No, but they are likely to give away your credit card details for no apparent reason.
In my case, it was the opposite - they gave me someone else's credit card details. I logged into my iTunes account once and discovered a credit card listed there, despite never having entered any details. Card number, cardholder's name, expiry and CCV, all there for me to read and, if I was morally bankrupt, exploit.
If it was a Union Official, I'd have to have ordered a few hookers with his card. >:)
It was also the CSIRO's Parkes Radio Telescope that beamed the Moon Landing.
CSIRO isn't a patent troll, they're a government owned R&D organisation. They get money from inventions, but who doesn't? Patent trolls come up with (obvious) ideas and never make it work. CSIRO actually patents completed inventions.
You're right, it was a bad example in the fact that he actually had more than one policy...
I had been trying to use the old grey-matter to find an example of a loonie party getting in, but couldn't think of one at that moment. Now a better example would be the "Family First Party," who gave us the wonderful Steven Fielding.
The ability for them to get into the Senate was a springboard to being seen as a "legitimate" party, instead of the bunch of ultra-conservative homophobes.
Actually, the Senate is a great springboard for small parties.
It gives us (the people) a safety net by allowing a diverse amount of views to vote on a Bill. Well, that's the theory.
But take a look at the different parties that run for the Senate, such as Xenophon, the old Democrats and even the Greens. Many of these groups end up holding the Balance of Power in the Senate, so it's not to be thought little of.
And if Xenophon can get in on the "No Pokies" ticket, then surely Assange can get in on the "Open Government" ticket?
Two things of note to the young'ns out there: I once read that in reality you should be at least 27 years old before marrying (there's some sort of psychological and brain development still occurring up to that point), and if you marry and start to have problems, do NOT do what a few of my moronic (okay, misguided) friends have done and said "Oh, this sucks.. but.. let's have kids and try to make it better." That's right, I've seen it more than once: people think that having kids will be a FIX for a marriage that's not working... and it's not.
Damn, now I wish I hadn't replied above, so that I could mod that Insightful.
I made the mistake of getting married at 19, and since then have sworn to people that they shouldn't get married before 25. (As well as not to bring kids into a failing marriage)
I have a partner again who is younger than me, who has indicated that they'd agree to marriage - but have stressed that I won't consider it until they're at least 25, because "you don't know who you are until then."
My ex-wife and I did very similar, for I always vowed that were I ever to get a divorce, I'd do it like an adult.
The problem is, it takes two... Since then, my ex-wife has done some rather despicable things, made false allegations of domestic abuse, broken every promise and agreement we made and even left the country with my son.
Like you, I didn't want to think that the person I'd spent the last x years (13 in my case) with would be a horrible person. You never know just how bad they can get until they do it!
Interviewer: (Michael Palin) An excerpt from Carl French's latest film. Carl, we're all a little mystified by your claim that your new film stars Marilyn Monroe.
Carl French: (Graham Chapman) It does, yes.
Interviewer: Who died over ten years ago?
Carl French: Uh, that's correct.
Interviewer: Are you lying?
Carl French: No, no, it's just that she'e very much in the public eye at the moment.
Interviewer: Does she have a big part?
Carl French: She is the star of the film.
Interviewer: And dead.
Carl French: Well, we dug her up and gave her a screen test, a mere formality in her case, and...
Interviewer: Can she still act?
Carl French: Well... well, she-she's still has this-this enormous, ah-ah, kinda indefinable, uh... no.
Interviewer: Was decomposition a problem?
Carl French: We did have to put her in the fridge between takes.
Interviewer: Ah, what sorts of things does she do in the film?
Carl French: Well, we had her lying on beds, lying on floors, falling out of cupboards, scaring the children...
Interviewer: But surely Miss Monroe was cremated?
Carl French: Well, we had to use a standin for some of the more visible shots.
Interviewer: Ah! Uh, another actress.
Carl French: Dead actress. But Monroe was in shot the whole time.
