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  1. Microsoft Seeking to Patent Automatic Censorship on Microsoft Seeking to Patent Automatic Censorship · · Score: 1

    Sh!t, there's going to be a lot of bl@@dy beeps in the land of OZ

  2. Re:should have said.. on Australians to Get Compulsory Photo ID Smartcard · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't that be :wo sind deine papieren bruce?

  3. Re:I was under the impression... on Getting on Top of Spam Down Under · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but what do United States spam laws have to do with Australian ISPs, unless something horrible happened overnight.

  4. a metal needle would run over the disk and make so on The Beatles, Apple, and iTunes · · Score: 1

    Wrong, the "needle" or better still, the stylus, was made of sapphire or (the better ones) were diamonds. BTW, new vinyl always performs better than this low sampled CD rubbish anyway.

  5. Lastly- the Aussies benefited quite a bit... on Brits To Crash Test a Scramjet · · Score: 1

    Mate this IS the research NASA has been doing for the last couple of decades, seem my previous message re: taking credit...

  6. Re:Not the Brits on Brits To Crash Test a Scramjet · · Score: 1

    Who cares, I know UQ does a lot in the Scramjet area, The Poms most likely do as well, but by the time it's all said and done and these babies are common place, the Yanks will take the credit anyway!

  7. Patentable Thought on SCOTUS To Hear Patentable Thought Case · · Score: 1

    I Think there for I ... owe?

  8. Fossil Rises From its Grave on Fossil Rises From its Grave · · Score: 1

    Anyone for rat pudding !?....

  9. Re:Novell stitches up Linux deal with Aus Governme on Novell Signs Linux Deal with Australian Government · · Score: 1

    Thanks for that, and cut out with you northern speak, every one knows it is 'Bestuursysteem'

  10. Re:Novell stitches up Linux deal with Aus Governme on Novell Signs Linux Deal with Australian Government · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but the swans will NEVER win 3 in a row... See you at surfers when you retire :)

  11. television antenna into an electric socket on Jon Maddog Hall on Linux, His Life and More · · Score: 1

    Whoa, we have something in common, I did something like that at the age of 4, the wire handle of a fly swat, I've never been the same again ;p

  12. Novell stitches up Linux deal with Aus Government on Novell Signs Linux Deal with Australian Government · · Score: 1

    You had me all excited there, turns out it's only the NSW government, only 1 of the 8 States and Territories, nice but hardly the whole of Australia.

  13. Wizkiddery on Exposing Children to Technology? · · Score: 1

    Do not confuse dexterity with Wizkiddery, I know a lot of wiz kids (by their own proclamation or their parents') that could not tell their ass from their elbow in terms of computers. Not until computers become truly interactive will they be a valuable asset for kids to have in early childhood, what is on offer these days is still very predictable and regimented, kids are going through exercises like a violin player in a straightjacket, there is no room for spontaneity which I think is a pre-requisite, especially with young kids.

  14. Gnome on A Look at GNOME 2.14 · · Score: 1

    Get rid of the bitmaps on the buttons and i'll think about it

  15. Re:No, the cat does not "got my tongue." on Graffiti Game Banned in Australia · · Score: 1

    Australian constitution As a matter of fact we do have a Supreme court, in fact we have A federal Supreme Court, each state and territory has a Supreme Court of their own, we just call it the High Court.
    Justice, Peace and the 'stralian way....

  16. Re:That's the price we pay... on Toxic Toads Taking Over Australia · · Score: 1

    More a case of 'the sins of the fathers' Matey, all nice to be self righteous and pious about it, but this critter was introduced in the 1930s, not one of the smartest moves in history I'd agree, but hardly something that can be blamed on the current generation, I for one am not guilt ridden about it, BUT I wouldn't mind finding a solution for this pest nonetheless, I care not a sausage who will boast about it!

  17. Re:Humane Killing on Toxic Toads Taking Over Australia · · Score: 1

    Don't know if this could be deemed to be humane, but word has it that a spray bottle with Dettol (disinfectant) will do the trick, supposedly numbs them, pop them in a garbage bag, throw the lot in the freezer and Bob's your uncle, I don't know if I would chuck a steak on the BBQ after that though ;)

  18. Re:As a canetoad myself... on Toxic Toads Taking Over Australia · · Score: 1

    must be just the bloody cockroaches doing it then, go the Lions btw ;)

  19. As a canetoad myself... on Toxic Toads Taking Over Australia · · Score: 4, Informative

    Coming from Brisbane (capital of Queensland), I am referred to as a 'Cane Toad' as are all Queenslanders, a slightly better nickname than our southern brothers from New South Wales who have the 'Cockroaches' predicate, Victorians are known as 'VWs' (Victorian Wankers). There is only 1 known predator that can handle the Cane toad and that is the native Crow, it has learned (clever little buggar) to flick the toad on its back and go for the belly, thereby avoiding the poison glands on the back, I would be tempted to say 'Go the Crows', but I'm from Brisbane, not Adelaide ;)

  20. Intel/Skype on Intel and Skype Exclude AMD · · Score: 1

    collusion: A secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy. Wiktionary fits, apart from the secrecy

  21. Borland BC4 on Borland Divests IDEs to Focus on ALM · · Score: 1

    I remember the days Borland C++ V4 for windows landed on the doorstep, it had a big yellow sticker on top with the following: "WARNING THIS IS A HAEAVY BOX", no bloody kidding, it was like someone had just raided the local library, it was loaded with manuals. (not tomention the 40 odd floppies with the software).As I write this I'm still waiting for the Microsoft PWB that came with M$C 6.0 to finish initialising... aaahhh the memories.

  22. delisted on Google Delists BMW-Germany · · Score: 1

    yeah right, and what are these 10 result pages I just got...?

  23. Hobbyists on Microsoft Licensing Fee Intended To Reduce Hobbyists · · Score: 1

    I recall 2 hobbyists some years ago they flogged a scientific calculator and a VW combi to raise money to buy an Intel processor, wonder what happened to them?

  24. Re:Docking Stations? on Pigeons to Blog Pollution · · Score: 1

    I don't think that'll work, pigeons in general don't sit on thin lines/branches it gives them cramps in their toes, they are more equipped to sit on flat surfaces. Back to the drawing board.

  25. Re:Is OSS documentation any better? on Slashback: OSS, Lawsuits, History · · Score: 1

    By virtue of the fact that it exists, i would have to say YES