Coiffeuse critisisms aside, your complaints remind me of the hush hush deals under Howard, particularly children overboard and Tampa. I'd rather have some union involvement in govt decision making (democracy) than outright lies and racist military action.
It's not the illegal material that I'm worried about. It's the percentage of non-illegal material that will get flagged and blocked. And given the track record of this type of software, this will be an unacceptably high percentage. Hell, ANY unwarranted blockage is unacceptable.
Replying to myself here. Here's the contact details for relevant ministers:
Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
DEPUTY LEADER OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE SENATE Parliamentary office
Suite MG70
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Tel: 02 6277 7480
Fax: 02 6273 4154
Email address can be found here
The Hon Kevin Rudd MP
Prime Minister
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Or use this contact form
I cannot comprehend why my government would want to impose such draconian measures upon the population. I can only assume they perceive some kind of return on investment. Perhaps this ROI is votes from conservative right voters who would typically vote for the Liberal Party - an investment for the next election.
As an Internet Systems Administrator, I can see that there will most certainly be significant repercussions in performance and quality of Internet data. The realisation of open and adult concepts and discussions on public forums we have come to enjoy will fail. I'm not talking about pornography either. Any false positive as a result of mandatory content filtering is unacceptable. Bloggers and online journalists will be forced to curtail language, emotion and subject matter. The new journalism model that is allowing the voice of everyday people to be heard over the roar of commercial media will be dimmed.
Keeping children safe from predators has always been the responsibility of parents, not the state. I encourage all Australian slashdotters to write/ring/email your local federal member, cc-ing the Federal Minister for Communications and the Prime Minister. Remind them of the boundaries of acceptable government.
Try telling that to John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Jaco Pastorius..... Stanley Clarke, Stanley Jordan,.....Tommy Emmanuel, Ravi Shankaar,....Jan Hammer, Joe Satriani,......Miles Davis, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Jerry Goodman, Pat Metheney.... I could go on for weeks.
Yeah? Well, back in my day, it could take weeks to etch out a decent cave pr0n image. Do you know how hard it is to find skin coloured rocks? You whippersnappers with your acoustic modem links don't know how good you've got it. And get off my lawn.
The majority of devices that use USB will charge from the current provided - a defacto power standard. For non USB devices and given the low current requirements of most gadgets, designing the charging/regulation circuitry to a defined standard would be almost trivial. In fact, most use commonly available regulation ICs to save mfg cost.
Given the increasing onus on manufacturers to provide environmentally conscious disposal for their products, most will eventually opt for a standardised power/charging arrangement. It's a consideration when purchasing that I already make.
Re. the income from extra adaptor sales aftermarket - the cost of maintaining the supply chain for these items barely justifies making them available at all. Hence the ridiculous prices for OEM chargers.
Because if sakusha knows that Linux has approximately one percent desktop penetration, then he should also know that the cost of adopting and supporting Silverlight would be higher that other more open methods.
Careful with creatine. I've been advised by a pharmacist that I train with and trust that excessive dosing of creatine can have a harmful effect on the kidneys.
Take out the money incentive from sports and you eliminate doping
Parent was modded insightful by people who don't compete in sports. You can't tell me the will to win alone is not strong enough to lead many athletes into drugs.
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Not while there's the risk of discovering an endangered species, thus threatening their drilling rights.
And get off my fucking lawn.
Antique hardware running 24/7: Expensive, both fiscally and environmentally.
Now we know where you got your name!
The the lusers will remain lusers...
Coiffeuse critisisms aside, your complaints remind me of the hush hush deals under Howard, particularly children overboard and Tampa. I'd rather have some union involvement in govt decision making (democracy) than outright lies and racist military action.
And the economy under Keating was already recovering from a global slump when Howard the coward was elected.
Get your facts straight before you post.
It's not the illegal material that I'm worried about. It's the percentage of non-illegal material that will get flagged and blocked. And given the track record of this type of software, this will be an unacceptably high percentage. Hell, ANY unwarranted blockage is unacceptable.
