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  1. Re:Not only in the US... on Canadian Health Scientists Resort To Sneaker Net After Funding Slashed · · Score: 1

    The newly elected (Sep 2013) Australian Government no longer has a Science Minister.

  2. This is not news on High-Gain Patch Antennas Boost Wi-Fi Capacity In Crowded Lecture Halls · · Score: 1

    I was told by a ham radio operator back in the day that a radio setup is only ever as good as its antenna system (and that includes the coax and feedline) to me this simply sounds like they finally listened to the old man in the crew.

  3. Share and Enjoy on Google Loses Autocomplete Defamation Case · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the Italian Justice System should 'go stick its head in a pig'.

  4. Re:That's just unfair on SABAM Wants Truckers To Pay For Listening To Radio · · Score: 2

    I used to be a taxi driver here in .au, many years ago something similar happened with a big fuss from APRA/AMCOS going after hair dressers and the like for playing music in their stores. I phone APRA for clarification and was told that playing music in my taxi was not considered a public performance, (as the passenger could ask for it to be turned off/ stations changed etc). Strange how different countries can see the same thing in a different light?

  5. Re:Samsung Support on Samsung Unveils Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy S II · · Score: 1

    Really?? Still waiting for my 2.2 upgrade, but it is Telstra Australia I'm waiting on, so it may be 2015 before that happens.

  6. Re:XML? that's so 1990 on Australian Stats Agency Goes Open Source · · Score: 1

    Does anyone else feel like they just looked at some COBOL source when looking at the YAML example?

  7. Re:Bastards! on 10 OSes We Left Behind · · Score: 1

    I have a 1024STe and an 1024STfm for sale (plus a coloUr and mono monitor) designed for 240Volts.

    Was working when they were last used.

    In original boxes.

    Based in Australia, email me if our interested.

  8. happy customer on Email-only Providers? · · Score: 1

    www.mail2web.com for webbified access to the email, and myhosting.com for a basic hosting service has worked for me for many years.

    [disclaimer: I have no commercial affiliation with these people, I am a satisfied customer]

  9. Previous Art on Microsoft Patents "Pg Up" and "Pg Dn" · · Score: 1

    Isn't a page down just an ASCII Char(12) anyway?

  10. free? on Senate Passes Telecom Immunity Bill · · Score: 1

    Am I glad I don't live in the land of the free.

  11. Re:What the.... on User Charged With Felony For Using Fake Name On MySpace · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That said, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is pretty broken, particularly with the "PATRIOT" Act "enhancements". They pretty thoroughly make working with computers into a minefield. Nearly everyone on the Internet has probably been on the wrong side of it at least once. Basically, it's a law designed to ensure that everyone is a criminal so that they can screw people over if you get on their bad side. Sadly, this could be interpreted as falling into the list of things that are criminal acts under that law.

    I am so glad I don't live in the home of the free.

  12. Legal Options on YouTube Must Give All User Histories To Viacom · · Score: 1

    Can I (as an Australian YouTube user) take any legal action here in Australia that would restrain google from providing my entries in the logfile to the US court?

    Can any particular user anywhere in the world take similar action in their oown country, or would it need to be taken somewhere in the US?

  13. Six months then. on Windows XP SP3 Released To Manufacturing · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Early Summer!

    So somewhere around December then?

  14. Re:And they wonder... on More DMCA Censorship at Yahoo! · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yours is probably a rhetorical question, and you would know how to find out but..
    Del Shannon originally penned (and had a hit with it) in 1961

    Lawrence Welk 1962.
    the Small Faces in 1967
    Elvis Presley in 1970,
    the Beach Boys were known to have played it live.
    Charlie Kulis 1975
    Bonnie Raitt 1977

    Just to name a few

  15. Re:not your ordinary DRM on Aboriginal Archive Uses New DRM · · Score: 1

    I wasnt about to list the 100+ tribal names in Australia, it would simply confuse the international readers too much.

  16. Re:not your ordinary DRM on Aboriginal Archive Uses New DRM · · Score: 1

    As I dont have kids I wouldnt know whats being taught (in each state at that).

    I know about it because I work in an IT arena that supports Aboriginal organisations.

    I guess the average Australian woulnt know about this stuff as most Australian Aboriginal communities are loathe to share their culture because of the 'secret men's/women's business' aspect.

  17. Re:not your ordinary DRM on Aboriginal Archive Uses New DRM · · Score: 5, Informative

    I know some Koori's, that's how first Australian's (the politically correct term in Australia for Aboriginals) refer to themselves.

    Actually the Aboriginal people of the area known as New South Wales call themselves Koori, the people of Queensland call themselves Murri, the South Australian's are Nunga, WA far west (around Perth) are Nunya, whilst in the Top End (Darwin Region) there are Larrakia, Tiwi, Mirar and Yolgnu, People of Central Australia call themselves Arrente, Marla etc. Whereas I am a Balanda (in the local language).

  18. Re:The really scary part of this ruling.... on Australia Rules Linking to Copyright Material Also Illegal · · Score: 1

    Being a signatory to a UN treaty does not make it law, the UN has no teeth on a lot of them, and the Australian court system not recognising this clause is one of them.

    The other is getting their money out of the US government

    PS. I can never figure this out, I submitted this story a full 2 hours before this submitter did (and didnt leave it anonymous) yet my submission gets rejected and this anonymous one gets through..

  19. Re:What about going to heaven? on Doctors Claim Suspended Animation Success · · Score: 1

    Why they believe one ascends to heaven immediately upon a man saying they are dead. [sic]

    Who is to say the moment death occurs. I'm of the belief that the moment of death and the moment that doctors pronounce a person dead are not necessarily the same time. Which body part's death constitutes complete death? If it's the brain, are all terminal patients hooked up to EKG machines to get more precise measurements of time of death? ?

    It's when the silver cord is broken (Ecclesiastes 12, KJV)

  20. Re:Boots not shoes. on Hurricane Relief - What Would You Bring? · · Score: 1

    Hang on a sec.. your building wooden framed houses to locate in a hurricane zone?

    Those structures would never receive a certificate of occupancy in my part of the cyclone affected world. I know your trying to do the right thing but you really need to evaluate the structural integrity of the homes your building. There WILL be another hurricane or a near miss.

  21. Re:Those wacky australians... on World Solar Challenge Started in Australian Desert · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the driver got carried away, after all he was racing on the same circuit, as the v8 supercars.

  22. Asimov the fortune teller. on GM Claims Advanced Cruise Control By 2008 · · Score: 1

    And the car would be named Matthew, and a later model would be Sally.

  23. Re:Why the IAFC is against the change on One Step Away from Changing Daylight Savings Time · · Score: 1

    Here in Australia the big 'change your smoke alarm battery' day is April 1, no fooling..

  24. Re:Why the IAFC is against the change on One Step Away from Changing Daylight Savings Time · · Score: 1

    The Queen of England is also the Queen of Canada, she is also the Queen of Australia and the Queen of New Zealand, just to name a few more.

  25. Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics on Study Shows One Third of All Studies Are Nonsense · · Score: 1

    A study carried out in Australia back in 1943 found that 50% of all people currently married were female.