May I assume that the Greens are not a major party yet? Or have they aligned themselves with one of them? And are they speaking up? They received no mention the article. Oh well, it's up to the people to vote the 'major parties' out if they are interested in stopping this atrocity.
No, the greens have NOT aligned themselves with either of the other big parties.
The greens have been campaigning against this sort of thing for ages. The Greens spokesperson for media stuff has the following campaigns running:
As an Australian, I am so glad we have a preferential voting system, not first past the post.
Here we -can- vote for whoever we want, and not worry about a 'wasted' vote - no strategic voting.
I wish it were somehow possible for you guys to change your voting system (not to ours necessarily, I'm sure there are better counting systems).
Although I see your point, I don't think that example is very apt. Sure, when your cell phone is off, signals from the nearby tower are still passing through you, but those aren't the ones people claim to be concerned about when the discuss 'cell phone radiation'. Its the signal coming from your phone, since it is right next to your head/body that is the issue. Your phone has to pump out a strong signal to reach the tower, due to the inverse square law, while the signal from the tower is already weak(er) by the time it reaches you.
The airport in Kuala Lumpur (capital of Malaysia) is very commonly used as a sort of 'hub' when travelling to/from Australia/New Zealand to/from elsewhere in the world. Its not surprising he had a stop over there.
Source: I'm a West Australian and find that 'KL' is frequently used in conversation to mean that specific airport.
The more I read about all this stuff going on, the more and more I think of Accelerando by Charles Stross. The description in the news of these companies makes them sound like organisms trying to compete in an artificial world, with less and less connection to reality. Soon their actions will be run by programs, and will eventually become sentient:P
(Book is available free online if interested, see http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/accelerando.charles_stross/)
If I recall correctly, this was done by the Liberal party (and maybe the Labor party?) during the last federal election. You search for a candidate, and the first link is a sponsored ad directing you to a page telling you how crap they are.
Just to add to ACs comments in case people get confused. The caps that most ISPs have don't charge you when you go over the plan, your speed is just reduced to 64kbps or 256kbps until the next month.
Exceptions are Dodo internet, which have tiny caps starting at 100MB, and then charge 16c per MB over that to a maximum of $99. Telstra also charge when you go over the limit at 15c/MB for a maximum of $300.
Then apparently even websites talking about RC games or other material will be blocked in part or whole.
Actually, RC computer games will be explicitly left out of the mandatory filtering until a review is finalised on how to classify them. (According to http://openinternet.com.au/learn_more/ anyway)
1. Two targets were destroyed - one liquid and one solid fueled. This puts the lie to the above comment, and the Slashdot article that implies that they only shot a liquid-fueled target because it was easier. Furthermore, the solid-fueled target was identical to one that the ALTB had destroyed in flight a week earlier.
The press release you link to states that they only shot down one target in this test - the liquid fueled one.
Less than one hour later, a second solid fuel short-range missile was launched from a ground location on San Nicolas Island, Calif. and the ALTB successfully engaged the boosting target with its High Energy Laser, met all its test criteria, and terminated lasing prior to destroying the second target. The ALTB destroyed a solid fuel missile, identical to the second target, in flight on February 3, 2010.
So it fired its high energy laser at the second target, but switched off the laser before actually destroying it. However they had previously destroyed an identical target.
Companies have been making exoskeletons ever since the "Hardiman" of the 1960s. While more modern versions have actually bordered on the practical (see the suit worn by Ripley in the movie Aliens... that is a real machine), they have always had to drag a power tether in order to do anything useful. Of course they did not show that part in the movie.
What do you mean by a 'real machine'? I am skeptical that the prop was a powered exoskeleton, even with an external power source. Or do you mean parts of it were powered? Would be cool if it was real though!
NO. Originally it was designed for Gradius, which was out before Contra. Even then, it gave you full weapons minus the laser. IT WAS NOT A 30-LIVES CODE TO BEGIN WITH. In Contra and Gradius' sequel, Life Force, this gave you thirty lives. BTW SELECT START was only for two players. Come the SNES the code changed with Gradius III - trying the original Konami code DESTROYED YOUR SHIP. They changed Left Right Left Right to the SNES shoulder L & R buttons instead to give you a full weapons payload.
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May I assume that the Greens are not a major party yet? Or have they aligned themselves with one of them? And are they speaking up? They received no mention the article. Oh well, it's up to the people to vote the 'major parties' out if they are interested in stopping this atrocity.
No, the greens have NOT aligned themselves with either of the other big parties.
The greens have been campaigning against this sort of thing for ages. The Greens spokesperson for media stuff has the following campaigns running:
http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/campaigns In particular:
http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/natsecinquiry
http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/stopgovernmentsnooping
As an Australian, I am so glad we have a preferential voting system, not first past the post. Here we -can- vote for whoever we want, and not worry about a 'wasted' vote - no strategic voting. I wish it were somehow possible for you guys to change your voting system (not to ours necessarily, I'm sure there are better counting systems).
