Telstra doesn't own the entire infrustructure. TPG and Internode (off the top of my head) have their own backbones along the east coast. What Telstra do have a monopoly on is 'last mile' copper connectivity.
I must say, I'm a big fan of the Royal Enfields. Any bike that can be repaired by an illiterate indian village blacksmith using nothing but a hammer and a hacksaw is +1 win in my books.
There was a cool Enfield trick that we learned last time we were in India; if you can't start your bike on a cold dewy morning, just take out the spark plug, pour a little bit of petrol into the chamber, put spark plug back in, and bang, it starts first kick:)
The guy who taught it to us used the same trick in the Israeli Defence Force to start tanks in the desert.
Wow, you really take this stuff personally don't you.
Not sure what I've personally done to you to deserve sweeping generalisations about my intelligence, but oh well.
Firstly that's $2000 Australian, and that's how much it usually costs me to be able to play some of the more recent titles. I don't upgrade, I replace. That way my dad gets my hand-me-down comp and can play the games he likes (which are usually bargain bin titles by the time he gets around to them).
Secondly, what exactly do you mean by my choice in games being 'shallow enough'? What criteria are you using? Games that I consider cerebral aren't really made for any platform anymore (like the 90's which gave us Fallout, Civ 2, Thief and Daggerfall), except for perhaps a few gems on the PC, like the STALKER series.
Do you consider Fallout 3, Mass Effect and Bioshock shallow?
You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. I salute you.
I too enjoy not having to fork out $2000 every two years, then play musical drivers to make it all work. Of course I still play strategy games and other complex monstrosities on the PC, but for almost anything else; lounging on my sofa in front of a massive TV sipping a beer is much more enjoyable:)
That's actually reasonably good as in the QLD state police you get massive tax benefits, free healthcare, free education. Also QLD is a lot cheaper than NSW, i.e. housing costs close to the cbd of Brisbane are ~1/2 that of Sydney.
So yeah, this ain't too bad if this is a starting salary.
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Yes, but leaving out the Burgess Shale is ridiculous.
But that is a bad analogy to use. Incinerating someone to death is also merely taking some molecules and oxidising them at heat. Blowing someone's head off is also merely rearranging some particles to be outside a container as opposed to inside...
Nice sweeping generalisation there, you're basically saying: "everyone who disagrees with me must be wrong purely based on the fact that they disagree with me". Oh wait, I forgot I was on/.
Anyway, I know a few people (including me) who actually think that Bender's Game was the weakest movie. The pacing was all over the place, and the Professor making out with Amy repeatedly was just stupid. The joke was stretched to the point where it wasn't funny any more. It just didn't feel like Futurama, and felt more like Seth MacFarlane humour ala Family Guy.
Seriously, as someone who has been gaming for over 17 years, most of that on PC I don't want my games and their systems dumbed down so that someone's mom can maybe enjoy splattering paint against the wall. I *enjoy* my games being complex, having a learning curve, and not simply something where I flail my arms wildly and stuff happens. If this kind of crap is the future of gaming, say goodbye to serious adult gaming, as everything will be Nintendoo Fisher Price crap, and dumbed down and made cute to appeal to a bigger target market.
Sure, most ILS approaches are done using autopilot, but no airlines perform full autopilot landings due to safety concerns. British Airways did it at Heathrow once to prove a point but that was without passengers.
What's that, a euphemism for "talking out of my arse"? Stop making the other libertarians look foolish.
officials an hook into private schools...
the gvment they...
I'm not sure if you are qualified to comment on the education system, since not only have you failed at basic spelling, you have also failed at installing a spell checker.
until private and public schools are the same
And what is wrong with that? Surely you wouldn't deprive a fellow man access to good education, especially if it will incur no great increase in taxation?
I expect within 20yrs, that programing will move from CLI to a complete object oriented programing system. And people will wonder why people wrote in lines of code, after the universal adoption of a standard UI/Programing interface system.
Erm, object oriented programming has nothing to do with CLI/IDE, it has more to so with applying software engineering paradigms like using code objects and having them interact in all sorts of funky ways instead of writing a goo of procedural spaghetti mess.
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Did anyone else get seriously freaked out looking at stills of the 3D fractals? Stuff of nightmares...
Amazingly cool maths though!
Whaat? Star Trek VI is far superior to Star Trek IV, which is nothing but a glorified Disney film!
I however agree with all your other statements.
It is a wrenched hive of scum and villainy.
Shills not shrills.
Telstra doesn't own the entire infrustructure. TPG and Internode (off the top of my head) have their own backbones along the east coast. What Telstra do have a monopoly on is 'last mile' copper connectivity.
I hope you're not browsing at -1...
When my bike broke down in a village on the border of Maharashtra and Goa, it was repaired by a blacksmith.
