These guys are seriously the funniest thing on Australian TV. They are extremely witty and some of their comedy is so well thought out, you really wonder where they get it from. There is some great footage of this weeks episode on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxXAr0R43dQ where they try to see how big a weapon they can smuggle in to a jail, including a rocket, a small canon (disguised poorly as a babies pram) and a tank! Some very clever gags about APEC also. Have they gone too far this time though? With times so security conscious, dressing up as Osama and getting that close to the US Presidents quarters, they are lucky they weren't fired upon! Funny though.
Interesting that the second story on Slashdot is about Google movies and now I can't search google!
Server Error
The server encountered an error and could not complete your request.
If the problem persists, please mail error@google.com and mention this error message and the query that caused it.
Has google managed to be overrun with slashdotters trying out the new service? HA!
I've come to a startling realisation, my expression of which may or may not make sense.
Most people posting their opinions on the Internet are either medium-to-way-hard left-biassed themselves, or follow in the thought patterns of others who post the aforementioned posts, but have nothing insightful to add. Most others shake their head (or choke/laugh/shudder).
If the reader is right-wing biassed, they have to be WAY-HARD-RIGHT to bother arguing (let alone STARTING a right-wing thread). At these posts everyone except other way-hard-right readers shake their heads (or chokes/laughs/shudders) and don't continue the argument. Left-wing readers however will either and not argue (shake their head/choke/laugh/shudder), or reply with indignation at being questioned, depending on how far left they are.
I'm sure I'm not alone in being "of the middle way" (at least I think I am, but I'm sure others will say otherwise, as they do). I'm not left-wing, nor right-wing, but I share some sentiments from both sides. Hard-left would see me as right-wing, Hard-right would see me as left-wing.
All this adds up to make everywhere I've found on the internet rather dull, depressing reading. The Internet was meant to be a medium for unbiassed discussion, yet it seems the stereotype is being fulfilled quite nicely (left activism (is EVERY blog left-wing??), right conservatism, and middle-way sites/blogs I know of don't post political threads!).
The political system will most likely never be good enough. Australia has a better voting system than America, but Australia also needs a better system, with more referendums, more often. At least then everyone has their say, and the majority opinion is known at issue-level, not party-level. A hard-right or hard-left approach will ALWAYS be bad.
In terms of America, I believe that the Bush government was the right choice this time around, just as I believe the Howard government was the right choice in Australia. I have read enough to support both beliefs in my mind, from many points of view from BOTH sides, combined with my own principles and morals.... taken from Gensygen at http://hoboe.net/in.php?in=hools
Well we know people like this have a total disregard for intellectual property and therefore a total disregard for those with creative and intuitive minds. Its because of people like this that technology has the opportunity to implode... anyone got some mp3's I can download fromt them?
Looks like there's going to be lots of wookies in number III. Nice!
http://www.dtheatre.com/read.php?sid=2791
Mirror 4 was nice and fast!
Make sure you check out http://hoboe.net/in.php?in=hools
Well here is my little conspiracy theory... First its an ID card, then its RFID tags on food because it makes sense. Then RFID tags for pets because we don't want to lose them, because we love them. Then criminals because we want to be safe. All of this total common sense. Then we should tag hospital patients because it makes sense, helps make sure they get the right treatment. Then perhaps we should tag any known terrorist with some form of device... then tag everyone, have a one world economy, cashless society where we all pay electronically by just swiping our hand - because we all know credit cards are too easily stolen or lost. It makes sense. Well while we are at it, we should probably have one world government as well.. with social security numbers linked to our Microsoft Sender Id.. perhaps Bill Gates could be our president. It all makes sense... Except maybe the bit about Bill Gates. Big brother will be watching!
When Australia outsources to Indian call centres, they give the Indian a new name. You see it all is ok that I can't understand what the heck the guy as saying.. because his name is Barry, or Kevin. The Canadians just need a nice American name... that makes it all better:(
Well here is my little conspiracy theory... First its RFID tags on food because it makes sense. Then pets because we don't want to lose them, because we love them. Then criminals because we want to be safe. All of this total common sense. Then we should tag hospital patients because it makes sense, helps make sure they get the right treatment. Then perhaps we should tag any known terrorist with some form of device... then tag everyone, have a one world economy, cashless society where we all pay electronically by just swiping our hand - because we all know credit cards are too easily stolen or lost. It makes sense. Well while we are at it, we should probably have one world government as well.. with social security numbers linked to our Microsoft Sender Id.. perhaps Bill Gates could be our president. It all makes sense... Except maybe the bit about Bill Gates:D
http://hoboe.net/in.php?in=hools
Well here is my little conspiracy theory...
