Well, I know that this is a huge surprise for everyone. *rolls eyes* Keep in mind that people who aren't netsavvy have no idea how the internet works at all (big shock!). I've seen many people who open up a browser, get sent to MSNs or AOLs page or wherever the latest hijacked homepage is, then type the address that you give them into the search bar there. They don't realize there's a difference between an address bar and a search field on a page. Every time this happens, one more hit for MSN, Yahoo, AOL, etc. Only people who go out of their way to get to Google (setting it as a homepage, installing Firefox, etc) use it. By these actions alone, it shows that they're more netsavvy. Can't say anything about the affluence part though...
I've seen a guy go to Google using the address bar and then proceed to type the URL that he really wanted into Google's search field. I tried to explain to him how he could go directly to the site by putting the address in where he had originally typed 'google.com' but he said he was happy doing it this way. I'd love to know how he got that habit.
They didn't do the blocks, so instead they pulled access from Australia in order to comply.
Actually, it's only Kazaa Media Desktop downloads that are being blocked, not the FastTrack network that Kazaa uses. I managed to successfully download a file using giFT-FastTrack just fine a moment ago, and I expect it would continue to work with existing copies of the official Kazaa client.
putty is not a linux program, it's only for ms windoze - it's not needed on linux though, we just use ssh.
Putty is actually available for both Linux and Windows (even NT on Alpha!). While it probably is overkill for just 'ssh hostname.tld', it is useful if you need to use features like port-forwarding and want to use a saved profile instead of supplying command-line options or hand-editing ~/.ssh/config, or for migrating from Windows while keeping the same SSH client.
(As an interesting aside, slashdot seems to have recently updated it's code. I had to turn off all of my adblocking stuff to make the posting page appear as anything but a black background - it's been like that for about a month now (Firefox, The Proxomitron))
Yes, they have. Also, is there any particular reason you're using Proxomitron over Adblock? It seems like a much better solution, being integrated into your Mozilla browser of choice and all, and it coped just fine with the changeover.
Well that depends on where you live.
Here in Melbourne, there's also the community radio stations PBS, Triple R, Joy, SYN-FM, and 3MBS, which more than make up for the drivel on Nova and co.
Yes, I did. I'm not a WINE or eTax developer. I know nothing about either's code and I certainly wouldn't know where to begin trying to make them work together.
If you really want it to work in WINE you'd figure out why it doesn't work and fix it. But instead, you want to use my tax dollars to write a Linux version of the software. That's rediculous.
Personally, I think it's ridiculous that my tax dollars have been spent reinforcing Microsoft's monopoly in the OS market.
I don't want eTax to run in WINE, I want it to run in Mozilla. Or Opera, or MSIE, or Konqueror. There is no need for an OS-specific version of any sort. It could easily be implemented as an OS-neutral web- or Java-based application.
I've already mentioned this in another thread, but this is exactly what Centrelink have done with their Online Services. Any browser can be used. Centrelink and the Tax Office already co-operate with data matching, so why can't they share their knowledge to provide a version of eTax accessible to everyone?
How about you just wait until next year when your new Mac has an x86 chip in it? WINE will work just fine then.
Really? It doesn't work now. eTax this year has an option to download payment details directly from Centrelink rather than waiting for your paper payment summary to arrive, but unfortunately this bit doesn't work with WINE. I can't comment on whether the lodgement process works, since after running into the Centrelink issue I switched to Windows to finish the job.
I for one, would hope the government *doesn't* do this. 99% of Linux users have a copy of Windows lying around, and a fair chunk of those users probably use Windows most of the time. Linux isn't a deskop OS, you can't expect organisations to write desktop software for it.
I don't expect them to. But I don't think it's too much to ask for a web-based, valid HTML solution that will work on multiple-platforms. Even Centrelink has managed to do that!
Especially when you consider that most Australians still submit their tax returns via pen and paper.
Do you have any numbers to back that up? I would have thought that most people, if they didn't use eTax, would use the services of an accountant, and most accountants I've seen advertise mention that they submit the returns electronically so you can get your money back faster.
For all we know there could be glaring bugs in this software (there was in the version that came out last year) and we'll be unable to fix them before submitting a tax return (meaning we'll be responsible for them).
Not actually true. There is a message at the start advising that as long as the user has supplied accurate info, they won't be held liable for any bugs in the e-Tax software.
Plus, you get to see a preview of your tax return (a filled-in form) which you can print and submit by post, if you don't have regular internet access, or are paranoid about electronic submission.
That's retarded. There's nothing wrong with my HTML, so if some MOD somewhere could fix that I would appreceiate it.
Moderators can't edit posts, they can only mod them up or down as needed. I'm sure Slashdot editors/admins can, but this is the only time I've heard of them intervening, and that was to delete, not edit.
