auDA seeks control so it can introduce competition and lower prices for.au domains.
Intoducing artificial competition for it's own sake is ludicrous, just look at what it's doing to our electricity industry, and to a lesser extent telecommunications (there is some genuine competition in that sector, but there is also fake competition with the government playing silly games).
American readers will be amazed that the changes to the electricity industry in at least one state over here were actually based on the way things are run in California!
One example, currently generic domain names are banned (i.e. cars.com.au) yet many get through (news.com.au)
Bad example. News corporation is the name of the company. Does anyone have an example that can actually adress this complaint?
Yes it is - glass has a higher tensile strength than steel. Don't just trust me though, look it up.
Remember that tensile strength is not equal to toughness.
Glass is nowhere near as tough as any steel, if you hit a plate of steel with a hammer it will dent, if you hit plate glass it will shatter. With fibres you need to break them one at a time, so toughness is not an issue with glass fibre.
>Australians learn to get off their bums and get involved, like Americans do
I didn't know that all adult US citizens voted!
Personally I think that it is the duty of all citizens in a democracy to "get off their bums" and vote - and that is something that is enforced in Australia.
>Is something upside down Down Under?
> Yes, it is called "SOCIALISM", an
No, No, No - The socialists lost.
The ruling party is called "Liberal" the same way that East Germany was called a "Democratic Republic" when it wasn't.
The founder of the party, Sir Robert Menzies (alias Pig-Iron Bob, for selling iron to Japan during the pre-WW2 invasion of Asia) announced in the foundation speech that the profit motive is the highest form of human expression (or similar words). Think of the Republican party, but with a very small membership.
It was only shown for one night in a cinema here, and was sold out weeks ahead. I was told that it was shown for less than ten sessions in all of Australia - shown at film festivals over the duration of the Olympics.
The only way to see it here will be on DVD, but not legally, because of region locking. The distributors are likely to hold off in this region for a few years, since there hasn't been a cinema release.
Only the big movies are on DVD in this region.
It's possible to get a machine without the locking, but if the distribution system was fixed there wouldn't be a need for the region locking in the first place.
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Yes it is - glass has a higher tensile strength than steel. Don't just trust me though, look it up. Remember that tensile strength is not equal to toughness. Glass is nowhere near as tough as any steel, if you hit a plate of steel with a hammer it will dent, if you hit plate glass it will shatter. With fibres you need to break them one at a time, so toughness is not an issue with glass fibre.
>Australians learn to get off their bums and get involved, like Americans do
I didn't know that all adult US citizens voted!
Personally I think that it is the duty of all citizens in a democracy to "get off their bums" and vote - and that is something that is enforced in Australia.
>Is something upside down Down Under?
> Yes, it is called "SOCIALISM", an
No, No, No - The socialists lost.
The ruling party is called "Liberal" the same way that East Germany was called a "Democratic Republic" when it wasn't.
The founder of the party, Sir Robert Menzies (alias Pig-Iron Bob, for selling iron to Japan during the pre-WW2 invasion of Asia) announced in the foundation speech that the profit motive is the highest form of human expression (or similar words). Think of the Republican party, but with a very small membership.
And doesn't want her kids brainwashed by Hubburdology
It was only shown for one night in a cinema here, and was sold out weeks ahead. I was told that it was shown for less than ten sessions in all of Australia - shown at film festivals over the duration of the Olympics.
The only way to see it here will be on DVD, but not legally, because of region locking. The distributors are likely to hold off in this region for a few years, since there hasn't been a cinema release.
Only the big movies are on DVD in this region.
It's possible to get a machine without the locking, but if the distribution system was fixed there wouldn't be a need for the region locking in the first place.