If AFACT keep going on this way.. how long until someone does point it out.. in court..
I'm not sure how Abbott getting elected next year, because yes it is going to be a landslide *against* Gillard, will result in a Privatewealth. Care to enlighten? Along with how this change in politics could affect the copyright battle currently going on?
So, if we use this as an analogy.. who is the snake and who is the spider? I think I'll go that.. the RIAA/MPAA/AFACT think that their customers are snakes.. and they are the spider (they want to control the web).. and in this case the spider gets one over the snake.
Send more tourists! The last batch were delicious.
I think that they mean copyright infringement however copyright theft is much more sensational.. and probably very useful as a term to throw around in court and in the media.
I have no idea how copyright THEFT would occur as such.. perhaps if you served legal documentation claiming to own something which belongs to someone else and collected the royalties for it? Would that constitute 'the stealing of someone's copyright'...
Or perhaps if you walked into their house and stole the documents which grant a specific copyright?
How many people care if they go on about copyright infringement? Right. Not as many people who perk up at the word theft.
Let's be funny about this. Decide exactly how a 'theft of copyright' could occur, and make a wikipedia page for "Copyright theft".
For those who are not aware, AFACT stands for 'Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft' yet most of the companies behind AFACT are American. It would be better named American Federation Against Copyright Theft.
I am not a lawyer, but I am surprised that no one has challenged the name of this business.. for example with the intent to force them to change it from 'Australian' to 'American' as right now they could well be deemed to be passing off in a deliberate attempt to deceive the public - which would be classified as a type of fraud.
A view from a lawyer or legal professional on this would be useful if anyone out there cares to comment..
You are sure, but I'd like a body count comparison please for the last.. say.. 2 decades. Count of number of people killed in the name of Allah vs number of people killed in the name of Christ. Also, a compare against the Jewish would be interesting. Just for the sake of comparison to see where our civilisation is heading.
Here is an interesting quote
19 Muslim radicals killed far more innocent people in just two hours on September 11th than the number of non-combatants killed over Northern Ireland in three and a half decades.
Ahhh, agreed on the conduits but have to be careful how to align them and to draw a map of where they are. Can be a pain to get back in once the walls are put up.
STP? Really? Examples? You have clocked the speeds? or have specific interference issues?
I've only ever used CAT5 / CAT5e UTP.. but am willing to learn something new here.. is there a cost benefit here I am missing? From memory last time I looked (ages ago) CAT5 STP was 3 or 4 times the price of UTP.. hence why no one bothered.
I've never had an issue with UTP.. but then that is probably just my YMMV.
Never used or even seen CAT6. Then again, last time I purchased CAT5 was about 5 years ago:)
Speaking from experience with the bountifulness of unshielded coax and the sheer frustrations that can cause.. I know of the shielded vs unshielded issues. Just never seen an issue with CAT5.
Oh, I know they are all true.. I just needed some brain bleach for that one... I have a very vivid imagination and the existence of bronies is *not* helping my world view..
Get a mortgage with an offset account. So long as your mortgage rate is higher than the current interest rate (eg, always for Aus) then put all your spare cash into the offset account.
Get a credit card. Pay it off monthly (NEVER let it go over) from the offset account.
It's like putting money into your mortgage.. but being able to access the cash at any time when you need it.
Stop around for your mortgage + offset account.. lots of places want to charge $50 for the privilege. Out of interest, mine came with the mortgage deal.
Special note: It's easy to get your first mortgage. Don't feel locked in. Wait out the first year or two, then charge mortgage as needed or as the market changes.
Buy tech for what you need today. Nothing lasts forever. Tech moves on. CAT5 will serve for a while yet. Wire the places in the house which make sense. Cable with redundancy if you can. Always add 50cm + at each end of the cable. Read up on Cisco / CCNA networking - a good read of the exam and course info is very useful for background information.
All communications between two private parties need to be encrypted. It'll eventually be that way.. we're just going through the Dark Ages again, this time Technology is the focus instead of Religion (history.. repeating itself.. didn't anyone learn anything from the last Dark Ages?)
