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  1. Re:without any humans ever having been involved on Using Speed Cameras To Send Tickets To Your Enemies · · Score: 1

    Bzzzt. Fail It is a unit of measurement not used in the US or Britain where mph is used

  2. Re:Wait, via Facebook? on Australian Court Lets Lawyer Serve Papers Via Facebook · · Score: 1

    No, Facebook is not hosted in Australia

  3. Re:Educational applications in the cloud on Windows Cheap Enough For $2B Aussie Laptop Deal · · Score: 1

    sorry to burst your bubble but there is a silver light plug-in for Firefox

  4. Re:There's no point to the whole thing on Musicians Protest Use Of Songs By US Jailers · · Score: 1

    Considering that they were captured on the battlefield engaging in any number of war crimes, their guilt is already well-established.

    Have you been living under a rock for the past 4/5 years most of these people are/where innocent so where even released after a month or so of torture without charge

  5. Re:There's no point to the whole thing on Musicians Protest Use Of Songs By US Jailers · · Score: 1

    how about proving that they are guilty before torturing them?

  6. Re:no, your numbers are wrong on IPv6 Adoption Up 300 Percent Over 2 Years · · Score: 1

    actually it is 1h(3 * 1)

  7. Fianly on Aussies Hit the Streets Over Gov't Internet Filters · · Score: 1

    All i can say is a am glad that this (the protests) are happening maybe people will realize this is going on now

  8. Re:g'day mate on Aussies Hit the Streets Over Gov't Internet Filters · · Score: 1

    Fine thanks seeing as the other party's have a majority in the senate and will probably stop this from being passes.
    Thanks for asking

  9. Re:Not In The Streets on Aussies Hit the Streets Over Gov't Internet Filters · · Score: 1

    Firstly not all the party's agree and at the moment the minor ones have allot of power eg.
    the greens

  10. Re:Good On 'Em on Aussies Hit the Streets Over Gov't Internet Filters · · Score: 1

    Actual in this case the Bill is unlikely to pass the senate because the government dose not have the majority in the senate and the greens oppose it

  11. Re:Immortality is scary on Scientists Identify a Potentially Universal Mechanism of Aging · · Score: 1

    If history is any judge, medical processes get consistently cheaper and more widely available.

    I'm sorry but the facts do not support this conclusion. The percentage of uninsured persons in the United States has been on the rise for some time and as of 2006 was at just over 20%. The percentage of people (workers and dependents) with employment-based health insurance has dropped from 70 percent in 1987 to 59 percent in 2006. Clearly, availability is going down. As to costs... You must not read the papers. Medicaid is about to go bankrupt due to skyrocketing health care costs.

    First of all whilst insurance prices do effect how much people have to pay for medication and health care they are not the same thing
    Also current short term economic busts or booms are not the same as long term figures which are going down.

    Do you seriously believe the only way to acquire wealth is to sit and wait for someone to die and have it given to you? Sheesh.

    I didn't say it was the only way. They could spend it. The majority of wealth (~70%) is owned by under 5% of the population, and given their spending habits, I just think it's far more practical to wait for them to die.

    Yes for the 5% of the population which have rich parents most of which are spoilt brats and idiots as well as already being reasonably rich.
    further more it is often the case the very rich parents/grandparents provide for there offspring anyway

    Let me tell you the easiest way to become wealthy: SAVE. That simple. Don't be a typical consumer idiot. Save 25% of your income. By the time you retire, you will be one of those rich people you think hoard all the wealth.

    I thought the easiest way was being born into a rich family or winning the lottery. And as to "saving"... Honey, don't piss on my back and tell me it's raining; Most of us are living paycheck to paycheck, and we spend everything we get on basic necessities. We're not "consumer idiots" -- the technical term for people like us is fucking broke.

    people who live paycheck to paycheck are usualy born in slums, are bad with money, are working below the minimum wage or buy/take on things they can't afford (a common trate in a America according to the recent financial crises

    What makes you think immortality leads to population increases?

    People live longer and they're still going to want to fuck. Heeeere's your sign.

    I doubt that immortal people will continue to crank out kids decade after decade.

    Funny, since most people look at having kids as their best shot at immortality.

    It is common for very old people not to want to have sex especially women also it is likely people will have protected sex and not want children (if they have sex at all) after the first hundred years
    Finley if people are immortal then there is little point in seeking out other less efficient means apart from as as safe guards and people do not have hundreds of the same or similar safeguards for one thing.

  12. Re:Immortality is scary on Scientists Identify a Potentially Universal Mechanism of Aging · · Score: 1

    actually it is more likely that it has reversed because of increased obesity and other lifestyle choices

  13. Re:Immortality is scary on Scientists Identify a Potentially Universal Mechanism of Aging · · Score: 1

    possible but there are other factors it even says so in the FA.
    Also it would not reverse puberty

  14. Re:Try public transport first on It's Official, Australia Needs a Space Agency · · Score: 1

    Yes, there so organized we will probably have a NSW Space Agency and a WA Space Agency or something instead of a federal Agency.
    like our education system that is...

