You do realise that that *is* how governments attract businesses don't you? Tax concessions and development grants are investments that are paid off with extra employment for locals and long term tax dollar returns... at least when the companies deign to pay their tax.
I draw your attention to this passage from the article:
Federal Times reports that "attorney general" Gorelick mused on the idea of introducing laws that would allow the government to seize broader power for the time it takes to suppress a nation-wide cyber attack
If I was an American, that would scare the crap out of me. They've laid their agenda on the table... to support even MORE powers to control their populace.
Hungry Beast last night covered this DDoS (Operation Titstorm) and the question of the Great Internet Wall of Australia. They commissioned an
independent survey on the thoughts of the Australian public on the internet filter.
On the site is also an interview with Stephen Conroy, the closet case that wants to ban anything that might inappropriately stimulate him.
I had been hopelessly scanning the replies looking for any mention of Quark, wondering whether I had dreamed of this garbage scow in space. I'd previously found the wiki entry but no-one I know could remember the series ever being shown here. For me, this stood out as a shining moment in comedy scifi during my youth.
I cry bullshit. I have personally experienced 52C in the shade at a station called Cogla Downs near Cue in Western Australia. It may not have been a BOM reading but I have never in my life been as hot as the few weeks I stayed there.
Try moving to Australia and playing on US servers for just about any game. Most of my recent experience in online gaming is WoW, and on a 2Mb connection I get between 500-600ms latency. There are VPN services such as WoWTunnels which get our latency down to a blistering 200-300ms for only a small monthly fee on top of our ISP charges!
I love the Alien franchise, I love the Predator franchise, I love the AvP comics... however while watching the first AvP movie I almost got myself and my friend arrested for my increasingly irate fuming and snide comments made in the theatre at the totally valueless (and obviously made with marketing concerns in mind) story that was presented on screen before me. I suffered through AvP2 and begrudgingly admitted that they had made something that vaguely lived up to the rich universe that was the combined franchises. Now, they expect me to drop some of my hard earned money on their next offering... as an Australian I say, not bloody likely mate.
An emu glancing at lions???
Only in some sort of weird wildlife park, last time I checked we didn't have any lions roaming around Australia... a dingo maybe, but the emu is just worried that it's going to take his baby:)
You are all missing my point. The people with the abilities and expertise should ALREADY have access to the data. I'm sorry, but the forefront of climatology bears very little relationship to coding. People may be able to teach themselves to code but I doubt that there would be many people with the ability to become an expert climatologist through self education.
What would be the point of releasing the raw data to the general public? Seriously, why bother? I know that I don't have the skills or expertise to analyse it effectively and come up with any conclusions that have *any* scientific merit. Surely the people who know how to analyse/process this data and draw meaningful conclusions already have access to it.
and that is the risk inherent with using centralised services such as Steam. You joined, you accepted their conditions, you can't really start complaining now.
I was working as a DBA in the mining/exploration industry until a few years ago. I got sick of constant corporate takeovers and mergers that went with the industry at the time, it's not fun looking for a new job every 14 months because some other company bought out the exploration rights and had their own staff and systems. On top of that, after my last redundancy I travelled around Europe and swore to never again look at a drillhole data log.
Now I work as a civil servant overseeing the Thoroughbred, Standardbred and Greyhound racing industry. It's taken me 5 years worth of work here to finally get back to the level of income that I had at age 23, but the job satisfaction now is immense. It did take a few years to adjust and slowly work my way up the food chain but I wouldn't go back to IT and ungrateful/idiotic/anti-technology positions again. Ultimately I found that job satisfaction and regular hours far outweighed the extra money I made in IT.
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There's no such thing as a *new* Dirk Pitt novel, they all have roughly the same plot.
Yeah, they do give amazing head. I especially like the bit where they stick a finger up your..... errrrr, never mind.
You do realise that that *is* how governments attract businesses don't you? Tax concessions and development grants are investments that are paid off with extra employment for locals and long term tax dollar returns... at least when the companies deign to pay their tax.
Federal Times reports that "attorney general" Gorelick mused on the idea of introducing laws that would allow the government to seize broader power for the time it takes to suppress a nation-wide cyber attack
If I was an American, that would scare the crap out of me. They've laid their agenda on the table... to support even MORE powers to control their populace.
