As long as the service works that doesn't look too bad.
I wonder how much content there is, it would be good to have for a few months. Or even run the two week trial after the season has finished.
Foxtel did have issues with streaming the first episode from what I have read, their servers were overloaded.
The biggest problem is that now you need four or so services in order to watch what you want... that quickly adds up.
Australian Shooter here with my humble opinion (take it or leave it!)
The gun laws here keep the honest guys honest, but it won't solve the problem America has that all these rifles are still out there in circulation, and easy to get.
Our gun laws prevent a lot of rifles that could do this from entering circulation. This has only happened through a massive buy back and gun control over the past 20 years, as well as making it just enough of a pain to go through the hoops to gun ownership, especially for automatic rifles.
With the reluctance of US citizens handing them over due to your second amendment, I really think it wont work... well not for decades at best.
Having so many gun owners with concealed carry permits etc. means there are other things that don't happen over there. I would say that any major terrorism plot would be cut down a lot due to the high level of personal gun ownership, as well as carry/concealed carry permits. Knowing full well that (in some states) one in 10 people could shoot you if you tried something, would make it hardly worthwhile.
So what is wrong with the people committing these acts? What drives people to go that crazy that they will take another life? The gun enables them to do it easily, but the crazy is always there. I wish here was an easy solution.
One thing that is good, is the Blu-ray bit stream audio pass through is included in this update.
I trust my amp more than I trust the XBone to make up its mind what speakers to use when transforming a 2/5.1/6.1 to what my speakers are configured as (7.1).
Hopefully it extends to the media player as well.
There was a case here in Australia where a someone bought the copyright to the Australia song "Kookaburra" from the deceased writer's estate. The song was originally written by a school teacher for the girl guides in 1932.
They then proceeded to sue the band Men at Work for copyright infringement on a flute line in their song "Land Down Under" which supposedly shared similarities. They were ordered to back pay royalties for the song.
I am in a Firearms for Sale group in Australia.
All firearms sales must go through a licenced firearms dealer here, with Facebook just being a place to advertise.
I don't post many comments on here, but I just wanted to offer my perspective (Take it or leave it)
As a Licenced Gun Owner in Australia, there are a few things I think we have got right (Some things we have got wrong too)
There are a few categories over here for ownership
Cat A: Rimfire Rifles (Not Semi/Full Auto), and Shotguns (Not Semi/Full Auto or Pump) - Magazine Capacity up to 10 rounds
Cat B: Center fire Rifles (Not Semi/Full Auto) - Magazine capacity up to 10 rounds
Cat C: Pump Action Shotguns up to 5 rounds, Semi Auto Rimfire Rifles with Magazine capacity up to 10 Rounds
Cat D: Semi Auto Centre fire Rifles and all other rifles/shutguns with Larger magazine capacity
Cat H: Handguns
1. Safe Storage
This in my opinion is the most important thing. Anyone can break into a Firearms Safe but is required for all owners and is inspected regularly by local police.
Does this stop someone steeling your firearms... not really. It does stop my kids and other people from getting at them.
Ammo and Firearms must be stored separately.
There are further requirements for Cat C,D and H above normal firearms safes.
2. It is very hard to get a Cat C/D licence here. You need to be a primary producer (Run a farm etc.) for Cat C, and there are even more restrictions on Cat D.
As much as I would love to shoot/go hunting with a Semi Auto Rifle, it really isn't a big deal. If you need a semi auto for hunting, then it isn't much of a sport.
3. You can't get a licence if you have had a Criminal Conviction within the last 10 years (Firearms, Drugs, Robbery etc.) or if you have had an Apprehended Violence Order in the last 10 years. So... don't give them to criminals and people that should not be trusted with a firearm. Most Australian Firearms owners are good citizens because they do not wish to loose their licence!
4. Permits to acquire are needed. You need to Apply for a permit to buy a firearm, and specify what type you are buying. The turnaround is around 2 weeks to get it back, but only once you have a permit you can walk in and pick up a firearm. They are about $30 a throw and are valid for 3 months.... This stops people walking in off the street and picking up a firearm, rounds and walking out to use it straight away.
We do have some stupid laws that prohibit gun owners from enjoying their sport.
If you only have a reason to hunt (Vermin control on a property etc) you can't just walk up to a shooting range and shoot, because you must be a member of a range and have that genuine reason too.
No Silencers
Are some of these things a hindrance? Yes, but nothing that stops me enjoying using my rifles, and stopping them getting into the hands of people that will use them for the wrong reasons, or do not know how to use them and could injure themselves or others accidentally.
The questions of personal protection? I guess if most people are not carrying and or using them all the time, then there isn't a problem. I think it will be very hard for America to reverse its stance on that... It would leave the honest people without guns and the not so honest (Read criminals) with them.
I don't have an answer for this, and not sure if the way our laws work would help or hinder this in the short term. Long term it could work.
Don't get me wrong, we have criminals with guns here, but they are much harder to get. Pretty much all guns used in crime are not registered and full automatic firearms (Such as AR15's etc) are going to be hard to find and very expensive.
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I don't think they should jump to any conclusions.
Maybe someone should make a mat for that?
Just another troll. I would mod down but have already commented.
Typical, they are posting as an Anonymous Coward.
Fosters. Australian for beer!
Not in Australia it isn't! No One Drinks Fosters Over here.
We export our crap beer so we don't have to drink it!
8 x The energy but at what cost?