Also, precisely what is wrong with my statement? It boils down to:
Any (A) that can be repaired by (B) using (C) is excellent.
So where exactly was the grammatical error Mr. Coward?
I must say, I'm a big fan of the Royal Enfields. Any bike that can be repaired by an illiterate indian village blacksmith using nothing but a hammer and a hacksaw is +1 win in my books.
:)
There was a cool Enfield trick that we learned last time we were in India; if you can't start your bike on a cold dewy morning, just take out the spark plug, pour a little bit of petrol into the chamber, put spark plug back in, and bang, it starts first kick
The guy who taught it to us used the same trick in the Israeli Defence Force to start tanks in the desert.
In Soviet New Zealand, Caps Lock fires you!
Wow, you really take this stuff personally don't you.
Not sure what I've personally done to you to deserve sweeping generalisations about my intelligence, but oh well.
Firstly that's $2000 Australian, and that's how much it usually costs me to be able to play some of the more recent titles. I don't upgrade, I replace. That way my dad gets my hand-me-down comp and can play the games he likes (which are usually bargain bin titles by the time he gets around to them).
Secondly, what exactly do you mean by my choice in games being 'shallow enough'? What criteria are you using? Games that I consider cerebral aren't really made for any platform anymore (like the 90's which gave us Fallout, Civ 2, Thief and Daggerfall), except for perhaps a few gems on the PC, like the STALKER series.
Do you consider Fallout 3, Mass Effect and Bioshock shallow?
Best. Post. Ever.
You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. I salute you.
:)
I too enjoy not having to fork out $2000 every two years, then play musical drivers to make it all work. Of course I still play strategy games and other complex monstrosities on the PC, but for almost anything else; lounging on my sofa in front of a massive TV sipping a beer is much more enjoyable
That's actually reasonably good as in the QLD state police you get massive tax benefits, free healthcare, free education. Also QLD is a lot cheaper than NSW, i.e. housing costs close to the cbd of Brisbane are ~1/2 that of Sydney.
So yeah, this ain't too bad if this is a starting salary.
Yes, but leaving out the Burgess Shale is ridiculous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgess_Shale
I think he was referring to this:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-480494/Bush-confuses-Austria-Australia-latest-gaffe.html
Also a great way of recruiting for their already massive army...
But he wasn't asking a question, was he?
But that is a bad analogy to use. Incinerating someone to death is also merely taking some molecules and oxidising them at heat. Blowing someone's head off is also merely rearranging some particles to be outside a container as opposed to inside...
Just my $0.02
Nice sweeping generalisation there, you're basically saying: "everyone who disagrees with me must be wrong purely based on the fact that they disagree with me". Oh wait, I forgot I was on /.
Anyway, I know a few people (including me) who actually think that Bender's Game was the weakest movie. The pacing was all over the place, and the Professor making out with Amy repeatedly was just stupid. The joke was stretched to the point where it wasn't funny any more. It just didn't feel like Futurama, and felt more like Seth MacFarlane humour ala Family Guy.
Each to their own I guess!
Do not want!
Seriously, as someone who has been gaming for over 17 years, most of that on PC I don't want my games and their systems dumbed down so that someone's mom can maybe enjoy splattering paint against the wall. I *enjoy* my games being complex, having a learning curve, and not simply something where I flail my arms wildly and stuff happens. If this kind of crap is the future of gaming, say goodbye to serious adult gaming, as everything will be Nintendoo Fisher Price crap, and dumbed down and made cute to appeal to a bigger target market.
Get off my lawn!
Not true, landing and takeoff are done manually.
Sure, most ILS approaches are done using autopilot, but no airlines perform full autopilot landings due to safety concerns. British Airways did it at Heathrow once to prove a point but that was without passengers.
What, you mean like Harry Potter and Leopard-Walk-Up-to-Dragon?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_Leopard-Walk-Up-to-Dragon#Unauthorised_Chinese_Harry_Potter_books
Your* forefathers fought and died for this? Wow...
*I'm not from the US, but I do (or used to) admire the American stance on personal liberty.
As a libertarian
What's that, a euphemism for "talking out of my arse"? Stop making the other libertarians look foolish.
officials an hook into private schools...
the gvment they...
I'm not sure if you are qualified to comment on the education system, since not only have you failed at basic spelling, you have also failed at installing a spell checker.
until private and public schools are the same
And what is wrong with that? Surely you wouldn't deprive a fellow man access to good education, especially if it will incur no great increase in taxation?
I expect within 20yrs, that programing will move from CLI to a complete object oriented programing system. And people will wonder why people wrote in lines of code, after the universal adoption of a standard UI/Programing interface system.
Erm, object oriented programming has nothing to do with CLI/IDE, it has more to so with applying software engineering paradigms like using code objects and having them interact in all sorts of funky ways instead of writing a goo of procedural spaghetti mess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_oriented