Oops -- any clever moderator, please remove the post just above, HTML error....:)
Firstly, it passed major legislation that enables the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), similar to the CIA
Actually, ASIO mainly deals with internal matters, so it's more like the FBI. We have other agencies that are concerned with foreign affairs; apparently DFAT (the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade) got in a lot of trouble a few years ago for not finding out about the hiring of the Sandline mercenaries in Papua New Guinea, despite the local embassy possessing the capability to monitor and store *every* telephone call in the country, Echelon-style......
Firstly, it passed major legislation that enables the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), similar to the CIA
Actually, ASIO mainly deals with internal matters, so it's more like the FBI. We have other agencies that are concerned with foreign affairs; apparently DFAT (the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade) got in a lot of trouble a few years ago for not finding out about the hiring of the Sandline mercenaries in Papua New Guinea, despite the local embassy possessing the capability to monitor and store *every* telephone call in the country, Echelon-style......
Does this mean that the recent Jam Echelon Day, where everyone was supposed to use terrorist-style keywords in their mails, will be used as an excuse for the NSA to funnel more money under innocuous headings in the Budget?
Disclaimer: I'm Australian, it's the CIA I'm scared of. Besides, one of the US signals intelligence bases here closed down recently, because they didn't need it any more....
Why run Linux on iBook. Because you can. The Universe is infinitely perverse. Seriously, if you run both MacOS and Linux why buy two seperate laptops? I remember when the iBook was first announced. The first/. post I read said "so when will it run Linux?". If someone built Babbage's Analytical Engine, the first comment on/. will be "so when will it run Linux" followed shortly by "FreeBSD would make it more secure."
..... no, the first post would read something like
"f1rST POsT! B1FF RU13Z!"
and would be quickly moderated out of existence. The next post after "when will it run Linux?" would be "hey, a Beowulf cluster of these would be k00l", while Jon Katz would write an overlong and unnecessary essay asking whether American society was ready to deal with this new technological phenomenon.
Sorry, it's been a long day.:/
Also, didn't someone build the AE from the plans not too long ago?
I'm ashamed to say I haven't read the book.... I own everything else Stephenson's done, except _Cryptonomicon_ which probably won't be out here in Australia for a while.....
I just wanted to say how good that review was -- a number of the fiction review here on/. have not been much longer than "I liked it -- you will too. Buy this book here.", but this was a detailed analysis that covered a range of topics.
Slashdot Mirror
quoth emmett:
In the interest of 'keeping it real,' I immediately contacted TurboLinux and spoke to their VP of Marketing, Lonn Johnston, to get the story straight.
Of course! I know that when I want truth, I just go straight to someone who works in marketing!
One of the images on this article has the ALT
:)
tag "Point, Click and Shop @ MSN Shopping"....
Now surely that's the *last* thing you'd want
to be doing on an MS server after reading this
article
kubrick
"Ad Astra"
To the stars
"Per"
Through
"Aspera"
Adversity
So, literally, the quote means "To the stars through adversity", but your translation captures the meaning well enough
Disclaimer: I've only studied Latin for 5 years or so, and that was about 10 years ago....
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post just above, HTML error....
Firstly, it passed major legislation that enables the Australian Security and
Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), similar to the CIA
Actually, ASIO mainly deals with internal matters, so it's more like the FBI. We have other agencies that are concerned with foreign affairs; apparently DFAT (the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade) got in a lot of trouble a few years ago for not finding out about the hiring of the Sandline mercenaries in Papua New Guinea, despite the local embassy possessing the capability to monitor and store *every* telephone call in the country, Echelon-style......
Firstly, it passed major legislation that enables the Australian Security and
Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), similar to the CIA
Actually, ASIO mainly deals with internal matters, so it's more like the FBI. We have other agencies that are concerned with foreign affairs; apparently DFAT (the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade) got in a lot of trouble a few years ago for not finding out about the hiring of the Sandline mercenaries in Papua New Guinea, despite the local embassy possessing the capability to monitor and store *every* telephone call in the country, Echelon-style......
Does this mean that the recent Jam Echelon Day, where everyone was supposed to use terrorist-style keywords in their mails, will be used as an excuse for the NSA to funnel more money under innocuous headings in the Budget?
Disclaimer: I'm Australian, it's the CIA I'm scared of. Besides, one of the US signals intelligence bases here closed down recently, because they didn't need it any more....
Why run Linux on iBook. Because you can. The Universe is infinitely perverse. Seriously, if you /. post I read said "so when will it run Linux?". If someone built Babbage's /. will be "so when will it run Linux" followed shortly by
:/
run both MacOS and Linux why buy two seperate laptops? I remember when the iBook was first
announced. The first
Analytical Engine, the first comment on
"FreeBSD would make it more secure."
..... no, the first post would read something like
"f1rST POsT! B1FF RU13Z!"
and would be quickly moderated out of existence.
The next post after "when will it run Linux?" would be "hey, a Beowulf cluster of these would be k00l", while Jon Katz would write an overlong and unnecessary essay asking whether American society was ready to deal with this new technological phenomenon.
Sorry, it's been a long day.
Also, didn't someone build the AE from the plans not too long ago?
I'm ashamed to say I haven't read the book.... I own everything else Stephenson's done, except _Cryptonomicon_ which probably won't be out here in Australia for a while.....
I just wanted to say how good that review was -- a number of the fiction review here on
Just have to show my
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