I've found that it is far easier to approach and deal with a male who is apathetic, negative, useless, passive aggressive, lacking in skill knowledge or tact and generally this crap:
women in management positions lead in a more democratic way,
makes it so difficult to get things done that it is just not funny.
Case in point: the current 'manager' where I currently work does this. Everything by 'democratic vote'. The problem is that many employees don't want to be managed, don't want their time to be watched, don't want to work, don't want at a high level of efficiency or effectiveness (or even at a medium level for many..) and basically if they can get away with it then they just want to turn up to work, do the absolutely minimum, collect their paycheck and go home.
Seriously, how many people do you know who would do little or nothing at work if they could get away with it? Right.
I understand that when the place is full of energetic enthused highly ethical and highly moral people who know what their work is and do it.. then yes a female manager can manage and lead quite effectively. Unfortunately, most work places I've seen or experienced just don't work like that. Employees need to be managed, management must provide leadership and manage moral.
Otherwise, as it is now where I work, the few who do actually have ethics and moral and employ them just steadily get more depressed and upset.
f we acted like computer game characters we'd all have spent the 80's running around in darkened rooms, popping pills and listening to repetitive music.
Nooooo... from what I've been told THAT was the 60's and 70's
Under this theory we should ban all flight simulators especially this one as it causes people to fly planes into buildings... or at least put a sticker on the front stating "WARNING: CAN CAUSE TERRORISM"
Good reform? Doesn't look like it so far. Perhaps it is a case of wait and see.
Taking jobs? No. Breaking the law. No issues with refugees, serious issues with people whos first act is to break the law. Good introduction right there. Anyone who doesn't want to blend with Australian culture doesn't have to come here.
5%? Fair enough. I think I've just heard of the bad cases then.
I wasn't saying it was the Government's fault for bad trandesmen practices. I'm saying that it was a good idea that they just didn't think through.
Bloody RTD tax:(
Perhaps in future they will have no choice but to run it all past the greens.. only question will be is whether or not Australia will be better or worse off.
Actually, for as much as I disliked Rudd, I'd definitely prefer Rudd. I am willing to support someone I personally dislike if they can do the job.
Abbott is a waste of space and oxygen. Liberals are going to cause serious strife at the next election if he is still the leader. Lots of people want Labour out, lots of people hate Abbott. The vote could easily spread out to Greens and Independent just to avoid both of them. Most of the people I know won't vote for either now.
If Assange steps up to lead the liberals.. who knows.. he could take the election.
Even better: If he is elected then his current problems will be much easier to solve. Screw over a random Australian citizen? Sure. Screw over an elected official for whom every single activity is likely to make the daily newspaper's front page across the county? No.
As for the 'incredible amount' it depends what you mean.
- Integration of major government agencies - Medicare, Centrelink, DHS, CRS is a huge waste of money
- Can't stop the boats - millions wasted, still being wasted. Stupid amounts of money blown on 'solving the boats' problem, and yet people are still dying trying to get to Christmas Island. Nearly a whole boatload of illegal immigrants died and.. nothing is done.
- School 'building' scheme was a real waste of money in many places. Heart is in the right place, governance and oversight isn't
- Batts - Wonderful idea, very bad execution. A real rort in many areas. Bad governance.
- Carbon Tax??? Seriously? After making an election promise that there would never be a carbon tax in Gillard's Government?
- RTD tax - No seriously, this is just stupid. The RTD market has hit rock bottom, and now all the kids buy top shelf instead. Great result. Proven that this tax doesn't work, and still it is not rescinded
- Labour signed ACTA - How is this even legal?
Yes, some good things have been achieved.. but they don't outweigh the bad.
- Plain package cigarettes
Yes, at this point Howard would be good to have back.
On the other hand, Assange looks like a promising choice.
It's a real I don't live in that electorate.. voting for Assange would be a double whammy - get rid of Gillard and introduce new blood into what is now essentially two party system (liberal and labour are about the same, only the greens offer anything much different excepting minor parties and independents).