Interviewer: How?
Carl French: Oh, in the ash tray, in the fire grate and vacuum cleaner...
How appropriate would it be for them to give him Credit like that?!
In the 90s, my employer was responsible for me being hospitalised with a work injury...
I was getting support calls sent to me while in my hospital bed, doped up on pethidine/demerol. (and yeah, they (illegally) took it out of my leave - I had to fight to get it credited back!)
You're responding to a post about a Sinclair ZX-81 and complaining about 5Kb of memory?!
Us oldies with the ZX-81s only got 1Kb of the stuff!
(Sure, we could get 16Kb expansion packs for GBP300-ish in circa 1979 money, but they had a habit of spontaneously combusting if you looked at them funny)
The Australian Government is well ahead of you. With the passing of the Carbon Tax, they've finally been able to achieve that Holy Grail of taxation; Taxing the air we breathe.
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No, but they are likely to give away your credit card details for no apparent reason.
In my case, it was the opposite - they gave me someone else's credit card details. I logged into my iTunes account once and discovered a credit card listed there, despite never having entered any details. Card number, cardholder's name, expiry and CCV, all there for me to read and, if I was morally bankrupt, exploit.
If it was a Union Official, I'd have to have ordered a few hookers with his card. >:)
Some of the Australian made cars sell for less in the US than they do in Australia.
That's after shipping the fuckers across to the other side of the world. How the hell does that work?
And then companies will pay Guide $5,000 to have the inventors assassinated so that their valuable patents have now expired.
No license fees? Pure profit!
Ultrasound Scanners (as used by pregnant women everywhere)
Solar hot water
A4 DSP chip
Aerogard, insect repellent
Atomic absorption spectroscopy
Distance measuring equipment (DME) used for aviation navigation
Gene shears
Extended Wear Contact Lenses
Interscan Microwave landing system, a microwave approach and landing system for aircraft
Use of myxomatosis and calicivirus to control rabbit numbers
Parkes Radio Telescope
The permanent pleat for fabrics
Polymer (plastic) banknotes, or "funny money"
Relenza flu drug
'Softly' woolens detergent
X-ray phase contrast imaging
Buffalo fly trap
EXELGRAM (optical anti-counterfeiting technology)
RAFT (Reversible Addition-Fragmentation chain Transfer) Polymerisation
The Mills Cross radiotelescope design
Supercapacitors
24 hour tests for Tuberculosis in animals and humans
It was also the CSIRO's Parkes Radio Telescope that beamed the Moon Landing.
CSIRO isn't a patent troll, they're a government owned R&D organisation. They get money from inventions, but who doesn't? Patent trolls come up with (obvious) ideas and never make it work. CSIRO actually patents completed inventions.
Some more achievements for you.
You're right, it was a bad example in the fact that he actually had more than one policy...
I had been trying to use the old grey-matter to find an example of a loonie party getting in, but couldn't think of one at that moment. Now a better example would be the "Family First Party," who gave us the wonderful Steven Fielding.
The ability for them to get into the Senate was a springboard to being seen as a "legitimate" party, instead of the bunch of ultra-conservative homophobes.
Actually, the Senate is a great springboard for small parties.
It gives us (the people) a safety net by allowing a diverse amount of views to vote on a Bill. Well, that's the theory.
But take a look at the different parties that run for the Senate, such as Xenophon, the old Democrats and even the Greens. Many of these groups end up holding the Balance of Power in the Senate, so it's not to be thought little of.
And if Xenophon can get in on the "No Pokies" ticket, then surely Assange can get in on the "Open Government" ticket?
I'd move to fucking Werribee for a few months, just for the chance to vote her out of office and the Wikileaks candidate in!
And to welcome them as Overlords?
Ouch. Touché. =)
I wasn't. In 83 I was tapping away on my ZX81.
Of course, I was 6, so I guess I have an excuse for being non-comformist. =p
Is this the latest Google offering? I'll pass on the "exclusive invite" thanks...
