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  1. Its great, but... on Australia Gets 8Mbit/s Broadband now, 20Mbit Soon · · Score: 0

    I was originally on a 256/64 plan for $49 a month. i then tried the "feel the speed offer" of 1500/256. That trial plan was upgraded, due to the rolling out of their DSLAM. I was told that I could change back to my old plan after the trial period, and keep paying $50. The main reason I dont want to get one of their new plans, is the fact that they have turned off free peering. This is a bummer for me, as most of my downloads come from WAIX (Western Australian Internet Exchange). The other problem with the new plans is that you dont get the full speed unless you bundle your phone line with your DSL. I used to get a $10 discount on my monthly bill for having iinet as my long distance and mobile call carrier from my land line. Now you need to have the full package with them in order to receive the discount. I mean I'll probably get one of the new plans, but I'm kinda pissed that my "free" downloads are gone.

  2. Re:It's valid CURRENT English! on The Lost 1984 Mac Video · · Score: 0

    Yeah, in Australia we dont get marked down for using American english. The reason being, is that most students can't change MS Word from US English to Australian English. Even when you do change it, word keeps changing back to US English. I've never had any of these problems with Open Office

  3. Re:Where the F is it? on Review of Microsoft's Anti-Spyware Tools · · Score: 0

    Yeah no luck on that. Windows update said it had downloaded it... strange.

  4. Where the F is it? on Review of Microsoft's Anti-Spyware Tools · · Score: 0

    I downloaded the new MS anti-spyware tool, and I dont know where the fucken thing is. Can anyone help me out here?

    The only difference i have noticed on my system is a yellow exclamation every time I plug my iPod in, saying iTunes.exe is corrupt, please run chkdisk.

  5. Say wha??? on How Can I Trust Firefox? · · Score: 0

    "blindly ahead, I download the software again (this time coming from -- I kid you not! -- a numeric IP addres..." I didn't actually know you could get non-numeric IP addresses. Even in Hex, its still a number. I think the thing he means is URL, go back to school buddy.

  6. Why is this news? on The VHS is Dead · · Score: 0

    Why is this the second story? this was on google news yesterday. Old news people.

  7. Re:How did it happen? Grandma provides clues... on Kerry Concedes Election To Bush · · Score: 0

    "My roommies on the other hand, had different reasons. They are all very intellectual and logical thinkers, but they also share a common trait: They're racist biggots and classic examples of upper-middle class white people who fear change." Yeah I know exactly what you mean. A lot of my friends voted for John Howard in the last Australian Federal Election. One of my friends thinks that all indians are like dogs and should be treated that way. He also thinks its funny that so many aboriginal australians were killled by the white settlers. I think a lot of americans have no problem voting for bush, because they racists themselves.

  8. Dual Boot? on Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Released · · Score: -1, Redundant

    The big thing i want to know is, does this fix those problems with dual-boot that became apparent with fedora 2?

  9. Dell Laptops on Laptops with the Longest Battery Life? · · Score: 1

    I get 4h 7m out of my dell inspiron 1150. Its a celeron 2.4 14.1, i paid an extra $50 to get the 12 cell battery rather than the 8, well worth it. I think the main problem is with people buying these "desktop replacements" and thinking its a normal laptop, just more powerful. Where do people think this power is coming from?

  10. No monoculture in Perth, Western Australia. on Software Monoculture in Schools? · · Score: 1

    My highschool taught Information Systems on Macs, and the business computing class was taught on PC's. We started off with the old monochrome macs, until we eventually had a few iMacs. My university at the moment also has both. Although the Computer Science Department in which I study is full of IBM machines, the School of Communications and Multimedia is full of iMac's, and I think they might have got some g5's in this semester.