I wonder what the current Gold Pressed Latinum exchange rate is?
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As long as the service works that doesn't look too bad.
I wonder how much content there is, it would be good to have for a few months. Or even run the two week trial after the season has finished.
Foxtel did have issues with streaming the first episode from what I have read, their servers were overloaded.
The biggest problem is that now you need four or so services in order to watch what you want... that quickly adds up.
Australian Shooter here with my humble opinion (take it or leave it!)
The gun laws here keep the honest guys honest, but it won't solve the problem America has that all these rifles are still out there in circulation, and easy to get.
Our gun laws prevent a lot of rifles that could do this from entering circulation. This has only happened through a massive buy back and gun control over the past 20 years, as well as making it just enough of a pain to go through the hoops to gun ownership, especially for automatic rifles.
With the reluctance of US citizens handing them over due to your second amendment, I really think it wont work... well not for decades at best.
Having so many gun owners with concealed carry permits etc. means there are other things that don't happen over there. I would say that any major terrorism plot would be cut down a lot due to the high level of personal gun ownership, as well as carry/concealed carry permits. Knowing full well that (in some states) one in 10 people could shoot you if you tried something, would make it hardly worthwhile.
So what is wrong with the people committing these acts? What drives people to go that crazy that they will take another life? The gun enables them to do it easily, but the crazy is always there. I wish here was an easy solution.
One thing that is good, is the Blu-ray bit stream audio pass through is included in this update.
I trust my amp more than I trust the XBone to make up its mind what speakers to use when transforming a 2/5.1/6.1 to what my speakers are configured as (7.1).
Hopefully it extends to the media player as well.
These studies have such a small sample size yet claim "Most people would...".
The Survey Size seems a bit small to be making these sort of claims.
Their Data is fine, but it probably doesn't reflect much in terms of the real world
There was a case here in Australia where a someone bought the copyright to the Australia song "Kookaburra" from the deceased writer's estate. The song was originally written by a school teacher for the girl guides in 1932.
They then proceeded to sue the band Men at Work for copyright infringement on a flute line in their song "Land Down Under" which supposedly shared similarities. They were ordered to back pay royalties for the song.
The guy who played the flute riff in the song ended up committing suicide some time after.
There is a news article about it here
I am in a Firearms for Sale group in Australia.
All firearms sales must go through a licenced firearms dealer here, with Facebook just being a place to advertise.
I don't post many comments on here, but I just wanted to offer my perspective (Take it or leave it) As a Licenced Gun Owner in Australia, there are a few things I think we have got right (Some things we have got wrong too)
There are a few categories over here for ownership
Cat A: Rimfire Rifles (Not Semi/Full Auto), and Shotguns (Not Semi/Full Auto or Pump) - Magazine Capacity up to 10 rounds
Cat B: Center fire Rifles (Not Semi/Full Auto) - Magazine capacity up to 10 rounds
Cat C: Pump Action Shotguns up to 5 rounds, Semi Auto Rimfire Rifles with Magazine capacity up to 10 Rounds
Cat D: Semi Auto Centre fire Rifles and all other rifles/shutguns with Larger magazine capacity
Cat H: Handguns
1. Safe Storage
This in my opinion is the most important thing. Anyone can break into a Firearms Safe but is required for all owners and is inspected regularly by local police.
Does this stop someone steeling your firearms... not really. It does stop my kids and other people from getting at them.
Ammo and Firearms must be stored separately.
There are further requirements for Cat C,D and H above normal firearms safes.
2. It is very hard to get a Cat C/D licence here. You need to be a primary producer (Run a farm etc.) for Cat C, and there are even more restrictions on Cat D.
As much as I would love to shoot/go hunting with a Semi Auto Rifle, it really isn't a big deal. If you need a semi auto for hunting, then it isn't much of a sport.
3. You can't get a licence if you have had a Criminal Conviction within the last 10 years (Firearms, Drugs, Robbery etc.) or if you have had an Apprehended Violence Order in the last 10 years. So... don't give them to criminals and people that should not be trusted with a firearm. Most Australian Firearms owners are good citizens because they do not wish to loose their licence!
4. Permits to acquire are needed. You need to Apply for a permit to buy a firearm, and specify what type you are buying. The turnaround is around 2 weeks to get it back, but only once you have a permit you can walk in and pick up a firearm. They are about $30 a throw and are valid for 3 months.... This stops people walking in off the street and picking up a firearm, rounds and walking out to use it straight away.
We do have some stupid laws that prohibit gun owners from enjoying their sport.
If you only have a reason to hunt (Vermin control on a property etc) you can't just walk up to a shooting range and shoot, because you must be a member of a range and have that genuine reason too.
No Silencers
Are some of these things a hindrance? Yes, but nothing that stops me enjoying using my rifles, and stopping them getting into the hands of people that will use them for the wrong reasons, or do not know how to use them and could injure themselves or others accidentally.
The questions of personal protection? I guess if most people are not carrying and or using them all the time, then there isn't a problem. I think it will be very hard for America to reverse its stance on that... It would leave the honest people without guns and the not so honest (Read criminals) with them.
I don't have an answer for this, and not sure if the way our laws work would help or hinder this in the short term. Long term it could work.
Don't get me wrong, we have criminals with guns here, but they are much harder to get. Pretty much all guns used in crime are not registered and full automatic firearms (Such as AR15's etc) are going to be hard to find and very expensive.
More info from NSW Police
https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/...
https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/...