first movie review - 1907 published in the Bulliten magazine
pernament crease trousers (1957)
The world's first milk bar opened in Martin Place, Sydney, in 1933, offering "milk shakes" for fourpence (extra for an egg yolk). The idea was taken to Britain by an Australian entrepreneur in 1935
the bionic ear
the wine cask
the torpedo - 1874 Lous Brennen
The tank - 1912 Lance de Mole
Paper machine gun belt (reduces jamming)
the two-stroke lawn mower (victa)
The Interscan aircraft landing system
atomic absorption spectroscopy
in vitro fertilisation and frozen embryo implantation
snake bite antivenene
The stump jump plough
major contributions into the use of Penicillin & anit-biotics
The notepad
The Xerox photocopying machine (developed using research completed ay Sydney University in 1902)
Yup same here in Australia. When they were planning the introduction of the GST here there was a huge arguement about exactly when a BBQ Chicken is taxable and when it is not.
A cooked and still warm BBQ chook is taxable under the GST, an cooked but now cold chook is not taxable - at what temperature does the chook become cold?
I don't think anyone actually knows...
[a detailed list of which foods are taxed and which aren't under the GST can be found here]
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Yeah - worse still, it's 6:54am 02/04/01 here in Australia... Somebody tell'em it's bad luck to make April Fools jokes when it's no longer April Fools day...
wasn't there some rule about not making jokes past midday on 01-04?
Digital subscriber lines carry data at high speeds over standard copper telephone wires. With DSL, data can be delivered at a rate of 1.5 mbps (around 30 times faster than through a 56-kbps modem). Also, DSL users can receive voice and data simultaneously, so small offices can leave computers plugged into the Net without interrupting phone connections. Currently, DSL is expensive because specialized equipment--a splitter--needs to be installed at the subscriber's location
From the article itself:
"...We bridge the gap where DSL and cable can't go..."
"...Being wireless, Sprint's system bypasses the phone network..."
consider the sheer NUMBER of starbucks outlets in, for example NYC. Last time I was there there was a Starbucks (or two) on every block.
If they don't implement some sort of time or data limits, as mentioned here, Starbucks would effectively be providing free wireless internet access for the entire area... something to think about...
read more in this article posted to slashdot in january.
Sony are also planning on releasing a new Clie in Japan today (no more information available yet)
It was also announced that the Handspring range will go on sale in Australia this week. They're being distributed & supported by Vodafone. Prices range from AUD$349 - AUD$1043, the Edge will cost AUD$899. There was an article in yesterdays's AustralianIT and there's a small article over at cnet today.
Radiation effects cause "upsets" that are like computer crashes, but OPAL can reset itself. Over time, though, the electronics could get so boggled by radiation they might stop working. But OPAL has had only a dozen upsets in a year, says Twiggs: "I wish Windows operated that well on my computer."
Is this the developer having a dig at Windows or a reference to the fact that the pico-sats are running Windows?
Take a look at Microsoft's latest release - Outlook Mobile Manager. The bit of interest is how they compress text [screenshot] using their *new* technology Intellishrink.
You can choose various levels of text compression from none, remove spaces/punctuation to remove vowels...
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Hmm lets see here...
Should I stop now?
Yup same here in Australia. When they were planning the introduction of the GST here there was a huge arguement about exactly when a BBQ Chicken is taxable and when it is not.
A cooked and still warm BBQ chook is taxable under the GST, an cooked but now cold chook is not taxable - at what temperature does the chook become cold?
I don't think anyone actually knows...
[a detailed list of which foods are taxed and which aren't under the GST can be found here]
Yeah - worse still, it's 6:54am 02/04/01 here in Australia... Somebody tell'em it's bad luck to make April Fools jokes when it's no longer April Fools day...
wasn't there some rule about not making jokes past midday on 01-04?
I can't believe it. This story has NOTHING to do with DSL and everything to do with Wireless Broadband access.
as defined by c|net:
From the article itself:
Wait for it...It's coming soon to an internet applicance near you.
sorry to reply to myself but...
consider the sheer NUMBER of starbucks outlets in, for example NYC. Last time I was there there was a Starbucks (or two) on every block.
If they don't implement some sort of time or data limits, as mentioned here, Starbucks would effectively be providing free wireless internet access for the entire area... something to think about...
read more in this article posted to slashdot in january.
cheers, swgn
It's already started...
heaps more to read over on google.
cheers, swgn
the register article does not mention them getting rid of palm, merely that the audrey, when launched, was going to "out-palm palm"...
3coms holding was 93.91% last time I checked. ouch.
i really don't think they'll be getting out in any hurry.
Yup - 4 hours too late.
what took you so long?
wanna see the new CLIE?
Well Duh.
Palm tried to make itself sexy by hiring Claudia Schiffer to promote it and releasing a special "Claudia" edition (a Vx with metalic blue faceplate)
I wonder which supermodel handspring will use?
FYI red is only available from handspring.com
Cheers!
Huh? the m505 is due to be released next week.
Wanna see what it looks like?
Sony are also planning on releasing a new Clie in Japan today (no more information available yet)
It was also announced that the Handspring range will go on sale in Australia this week. They're being distributed & supported by Vodafone. Prices range from AUD$349 - AUD$1043, the Edge will cost AUD$899. There was an article in yesterdays's AustralianIT and there's a small article over at cnet today.
save slashdot / freshmeat / thinkgeek - buy a t-shirt
Quick - somebody print up some stickers...
Ur.. does this count as a product?
from the article:
Is this the developer having a dig at Windows or a reference to the fact that the pico-sats are running Windows?
Huh? The probe has been orbiting EROS for the past year... How can you say this?
Take a look at Microsoft's latest release - Outlook Mobile Manager. The bit of interest is how they compress text [screenshot] using their *new* technology Intellishrink.
You can choose various levels of text compression from none, remove spaces/punctuation to remove vowels...
ugh
I'd like to see some stats on current usage and bandwidth resources.
Everytime I read an article where the source story is slashdotted I think about the kinds of resources being used by slashdot itself.
Kernel.org has a nice bandwidth meter - how about seeing the throughput of this site.
[at least then we can see how close slashdot is to being slashdotted]
cheers - swgn
Sorry... I realise they were for UK postings - I should have mentioned the bit of the story I was referring to:-
> What does this mean for their English distribution?
nothing.
There are other places in the world where English is spoken.
Has anyone checked their homepage?
Not only are they shipping 7.1 [with da 2.4 kernel] on the 12th - they are also hiring...
What's going on?
...make that $187.43 and rising.
Wish I could join... Seems they only let those with issued-in-the-US-of-A credit cards in on the fun.
I agree that is really a non-story but it's not without a few insightful comments.
Hell what's the group product manager with Microsoft's Windows .Net server marketing group doing at LinuxWorld anyway?
2001-02-01 23:00:00 Microsoft goes Open Source (articles,microsoft) (rejected)
no wait... the frames point to the same url.
duh (sorry)
there's a mirror located here
(only it's /.'d as well!)