The problem here is that Slash, the code behind Slashdot and several other sites, uses very old HTML, before such things as title attributes were around. You could try reporting a bug, if there isn't one already, but realistically all you can do is stick to very basic HTML here and make sure you preview before submitting.
But Beta is better than VHS too, and I don't know very many people with Beta cassette players.
Except that it's not. VHS had a longer capacity than Beta, and for most people being able to record more on a single tape was more important than a marginal difference in quality.
If you checked my info, you'd probably notice this:
Karma: Excellent
Just so you know, only the owner of a Slashdot account can see their karma on their info page. The rest of us have to make assumptions based on the initial scores of their posts.
...when they can't be traced. Up the encryption and IPsec and you'll find that people will start to share.
Not necessarily. I don't share (as much as I should) because my upstream is throttled to 128kbit/s and upload traffic is included in my 10Gb monthly allowance.
What I'd like to know is what a Mac with a PPC CPU is going to be in a few years' time. I've been seriously considering getting a Powerbook, but if Apple are going to switch to Intel I want to know for how long they're going to keep releasing PPC-compatible binaries, something which I haven't spotted here or on any other site yet.
Apple on Intel, with dual-booting and all, sounds sweet, but if I could get a guarantee that I can get some reasonable use from a PPC, I won't hold off until next year.
I feel obligated to point out that if the government didn't get involved at all it would save even more money in taxes
Yeah, but how much research do you think would get done? Remember, it's not just dedicated scientific organizations like CSIRO that get funding, it's also several public universities doing research too. (chances are private unis are also getting public funds, but I'm not actually sure)
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From now on I will neither go to Jib Jab or even think of using Western Union.
Yeah, JibJab aren't the best. I haven't been back since they spammed the unique email address I used to signup to their mailing list.
Well, I know that this is a huge surprise for everyone. *rolls eyes* Keep in mind that people who aren't netsavvy have no idea how the internet works at all (big shock!). I've seen many people who open up a browser, get sent to MSNs or AOLs page or wherever the latest hijacked homepage is, then type the address that you give them into the search bar there. They don't realize there's a difference between an address bar and a search field on a page. Every time this happens, one more hit for MSN, Yahoo, AOL, etc. Only people who go out of their way to get to Google (setting it as a homepage, installing Firefox, etc) use it. By these actions alone, it shows that they're more netsavvy. Can't say anything about the affluence part though...
I've seen a guy go to Google using the address bar and then proceed to type the URL that he really wanted into Google's search field. I tried to explain to him how he could go directly to the site by putting the address in where he had originally typed 'google.com' but he said he was happy doing it this way.
I'd love to know how he got that habit.
They didn't do the blocks, so instead they pulled access from Australia in order to comply.
Actually, it's only Kazaa Media Desktop downloads that are being blocked, not the FastTrack network that Kazaa uses. I managed to successfully download a file using giFT-FastTrack just fine a moment ago, and I expect it would continue to work with existing copies of the official Kazaa client.
putty is not a linux program, it's only for ms windoze - it's not needed on linux though, we just use ssh.
Putty is actually available for both Linux and Windows (even NT on Alpha!).
While it probably is overkill for just 'ssh hostname.tld', it is useful if you need to use features like port-forwarding and want to use a saved profile instead of supplying command-line options or hand-editing ~/.ssh/config, or for migrating from Windows while keeping the same SSH client.
From TFA: Market research companies, pollsters, charities and religious organisations are likely to be exempted.
Market research companies and charities would have to be the worst offenders of the lot. If they are exempted the government may as well not bother.
If you're talking about this, it was much more than a year ago (November 2002). So no, I don't think it's as common as you suggest.
Just so you know, a reprisal isn't the same thing as a reprise.
(As an interesting aside, slashdot seems to have recently updated it's code. I had to turn off all of my adblocking stuff to make the posting page appear as anything but a black background - it's been like that for about a month now (Firefox, The Proxomitron))
Yes, they have. Also, is there any particular reason you're using Proxomitron over Adblock? It seems like a much better solution, being integrated into your Mozilla browser of choice and all, and it coped just fine with the changeover.
From the link in your post: The project is currently in development, with a final release scheduled for August 9th, 2005.
That deadline is nearly two months old now. Anybody know what is happening with ReiserDriver?
Australian radio sucks, and sucks hard.
Well that depends on where you live. Here in Melbourne, there's also the community radio stations PBS, Triple R, Joy, SYN-FM, and 3MBS, which more than make up for the drivel on Nova and co.
So you gave up, yep, gotcha.
Yes, I did. I'm not a WINE or eTax developer. I know nothing about either's code and I certainly wouldn't know where to begin trying to make them work together.