Two things of note to the young'ns out there: I once read that in reality you should be at least 27 years old before marrying (there's some sort of psychological and brain development still occurring up to that point), and if you marry and start to have problems, do NOT do what a few of my moronic (okay, misguided) friends have done and said "Oh, this sucks.. but.. let's have kids and try to make it better." That's right, I've seen it more than once: people think that having kids will be a FIX for a marriage that's not working... and it's not.
Damn, now I wish I hadn't replied above, so that I could mod that Insightful.
I made the mistake of getting married at 19, and since then have sworn to people that they shouldn't get married before 25. (As well as not to bring kids into a failing marriage)
I have a partner again who is younger than me, who has indicated that they'd agree to marriage - but have stressed that I won't consider it until they're at least 25, because "you don't know who you are until then."
My ex-wife and I did very similar, for I always vowed that were I ever to get a divorce, I'd do it like an adult.
The problem is, it takes two... Since then, my ex-wife has done some rather despicable things, made false allegations of domestic abuse, broken every promise and agreement we made and even left the country with my son.
Like you, I didn't want to think that the person I'd spent the last x years (13 in my case) with would be a horrible person. You never know just how bad they can get until they do it!
What an Obummer...
Interviewer: (Michael Palin) An excerpt from Carl French's latest film. Carl, we're all a little mystified by your claim that your new film stars Marilyn Monroe.
Carl French: (Graham Chapman) It does, yes.
Interviewer: Who died over ten years ago?
Carl French: Uh, that's correct.
Interviewer: Are you lying?
Carl French: No, no, it's just that she'e very much in the public eye at the moment.
Interviewer: Does she have a big part?
Carl French: She is the star of the film.
Interviewer: And dead.
Carl French: Well, we dug her up and gave her a screen test, a mere formality in her case, and...
Interviewer: Can she still act?
Carl French: Well... well, she-she's still has this-this enormous, ah-ah, kinda indefinable, uh... no.
Interviewer: Was decomposition a problem?
Carl French: We did have to put her in the fridge between takes.
Interviewer: Ah, what sorts of things does she do in the film?
Carl French: Well, we had her lying on beds, lying on floors, falling out of cupboards, scaring the children...
Interviewer: But surely Miss Monroe was cremated?
Carl French: Well, we had to use a standin for some of the more visible shots.
Interviewer: Ah! Uh, another actress.
Carl French: Dead actress. But Monroe was in shot the whole time.
Interviewer: How?
Carl French: Oh, in the ash tray, in the fire grate and vacuum cleaner...
How appropriate would it be for them to give him Credit like that?!
Lucky bastard. I must have had a shit employer.
In the 90s, my employer was responsible for me being hospitalised with a work injury...
I was getting support calls sent to me while in my hospital bed, doped up on pethidine/demerol. (and yeah, they (illegally) took it out of my leave - I had to fight to get it credited back!)
No surprise I left them later that year. >.>
Of course it can! That's why the smart ones of us wear the tinfoil hats!
I've still got mine, all these years later. And it still works - even the membrane keys are intact.
I'll have to fire it up one day so that I can reminisce about driving cars through little blocks.
You're responding to a post about a Sinclair ZX-81 and complaining about 5Kb of memory?!
Us oldies with the ZX-81s only got 1Kb of the stuff!
(Sure, we could get 16Kb expansion packs for GBP300-ish in circa 1979 money, but they had a habit of spontaneously combusting if you looked at them funny)
Such a pity you didn't invest that extra second in checking your spelling and grammar. =p
Too late.
The Australian Government is well ahead of you. With the passing of the Carbon Tax, they've finally been able to achieve that Holy Grail of taxation; Taxing the air we breathe.
Damn! I just used my last modpoint 10 minutes ago. =(
Someone please mod parent up!
I'd rather celebrate an Anal Cyst than a Financial Analyst...
I've told you a million times! Don't Exaggerate!
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