At first I thought it may have been an attempt at the joke, but I didn't see any humour in it at all. IMHO
As for '-1 Supercilious Wanker', people like you are the reason I don't normally bother to post on slashdot. And if you have mod points, why the Anonymous Coward?! Scared someone will mod you down for being a tard?
/me makes note to self to not bother posting on/. again due to smacktards
Being an Australian I noticed several big mis-truths in your post.
1) Australia is NOT a republic. We are a constitutional monarchy. With the exception of people in the retired services league and the governor general (the Queens figure-head in Australia) this doesn't mean much. The only thing that would change if we did become a Republic would be the stripping of the Union Jack from our flag.
2) Fiji and New Zealand are NOT Australian territories. While we may claim many famous Kiwi's (New Zealanders) to be Australian (Russel Crowe, Mel Gibson), they are a completely independent country.
3) House of Commons??? There is no House of Commons, in Melbourne, or in the whole of Australia. You are thinking of the British system. While we are a monarchy we do not have the same system as them such has the House of Lords, House of Commons, etc.
4) What has cracking down on warez sites got to do with you doing business with Australian websites? Before you try to say these sites had legitimate downloads, they didn't. The vast majority of what was available was copyrighted material.
5) MAPI is not the acronym of Music Industry Piracy Investigations, that would be MIPI as stated several times in the article.
6) P3P?!?! WTF is P3P?
7) Why is a CD levy a good idea? How would you like a levy on screwdrivers and crowbars because a small minority of people use them to break into houses? Or a levy on tea spoons because junkies use them to cook up? The idea of CD levies is ridiculous!
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At first I thought it may have been an attempt at the joke, but I didn't see any humour in it at all. IMHO
/me makes note to self to not bother posting on /. again due to smacktards
As for '-1 Supercilious Wanker', people like you are the reason I don't normally bother to post on slashdot. And if you have mod points, why the Anonymous Coward?! Scared someone will mod you down for being a tard?
Being an Australian I noticed several big mis-truths in your post.
1) Australia is NOT a republic. We are a constitutional monarchy. With the exception of people in the retired services league and the governor general (the Queens figure-head in Australia) this doesn't mean much. The only thing that would change if we did become a Republic would be the stripping of the Union Jack from our flag.
2) Fiji and New Zealand are NOT Australian territories. While we may claim many famous Kiwi's (New Zealanders) to be Australian (Russel Crowe, Mel Gibson), they are a completely independent country.
3) House of Commons??? There is no House of Commons, in Melbourne, or in the whole of Australia. You are thinking of the British system. While we are a monarchy we do not have the same system as them such has the House of Lords, House of Commons, etc.
4) What has cracking down on warez sites got to do with you doing business with Australian websites? Before you try to say these sites had legitimate downloads, they didn't. The vast majority of what was available was copyrighted material.
5) MAPI is not the acronym of Music Industry Piracy Investigations, that would be MIPI as stated several times in the article.
6) P3P?!?! WTF is P3P?
7) Why is a CD levy a good idea? How would you like a levy on screwdrivers and crowbars because a small minority of people use them to break into houses? Or a levy on tea spoons because junkies use them to cook up? The idea of CD levies is ridiculous!
How the hell did you get Score 1???
I knew I should've bought the rights to Virtual Valerie and made a multiplayer version!