Talking about a "good OS" is all very well, but did classic MacOS on the Macintosh 128k do these things? It didn't need to. It never ran a multitasking version of MacOS, IIRC. I may be mistaken though.
(And indeed, although I know that modern OSs do do this, I'd be curious to see them tested in practice - how well does OS X, or any other OS come to that, run if you never ever close anything down?) Just fine, as long as you aren't constantly switching between every application you have open. I just looked at my dock and I've got fourteen applications open and my both cores of my CPU are 95% idle. I'm probably only going to use three or four of the running applications today so everything will be just fine.
Just about all popular games also come in a DRM free version. These versions are usually called "cracked", "patched" or "warzed".
Serriously though, pirated versions of music, DVDs and games are often superior for these kinds of reasons. Buy the boxed copy and leave it in its shrink wrap then pirate it.
Shotguns and bolt-action rifles, as the other poster said. You can get a licence for other types of firearms if you can show a need. There are some categories of firearms though which almost always require you to be in the military.
They've taken away anything with which you can reasonably defend yourself from criminals, let alone the government.
You don't need to defend yourself with a gun; like I said, there's hardly a criminal that owns a firearm, let alone a prohibited firearm. Those that do own one rarely use them on anyone other than fellow criminals. When I'm in the U.S.A. I'm more worried about about being shot by some hot-headed drunken idiot with a handgun than by a criminal.
As for defence against the government, I'm not buying it. Warfare has changed too much. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with a semi-automatic when the the RAAF would most probably be the ones attacking me.
shortly after they took away all Australian citizens right to own firearms in 1997
Pardon?
Australians can own and use guns just not automatics, semi-automatics or handguns in most cases. They also need to be licensed but anyone with even half a brain and an understanding of gun safety can get a license. The last big tightening of gun laws came after 35 people were killed at the Port Arthur Massacre.
I'm a shooter and I like the Australian gun control laws. I feel much safer about people with guns here than I do when I'm in the U.S.A. There is the odd looney shooting people but not many. Australia's firearm related deaths are 2.94 per 100k people and 2.35 are suicides. For quick comparison, the US rate is 15.22 with 7.35 of those being suicides. There is of course more to these figures than just gun control but it certainly helps.
No way to tell if the guys collecting and tabulating the ballots were paid to alter the results.
That's been thought of, but I think you're probably trolling by bringing it up. I'll bite anyway since I'm sure some people do think this is a valid concern.
I'm not sure how it works in other countries but here in Australia each party can send scrutineers to polling places. After polling closes, the scrutineers stand around looking at ballots as they are counted to make sure it's done right. Of course though, they will ignore informal votes for their party while pointing them out those for other parties. That's why you need scrutineers from every party there. Take a look at the scrutineers handbook for more details of what they do before, during and after polling.
And you can always go back and recount the paper votes a second time if need be.
Paper voting is old and well proven technology. Only a fool would choose an unproven technology just because it's new or marginally faster.
Different engines have drastically different amounts of CO2/Gallon emissions.
This would of course be because some engines use the CO2 to produce pixie dust rather than releasing it into the air, yes?
Burning a gallon of gas will produce the same amount of CO2 regardless of what type of engine you do it in. It's not like some engines have a magical device for transmuting the carbon in their fuel carbon another element.
Well, everyone is saying it'll be in 2008 but given how small the Australian market is and the kind of behaviour our phone companies display it'll probably be later rather than sooner.
I fully expect that it will better to buy an unlocked iPhone from overseas and live without the network specific features such as voice mail. When an Australian carrier does get on board I'll decide if it's worth switching network.
it's OK if your mother didn't love you. serriously though, laughing at someone with an iPhone in the next few days will be a sure way to show how much of an unwanted geek _you_ are
Samzenpus is in Australia (where it wouldn't be night right now), it's still the 27th, which is the night before the night before the iPhone is released. That extra "night before" missing from TFS might seem inconsequential, but remember kids-- if you're buying an iPhone, don't get off work early [thurs] TOMORROW night, get off work early on Friday June 29 to get in line in time.
... I am in Australia. Hello from the future. Tomorrow is Friday but the iPhone wont be out until the end of next year in the land of the antipodeans.
Erm, I think I'm supposed to put a "you insensitive clod" in there someplace...
I'm guessing the grandparent was talking about Chadstone Shopping Center since that has Target, K-Mart, Myer, Toys'r'us, EB Games and JB Hi-Fi all selling the Wii in the same building. The biggest price difference I've seen there is about AU$20 though so I can't imagine the average punter bothering to shop around much.
There have been Wiis in stock whenever I've been to Chadstone in the last few months but don't know how many exactly.
For quite a few people in Australia you do need to pay line rental if you want internet access. There's a lot of old pair gain telephone infrastructure down under so you can't have ADSL at all in some places.
As others have pointed out there's also the issue of Telstra, who own most of the copper, being run by a bunch of jerks in suits.
And what source did Hard Drive give for the quote? I've yet to see a source that doesn't essentially boil down to some guy having been told by somebody or other that it was true (i.e. hearsay).