  15. Re:It needs a clue first on It's Official, Australia Needs a Space Agency · · Score: 2, Informative

    actual the greens and some independents including Fielding have the balance of power in the senate.

    The greens are against the bill and all of the sentors not in the oposition would have to suport this

  16. Re:It needs a clue first on It's Official, Australia Needs a Space Agency · · Score: 1

    actual living in Australia I can tell you its more know one knows its happening!

  17. Re:Even though geeks and tech savy people can bypa on Australian Censorship Bypassed Before Live Trials · · Score: 1

    That may be true in the US but in Australia the sad fact that similar technology is in use already at all Department of Education property large numbers of people know how to bypass this
    If there is a way to bypass it altmost everyone under 16 will have got annoyed enough to search for 'bypass AU filter' which will almost certanly have results telling them how to

  18. Australia has similar... on Interpol Pushing World Facial Recognition Database · · Score: 1

    "The UK already has airport gates equipped with such technology, intended to remove the need for a human border guard to check that a passenger's face matches the one recorded in his or her passport.

    Australia has similar technology for Australian passport holders over the age of 18, you put your passports e page in the machine and it uses facial recognition to check who you are, also no border guard is required to check the results.

  19. Re:Support costs are what schools are worried abou on Australian State May Give Students Linux Laptops · · Score: 1

    however this is being implemented in NSW where we have compulsory Computing for yrs7 and 9 and that means their is a least two computer teachers at most high school as well as a part time technician that comes in for two or three days a week

  20. Live CD on Tips For Taking Your Laptop Into and Out of the US? · · Score: 1

    if you put a Live Linux disk in your CD drive and put your hard drive in your checked luggage you should be fine
    Bob at customs desk 3 won't be avil to tell the difrence

  21. Re:Moral of the story? on Qantas Blames Wireless For Aircraft Incidents · · Score: 1

    Queue lawsuit from Airbus against Australian Airlines in 3...2...1...

    First of all its "cue". Secondly there is no such thing as "Australian Airlines", the carrier in question is QUANTAS (QUeensland And Northern Territory Air Service).

    Trying to shift blame when the blame belongs somewhere else is one thing.

    spelt QANTAS (Queensland And Northern Territory Air Service) and even if Queensland was referenced w/ more then one letter it would be QLD not QU

    Bingo, QUANTAS is trying to shift blame from its poor decisions (Off shoring maintenance of the QUANTAS fleet to Malaysia) by blaming Airbus.

    QANTAS was actually blaming passengers using mobile phones and/or other wireless devices not Airbus

    It wont work as everyone and their dog can see through this, Airbus wont even need to suggest taking QUANTAS to court before CASA rips them to shreds over this and several other recent serious safety incidents (including hull loss) directly attributable to poor maintenance. So its hardly surprising that Airbus is maintaining its silence over this especially with the A330 being one of the safest planes in the world.

    Nothing good is going to come out of this.

    Actually, nothing is going to come out of this, at least not in the way you were expecting, Airbus doesn't need to worry because Civil Aviation safety inspectors are already on QUANTAS and Australians tend to avoid using QUANTAS whenever possible (Personally I'd fly with Air Asia and Tiger airlines before I'd even think about getting on a QUANTAS plane).

    That is incorrect QANTAS is quite a respected high end airline (or was until recently)

  22. Re:I'm not sure how this is a goof on Google Goofs On Firefox's Anti-Phishing List · · Score: 1

    Hotmaill did start rejecting all mail from the ISP I use (a very big one in AU).
    but they have stooped now

  23. Re:New ads on Microsoft Uses "I'm a PC" Character In New Ads · · Score: 1

    I wasn't implying that Mac is a type PC I was pointing out that PCs can run both Linux, Windows and lots of other OSs.
    And that PC is not a synonym for Windows, as Microsoft and Apple seem to believe.

  24. Re:New ads on Microsoft Uses "I'm a PC" Character In New Ads · · Score: 1

    Well, at least they tried to tell you something about the product.

    It might not have been something you wanted to hear, but it was at least an attempt to be informative beyond an obvious logical fallacy.

    That third character could be useful.

    It and the Mac could compare notes and snicker at the Windows OS together.

    fixed that for you
    PC != Windows
    I run Linux on my PC thanks

  25. Re:New ads on Microsoft Uses "I'm a PC" Character In New Ads · · Score: 1

    Would Someone Please Tell Microsoft And Apple that:
    PC != Windows
    PC==Personal Computer | x86 Computer