First its RFID tags on food because it makes sense. Then pets because we don't want to lose them, because we love them. Then criminals because we want to be safe. All of this total common sense. Then we should tag hospital patients because it makes sense, helps make sure they get the right treatment.
Then perhaps we should tag any known terrorist with some form of device... then tag everyone, have a one world economy, cashless society where we all pay electronically by just swiping our hand - because we all know credit cards are too easily stolen or lost. It makes sense.
Well while we are at it, we should probably have one world government as well.. with social security numbers linked to our Microsoft Sender Id.. perhaps Bill Gates could be our president. It all makes sense...
Except maybe the bit about Bill Gates:D
Perhaps we could call it Microsoft ID instead? Why fluff it up with a name, call it as it is. The government gives us social security numbers so they can know who we and track us.. why not let Microsoft have the same power?... um.. because!!
Not mine. Talking to a tech friend of mine. He told me how he got a call from an old lady wanting to bring back her computer under warranty. He asked, why whats wrong with it. "Well", she said, "I was using the cd drive to hold my coffee when I knocked it and spilt coffee everywhere... and the computer didn't work again after I put it in the sink and washed it". My friend replied, "Sorry, our warranty doesn't cover stupidity" and hung up!
~~~
I was working at a university on their helpdesk and had to call back one of our external clients. I miss read my own note and asked if I could please speak to Fiona Elsley please. I got a short silence, then the reply... "No, sorry.... she's dead." In horror I re-read my note and relised I was wanting to speak to John AT the FIONA ELSLEY CANCER INSTITUTE!! woops. My supervisor who overheard my conversation was wetting herself on the floor when I hund up.
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These guys are seriously the funniest thing on Australian TV. They are extremely witty and some of their comedy is so well thought out, you really wonder where they get it from. There is some great footage of this weeks episode on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxXAr0R43dQ where they try to see how big a weapon they can smuggle in to a jail, including a rocket, a small canon (disguised poorly as a babies pram) and a tank! Some very clever gags about APEC also. Have they gone too far this time though? With times so security conscious, dressing up as Osama and getting that close to the US Presidents quarters, they are lucky they weren't fired upon! Funny though.
Holy Misquoting Fallingcow, I think you're right!!
As long as it comes with Shark Repellant, you can put me down to buy 2!
Interesting that the second story on Slashdot is about Google movies and now I can't search google! Server Error The server encountered an error and could not complete your request. If the problem persists, please mail error@google.com and mention this error message and the query that caused it. Has google managed to be overrun with slashdotters trying out the new service? HA!
Sounds like the perfect uni students dream.. something that holds your entire mp3 collection and doubles as a 2am mid study snack!
I've come to a startling realisation, my expression of which may or may not make sense. Most people posting their opinions on the Internet are either medium-to-way-hard left-biassed themselves, or follow in the thought patterns of others who post the aforementioned posts, but have nothing insightful to add. Most others shake their head (or choke/laugh/shudder). If the reader is right-wing biassed, they have to be WAY-HARD-RIGHT to bother arguing (let alone STARTING a right-wing thread). At these posts everyone except other way-hard-right readers shake their heads (or chokes/laughs/shudders) and don't continue the argument. Left-wing readers however will either and not argue (shake their head/choke/laugh/shudder), or reply with indignation at being questioned, depending on how far left they are. I'm sure I'm not alone in being "of the middle way" (at least I think I am, but I'm sure others will say otherwise, as they do). I'm not left-wing, nor right-wing, but I share some sentiments from both sides. Hard-left would see me as right-wing, Hard-right would see me as left-wing. All this adds up to make everywhere I've found on the internet rather dull, depressing reading. The Internet was meant to be a medium for unbiassed discussion, yet it seems the stereotype is being fulfilled quite nicely (left activism (is EVERY blog left-wing??), right conservatism, and middle-way sites/blogs I know of don't post political threads!). The political system will most likely never be good enough. Australia has a better voting system than America, but Australia also needs a better system, with more referendums, more often. At least then everyone has their say, and the majority opinion is known at issue-level, not party-level. A hard-right or hard-left approach will ALWAYS be bad. In terms of America, I believe that the Bush government was the right choice this time around, just as I believe the Howard government was the right choice in Australia. I have read enough to support both beliefs in my mind, from many points of view from BOTH sides, combined with my own principles and morals. ... taken from Gensygen at http://hoboe.net/in.php?in=hools
Well we know people like this have a total disregard for intellectual property and therefore a total disregard for those with creative and intuitive minds. Its because of people like this that technology has the opportunity to implode... anyone got some mp3's I can download fromt them?