I'd really like the quote to be attributable to Gates but I doubt it can be. Even if it can I doubt it would be funny in the original context.
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How the hell did this get moderated "insightful" instead of "funny"? No, really. That's bad even for the kind of moderation you tend to get around here.
I may be a Mac fanboy, but I don't see how fewer computers can be a benefit for students.
Not all of the resources at a university are there for the students. I think the reduction in the number of computers would be due to researchers who previously needed a PC and a Mac now getting a single box.
I have a car for the family already. Why does nobody make an inexpensive, two-seater, two-door commuter car that a normal sized person would be comfortable driving?
When the smart fortwo arrives in the U.S.A. you should take a test drive.
I haven't been in the new model yet but I have been in several of the current fortwos and recently test drove one myself out of curiosity. They have much more interior space than people seem to think and are quite fun to drive. The downside is that they really are only intended for the daily commute and poking about town but if you already have a family car that shouldn't matter. Just don't think of it as being something it's not; it's a small car and will only ever be a small car.
People trash talk the smart quite a bit but if you've actually been for a few trips in one you'll know that it comes mostly from ignorance.
In Australia notes are all different colors (red, green, blue, pink etcetc) to make it patently obvious which note is which. It might not help blind people, but it prevents silly mistakes and makes money easily identifiable!
The polymer that Australian Bank Notes are made from also has raised areas to help the blind and the clear windows are also different shapes with a smoother texture. Not just handy for blind people; they're also good anti counterfeiting measures.
The Wikipedia article on the Australian Dollar has a nice chart of the Polymer Series. Having lived in Germany (post Euro), Australia and the U.S.A. I can honestly say that Australian banknote technology is something that the U.S.A. and many other countries really should look into licensing.
I had to reload the page several times because the flash animations stopped producing sound for some reason. I wonder if it's just coincidence that something similar happened to you.
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Talking about a "good OS" is all very well, but did classic MacOS on the Macintosh 128k do these things?
It didn't need to. It never ran a multitasking version of MacOS, IIRC. I may be mistaken though.
(And indeed, although I know that modern OSs do do this, I'd be curious to see them tested in practice - how well does OS X, or any other OS come to that, run if you never ever close anything down?)
Just fine, as long as you aren't constantly switching between every application you have open. I just looked at my dock and I've got fourteen applications open and my both cores of my CPU are 95% idle. I'm probably only going to use three or four of the running applications today so everything will be just fine.
Just about all popular games also come in a DRM free version. These versions are usually called "cracked", "patched" or "warzed".
Serriously though, pirated versions of music, DVDs and games are often superior for these kinds of reasons. Buy the boxed copy and leave it in its shrink wrap then pirate it.
You're out of luck if you want to play online.
Which leave you what, muzzle loading muskets?
Shotguns and bolt-action rifles, as the other poster said. You can get a licence for other types of firearms if you can show a need. There are some categories of firearms though which almost always require you to be in the military.
They've taken away anything with which you can reasonably defend yourself from criminals, let alone the government.
You don't need to defend yourself with a gun; like I said, there's hardly a criminal that owns a firearm, let alone a prohibited firearm. Those that do own one rarely use them on anyone other than fellow criminals. When I'm in the U.S.A. I'm more worried about about being shot by some hot-headed drunken idiot with a handgun than by a criminal.
As for defence against the government, I'm not buying it. Warfare has changed too much. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with a semi-automatic when the the RAAF would most probably be the ones attacking me.
shortly after they took away all Australian citizens right to own firearms in 1997
Pardon?
Australians can own and use guns just not automatics, semi-automatics or handguns in most cases. They also need to be licensed but anyone with even half a brain and an understanding of gun safety can get a license. The last big tightening of gun laws came after 35 people were killed at the Port Arthur Massacre.
I'm a shooter and I like the Australian gun control laws. I feel much safer about people with guns here than I do when I'm in the U.S.A. There is the odd looney shooting people but not many. Australia's firearm related deaths are 2.94 per 100k people and 2.35 are suicides. For quick comparison, the US rate is 15.22 with 7.35 of those being suicides. There is of course more to these figures than just gun control but it certainly helps.
No way to tell if the guys collecting and tabulating the ballots were paid to alter the results.
That's been thought of, but I think you're probably trolling by bringing it up. I'll bite anyway since I'm sure some people do think this is a valid concern.
I'm not sure how it works in other countries but here in Australia each party can send scrutineers to polling places. After polling closes, the scrutineers stand around looking at ballots as they are counted to make sure it's done right. Of course though, they will ignore informal votes for their party while pointing them out those for other parties. That's why you need scrutineers from every party there. Take a look at the scrutineers handbook for more details of what they do before, during and after polling.
And you can always go back and recount the paper votes a second time if need be.
Paper voting is old and well proven technology. Only a fool would choose an unproven technology just because it's new or marginally faster.
transmuting the carbon in their fuel carbon another element.
