As a lefty trade unionist, here is my hierarchy of voting in Australia this election:
As a lefty trade-unionist my hierarchy of voting in Australia this election: Greens > Being Kicked In Crotch (Men's Size 10, Sharpened Wing Tip) > ALP > Skeletor > Stabbed By Transvestites In Mexican Cantina > Demi-crats > Nationals > Liberals > Suicide Booth > Family First
Copyfighters who say that art is free and there's a better model to sell music but secretly just don't want to pay for it. Record companies that pretend they're protecting their artists but really just like unreasonable profits.
I wish it was easy and I could just do what Boing Boing tells me to do *sob*
I've worked in a few places that have basically been held hostage with 'support' contracts for their shoddy products. They prey on total lack of knowledge and short term thinking.
I recall identifying some changes that would reduce the need for the ongoing support and having such a company cost them unrealistically so as to price it out of our reach.
They then resumed gouging us for UI changes that I probably could have done myself.
...the US Health System just needs more people who stand to make a significant short-term profit from all citizens who are healthy and treated promptly.
I'm still firmly of the opinion it's a misstep. If Abbott just shut the hell up, he'd more than likely be our next Prime Minister.
People are vacillating because both sides keep reinforcing how undesirable they are.
Admission is a very powerful step. The voting public isn't now simply going to dismiss what they don't want to believe as a lie, they're actively trying to determine when he's lying. That additional scrutiny isn't going to help him at all. Natural political cynicism was actually safer for him.
I don't know too many Australians, so this is anecdotal, but they don't seem to be very active politically. As the old Kiwi joke goes, it takes 21 Australians to change a lightbulb, one to hold the bulb and twenty to drink beer until the room starts spinning.
Depends on who you ask. There are a vocal number of people who are reasonably savvy. There is also the general population who are slowly becoming aware of the situation and the politics. Previously there was some support for the filter on the basis that it's stated goal had an inarguable 'protect the children' motif. Gradually the holes are starting to show and this growing awareness is turning the tide.
However, the current government has been thwarted far too often (often by it's own inaction rather than the opposition leader Tony Abbott's tomfoolery) and this seems to be the one election promise they can fulfill. Granted it was to the one party (Family First) that seems determined to wrap Australia in cotton wool, blind itself and set fire to anyone who wanders too close to their kids.
They (Labour) are staring at an election that they could lose to an unpopular bigot and admitted liar who happens to be the 'lesser evil'.
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I'd agree if Sally's brownies weren't worth billions. Billy's still a douche.
The CIA and movie kidnappers and people under interrogation also rejoice!
In recognition of this, I've renamed the file to Shared_Wonderland.mpg
Blizzard decided against it on their forums. There's no better two-word argument:
"Dude, China."
Microsoft wouldn't give Milo the capacity to think for himself.
If he could, there's the chance he might pick Firefox.
.... the human testicles are designed to allow the production of baby gravy (technical term.. look it up) at colder temperatures.
Unfortunately (for anyone who has experienced shrinkage) the human penis is incapable of spreading baby gravy at colder temperatures.
The only thing the crappy teacher taught me was that I didn't want to be a teacher.
I would have rather learned History from her, frankly.
And now I realise what the 'Preview' function is for.
I still can't let Abbott get into power.
As a lefty trade unionist, here is my hierarchy of voting in Australia this election:
As a lefty trade-unionist my hierarchy of voting in Australia this election: Greens > Being Kicked In Crotch (Men's Size 10, Sharpened Wing Tip) > ALP > Skeletor > Stabbed By Transvestites In Mexican Cantina > Demi-crats > Nationals > Liberals > Suicide Booth > Family First
...there are no queues.
Copyfighters who say that art is free and there's a better model to sell music but secretly just don't want to pay for it. Record companies that pretend they're protecting their artists but really just like unreasonable profits.
I wish it was easy and I could just do what Boing Boing tells me to do *sob*
Maybe, if Gerry Ford was still alive to pilot it....'doh!'
Can it be taught to cut you off?
"Buddy, I can't let you drive home without breaking rule 1."
Yeah, the song even references them. "On a hippie trail, head full of zombie."
.....Men at Work do come from a land down under, where women glow and lawyers plunder.
If it were my bank I'd take my money and walk....
According to the article they're more than happy to let anyone take your money and walk.
It was more a 'Rudd-less' coup from what I hear.
I find my browsing goes faster if I just yell at my housemate to stop downloading torrents that are *ahem* 'Barely Legal'.
I've worked in a few places that have basically been held hostage with 'support' contracts for their shoddy products. They prey on total lack of knowledge and short term thinking.
I recall identifying some changes that would reduce the need for the ongoing support and having such a company cost them unrealistically so as to price it out of our reach.
They then resumed gouging us for UI changes that I probably could have done myself.
Next we need a list of Most Slack Places to Work in IT 2010.
...the US Health System just needs more people who stand to make a significant short-term profit from all citizens who are healthy and treated promptly.
I'm still firmly of the opinion it's a misstep. If Abbott just shut the hell up, he'd more than likely be our next Prime Minister.
People are vacillating because both sides keep reinforcing how undesirable they are.
Admission is a very powerful step. The voting public isn't now simply going to dismiss what they don't want to believe as a lie, they're actively trying to determine when he's lying. That additional scrutiny isn't going to help him at all. Natural political cynicism was actually safer for him.
I don't know too many Australians, so this is anecdotal, but they don't seem to be very active politically. As the old Kiwi joke goes, it takes 21 Australians to change a lightbulb, one to hold the bulb and twenty to drink beer until the room starts spinning.
Depends on who you ask. There are a vocal number of people who are reasonably savvy. There is also the general population who are slowly becoming aware of the situation and the politics. Previously there was some support for the filter on the basis that it's stated goal had an inarguable 'protect the children' motif. Gradually the holes are starting to show and this growing awareness is turning the tide.
However, the current government has been thwarted far too often (often by it's own inaction rather than the opposition leader Tony Abbott's tomfoolery) and this seems to be the one election promise they can fulfill. Granted it was to the one party (Family First) that seems determined to wrap Australia in cotton wool, blind itself and set fire to anyone who wanders too close to their kids.
They (Labour) are staring at an election that they could lose to an unpopular bigot and admitted liar who happens to be the 'lesser evil'.
Anyone want to trade countries?
.....I can make cell phone calls with interpretive dance.
Does this mean the producers of Clash of the Titans can rush in some crappy 3D DLC to go with their crappy rushed movie 3D as well?