Hungry Beast last night covered this DDoS (Operation Titstorm) and the question of the Great Internet Wall of Australia. They commissioned an independent survey on the thoughts of the Australian public on the internet filter. On the site is also an interview with Stephen Conroy, the closet case that wants to ban anything that might inappropriately stimulate him.
To be fair, most of Heinlein's source material WAS excitement, explosions and nudity.
Never! I could never even possibly concieve of EA ever doing anything wrong in their quest to make money by milking IP to death. /end sarcasm
I had been hopelessly scanning the replies looking for any mention of Quark, wondering whether I had dreamed of this garbage scow in space. I'd previously found the wiki entry but no-one I know could remember the series ever being shown here. For me, this stood out as a shining moment in comedy scifi during my youth.
I cry bullshit. I have personally experienced 52C in the shade at a station called Cogla Downs near Cue in Western Australia. It may not have been a BOM reading but I have never in my life been as hot as the few weeks I stayed there.
In Soviet Russia North Pole... wait... damn, I *knew* someone would beat me to that.
Try moving to Australia and playing on US servers for just about any game. Most of my recent experience in online gaming is WoW, and on a 2Mb connection I get between 500-600ms latency. There are VPN services such as WoWTunnels which get our latency down to a blistering 200-300ms for only a small monthly fee on top of our ISP charges!
They do the bike rental thing in Amsterdam... the bikes they use are so damn cheap that they don't really care that much if they get stolen even.
Say thankyou to HR Giger for that magnificent artwork.
I'm guessing the SSDP wants to protect more fellow students from having their lives destroyed by the insanity of the War on Drugs.
I love the Alien franchise, I love the Predator franchise, I love the AvP comics... however while watching the first AvP movie I almost got myself and my friend arrested for my increasingly irate fuming and snide comments made in the theatre at the totally valueless (and obviously made with marketing concerns in mind) story that was presented on screen before me. I suffered through AvP2 and begrudgingly admitted that they had made something that vaguely lived up to the rich universe that was the combined franchises. Now, they expect me to drop some of my hard earned money on their next offering... as an Australian I say, not bloody likely mate.
So *THAT* explains Bill Gates....
Can I get a few shares if I refer you to these guys? http://www.assob.com.au/
An emu glancing at lions??? Only in some sort of weird wildlife park, last time I checked we didn't have any lions roaming around Australia... a dingo maybe, but the emu is just worried that it's going to take his baby :)
You are all missing my point. The people with the abilities and expertise should ALREADY have access to the data. I'm sorry, but the forefront of climatology bears very little relationship to coding. People may be able to teach themselves to code but I doubt that there would be many people with the ability to become an expert climatologist through self education.
What would be the point of releasing the raw data to the general public? Seriously, why bother? I know that I don't have the skills or expertise to analyse it effectively and come up with any conclusions that have *any* scientific merit. Surely the people who know how to analyse/process this data and draw meaningful conclusions already have access to it.
CLINT FLICKS... anyone?
and that is the risk inherent with using centralised services such as Steam. You joined, you accepted their conditions, you can't really start complaining now.
I was working as a DBA in the mining/exploration industry until a few years ago. I got sick of constant corporate takeovers and mergers that went with the industry at the time, it's not fun looking for a new job every 14 months because some other company bought out the exploration rights and had their own staff and systems. On top of that, after my last redundancy I travelled around Europe and swore to never again look at a drillhole data log. Now I work as a civil servant overseeing the Thoroughbred, Standardbred and Greyhound racing industry. It's taken me 5 years worth of work here to finally get back to the level of income that I had at age 23, but the job satisfaction now is immense. It did take a few years to adjust and slowly work my way up the food chain but I wouldn't go back to IT and ungrateful/idiotic/anti-technology positions again. Ultimately I found that job satisfaction and regular hours far outweighed the extra money I made in IT.
My personal definition of normal with regards to people: "Normal is the average of everything weird"... so a normal person is only averagely weird.
My answer to those "Would you steal a car?" questions is, no I wouldn't steal a car or a purse or a DVD... but if I could make a free *copy* of one. :)