If he sides with Liberal he'd be in good standing to cash in on the liberal landslide vote expected next elections (to get rid of the useless labour government we have right now)
Last, but not least, I wouldn't put it past Assange to require Gillard to put be through the new full body scanners being installed in Australian airports and post the pics of her online as an example of why the scanners are a bad idea.
Take away people's means to access a basic service.. and the net will provide. Probably not in bitcoins.. but.. bankers around the world will find a way to take Iranian money..
I can see the humour here.. but.. I am sure some bright business spark is currently contemplating just that.. image it.. buy a bank dongle like you can currently buy an internet dongle.. it'll work just about anywhere an internet dongle will work (requires net access)...
Sarcasm aside, this is an excellent idea. Security would need to be carefully controlled. Hmmm
Slashdot Mirror
"Truth in Naming"
I like that.
If AFACT keep going on this way.. how long until someone does point it out.. in court..
I'm not sure how Abbott getting elected next year, because yes it is going to be a landslide *against* Gillard, will result in a Privatewealth. Care to enlighten? Along with how this change in politics could affect the copyright battle currently going on?
Wow. I didn't know that. Kind of rude. If all of the Canadians have pulled out.. then I think that the CRIA should be renamed or ended.
Problem is, if they left the CRIA then there probably isn't anything that they can do now without a lawsuit.
I wonder how many other organisations are actually the American RIAA / MPAA in disguise?
If anyone is interested, the video of an Australia spider eating a snake is interesting - http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/spider-eats-snake-caught-on-camera/story-e6frfq80-1226332961171
So, if we use this as an analogy .. who is the snake and who is the spider? .. and in this case the spider gets one over the snake.
I think I'll go that.. the RIAA/MPAA/AFACT think that their customers are snakes.. and they are the spider (they want to control the web)
Send more tourists!
The last batch were delicious.
I think that they mean copyright infringement however copyright theft is much more sensational.. and probably very useful as a term to throw around in court and in the media.
I have no idea how copyright THEFT would occur as such.. perhaps if you served legal documentation claiming to own something which belongs to someone else and collected the royalties for it? Would that constitute 'the stealing of someone's copyright'...
Or perhaps if you walked into their house and stole the documents which grant a specific copyright?
How many people care if they go on about copyright infringement?
Right.
Not as many people who perk up at the word theft.
Let's be funny about this. Decide exactly how a 'theft of copyright' could occur, and make a wikipedia page for "Copyright theft".
Perhaps the real solution is to have the 'AFACT' actually live in Australia for several months... if they survive - http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/travel-old/australian-animals-show-theyre-not-so-cute-and-cuddly-after-all/story-e6frg8ro-1226331660816 - then perhaps they can try carrying on with this crap.
For those who are not aware, AFACT stands for 'Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft' yet most of the companies behind AFACT are American. It would be better named American Federation Against Copyright Theft.
I am not a lawyer, but I am surprised that no one has challenged the name of this business.. for example with the intent to force them to change it from 'Australian' to 'American' as right now they could well be deemed to be passing off in a deliberate attempt to deceive the public - which would be classified as a type of fraud.
A view from a lawyer or legal professional on this would be useful if anyone out there cares to comment..
Hence why I brought it up. I was referring to both sides.. killed by and killed for. An interesting comparison if someone could find the stats.
I agree with your IRA points. Very insightful.
Citation needed.
You are sure, but I'd like a body count comparison please for the last.. say.. 2 decades. Count of number of people killed in the name of Allah vs number of people killed in the name of Christ. Also, a compare against the Jewish would be interesting. Just for the sake of comparison to see where our civilisation is heading.
Here is an interesting quote
for a start from here.
How about a short video on how Slashdot HTTPS works?
Oh. That's right. Slashdot, of all of the sites on the net which now support SSL, does not. Hmm.
How about, instead of this video tv thing you are doing you instead implement SSL for slashdot?
Ahhh, agreed on the conduits but have to be careful how to align them and to draw a map of where they are. Can be a pain to get back in once the walls are put up.
