BP won't get off free here.
No, a new corporate entity named "BP Inc" or similar will be founded, and it will purchase all of the assets of "British Petroleum" for, oh, probably one dollar. When the bill for this disaster arrives, the recipient will just go "Oh, no, that catastrophe was the responsibility of 'British Petroleum', and we're 'BP Inc'. This is a totally different company and accepts no responsibility for anything that 'British Petroleum' may or may not have done."
Do you have the circuit diagram for your TV? Do you have the source code for the firmware in your dishwasher? OH NOES MORE CLOSED COMPUTER ENVIRONMENTS.
And most importantly, is someone forcing you to buy Apple devices? No one is moving YOU towards anything. Go and debug kernel drivers all you want. Apple is making computer devices that nongeeks actually want to use.
I could just as easily summarise these results as "Toyota marketing especially effective with older drivers". Old people seem over-represented in Toyota crash stats, meaning that more older people buy Toyotas.
"the US court system has eventually done the right thing..."
In the same way that someone brutally sodomizing you does the right thing. When they, you know, pull out.
I admin and track SEO targets for a lot of client sites. Across every site I manage - and it's a big range of industries - traffic originating from Bing searches represents about 3% of search traffic. If Bing dropped off the Internet one day, I probably wouldn't notice.
I'm a South Australian voter and I'm proud to say I voted for Gamers4Croydon.
My vote may have been insignificant but I still feel that it was important.
The problem with blocking "illegal material" is the definition of "illegal material".
In Australia the problem is doubly crazy thanks to the "Refused Classification" (RC) designation. RC material can be perfectly legal, but it will still be blocked.
Yeah, it must really suck to TOTALLY DOMINATE both the handheld and livingroom console markets for three years straight. Yup, Nintendo really shot themselves in the foot there all right.
Speaking on behalf of the Australian and US film companies that launched the action, Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft executive director, Neil Gane, said he was disappointed by the Court's decision.
"Today's decision is a setback for the 50,000 Australians employed in the film industry," he said.
"But we believe this decision was based on a technical finding centred on the court's interpretation of the how infringements occur and the ISPs ability to control them.
"We are confident that the government does not intend a policy outcome where rampant copyright infringement is allowed to continue unaddressed and unabated via the iiNet network.
"We will now take the time to review the decision before making further comment on next steps," he said.
Translation:
1. Dey tuk er jeb! Won't someone think of the jeb?
2. Never should have allowed testimony about how the Internet works.
3. OK, fuck the courts, we'll just buy a few politicians. We'll tell 'em it's about protecting Australian jobs and about protecting de widdle chiwdwen.
Do we really need another attempt to re-make 'Dune'? Yes, David Lynch's 1984 film version was really, really bad. Unwatchable, even. I thought it was BEAUTIFUL. Set design, art, cinematography, locations, cast, it's all right on the fucking money. When I read the book now I see the locations and actors from the movie in my head.
Flash is the number-one cause of application crashes on OS X, and it's outside Apple's control. No way Flash is going to be supported by Iphone or Ipad.
I think there's a need for religious content in video games like I think there's a need for schizophrenic content in video games, and bipolar content in video games, and Alzheimers-based content in video games. Why pander to just one form of mental illness?
Newsflash: people who race cars on public roads are brainless tards and I pray that they die roasting in fiery crashes. Crashes with large inanimate objects, of course.
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How many creatures would normally migrate through the gulf but won't be able to this year?
Oh, they'll be able to. And they'll do it just as they would normally. They'll just die.
BP won't get off free here. No, a new corporate entity named "BP Inc" or similar will be founded, and it will purchase all of the assets of "British Petroleum" for, oh, probably one dollar. When the bill for this disaster arrives, the recipient will just go "Oh, no, that catastrophe was the responsibility of 'British Petroleum', and we're 'BP Inc'. This is a totally different company and accepts no responsibility for anything that 'British Petroleum' may or may not have done."
What's that, Chief Brody? You want to close the BEACHES?
Do you have the circuit diagram for your TV? Do you have the source code for the firmware in your dishwasher? OH NOES MORE CLOSED COMPUTER ENVIRONMENTS.
And most importantly, is someone forcing you to buy Apple devices? No one is moving YOU towards anything. Go and debug kernel drivers all you want. Apple is making computer devices that nongeeks actually want to use.
...about anything.
I could just as easily summarise these results as "Toyota marketing especially effective with older drivers". Old people seem over-represented in Toyota crash stats, meaning that more older people buy Toyotas.
Just because they were born blind doesn't mean they don't have vision centres in their brains. You know, the place where the chemicals happen.
Yes, but the average person would rather shoot himself in the face than use the average netbook. Apples, oranges.
"the US court system has eventually done the right thing..." In the same way that someone brutally sodomizing you does the right thing. When they, you know, pull out.
I admin and track SEO targets for a lot of client sites. Across every site I manage - and it's a big range of industries - traffic originating from Bing searches represents about 3% of search traffic. If Bing dropped off the Internet one day, I probably wouldn't notice.
I'm a South Australian voter and I'm proud to say I voted for Gamers4Croydon. My vote may have been insignificant but I still feel that it was important.
The problem with blocking "illegal material" is the definition of "illegal material". In Australia the problem is doubly crazy thanks to the "Refused Classification" (RC) designation. RC material can be perfectly legal, but it will still be blocked.
California's bankrupt and the richest man in the world is Mexican?
Lovin' them apples.
Three days ago journalists from an Aussie IT magazine opened bank accounts using passport details published by the news media. http://itnews.com.au/News/168273,banks-accept-dubai-assassins-stolen-ids.aspx
a spherical wave
Only if the rocket is stationary.
(hint - it's not)
It's funny to read this on an iMac.
Call me crazy, but isn't it the CIVIC DUTY of every citizen to consider the overthrow of the government?
Oh that's right, the schools don't teach civics any more.
Yeah, it must really suck to TOTALLY DOMINATE both the handheld and livingroom console markets for three years straight. Yup, Nintendo really shot themselves in the foot there all right.
Translation:
1. Dey tuk er jeb! Won't someone think of the jeb?
2. Never should have allowed testimony about how the Internet works.
3. OK, fuck the courts, we'll just buy a few politicians. We'll tell 'em it's about protecting Australian jobs and about protecting de widdle chiwdwen.
4. Need to work out which politicians to buy.
Parent didn't complain about it being expensive, he complained about it being difficult and illegal. And it's not.
Do we really need another attempt to re-make 'Dune'? Yes, David Lynch's 1984 film version was really, really bad. Unwatchable, even.
I thought it was BEAUTIFUL. Set design, art, cinematography, locations, cast, it's all right on the fucking money. When I read the book now I see the locations and actors from the movie in my head.
The script and story? Umm.... not so much.
OS X runs virtualised under VMWare with no problems whatsoever.
Flash is the number-one cause of application crashes on OS X, and it's outside Apple's control. No way Flash is going to be supported by Iphone or Ipad.
I think there's a need for religious content in video games like I think there's a need for schizophrenic content in video games, and bipolar content in video games, and Alzheimers-based content in video games. Why pander to just one form of mental illness?
Newsflash: people who race cars on public roads are brainless tards and I pray that they die roasting in fiery crashes. Crashes with large inanimate objects, of course.
When I want durable, I'll get a Toyota Hilux with a diesel 1KZ-TE engine in it. A big block Chev is not what comes to mind when I think "durable".