Well, I'm not buying them, which is rather the point, those are prices I saw at JB Hifi I believe, I think the last time I lookes was about six months ago now.
Did not know Amazon.co.uk would ship to Australia... I'll be using that in future then.
Wait, he shines the light of day on a key logger, data recorder and total invasion of privacy, customised for carriers so there are no opt-outs, and he's beating up on them for no reason?
Someone will find a way to give them the smackdown.
In the EU it was a combination of trademark and safety standards, IIRC, that allowed Sony to give the smackdown to grey-market importers of PSPs before the official european release date, effectively ending commercialisation of grey markets there and then. I have no doubt that if JB Hifi keep it up, and especially if others follow their lead, they'll find themselves on the wrong end of some or other legal travesty.
Of course the only reason they're even trying this is that they've finally realised that people in Australia are sick of being ripped off by the local retailers AND suppliers like cannon, acting in concert to fleece the consumer for all they're worth. They have to start competing with internet orders and private imports because otherwise they'll die.
Yup, and a 3D Bluray (which you'd think would be on special to try and push the tech) costs around $60.
For Americans wondering about exchange rates, we have rough parity at the moment, though the AUD has been creeping a couple of cents over now and again.
Governments (including the military) should not be hiding things from their people as a matter of course. It adds to the general picture of subterfuge and malice against their own people.
Yup, damn shame reality so seldom lives up to common sense, let alone logic. The record companies have things entirely stacked in their favour at the moment.
The logical thing to do would be not to make a single entity, for whom such a situation is a logical impossibility, responsible fpr collecting fees. The current situation is a nonsense.
No, I mean an HDMI connector, exactly like it says in the article. I made no claims about it being better than other solutions, I was merely replying to the assertion that it required a laptop to operate.
Might want to work on your reading comprehension there skippy.
Some people post random stuff on Facebook first thing in the morning
I don't
Facebook knows what time you log in and from which device.
So does slashdot!
This "work is so boring, can't wait to go home" update you posted tells them which IP address belongs to your workplace.
I browse through a tunnel to home. Besides which, my employer lists my name in their public directory and has a class A. (I'm sure you've deduced who they are, I obviously do not speak for them in anything I say here, standard disclaimer)
Are you sure they will never be tempted to go public about these status updates and other postings you made that show you had serious problems in your marriage?
Now that doesn't really come under pointless minutiae now does it?
Do you trust they could never try to portray you badly - perhaps as emotionally unstable, lazy, depressed or angry - should they end up in competition or conflict with you?
I honestly don't care. I *am* frequently lazy, angry, depressed and unstable. Those things would be true.
But aren't they being seen as "generic angry people," anyway?
Possibly, I'd argue that they're seen as "generic angry people angry about something financial", which is perhaps one tiny, tiny step towards getting a message heard.
Not that I see a coherent message myself, even after looking into it, and taking a stroll past there when I was on vacation a couple of weeks back.
I dunno, protesting wall street works for me in a couple of ways (I mean as an idea, I'm not even american so I'm not actually going to go and protest).
What's legal is not necessarily moral. Companies do have a duty to profit but they don't have a duty to -
Play number games that massively, massively enrich themselves without a shred of productive work being done.
Buy laws that help them profit at others expense.
Encourage other companies to drop ethics/morals, outsource everything and exploit the third world mercilessly while they're at it.
Secondly, protesting Wall Street rather than the seat of government also makes it damn clear that they're protesting the financial system and situation, not just being generic angry people.
OTOH, if they had gone to protest in DC, one wonders if they would have had a lot more sympathy from the right-wing end of the press....
The whole of Australia already has this. As does New Zealand As do Toronto and Winnipeg NYC requirees either a camera or a partition. Yellow Cabs in houston also have them.
This is to stop cab drivers getting robbed and murdered, not to spy on who is going where.
Slashdot Mirror
Citation needed.
Nope.
My immediate thought was "Buy our tasty Internet Water!*"
*(warning, may contain troll faeces)
Well, I'm not buying them, which is rather the point, those are prices I saw at JB Hifi I believe, I think the last time I lookes was about six months ago now.
Did not know Amazon.co.uk would ship to Australia... I'll be using that in future then.
Wait, he shines the light of day on a key logger, data recorder and total invasion of privacy, customised for carriers so there are no opt-outs, and he's beating up on them for no reason?
Jesus....
Someone will find a way to give them the smackdown.