STP? Really? Examples? You have clocked the speeds? or have specific interference issues?
I've only ever used CAT5 / CAT5e UTP .. but am willing to learn something new here.. is there a cost benefit here I am missing? .. hence why no one bothered.
From memory last time I looked (ages ago) CAT5 STP was 3 or 4 times the price of UTP
I've never had an issue with UTP .. but then that is probably just my YMMV.
Never used or even seen CAT6. Then again, last time I purchased CAT5 was about 5 years ago :)
Speaking from experience with the bountifulness of unshielded coax and the sheer frustrations that can cause.. I know of the shielded vs unshielded issues. Just never seen an issue with CAT5.
Oh, I know they are all true.. I just needed some brain bleach for that one ... I have a very vivid imagination and the existence of bronies is *not* helping my world view..
Get a mortgage with an offset account. So long as your mortgage rate is higher than the current interest rate (eg, always for Aus) then put all your spare cash into the offset account.
Get a credit card. Pay it off monthly (NEVER let it go over) from the offset account.
It's like putting money into your mortgage.. but being able to access the cash at any time when you need it.
Stop around for your mortgage + offset account.. lots of places want to charge $50 for the privilege. Out of interest, mine came with the mortgage deal.
Special note: It's easy to get your first mortgage. Don't feel locked in. Wait out the first year or two, then charge mortgage as needed or as the market changes.
Buy tech for what you need today. Nothing lasts forever. Tech moves on. CAT5 will serve for a while yet. Wire the places in the house which make sense. Cable with redundancy if you can. Always add 50cm + at each end of the cable. Read up on Cisco / CCNA networking - a good read of the exam and course info is very useful for background information.
CAT5 is less than $1 a meter! Cheap!
I live on wireless at the moment.
Put cat5 in. Even if it is only 4 ports per room, switched in a central location.
Cat5 can be a right pain to install later.
LS beats everything hands down. Excellent combo of voice recording and note taking and instant uploading of notes to computer.
Perfect.
I can't fault it. I would seriously consider carrying 2 pens, but I've never hit the limit of a 2 GB pen in one session..
Err.. that one is actually true.
Actually it's young men who are My Little Pony fans..
So, you heard about the Bronies too? Yeah.. weirded me out too.. still trying to get my heard around that one..
... but who is going to sue?
All communications between two private parties need to be encrypted. It'll eventually be that way.. we're just going through the Dark Ages again, this time Technology is the focus instead of Religion (history.. repeating itself.. didn't anyone learn anything from the last Dark Ages?)
I agree 100%.
However. There is one difference.
I've found that it is far easier to approach and deal with a male who is apathetic, negative, useless, passive aggressive, lacking in skill knowledge or tact and generally this crap:
makes it so difficult to get things done that it is just not funny.
Case in point: the current 'manager' where I currently work does this. Everything by 'democratic vote'. The problem is that many employees don't want to be managed, don't want their time to be watched, don't want to work, don't want at a high level of efficiency or effectiveness (or even at a medium level for many..) and basically if they can get away with it then they just want to turn up to work, do the absolutely minimum, collect their paycheck and go home.
Seriously, how many people do you know who would do little or nothing at work if they could get away with it? Right.
I understand that when the place is full of energetic enthused highly ethical and highly moral people who know what their work is and do it.. then yes a female manager can manage and lead quite effectively. Unfortunately, most work places I've seen or experienced just don't work like that. Employees need to be managed, management must provide leadership and manage moral.
Otherwise, as it is now where I work, the few who do actually have ethics and moral and employ them just steadily get more depressed and upset.
Nooooo ... from what I've been told THAT was the 60's and 70's
The problem is that these two liars are acting in an influential and trusted position in our society and can possibly change laws..
If someone in a position of such trust is found to be untrustworthy ... then shouldn't they be removed from office?
Under this theory we should ban all flight simulators especially this one as it causes people to fly planes into buildings... or at least put a sticker on the front stating "WARNING: CAN CAUSE TERRORISM"
Good reform? Doesn't look like it so far. Perhaps it is a case of wait and see.
