CD drives on Apple hardware do not have an eject button;
The designers of the XP setup program rely upon the existence of said button (perhaps the sloppy design was on their part?);
You're complaining about an unsupported pre-release product, that was likely pushed out earlier than first planned, in order to nip the xom solution in the bud;
There are ways around the problem, as I previously indicated (Indeed, I succeeded in installing from an XP Upgrade CD);
You present absolutely no evidence to support your claim that Apple "wants us" to purchase a full license for XP, even when we're entitled to an Upgrade.
Today, we celebrate the 30th glorious anniversary of the Information Confusion Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of impure ideology. Where each worker may be infested by the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Duplication of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with two wills, two resolves, two causes....
I was almost 100% sure that the detention centres were government run.
I'm afraid to say that you're wrong. As you will discover from this Department of Immigration website, they are run by Australasian Correctional Services Pty. Ltd.
Getting way off topic here, but please stick with it. There is relevant technical/legal discussion following this short political rant...
Your use of the misnomer "illegal immigrant" makes it pretty clear that you've swallowed the rhetoric that our Immigration minister spouts at every opportunity. He knows that demonising these people in this way strikes a chord with the large numbers of Australians who need someone to blame for their misery. As far as he is concerned, it's better that unhappy Australians blame their problems on a bunch of faceless, voiceless, suffering people who they don't understand, than on his government. Who do you think is most responsible for your problems?
These people are not illegal immigrants, they are asylum seekers. They are fleeing their own country because they fear for their lives. Is this a situation that you have ever had to face? How do you think you would deal with it?
Australia is a voluntary signatory to the UN's 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. Because of this, Australia is obliged under international law to offer support to those fitting the (very specific) definition of a refugee.
If you still don't accept this, how do you suggest that these asylum seekers obtain "legal" entry into Australia? We don't have any diplomatic presence in Iraq or Afghanistan. The queue that they are supposedly jumping does not exist.
I certainly think that my taxes are better spent helping these people than on a pointless attempt to censor the Internet.
I'm happy to discuss this topic with you further, if you like, but off-site. It's getting way off topic.
Back on topic...
Yes, I realise it would be technically difficult to implement a national filter to effectively censor the web content available to Australians, and that there would always be ways arounds it. But surely that doesn't mean that a partially-effective solution could be implemented. Australia only has a finite number of ISPs, and a handful service the majority of the market.
You may not be aware that by law, Australian telecommunications companies are required to provide government agencies with the ability to intercept communications. I have worked for a large Australian telephone company, and I know that various law enforcement agencies use this provision on a very regular basis.
Given that:
the government has the legal ability to force carriers to intercept communications; and
I know they regularly use this ability to intercept telephone calls
I'm not willing to discount the possibility that they're not doing this to some extent with Internet content. I'm not insisting that they are doing this, I'm just not as certain as you that they're not. The fact that they're not willing to be transparent with their blacklist certainly doesn't make me feel any better.
Given I wrote the comment 5 minutes ago, I would be extremely surprised if it had already turned up on any ABA blacklist.
The Howard government has a track record of stifling debate and avoiding scrutiny in parliament. If they can get away with treating the instruments of democracy like a joke, why wouldn't they choose to use the system of Internet censorship they've instigated (ineffectual as it may be) to filter sites they found to be contrary to their interests?
Our government's policy of mandatory imprisonment for unauthorised refugees in subhuman conditions for indeterminate lengths of time seems pretty fascist to me...
How do you know that they are not censoring criticism of this and other government policies?
Slashdot Mirror
Rubbish.
And if you'd like to script it, take a look at the man page for "softwareupdate".
Where did you mention it?
It is a technical reality that:
Quit trolling and get real.
Well, apparently Apple wants us to all go out and buy the full version of Windows XP...
You don't seem to understand the technical (or commercial) reality...
You only need a full version of XP due to a minor technical limitation, which also existed in the unoffical solution released before Apple's.
I have no doubt these will be overcome by the time the production version of Boot Camp ships. If not, you can always work around it.
Today, we celebrate the 30th glorious anniversary of the Information Confusion Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of impure ideology. Where each worker may be infested by the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Duplication of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with two wills, two resolves, two causes....
1984 is all about revisionism, after all...
Your use of the misnomer "illegal immigrant" makes it pretty clear that you've swallowed the rhetoric that our Immigration minister spouts at every opportunity. He knows that demonising these people in this way strikes a chord with the large numbers of Australians who need someone to blame for their misery. As far as he is concerned, it's better that unhappy Australians blame their problems on a bunch of faceless, voiceless, suffering people who they don't understand, than on his government. Who do you think is most responsible for your problems?
These people are not illegal immigrants, they are asylum seekers. They are fleeing their own country because they fear for their lives. Is this a situation that you have ever had to face? How do you think you would deal with it?
Australia is a voluntary signatory to the UN's 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. Because of this, Australia is obliged under international law to offer support to those fitting the (very specific) definition of a refugee.
If you still don't accept this, how do you suggest that these asylum seekers obtain "legal" entry into Australia? We don't have any diplomatic presence in Iraq or Afghanistan. The queue that they are supposedly jumping does not exist.
I certainly think that my taxes are better spent helping these people than on a pointless attempt to censor the Internet.
I'm happy to discuss this topic with you further, if you like, but off-site. It's getting way off topic.
Back on topic...
Yes, I realise it would be technically difficult to implement a national filter to effectively censor the web content available to Australians, and that there would always be ways arounds it. But surely that doesn't mean that a partially-effective solution could be implemented. Australia only has a finite number of ISPs, and a handful service the majority of the market.
You may not be aware that by law, Australian telecommunications companies are required to provide government agencies with the ability to intercept communications. I have worked for a large Australian telephone company, and I know that various law enforcement agencies use this provision on a very regular basis.
Given that:
- the government has the legal ability to force carriers to intercept communications; and
- I know they regularly use this ability to intercept telephone calls
I'm not willing to discount the possibility that they're not doing this to some extent with Internet content. I'm not insisting that they are doing this, I'm just not as certain as you that they're not. The fact that they're not willing to be transparent with their blacklist certainly doesn't make me feel any better.The Howard government has a track record of stifling debate and avoiding scrutiny in parliament. If they can get away with treating the instruments of democracy like a joke, why wouldn't they choose to use the system of Internet censorship they've instigated (ineffectual as it may be) to filter sites they found to be contrary to their interests?
Our government's policy of mandatory imprisonment for unauthorised refugees in subhuman conditions for indeterminate lengths of time seems pretty fascist to me...
How do you know that they are not censoring criticism of this and other government policies?