I think its kind of harsh that he was sent to prison, personally I think that prisons should be reserverd for people who present a physical threat to other people.
In a case such as this, while he may have caused damage and made some money off it, a significant fine would be ample. I mean its not like he is a danger to society if he doesn't get locked away.
You do realise that if you hold out for another year or so this housing bubble is going to burst hardcore? I mean there is no way these prices will hold, right now the best way to describe the housing market is tulipomania.
Excuse me? I assume all those phone lines were there when we colonised the place? Are you saying it wasn't my parents taxes that paid for those lines to go in?
So this 'AIDS is not caused by HIV' meme is nothing but FUD, please don't spread it any further.
Well the foo fighters aren't helping, they have thrown their weight behind the alive and well foundation. I have to hand it to them though, some singers take the pussy "save the starving children" route, not these guys though, they went with the challenging cause.
how can Australia hope to regulate a website that's neither physically in Australia, nor run by Australians?
It can't and it doesn't, all this stupid law does is cut Australian citizens out of any profit to be made from starting an online casino. Its a stupid law that was bought in to appease the stupid religious "Family First" party, that does nothing more then tell Religious people how to vote, and a few moral right wingers who are scared for the children.
In case you haven't noticed I think the whole situation is stupid.
When it comes to a bargain, I'm amazed people don't pack heat before setting off for the store.
I do, in the form of not showering 2 weeks before the sale, you really need to work on that tangible wall of stench that actually repels physical objects. This means working out each day, spreading plenty of blood and bone around the garden etc.
Works a treat, you just have to remember to shower before sitting on said sofa.
I've experianced speed cameras in both Queensland and Victoria and I have to say that by far Melbourne is the dodgiest of the lot. They claim that the cameras are there to save lives however they are little more then revenue raisers.
Melbournians are subjected to hidden cameras looking over overtaking lanes. The cameras are privatised so people get paid more the more cars they catch. The situation there is terrible.
Queensland is somewhat better because police are required to have a sign out saying that there are speed cameras in use, however this sign is usually conveniently placed behind a bush or behind the car with the camera in it. Queensland is also better off because the police do not rely so heavily on the revenue that their cameras drum up, it seems at times the only thing paying for Melbournes police is speeding offiences.
One thing is certain, these cameras do not save any lives. I remember clearly once in high school a Policeman came to give a talk on vehicle safety he showed us a big graph with a stedily declining death rate over the years, he pointed out the huge drop after the introduction of seat bealts, then one after they banned drink driving, and a smaller drop after the introduction of airbags. My hand immediently shot up and I asked him when speed cameras were introduced, my teachers just laughed and he never answered the question.
I don't know what the situation was like in America but in Australia basically the first thing you did after you bought your playstation was to take it to the local markets to get a chip. Thats if you didn't buy one prechipped. Furthermore if your playstation didn't have a chip its resale value was far less then a chipped playstation.
While I wouldn't say the the majority of Playstations were chipped there was certainly a large percentage that were. Today if you go to markets in melbourne you will see many stalls of people soldering in PS2 and Xbox modchips.
Seriously this has always been something that has annoyed me about the Gamecube. It was a long time before a modchip came out for it and until that time it was excedingly difficult to pirate games. Software companies have always said that piracy raises the price of games, however there was zero piracy on the gamecube and the games are the same price as Xbox or PS2 titles. I believe if they had made their games significantly (maybe $20) cheaper they might be in a better position.
I would think that because you have such large American penises you would allow us a small amount of piracy, small like our Chinese penises. So please don't waste your energy fighting piracy when it could better be spent carrying around your huge giant penises?
In Australia we have two mildly liberal stations ABC and SBS that will show sex scenes uncut and not blank out swearing. I personally have no problem with this except that it is often the case that boobs get a S rating for sex scenes and full frontal nudity gets the N rating, now when I see a N rating eagerly await the program and sit down for some naked chick action, however because the N rating is not gender specific every now and then I'll watch a sausage fest of a movie with dicks flying everywhere (think Oz) and not see a single naked chick.
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Couldn't they, I don't know, ramp up the fine depending on how much the guy was worth?
I think its kind of harsh that he was sent to prison, personally I think that prisons should be reserverd for people who present a physical threat to other people.