Taking jobs? No. Breaking the law.
No issues with refugees, serious issues with people whos first act is to break the law. Good introduction right there. Anyone who doesn't want to blend with Australian culture doesn't have to come here.
5%? Fair enough. I think I've just heard of the bad cases then.
Batts waste? I was referring to the government putting up a scheme and not properly managing it. Yes, there is waste when so many houses claimed more than they needed to. For example, reports that they were not measuring houses, and just claiming the maximum.Fraud of several types. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/thousands-of-pink-batts-rorts-exposed/story-fn59niix-1225939385270
Numbers?
http://www.news.com.au/money/money-matters/ato-turns-heat-on-pink-batt-tax-cheaters/story-e6frfmd9-1226103882689
There's a bunch more articles floating around.
I wasn't saying it was the Government's fault for bad trandesmen practices. I'm saying that it was a good idea that they just didn't think through.
Bloody RTD tax :(
Perhaps in future they will have no choice but to run it all past the greens.. only question will be is whether or not Australia will be better or worse off.
I would go Howard over Gillard.
Actually, for as much as I disliked Rudd, I'd definitely prefer Rudd. I am willing to support someone I personally dislike if they can do the job.
Abbott is a waste of space and oxygen. Liberals are going to cause serious strife at the next election if he is still the leader. Lots of people want Labour out, lots of people hate Abbott. The vote could easily spread out to Greens and Independent just to avoid both of them. Most of the people I know won't vote for either now.
If Assange steps up to lead the liberals.. who knows.. he could take the election.
Even better: If he is elected then his current problems will be much easier to solve. Screw over a random Australian citizen? Sure. Screw over an elected official for whom every single activity is likely to make the daily newspaper's front page across the county? No.
As for the 'incredible amount' it depends what you mean.
- Integration of major government agencies - Medicare, Centrelink, DHS, CRS is a huge waste of money
- Can't stop the boats - millions wasted, still being wasted. Stupid amounts of money blown on 'solving the boats' problem, and yet people are still dying trying to get to Christmas Island. Nearly a whole boatload of illegal immigrants died and.. nothing is done.
- School 'building' scheme was a real waste of money in many places. Heart is in the right place, governance and oversight isn't
- Batts - Wonderful idea, very bad execution. A real rort in many areas. Bad governance.
- Carbon Tax??? Seriously? After making an election promise that there would never be a carbon tax in Gillard's Government?
- RTD tax - No seriously, this is just stupid. The RTD market has hit rock bottom, and now all the kids buy top shelf instead. Great result. Proven that this tax doesn't work, and still it is not rescinded
- Labour signed ACTA - How is this even legal?
Yes, some good things have been achieved.. but they don't outweigh the bad.
- Plain package cigarettes
Yes, at this point Howard would be good to have back.
On the other hand, Assange looks like a promising choice.
No, he's not. Just a bit over 200 years ago England exported a lot of criminals to Australia.
It's a real I don't live in that electorate .. voting for Assange would be a double whammy - get rid of Gillard and introduce new blood into what is now essentially two party system (liberal and labour are about the same, only the greens offer anything much different excepting minor parties and independents).
If he sides with Liberal he'd be in good standing to cash in on the liberal landslide vote expected next elections (to get rid of the useless labour government we have right now)
Last, but not least, I wouldn't put it past Assange to require Gillard to put be through the new full body scanners being installed in Australian airports and post the pics of her online as an example of why the scanners are a bad idea.
Go Assange! I'd vote for you
and +1 horribly insightful
Take away people's means to access a basic service.. and the net will provide. Probably not in bitcoins.. but.. bankers around the world will find a way to take Iranian money..
I can see the humour here.. but.. I am sure some bright business spark is currently contemplating just that.. image it.. buy a bank dongle like you can currently buy an internet dongle.. it'll work just about anywhere an internet dongle will work (requires net access)...
Sarcasm aside, this is an excellent idea. Security would need to be carefully controlled. Hmmm
So... just use Paypal?