Then they would, you know, maybe have to be a parent, rather than sit the kids in front of youtube all night? Actually monitor what their kids do on the net? Tell them that their children that they have to have some responsibility to share nicely, and that something bad will happen if they use it all up? Nahh, that would be too difficult.
Australia's had this for many years, and it works quite well - watch what you download, or manually shape your torrenting, or deal with slooow internet once you hit the cap. As the GP says, this is a non-event to most of the world who already have this in place.
And I don't even want to think about how the furries would use this...
Seriously, what's with the furry-bashing? Sure, they're different, but they're also harmless. Be concerned about the paedophiles instead. Think of the children, not the fat 50-something guy in a female mouse fursuit.
It's similar to landing in the middle of the Sahara Desert with no way to get out: you know there's something interesting far away, but the only way to examine it is to plan another mission, rather than just drive there. After everything in the crater has been examined, if there's no other scientific targets within range, the only objectives remaining are engineering ones, which are also important, certainly more interesting than just turning off the "little rover that could".
Queensland is Australia's second largest state measuring more than 1.72 million square kilometres, 25% of Australia's land mass, which is four times the size of Japan, nearly six times the size of the UK and more than twice the size of Texas in the US.
And the typical software engineer that you were 4 years ago would have been skeptical about this "miraculous series of events", and postulated that this "ability to believe" was the result of something breaking as a result of a month of 20 hours a day at work, so you'll have to forgive us for not immediately searching for a walkthrough/crack/keygen to discovering our own personal AbilityToBelieve-v2.1.1.6 on our favorite warez sites.
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Thus spake the OP:
This is it, the rest is the terrifying nothingness of the unknown.
This is the part that I found amusing. "The terrifying nothingness of the unknown" is, to me - entirely un-terrifying. I've always figured if you're dead, you don't really care about anything much any more, so what's to be scared of, bar the method of getting there? Personally, I'd prefer to be killed in a few minutes with a stingray barb than over the course of weeks or months with, say, a cancer. As such, Big Steve's to be envied, in many ways.
*goes to find the magical elf jesus, just to try and prove himself wrong*
More seriously, condolences to Steve's family and kids - I'm an aussie, too, so I'll freely admit I cringed when I saw his tv shows. But, as others have said - he's done more for conservation than many others have, even professed environmentalists - and that's something to be admired.
He has fibreoptic 2.0 - better, stronger, faster, and able to be hammered through walls. I'm surprised you haven't heard of it. PHB's are going to LOVE this stuff.;)
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So they'll play you classical music. Where's the problem again?
Someone pass me a rattle?
Then they would, you know, maybe have to be a parent, rather than sit the kids in front of youtube all night? Actually monitor what their kids do on the net? Tell them that their children that they have to have some responsibility to share nicely, and that something bad will happen if they use it all up? Nahh, that would be too difficult.
Australia's had this for many years, and it works quite well - watch what you download, or manually shape your torrenting, or deal with slooow internet once you hit the cap. As the GP says, this is a non-event to most of the world who already have this in place.
-Wolf
Get over yourself. Since when did UID's mean anything, except that lower UID means more time to practice bad "In Soviet Russia" jokes?
As the saying goes... This is the internet. Get over it.
That's because they'll all be in the carpark in shipping containers. :)
You must be new here.
He's a consultant, in other words.
He gets karma points, who cares? *shrugs*
The S&M crowd are gonna love this little toy for their toybox. :)
Seriously, what's with the furry-bashing? Sure, they're different, but they're also harmless. Be concerned about the paedophiles instead. Think of the children, not the fat 50-something guy in a female mouse fursuit.
~Sony.
/Terminator
Useful, no?
That was too obvious. Try again next time, coward.
About 42ms before you meet Mr Ground, yes.
Nah, but I'm sure some british politician would be happy to outlaw the practice for you. :)
~wolf
There's irony in the redundant mod of the parent post, somewhere. Can't quite spot it...
Queensland is Australia's second largest state measuring more than 1.72 million square kilometres, 25% of Australia's land mass, which is four times the size of Japan, nearly six times the size of the UK and more than twice the size of Texas in the US.
In case you were wondering, Australia also has a station (ranch) that's bigger than Belgium, and bigger than anything in Texas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Creek_station
And the typical software engineer that you were 4 years ago would have been skeptical about this "miraculous series of events", and postulated that this "ability to believe" was the result of something breaking as a result of a month of 20 hours a day at work, so you'll have to forgive us for not immediately searching for a walkthrough/crack/keygen to discovering our own personal AbilityToBelieve-v2.1.1.6 on our favorite warez sites.
This is the part that I found amusing. "The terrifying nothingness of the unknown" is, to me - entirely un-terrifying. I've always figured if you're dead, you don't really care about anything much any more, so what's to be scared of, bar the method of getting there? Personally, I'd prefer to be killed in a few minutes with a stingray barb than over the course of weeks or months with, say, a cancer. As such, Big Steve's to be envied, in many ways.
*goes to find the magical elf jesus, just to try and prove himself wrong*
More seriously, condolences to Steve's family and kids - I'm an aussie, too, so I'll freely admit I cringed when I saw his tv shows. But, as others have said - he's done more for conservation than many others have, even professed environmentalists - and that's something to be admired.
Lindsay.
He has fibreoptic 2.0 - better, stronger, faster, and able to be hammered through walls. I'm surprised you haven't heard of it. PHB's are going to LOVE this stuff. ;)
Apparently, you lack ninja skills.
At least it's the Kiwis, not the bloody Poms. :)