In a case such as this, while he may have caused damage and made some money off it, a significant fine would be ample. I mean its not like he is a danger to society if he doesn't get locked away.
...And happily after the anniversary of the end of World War 2.
Yeah and I'm sure they look good in short skirts in the two weeks of summer they get to wear them.
What are you complaining about? Most of you are living here anyway.
You do realise that if you hold out for another year or so this housing bubble is going to burst hardcore? I mean there is no way these prices will hold, right now the best way to describe the housing market is tulipomania.
Excuse me? I assume all those phone lines were there when we colonised the place? Are you saying it wasn't my parents taxes that paid for those lines to go in?
In case you haven't noticed I think the whole situation is stupid.
I do, in the form of not showering 2 weeks before the sale, you really need to work on that tangible wall of stench that actually repels physical objects. This means working out each day, spreading plenty of blood and bone around the garden etc.
Works a treat, you just have to remember to shower before sitting on said sofa.
For example someone could steal your cloud song
Psycologist: Siberia is just zis guy you know
I've experianced speed cameras in both Queensland and Victoria and I have to say that by far Melbourne is the dodgiest of the lot. They claim that the cameras are there to save lives however they are little more then revenue raisers.
Melbournians are subjected to hidden cameras looking over overtaking lanes. The cameras are privatised so people get paid more the more cars they catch. The situation there is terrible.
Queensland is somewhat better because police are required to have a sign out saying that there are speed cameras in use, however this sign is usually conveniently placed behind a bush or behind the car with the camera in it. Queensland is also better off because the police do not rely so heavily on the revenue that their cameras drum up, it seems at times the only thing paying for Melbournes police is speeding offiences.
One thing is certain, these cameras do not save any lives. I remember clearly once in high school a Policeman came to give a talk on vehicle safety he showed us a big graph with a stedily declining death rate over the years, he pointed out the huge drop after the introduction of seat bealts, then one after they banned drink driving, and a smaller drop after the introduction of airbags. My hand immediently shot up and I asked him when speed cameras were introduced, my teachers just laughed and he never answered the question.
I don't know what the situation was like in America but in Australia basically the first thing you did after you bought your playstation was to take it to the local markets to get a chip. Thats if you didn't buy one prechipped. Furthermore if your playstation didn't have a chip its resale value was far less then a chipped playstation.
While I wouldn't say the the majority of Playstations were chipped there was certainly a large percentage that were. Today if you go to markets in melbourne you will see many stalls of people soldering in PS2 and Xbox modchips.
No you have it all wrong.
To clarify:
Tax: A bully regulary beats you and takes your lunch money
Levy: A bully needs to buy his girlfriend a bunch of flowers so he beats you and takes some more on a one off occasion.
They should put the same colour roofing over the SS positions.
"What about us!!! We can be a target too! Look at me George look at me!!!!"
-- John Howard
All I can say is if anyone can do it Richard Branson can.
Seriously this has always been something that has annoyed me about the Gamecube. It was a long time before a modchip came out for it and until that time it was excedingly difficult to pirate games. Software companies have always said that piracy raises the price of games, however there was zero piracy on the gamecube and the games are the same price as Xbox or PS2 titles. I believe if they had made their games significantly (maybe $20) cheaper they might be in a better position.
Actually the exploit went more like:
Pop the cd in and have it autorun.
Autorun installs registry keys that share all the drives with a password of your choosing.
Dear America
I would think that because you have such large American penises you would allow us a small amount of piracy, small like our Chinese penises. So please don't waste your energy fighting piracy when it could better be spent carrying around your huge giant penises?
Thanks
China
And while where at it, America has had an Australian citizen extrodited to America for pirating software... in Australia!
Pfft I drive without insurance it gives me such a rush.
And people wonder why the Imperial system should have died years ago.
Wouldn't it be easy if non-trivial calculations like this were able to be done using powers of ten?
In Australia we have two mildly liberal stations ABC and SBS that will show sex scenes uncut and not blank out swearing. I personally have no problem with this except that it is often the case that boobs get a S rating for sex scenes and full frontal nudity gets the N rating, now when I see a N rating eagerly await the program and sit down for some naked chick action, however because the N rating is not gender specific every now and then I'll watch a sausage fest of a movie with dicks flying everywhere (think Oz) and not see a single naked chick.
Afterwards I feel dirty.