Well, IIRC, following the archaeology from Africa, through the middle east, India, SE Asia, to Australia, it basically shows a slow progression around the shore. With arrival in Australia being 40-50k years ago.
It's doubtful they've been here much longer than 40000 years. Genetic evidence indicates they are descended from the same group of people that left Africa about 70000 years ago as every other non-African person on Earth.
Here in Australia I *wish* ISPs had to provide 768kbps to call it broadband.
256kbps down/64kbps up is the common low-end broadband here. Utterly useless. Combined with download limits as low as 100MB on the cheaper plans and we're a communications backwater. Hit the limit, and you're shaped to 64/64. Ick.
Plus it's expensive. I pay about $117 USD a month for approx. 6Mbps ADSL, 120GB per month download limit, which is split into 45GB peak, 75GB off-peak usage. And that's the highest residential plan from my ISP. And there aren't many around that can beat it.
No, you can be charged for failing to comply with police instructions, or even perverting the course of justice if they're in a bad mood.
That's why you don't refuse to answer, you just fail to recall.
It's interesting that you should link to that video on Google Video's Australian site, where the advice given in the clip doesn't apply. Unfortunately, here in Oz you are required to answer all questions from the police, provide ID if requested, etc...
So if you refuse to answer here, that WILL get you arrested.
I don't know how much it is drummed into you as kids over there, but here in the west we're basically taught to avoid the sun. It's too hot and dangerous. So an extra hour of light in the afternoon is another hour I have to hide.
Plus in a house without aircon, I'd prefer to sleep in through as much heat as possible, and stay at work later at night, rather than the other way around.
I just figure, if people want to make use of more daylight hours, and not sleep through the first hour or two of light, then they can just get up earlier.
All I know is that it makes it one hour more after I get home from work before I can eat. It just isn't natural to eat dinner while it's still light outside.
I'm in Western Australia, where we've never had daylight saving. The eastern states of Australia have it (New South Wales and Victoria), and keep telling us how good it is. We're on the 3rd year of a 3-year trial now (the 4th such trial since the 70's). Nobody here likes it. It's just too hot in the afternoons in summer to be coming home from work earlier. The temperature in summer here usually peaks at 45-50C for a week or two. Power usage skyrockets here with DST due to increased aircon use. Can't wait to vote it down AGAIN with the referendum next year.
Hmmm, I wrote "who's" instead of "whose." Well, there's a reason I wasn't an English major as an undergrad I guess...
Yes, and you wrote "loses" instead of "losses". Not only were you not an English major, but I suspect you must have bribed your way in to get past your failure at high school English.:P
Correct me if I'm wrong, but generally speaking, I was always under the impression that, as an interpreted language, javascript will never be able to run 100% as fast as natively compiled C code.
And my legs were designed to propel my body towards the moon - all I have to do is jump. I may not go a huge distance towards the moon, but (at least when the moon is overhead) I am definitely propelled towards it.
My grandfather once told me about when early radar guns were first introduced here in Western Australia - he was Superintendent of our region at the time. Apparently they clocked trees at 20km/h.
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All the physical lines here in Australia are owned and maintained by Telstra. Other telcos just rent lines off them for their customers.
Where is this strange world you live where Kleenex, Xerox and Google *almost* became common terms referring to the generic?
Anywhere outside the USA.
I blow my nose with tissues.
I photocopy things with a photocopier.
And I search for things with Bing or Yahoo. I also google for things with Google.
Well, IIRC, following the archaeology from Africa, through the middle east, India, SE Asia, to Australia, it basically shows a slow progression around the shore. With arrival in Australia being 40-50k years ago.
It's doubtful they've been here much longer than 40000 years. Genetic evidence indicates they are descended from the same group of people that left Africa about 70000 years ago as every other non-African person on Earth.
Here in Australia I *wish* ISPs had to provide 768kbps to call it broadband. 256kbps down/64kbps up is the common low-end broadband here. Utterly useless. Combined with download limits as low as 100MB on the cheaper plans and we're a communications backwater. Hit the limit, and you're shaped to 64/64. Ick. Plus it's expensive. I pay about $117 USD a month for approx. 6Mbps ADSL, 120GB per month download limit, which is split into 45GB peak, 75GB off-peak usage. And that's the highest residential plan from my ISP. And there aren't many around that can beat it.
Of course I read the second one. Especially the first part where it says it is NOT a defence.
American TV drivel is 'obstruction of justice'. Our equivalent is 'perverting the course of justice', however it is rarely used.
Also, at least where I am in WA, it's an offence not to give an officer your details when requested. http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/consol_act/cipa2002417/s16.html
And as I said, it is an offence not to obey an order from an officer. http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/consol_act/cia2006243/s153.html
No, you can be charged for failing to comply with police instructions, or even perverting the course of justice if they're in a bad mood. That's why you don't refuse to answer, you just fail to recall.
It's interesting that you should link to that video on Google Video's Australian site, where the advice given in the clip doesn't apply. Unfortunately, here in Oz you are required to answer all questions from the police, provide ID if requested, etc... So if you refuse to answer here, that WILL get you arrested.
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Are you just making names up? I haven't heard of ANY of these people/places/objects/etc...
Not sure who this Peter Davidson fellow is, but he certainly wasn't ever the doctor. Peter DAVISON, on the other hand...
Whooosh!
I don't know how much it is drummed into you as kids over there, but here in the west we're basically taught to avoid the sun. It's too hot and dangerous. So an extra hour of light in the afternoon is another hour I have to hide.
Plus in a house without aircon, I'd prefer to sleep in through as much heat as possible, and stay at work later at night, rather than the other way around.
I just figure, if people want to make use of more daylight hours, and not sleep through the first hour or two of light, then they can just get up earlier.
All I know is that it makes it one hour more after I get home from work before I can eat. It just isn't natural to eat dinner while it's still light outside.
Haha, I never said I was in Perth. 46 is a cool summer for me.
I'm in Western Australia, where we've never had daylight saving. The eastern states of Australia have it (New South Wales and Victoria), and keep telling us how good it is. We're on the 3rd year of a 3-year trial now (the 4th such trial since the 70's). Nobody here likes it. It's just too hot in the afternoons in summer to be coming home from work earlier. The temperature in summer here usually peaks at 45-50C for a week or two. Power usage skyrockets here with DST due to increased aircon use. Can't wait to vote it down AGAIN with the referendum next year.
Haha, she won't know about it - TEE is only in Western Australia. It's the HSC over the other side of the country.
Hahaha, yeah, I'm Australian, so those numbers mean nothing to me. Just like I'm sure getting 380 on my TEE means nothing to you. :P
Hmmm, I wrote "who's" instead of "whose." Well, there's a reason I wasn't an English major as an undergrad I guess...
Yes, and you wrote "loses" instead of "losses". Not only were you not an English major, but I suspect you must have bribed your way in to get past your failure at high school English. :P
Likewise here in Australia. Why the US uses an overcomplicated punchcard system is beyond me.
Fifth Gear is from Channel 5, not the BBC. Hence the name - FIFTH Gear.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but generally speaking, I was always under the impression that, as an interpreted language, javascript will never be able to run 100% as fast as natively compiled C code.
And my legs were designed to propel my body towards the moon - all I have to do is jump. I may not go a huge distance towards the moon, but (at least when the moon is overhead) I am definitely propelled towards it.
My grandfather once told me about when early radar guns were first introduced here in Western Australia - he was Superintendent of our region at the time. Apparently they clocked trees at 20km/h.