Australia Passes Site-Blocking Legislation

ausrob writes: Cementing their position as Australia's most backwards and dangerous government in recent memory comes this nasty bit of legislation, riddled with holes (which is nothing new for this decrepit Government): "The legislation allows rights holders to go to a Federal Court judge to get overseas websites, or "online locations", blocked that have the "primary purpose" of facilitating copyright infringement. If a rights holder is successful in their blocking request, Australian internet providers, such as Telstra and Optus, will need to comply with a judge's order by disabling access to the infringing location." Adds reader Gumbercules!! links to another story on the legislation, writing: Aside from the sheer inefficiency of trying to spot piracy by blocking individual sites, there's also the risk that servers which house other, more legitimate sites, will be caught up in the net. Unsurprisingly, the bill does nothing to remedy the fact that Australians pay far more for access to media than other places in the World or that media is often not available or extremely delayed, here.

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Bad Government, Impossible long "O" Pronounciation

[omfglearntoplay]

Just as frustrating as a corrupt government, is trying to pronounce the Australian long "O" vowel. I just watched The Babadook right after watching Crocodile Dundee, and it dawned on me how impossible it is to imitate that sound they make! According to this link, it has 4 vowel sounds in one.

https://answers.yahoo.com/ques...

It also has this weird tonal quality... like high to low to high again. Maybe my Vietnamese born friend could give it a shot with all their crazy tonal difficulties in their language. I mean, how else are these fellows so great at imitating Christopher Walken? Are these guys all Vietnamese in this Youtube?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

THIS IS A RACIALLY OFFENSIVE THREAD. DELETE!

[brindafella]

THIS IS A RACIALLY OFFENSIVE THREAD. DELETE! This thread is being racially offensive to Australian Aboriginals ("abos" / "abbos" / "abo"). For Americans, think what "nigger" means in your culture. For Asians and people from the UK, think what "Pakki" means. For others, you probably have something equally offensive that makes you cringe, even if you use the term. Slashdot SHOULD remove this thread. Please (as a white Australian)