort between Australia and Russia. Australia will be providing launch locations on the Christmas Islands and Woomera (central Australia) and Russia will be providing.. well, experience! As I'm an Aussie I'm glad to see us finally making our first move into the space arena, no matter how small!" Imagine this happening even, oh, 10 years ago. -
More Australian Insanity: Forwarding Mail Illegal (updated)
lpontiac writes: "People have been making noise about the new Australian copyright laws making web caching and Playstation mod chips illegal ... and now, the Australian attorney-general has come out and stated that the new laws also make it illegal to forward email without the explicit (ie written) permission of the person who wrote the email. (Just as surprising to me is that the article claims to know who Claire Swire is :)" Update: 03/04 11:22 PM by T : kipling writes "Regarding the Australian e-mail copyright story, the ABC news site says that the Australian Attorney-General has dismissed these claims. Looks like another news ltd beatup." Update: 03/05 02:55 AM by T : And thanks to downunderrob, here is the AG's press release calling the idea "ridiculous." -
More Australian Insanity: Forwarding Mail Illegal (updated)
lpontiac writes: "People have been making noise about the new Australian copyright laws making web caching and Playstation mod chips illegal ... and now, the Australian attorney-general has come out and stated that the new laws also make it illegal to forward email without the explicit (ie written) permission of the person who wrote the email. (Just as surprising to me is that the article claims to know who Claire Swire is :)" Update: 03/04 11:22 PM by T : kipling writes "Regarding the Australian e-mail copyright story, the ABC news site says that the Australian Attorney-General has dismissed these claims. Looks like another news ltd beatup." Update: 03/05 02:55 AM by T : And thanks to downunderrob, here is the AG's press release calling the idea "ridiculous." -
Beer In Space
Matthew Moyle-Croft wrote to us regarding a very important development concerning the consumption of beer in space. I'm going to sleep easier knowing this *grin*. Update: 12/22 06:07 AM by T : Thanks to alert reader toad (who was not drinking within sight) for the updated URL. -
First Sequencing Of Plant Genome
cthugha writes: "The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana has just been completely sequenced, making it the first plant species to have its genome fully sequenced. The fact that we have animal and plant genomes now should give us greater insight into the common aspects of eukaryotic life. Nature has good coverage here. The ABC has a shorter and easier-to-digest report, but the emphasis is on the fact that Australian scientists could not participate due to lack of funding rather than on the technical details." -
First Sequencing Of Plant Genome
cthugha writes: "The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana has just been completely sequenced, making it the first plant species to have its genome fully sequenced. The fact that we have animal and plant genomes now should give us greater insight into the common aspects of eukaryotic life. Nature has good coverage here. The ABC has a shorter and easier-to-digest report, but the emphasis is on the fact that Australian scientists could not participate due to lack of funding rather than on the technical details." -
Australia Cracks Down on Gambling Online
yabada writes "The Australian Federal Government is renowned throughout the world for its stupidity when it comes to regulating internet content. According to our illustrious communications minister, Richard Alston, due to his tough stance against porn on the internet Australia is now "porn free". So is it any wonder that the Government has turned its eyes on gambling and has now achieved a one-year moratorium on online gambling pending a ban. The news story can be found here. When told that people could still access unregulated gambling sites offshore the minister responded by saying that people wouldn't go offshore because they wouldn't want to pay the international phone charges....hmmm." -
Humpback Whales Learn New Song
Anonymous Coward writes "Here's the link to a news story (realplayer) about how a group of Australian humpback whales learned a new song from another group. I thought it was pretty interesting, since apparently it's never been seen before. It took a couple of years for all the members of the group (from Eastern Australia) to learn the new song, which they must have heard from a different group that lives quite a long distance away near Western Australia. There should be an article on http://www.abc.net.au/news about the story but the link seems to be broken at the moment." -
Humpback Whales Learn New Song