If you really want it to work in WINE you'd figure out why it doesn't work and fix it. But instead, you want to use my tax dollars to write a Linux version of the software. That's rediculous.
Personally, I think it's ridiculous that my tax dollars have been spent reinforcing Microsoft's monopoly in the OS market.
I don't want eTax to run in WINE, I want it to run in Mozilla. Or Opera, or MSIE, or Konqueror. There is no need for an OS-specific version of any sort. It could easily be implemented as an OS-neutral web- or Java-based application.
I've already mentioned this in another thread, but this is exactly what Centrelink have done with their Online Services. Any browser can be used.
Centrelink and the Tax Office already co-operate with data matching, so why can't they share their knowledge to provide a version of eTax accessible to everyone?
How about you just wait until next year when your new Mac has an x86 chip in it? WINE will work just fine then.
Really? It doesn't work now. eTax this year has an option to download payment details directly from Centrelink rather than waiting for your paper payment summary to arrive, but unfortunately this bit doesn't work with WINE. I can't comment on whether the lodgement process works, since after running into the Centrelink issue I switched to Windows to finish the job.
I for one, would hope the government *doesn't* do this. 99% of Linux users have a copy of Windows lying around, and a fair chunk of those users probably use Windows most of the time. Linux isn't a deskop OS, you can't expect organisations to write desktop software for it.
I don't expect them to. But I don't think it's too much to ask for a web-based, valid HTML solution that will work on multiple-platforms. Even Centrelink has managed to do that!
Especially when you consider that most Australians still submit their tax returns via pen and paper.
Do you have any numbers to back that up? I would have thought that most people, if they didn't use eTax, would use the services of an accountant, and most accountants I've seen advertise mention that they submit the returns electronically so you can get your money back faster.
For all we know there could be glaring bugs in this software (there was in the version that came out last year) and we'll be unable to fix them before submitting a tax return (meaning we'll be responsible for them).
Not actually true. There is a message at the start advising that as long as the user has supplied accurate info, they won't be held liable for any bugs in the e-Tax software.
Plus, you get to see a preview of your tax return (a filled-in form) which you can print and submit by post, if you don't have regular internet access, or are paranoid about electronic submission.
That's retarded. There's nothing wrong with my HTML, so if some MOD somewhere could fix that I would appreceiate it.
Moderators can't edit posts, they can only mod them up or down as needed. I'm sure Slashdot editors/admins can, but this is the only time I've heard of them intervening, and that was to delete, not edit.
The problem here is that Slash, the code behind Slashdot and several other sites, uses very old HTML, before such things as title attributes were around. You could try reporting a bug, if there isn't one already, but realistically all you can do is stick to very basic HTML here and make sure you preview before submitting.
But Beta is better than VHS too, and I don't know very many people with Beta cassette players.
Except that it's not. VHS had a longer capacity than Beta, and for most people being able to record more on a single tape was more important than a marginal difference in quality.
If you checked my info, you'd probably notice this:
Karma: Excellent
Just so you know, only the owner of a Slashdot account can see their karma on their info page. The rest of us have to make assumptions based on the initial scores of their posts.
If you feel two week old software is "hopelessly obsolete" then you have more problems than which OS to choose.
Sarge might be only two weeks old, but many of its packages certainly aren't. It released with KDE 3.3.2, among others.
well thats what you get for being with a crap provider like Bigpong
Thanks for your insightful remark, but as I've mentioned here before, there are no real broadband alternatives where I live.
I prefer to think of it as body modifications providing important hiring visual queues for IT managers.
Personally, if I were an IT manager, I'd concern myself more with an applicant's language abilities rather than their physical appearance.
(Hint: Queues and cues are different things.)
Not necessarily. I don't share (as much as I should) because my upstream is throttled to 128kbit/s and upload traffic is included in my 10Gb monthly allowance.
A Mac with an Intel CPU is still a Mac.
What I'd like to know is what a Mac with a PPC CPU is going to be in a few years' time. I've been seriously considering getting a Powerbook, but if Apple are going to switch to Intel I want to know for how long they're going to keep releasing PPC-compatible binaries, something which I haven't spotted here or on any other site yet.
Apple on Intel, with dual-booting and all, sounds sweet, but if I could get a guarantee that I can get some reasonable use from a PPC, I won't hold off until next year.
if you wander into the room where Duke Nukem 3D is being tested you'll be thrown out.
I think you mean Duke Nukem Forever.
Duke Nukem 3D is nearly ten years old, I remember playing it at high school on my Pentium-100 laptop.
I feel obligated to point out that if the government didn't get involved at all it would save even more money in taxes
Yeah, but how much research do you think would get done? Remember, it's not just dedicated scientific organizations like CSIRO that get funding, it's also several public universities doing research too. (chances are private unis are also getting public funds, but I'm not actually sure)