Replying to myself here. Here's the contact details for relevant ministers:
Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
DEPUTY LEADER OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE SENATE
Parliamentary office
Suite MG70
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Tel: 02 6277 7480
Fax: 02 6273 4154
Email address can be found here
The Hon Kevin Rudd MP
Prime Minister Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Or use this contact form
I cannot comprehend why my government would want to impose such draconian measures upon the population. I can only assume they perceive some kind of return on investment. Perhaps this ROI is votes from conservative right voters who would typically vote for the Liberal Party - an investment for the next election.
As an Internet Systems Administrator, I can see that there will most certainly be significant repercussions in performance and quality of Internet data. The realisation of open and adult concepts and discussions on public forums we have come to enjoy will fail. I'm not talking about pornography either. Any false positive as a result of mandatory content filtering is unacceptable. Bloggers and online journalists will be forced to curtail language, emotion and subject matter. The new journalism model that is allowing the voice of everyday people to be heard over the roar of commercial media will be dimmed.
Keeping children safe from predators has always been the responsibility of parents, not the state. I encourage all Australian slashdotters to write/ring/email your local federal member, cc-ing the Federal Minister for Communications and the Prime Minister. Remind them of the boundaries of acceptable government.
Damn fine argument you presented there, Mr AC.
Easier than scp privatestuff.zip you@someserver:.? And it ain't gonna get lost in the mail...
Try telling that to John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Jaco Pastorius..... Stanley Clarke, Stanley Jordan,.....Tommy Emmanuel, Ravi Shankaar,....Jan Hammer, Joe Satriani,......Miles Davis, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Jerry Goodman, Pat Metheney.... I could go on for weeks.
World: You lied to me
China: It wasn't lies, it was just... bullshit
Thanks for that, I'm just trying it now. It's so great that the helpful folks on slashdot can provide such useful inf[LOST CARRIER]
Actually you _can't_ play many games on a virtual machine because the video isn't accelerated
VMWare fusion allows graphics acceleration. Pretty sure VMWare Workstation for other platforms also has this feature.
the entire Universe spontaneously being destroyed five seconds after you read this due to your anal venting of unpleasant gasses
is definitely zero. Hey! Unless you know something I don't... <chinrub/>
Yeah? Well, back in my day, it could take weeks to etch out a decent cave pr0n image. Do you know how hard it is to find skin coloured rocks? You whippersnappers with your acoustic modem links don't know how good you've got it. And get off my lawn.
Some companies are perfectly willing to sacrifice good code for mediocre as long as they can pay the programmer less.
There, fixed that for you.
The majority of devices that use USB will charge from the current provided - a defacto power standard. For non USB devices and given the low current requirements of most gadgets, designing the charging/regulation circuitry to a defined standard would be almost trivial. In fact, most use commonly available regulation ICs to save mfg cost.
Given the increasing onus on manufacturers to provide environmentally conscious disposal for their products, most will eventually opt for a standardised power/charging arrangement. It's a consideration when purchasing that I already make.
Re. the income from extra adaptor sales aftermarket - the cost of maintaining the supply chain for these items barely justifies making them available at all. Hence the ridiculous prices for OEM chargers.
Last time I put my hardon in a mayonnaise jar, the results were... oh, wait
Why was this called a troll?
Because if sakusha knows that Linux has approximately one percent desktop penetration, then he should also know that the cost of adopting and supporting Silverlight would be higher that other more open methods.
Good point. Performance enhancing drugs generally increase an athletes capacity for training. Drugs don't suddenly make a couch potato competitive.
Careful with creatine. I've been advised by a pharmacist that I train with and trust that excessive dosing of creatine can have a harmful effect on the kidneys.
Take out the money incentive from sports and you eliminate doping
Parent was modded insightful by people who don't compete in sports. You can't tell me the will to win alone is not strong enough to lead many athletes into drugs.