The reason why recycling has not been more widely adopted is because it costs more to recycle a computer than can be gained from the products gained from that recycling. Apparently here in Australia, a trial recycling program was run for a while - but the computer manufacturer had to PAY $5 to get the computer recycled.
Maybe when a critical mass of recycling takes place - economy-of-scale is achieved - then recycling will be economical. This problem is that people will have to pay until this is achieved - thus creating a paradox.
The music company should not be entitled to royalties here, because the mobile phone ringtones are not original copyrighted material. The people who put the ringtone codes on the internet have to work out the notes and their corresponding keystrokes, etc. The result is far from the original - no lyrics for instance. If royalties are to be charged on these, then they should also be charged on a person singing along to a song they hear on radio or a CD, after all it too is replicating (albeit, mostly poorly) the melody of the songs.
Does anyone know why the USAF would fly it to RAAF Edinburgh in Adelaide, rather than RAAF Townsville or RAAF Williamtowm? Since it's being deployed in Queensland, it would make more sense flying it closer to where it's going to be used...
As far as I know, Telstra is not the largest ISP or even the largest wholesale provider in the country. Optus bandwidth is both larger and cheaper. I'm fairly sure that more ISPs get their bandwidth from Optus. I know mine does. Add to that, Optus now has the largest connection out of the country, the Southern Cross Cable from east coast to US.
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The reason why recycling has not been more widely adopted is because it costs more to recycle a computer than can be gained from the products gained from that recycling. Apparently here in Australia, a trial recycling program was run for a while - but the computer manufacturer had to PAY $5 to get the computer recycled. Maybe when a critical mass of recycling takes place - economy-of-scale is achieved - then recycling will be economical. This problem is that people will have to pay until this is achieved - thus creating a paradox.
The music company should not be entitled to royalties here, because the mobile phone ringtones are not original copyrighted material. The people who put the ringtone codes on the internet have to work out the notes and their corresponding keystrokes, etc. The result is far from the original - no lyrics for instance. If royalties are to be charged on these, then they should also be charged on a person singing along to a song they hear on radio or a CD, after all it too is replicating (albeit, mostly poorly) the melody of the songs.
Does anyone know why the USAF would fly it to RAAF Edinburgh in Adelaide, rather than RAAF Townsville or RAAF Williamtowm? Since it's being deployed in Queensland, it would make more sense flying it closer to where it's going to be used...
As far as I know, Telstra is not the largest ISP or even the largest wholesale provider in the country. Optus bandwidth is both larger and cheaper. I'm fairly sure that more ISPs get their bandwidth from Optus. I know mine does. Add to that, Optus now has the largest connection out of the country, the Southern Cross Cable from east coast to US.
Only if you are American...