Anonymous Coward writes "Here's the link to a news story (realplayer) about how a group of Australian humpback whales learned a new song from another group. I thought it was pretty interesting, since apparently it's never been seen before. It took a couple of years for all the members of the group (from Eastern Australia) to learn the new song, which they must have heard from a different group that lives quite a long distance away near Western Australia. There should be an article on http://www.abc.net.au/news about the story but the link seems to be broken at the moment." -
Future Of Journalism
rhysweatherley writes: "This year's Andrew Olle Lecture was presented by Eric Beecher of Text Media, and deals with the current and future state of "real" journalism, including the impact of the online world on traditional journalism (not all of it good). It is a good insight from one of the media's insiders in Australia. More information on the Andrew Olle Lecture series can be found here." I thought this was interesting. A little different than the usual Slashdot fare, but good reading nonetheless. -
Future Of Journalism
rhysweatherley writes: "This year's Andrew Olle Lecture was presented by Eric Beecher of Text Media, and deals with the current and future state of "real" journalism, including the impact of the online world on traditional journalism (not all of it good). It is a good insight from one of the media's insiders in Australia. More information on the Andrew Olle Lecture series can be found here." I thought this was interesting. A little different than the usual Slashdot fare, but good reading nonetheless. -
Australia To Consider Licensing Streamed Content
TheSync writes: "The Australian Broadcasting Company is report ing that the Australian government is considering whether Internet streaming video and audio should come under the definition of broadcasting, and thus be liable to licensing requirements by the Australian Broadcasting Authority. Other articles on this issue can be found at TheAge.Com.au and Austra lia IT. This could lead to streaming licensing fees and possibly more censorship." Seems like the legislature believes that Australia should be an island unto itself, instead a well-connected island. -
Australian Scientists Produce Giant Mutant Mice
SuperCujo writes: "Scientists in Australia have done some fun things with genetics and produced some mice that are 30-40% bigger than normal. They removed a gene from their DNA that makes the body produce a growth-inhibiting protein. Imagine these giant mice in your kitchen :)" Inhibiting an inhibitor seems like a more elegant approach than adding growth hormones to mice. The researchers say the work "may lead to developing new medicines for the treatment of growth and muscle-wasting disorders." -
Samba Developer Interviewed on National TV
Samba developer and LinuxCare employee, Andrew Tridgell, was interviewed on Australian ABC's influential 7:30 Report national current affairs program. "All we need to do is fire up a 98 box and do a domain log-on," Tridge said. Thanks to Paul "Rusty" Russell for finding this. -
Samba Developer Interviewed on National TV
Samba developer and LinuxCare employee, Andrew Tridgell, was interviewed on Australian ABC's influential 7:30 Report national current affairs program. "All we need to do is fire up a 98 box and do a domain log-on," Tridge said. Thanks to Paul "Rusty" Russell for finding this. -
Samba Developer Interviewed on National TV
Samba developer and LinuxCare employee, Andrew Tridgell, was interviewed on Australian ABC's influential 7:30 Report national current affairs program. "All we need to do is fire up a 98 box and do a domain log-on," Tridge said. Thanks to Paul "Rusty" Russell for finding this. -
Australian Gov't OKs Its Spies to Crack Servers
Rev Simon Rumble writes "The Australian Parliament has passed a law to allow the domestic spy agency ASIO 'to enter and modify computers remotely.' The spokesperson for slightly the left-of-centre political party The Democrats claims the 2000 Olympics are being used as an excuse to give more power to the spooks." You might think this is bizarre, but we're talking about the Australian government, so: business as usual. -
New Space Propulsion System Uses Sun's Magnetic Field
0b1 writes "ABC Science News has an interesting article on a new space propulsion system, that may beat voyager to the edge of the solar system." Fascinating. Seems like a lot less hassle than a light sail. For a little more info about this and other proposed "no propellant" space propulsion systems, check this NASA page. Lots of interesting concepts, all unfortunately still at the "dream" stage of development. -
Australia now has Net Censorship
Foley writes "The Australian Senate passed legislation today that requires ISPs to block any web site in the world that is classified as offensive by an Australian film board. The law is set to go into effect January 2000. Check out the news and even more news. " -
Digital/Compaq pays $5.53 million for domain!
Simon Rumble writes "Compaq Computer has paid $5.53 million for the altavista.com domain name. This ends a long-running dispute with the owner of Altavista Technology. This would have to be the highest price ever paid for a domain name."