How the hell did I do that?... Obviously, the word into was converted into carbon. Perhaps this is where the magical engines are storing it all.
Different engines have drastically different amounts of CO2/Gallon emissions.
This would of course be because some engines use the CO2 to produce pixie dust rather than releasing it into the air, yes?
Burning a gallon of gas will produce the same amount of CO2 regardless of what type of engine you do it in. It's not like some engines have a magical device for transmuting the carbon in their fuel carbon another element.
Well, everyone is saying it'll be in 2008 but given how small the Australian market is and the kind of behaviour our phone companies display it'll probably be later rather than sooner.
I fully expect that it will better to buy an unlocked iPhone from overseas and live without the network specific features such as voice mail. When an Australian carrier does get on board I'll decide if it's worth switching network.
it's OK if your mother didn't love you. serriously though, laughing at someone with an iPhone in the next few days will be a sure way to show how much of an unwanted geek _you_ are
Samzenpus is in Australia (where it wouldn't be night right now), it's still the 27th, which is the night before the night before the iPhone is released. That extra "night before" missing from TFS might seem inconsequential, but remember kids-- if you're buying an iPhone, don't get off work early [thurs] TOMORROW night, get off work early on Friday June 29 to get in line in time.
... I am in Australia. Hello from the future. Tomorrow is Friday but the iPhone wont be out until the end of next year in the land of the antipodeans.
Erm, I think I'm supposed to put a "you insensitive clod" in there someplace...
Four letters they missed...
They didn't miss anything. The list only includes the five most active projects from last week.
Oh c'mon...how many "yer mom"s do we get on slashdot?
Too many, as the mods have now pointed out to you...
I'm guessing the grandparent was talking about Chadstone Shopping Center since that has Target, K-Mart, Myer, Toys'r'us, EB Games and JB Hi-Fi all selling the Wii in the same building. The biggest price difference I've seen there is about AU$20 though so I can't imagine the average punter bothering to shop around much.
There have been Wiis in stock whenever I've been to Chadstone in the last few months but don't know how many exactly.
Pet peeve of mine. How do you pronounce "$1 billion"?
With my pinky finger at the corner of my mouth and a pool full of sharks with lasers attached to their heads in the background.
That's how I pronounce it. Muhahaha.
OK, I did some Googling but didn't find anything... what's the joke?
For quite a few people in Australia you do need to pay line rental if you want internet access. There's a lot of old pair gain telephone infrastructure down under so you can't have ADSL at all in some places.
As others have pointed out there's also the issue of Telstra, who own most of the copper, being run by a bunch of jerks in suits.
...that cause drone workers to produce children
Just a small nitpick: I think you mean "that cause workers to produce children". Workers and drones are separate castes and all drones are male.
And what source did Hard Drive give for the quote? I've yet to see a source that doesn't essentially boil down to some guy having been told by somebody or other that it was true (i.e. hearsay).
I'd really like the quote to be attributable to Gates but I doubt it can be. Even if it can I doubt it would be funny in the original context.
How the hell did this get moderated "insightful" instead of "funny"? No, really. That's bad even for the kind of moderation you tend to get around here.
I may be a Mac fanboy, but I don't see how fewer computers can be a benefit for students.
Not all of the resources at a university are there for the students. I think the reduction in the number of computers would be due to researchers who previously needed a PC and a Mac now getting a single box.
I have a car for the family already. Why does nobody make an inexpensive, two-seater, two-door commuter car that a normal sized person would be comfortable driving?
When the smart fortwo arrives in the U.S.A. you should take a test drive.
I haven't been in the new model yet but I have been in several of the current fortwos and recently test drove one myself out of curiosity. They have much more interior space than people seem to think and are quite fun to drive. The downside is that they really are only intended for the daily commute and poking about town but if you already have a family car that shouldn't matter. Just don't think of it as being something it's not; it's a small car and will only ever be a small car.
People trash talk the smart quite a bit but if you've actually been for a few trips in one you'll know that it comes mostly from ignorance.
Don't do what China does and start offering money in different sizes. It's really annoying to use, and hard to stack.
Then the Chinese must be using sizes with large differences between them, which the Wikipedia article on the Renminbi does not show.
Australian banknotes are different sizes (comparable to the Chinese sizes) and I've never had a problem sorting, stacking or using them.
In Australia notes are all different colors (red, green, blue, pink etcetc) to make it patently obvious which note is which. It might not help blind people, but it prevents silly mistakes and makes money easily identifiable!
The polymer that Australian Bank Notes are made from also has raised areas to help the blind and the clear windows are also different shapes with a smoother texture. Not just handy for blind people; they're also good anti counterfeiting measures.
The Wikipedia article on the Australian Dollar has a nice chart of the Polymer Series. Having lived in Germany (post Euro), Australia and the U.S.A. I can honestly say that Australian banknote technology is something that the U.S.A. and many other countries really should look into licensing.
Under feudalism, your count votes.
I had to reload the page several times because the flash animations stopped producing sound for some reason. I wonder if it's just coincidence that something similar happened to you.