Looks like there's going to be lots of wookies in number III. Nice! http://www.dtheatre.com/read.php?sid=2791 Mirror 4 was nice and fast! Make sure you check out http://hoboe.net/in.php?in=hools
Well here is my little conspiracy theory... First its an ID card, then its RFID tags on food because it makes sense. Then RFID tags for pets because we don't want to lose them, because we love them. Then criminals because we want to be safe. All of this total common sense. Then we should tag hospital patients because it makes sense, helps make sure they get the right treatment. Then perhaps we should tag any known terrorist with some form of device... then tag everyone, have a one world economy, cashless society where we all pay electronically by just swiping our hand - because we all know credit cards are too easily stolen or lost. It makes sense. Well while we are at it, we should probably have one world government as well.. with social security numbers linked to our Microsoft Sender Id.. perhaps Bill Gates could be our president. It all makes sense... Except maybe the bit about Bill Gates. Big brother will be watching!
When Australia outsources to Indian call centres, they give the Indian a new name. You see it all is ok that I can't understand what the heck the guy as saying.. because his name is Barry, or Kevin. The Canadians just need a nice American name... that makes it all better :(
Well here is my little conspiracy theory... First its RFID tags on food because it makes sense. Then pets because we don't want to lose them, because we love them. Then criminals because we want to be safe. All of this total common sense. Then we should tag hospital patients because it makes sense, helps make sure they get the right treatment. Then perhaps we should tag any known terrorist with some form of device... then tag everyone, have a one world economy, cashless society where we all pay electronically by just swiping our hand - because we all know credit cards are too easily stolen or lost. It makes sense. Well while we are at it, we should probably have one world government as well.. with social security numbers linked to our Microsoft Sender Id.. perhaps Bill Gates could be our president. It all makes sense... Except maybe the bit about Bill Gates :D
http://hoboe.net/in.php?in=hools
Well here is my little conspiracy theory... First its RFID tags on food because it makes sense. Then pets because we don't want to lose them, because we love them. Then criminals because we want to be safe. All of this total common sense. Then we should tag hospital patients because it makes sense, helps make sure they get the right treatment. Then perhaps we should tag any known terrorist with some form of device... then tag everyone, have a one world economy, cashless society where we all pay electronically by just swiping our hand - because we all know credit cards are too easily stolen or lost. It makes sense. Well while we are at it, we should probably have one world government as well.. with social security numbers linked to our Microsoft Sender Id.. perhaps Bill Gates could be our president. It all makes sense... Except maybe the bit about Bill Gates :D
Perhaps we could call it Microsoft ID instead? Why fluff it up with a name, call it as it is. The government gives us social security numbers so they can know who we and track us.. why not let Microsoft have the same power?... um.. because!!
Not mine. Talking to a tech friend of mine. He told me how he got a call from an old lady wanting to bring back her computer under warranty. He asked, why whats wrong with it. "Well", she said, "I was using the cd drive to hold my coffee when I knocked it and spilt coffee everywhere... and the computer didn't work again after I put it in the sink and washed it". My friend replied, "Sorry, our warranty doesn't cover stupidity" and hung up! ~~~ I was working at a university on their helpdesk and had to call back one of our external clients. I miss read my own note and asked if I could please speak to Fiona Elsley please. I got a short silence, then the reply... "No, sorry.... she's dead." In horror I re-read my note and relised I was wanting to speak to John AT the FIONA ELSLEY CANCER INSTITUTE!! woops. My supervisor who overheard my conversation was wetting herself on the floor when I hund up.
Is my subscribtion transferrable?