Although I see your point, I don't think that example is very apt. Sure, when your cell phone is off, signals from the nearby tower are still passing through you, but those aren't the ones people claim to be concerned about when the discuss 'cell phone radiation'. Its the signal coming from your phone, since it is right next to your head/body that is the issue. Your phone has to pump out a strong signal to reach the tower, due to the inverse square law, while the signal from the tower is already weak(er) by the time it reaches you.
The airport in Kuala Lumpur (capital of Malaysia) is very commonly used as a sort of 'hub' when travelling to/from Australia/New Zealand to/from elsewhere in the world. Its not surprising he had a stop over there. Source: I'm a West Australian and find that 'KL' is frequently used in conversation to mean that specific airport.
The more I read about all this stuff going on, the more and more I think of Accelerando by Charles Stross. The description in the news of these companies makes them sound like organisms trying to compete in an artificial world, with less and less connection to reality. Soon their actions will be run by programs, and will eventually become sentient :P
(Book is available free online if interested, see http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/accelerando.charles_stross/)
If I recall correctly, this was done by the Liberal party (and maybe the Labor party?) during the last federal election. You search for a candidate, and the first link is a sponsored ad directing you to a page telling you how crap they are.
My favourites are Google results pointing to a forum thread where someone is asking exactly what I want to know, and the only answer is 'google it'.
I still use a 24 inch Samsung TV. I honestly don't notice the difference after watching it for 15 seconds, brain just disregards the space around it.
Who the hell modded this flamebait?
No, you are only meant to fill in one box above the line. If you put a mark in more than one box it won't make any difference to your vote, or it may be marked as informal. (I say may, because my sources aren't clear on what happens if you fill out more than one box). What are you talking about is what Bob Brown of the Greens party is suggesting would be a better system, but its not what we have at the moment. Sources: http://www.aec.gov.au/Voting/How_to_vote/Voting_Senate.htm http://www.comlaw.gov.au/ComLaw/Legislation/ActCompilation1.nsf/framelodgmentattachments/DEC4F8A1D65DEBBCCA25776B001D4AC4
Just to add to ACs comments in case people get confused. The caps that most ISPs have don't charge you when you go over the plan, your speed is just reduced to 64kbps or 256kbps until the next month. Exceptions are Dodo internet, which have tiny caps starting at 100MB, and then charge 16c per MB over that to a maximum of $99. Telstra also charge when you go over the limit at 15c/MB for a maximum of $300.
Well done sir. That made my day a little bit better.
Actually, RC computer games will be explicitly left out of the mandatory filtering until a review is finalised on how to classify them. (According to http://openinternet.com.au/learn_more/ anyway)
1. Two targets were destroyed - one liquid and one solid fueled. This puts the lie to the above comment, and the Slashdot article that implies that they only shot a liquid-fueled target because it was easier. Furthermore, the solid-fueled target was identical to one that the ALTB had destroyed in flight a week earlier.
The press release you link to states that they only shot down one target in this test - the liquid fueled one.
Less than one hour later, a second solid fuel short-range missile was launched from a ground location on San Nicolas Island, Calif. and the ALTB successfully engaged the boosting target with its High Energy Laser, met all its test criteria, and terminated lasing prior to destroying the second target. The ALTB destroyed a solid fuel missile, identical to the second target, in flight on February 3, 2010.
So it fired its high energy laser at the second target, but switched off the laser before actually destroying it. However they had previously destroyed an identical target.
Its a paradigm breaking investment opportunity that is going to revolutionise the way we do everything!
http://gizmodo.com/5302097/giz-bill-nye-explains-the-iphone-3gss-oleophobic-screen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleophobic
According to Bill Nye, the iphone 3GS has already has a special Oleophobic polymer that does just what you want, but the older iphone 3G doesn't.
The article says the stuff is "breathable" - but cyanide gas is breathable, too. It just isn't a recommended thing to do.
I believe it meant breathable as in "air can pass through it". As in "this shirt breathes well"
Companies have been making exoskeletons ever since the "Hardiman" of the 1960s. While more modern versions have actually bordered on the practical (see the suit worn by Ripley in the movie Aliens... that is a real machine), they have always had to drag a power tether in order to do anything useful. Of course they did not show that part in the movie.
What do you mean by a 'real machine'? I am skeptical that the prop was a powered exoskeleton, even with an external power source. Or do you mean parts of it were powered? Would be cool if it was real though!
You can't teach stupid people not to be stupid. They can't learn in the first place, that's why they're stupid!
Can I get that printed on a t-shirt?
Oh man. I remember watching that movie when I was...9?. Made me want to be an engineer :P
*cough*
http://www.thefunnydogs.com/wp-content/uploads/200 7/02/cute-puppy-kitty.jpg
Can't we all just get along?
what kind of swallows?
Ways around it like clicking the 'go to google.com' link?
I'm going to assume you meant its a real children's show. That episode was never intended to be aired for children: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_(television)# The_.22Adult.22_version
Damn funny though :)