In the EU it was a combination of trademark and safety standards, IIRC, that allowed Sony to give the smackdown to grey-market importers of PSPs before the official european release date, effectively ending commercialisation of grey markets there and then. I have no doubt that if JB Hifi keep it up, and especially if others follow their lead, they'll find themselves on the wrong end of some or other legal travesty.
Of course the only reason they're even trying this is that they've finally realised that people in Australia are sick of being ripped off by the local retailers AND suppliers like cannon, acting in concert to fleece the consumer for all they're worth. They have to start competing with internet orders and private imports because otherwise they'll die.
Yup, and a 3D Bluray (which you'd think would be on special to try and push the tech) costs around $60.
For Americans wondering about exchange rates, we have rough parity at the moment, though the AUD has been creeping a couple of cents over now and again.
IMHO - routine classification of banal data.
Governments (including the military) should not be hiding things from their people as a matter of course. It adds to the general picture of subterfuge and malice against their own people.
Yup, damn shame reality so seldom lives up to common sense, let alone logic. The record companies have things entirely stacked in their favour at the moment.
I can keep a straight face, as I understand it to be a transfer of license, which is all reselling a cd was anyway.
A license scenario makes some sense so long as it's transferrable.
The logical thing to do would be not to make a single entity, for whom such a situation is a logical impossibility, responsible fpr collecting fees. The current situation is a nonsense.
Chlorine doesn't need to be filtered out, and will leave the water anyway. You can skip the Brita and just leave the water in a jug for a while.
No, I mean an HDMI connector, exactly like it says in the article. I made no claims about it being better than other solutions, I was merely replying to the assertion that it required a laptop to operate.
Might want to work on your reading comprehension there skippy.
Please point to where I made any of the above claims you criticise.
Can't? How strange... could be because I didn't say any of that stuff, asshat.
So you entirely missed the part about plugging it into an HDTV via the HDMI connector? You know, the primary usage scenario?
Well done.
That's why they finally rolled out + access to those of us that use Google Apps, they were about to launch a service requiring money!
I don't
So does slashdot!
I browse through a tunnel to home. Besides which, my employer lists my name in their public directory and has a class A. (I'm sure you've deduced who they are, I obviously do not speak for them in anything I say here, standard disclaimer)
Now that doesn't really come under pointless minutiae now does it?
It's already pretty good, thanks, I'm sure it'll continue to progress slowly.
I may start my own business, perhaps. But I have better things to do with my life than "become important" however you see that.
Besides which - http://xkcd.com/137/
I honestly don't care. I *am* frequently lazy, angry, depressed and unstable. Those things would be true.
Or, you know, just give them inconsequential minutiae.
Any communication I have on there is pretty much worthless anyway, because I don't put anything important or private on facebook.
It is possible to use it without posting pictures of that time you were passed out, naked and drunk, in the fountain in the town square...
Wow, and to think that I've sent money all over the world with none of that nonsense and fees in the sub-1% range.
Direct bank transfers, look 'em up maybe?
I agree the middlemen and many banks are parasites, but you seem to have gone out of your way to do that transaction completely wrong.
Not really, enforcement of existing laws doesn't stop people acting like amoral assholes, and arguable law can't (and shouldn't) ever prevent that.
At that point protesting about the actions of people who are within the law but still acting in a repellent manner would seem justified.
Possibly, I'd argue that they're seen as "generic angry people angry about something financial", which is perhaps one tiny, tiny step towards getting a message heard.
Not that I see a coherent message myself, even after looking into it, and taking a stroll past there when I was on vacation a couple of weeks back.
False.
Mostly true, despite your sarcasm.
False.
Yup, just like everyone in the US is armed, so nobody ever gets shot, right? And armed society is a polite society, right?
No need to lock your door in the USA....
I dunno, protesting wall street works for me in a couple of ways (I mean as an idea, I'm not even american so I'm not actually going to go and protest).
What's legal is not necessarily moral. Companies do have a duty to profit but they don't have a duty to -
Secondly, protesting Wall Street rather than the seat of government also makes it damn clear that they're protesting the financial system and situation, not just being generic angry people.
OTOH, if they had gone to protest in DC, one wonders if they would have had a lot more sympathy from the right-wing end of the press....
That appears to be more of an American problem than British, AFAICT.
LOL.
Yeah, roughly the same. Squid are pretty and interesting to look at, but I still eat them. Octopus, no, there's something about them...
I'm still on the fence with cuttles.
So this is one city in the UK as compared to -
The whole of Australia already has this.
As does New Zealand
As do Toronto and Winnipeg
NYC requirees either a camera or a partition.
Yellow Cabs in houston also have them.
This is to stop cab drivers getting robbed and murdered, not to spy on who is going where.