It's been frankly embarrassing how the local media has treated Gillard (to the point of asking if her defacto partner was gay on a public radio broadcast, implying she was merely his beard.
I can only hope that by the time we get our next female Prime Minister the rest of the pollies or mass media can find it in themselves to treat the position with respect even if they are still a bunch of misogynistic pricks.
It was far more embarrassing seeing the PM on national TV baying for the blood of an Australian journalist who had dared to embarras the US (one J Assange).
The position has lacked any respectability since howard's day.
1) I wouldn't be so quick to forgive Microsoft. Be one of the first to buy an Xbox One and you may be repaid by a system update in the not-to-distant future slowly re-implementing, bit by bit, this DRM scheme that they have claimed to be discarding.
Why is cynicism the only thing that ever gets upmodded here? Customers responded and Microsoft made the exact changes the customers requested and still the posts that get upmodded are the cynical ones.
Look at what ms have done in the past - starting in DOS days.
It's interesting. I'm an Ubuntu and Linux Mint user at home, but I can't really see value in having it on a phone. Although it would be nifty if I had a docking station at home and work where I could just drop my phone into it to use it as a more portable computer with a full monitor, keyboard and mouse when available, and the regular phone touch interface when on the go.
Maybe not for a phone (apart from being more open), but Really Good for a tablet.
...If you think you care so much about metric, why can't you tell me how many liters per 100 km your car takes? Its *your* car... no one is stopping you.
Just under 8L/100km (7.7 - 7.8 depending on the road) on a country road. See? Easily done.
Maybe this is a stupid question... but why would you not run Android?
Because the software I want to run needs a "proper" Linux install.
If it's possible to install alternative OSes (ie a flavour of Linux) then I'll be a customer since I need (not want, need*) a Linux tablet for my day job. If it isn't possible I'll keep looking elsewhere.
*Having very limited success in getting my 'droid to run Linux.
Why should a company located in the USA obey german law? The fact that a service is avaiable to germans via the internet is NOT akin to "doing business in Germany". We've been over this hundreds of times. How would you like it if you had some service running in your country and accessible to the internet and I'd sue you because you don't comply with laws of MY country?
I can. Not for the harassment, or the "hacking" of their social network pages. That's an almost inevitable consequence. I feel bad for them because they were doing their job of prosecuting a law that shouldn't exist. Nothing says prosecutors have to agree with the law.
"Just following orders" doesn't excuse them. They're extermination camp guards.
If they don't agree with the law they shouldn't be prosecuting, they should be finding an honest* job.
*If they do agree with the law then they are doing an honest job by prosecuting. But there were still honest extermination camp guards.
... There have already been some variations in Australian copyright laws because similar monopoly rip-offs were occurring in the book trade. It's clearly time for a similar approach to software etc, given the arrogant intransigence of the companies involved.
Meanwhile, you might note that the US has a Free Trade Agreement Yeah, sure! It's the free trade you have when the monopolists decide you can't have any free trade.
Try not to preach market force "competition encouragement" ideas in the absence of a basic limitation on the supply side. It doesn't work like that.
It's a free trade agreement in that the US is free to trade whatever they want for however much thay want and we are free to trade whatever the US wants us to for however much they want us to.
I'm not convinced that either Julia or Tony will really get their heads out of their arses and actually do something useful for once (preferably before September).
Microsoft were fined for a reason. Who cares that google complained?
I don't think you quite understand how the tech world has changed. With the rise of Android, iOS and OSX, Microsoft has become the new underdog. It's only right and just to give minority OSes your support when big corporate bullies try to take them down.
...
Unless the minority OS is put out by Microsoft, in which case those other other big corporate bullies should be given all assistance possible to euthanise Microsoft. A rabid underdog is still rabid.
Of course, when those same other bullies are down they should in their turn be euthanised to put them out of our misery.
...The Australian government should pass some regulation forcing companies to sell their products in Australia at their lowest global price after adjusting tangible cost differences or not sell at all. This would probably be breach of the US-Australia restrictive trade agreement though...
Isn't this just about the market? Australia has a very strong economy, very high minimum wage rates, average salary is 50k I think....those prices are what the market is willing to pay.
What has this got to do with the government?
In this part of the world the government's job is to look after the interests of the people. Sometimes, as happenstance, the government actually does its job. It appears that this is one of those tomes.
If by "computer science" MS means problem solving, algorithm development, information theory, how the different bits of hardware work etc, my response has to be: "With all possible respect, you are meddling in a specialised area in which you do not have adequate credentials. You have expressed a layman's opinion which is, unfortunately, of limited pedagogical* value in a primary school."
If by "computer science" MS means getting children to start using MS products at an ever earlier age my response has to be: "With all possible respect, go fuck yourself. Really, go away and fuck yourself. Sell your crap to adults all you like but leave the children alone; because of your past behaviour you have enough enemies now, you really don't need any more." And now I'm really pissed off at being reduced to using a "think of the children" argument.
*I use that word a lot (because IAAT) and it really does mean what I think it means.
Also, whenever London is mentioned I feel they should put "London, England" in case people confuse it with other Londons, such as London, Ohio (it's 2 miles south of Cowpoke).
And whenever Dallas is mentioned, they should put in "Dallas, USA" in case people confuse it with other Dallas(es?), such as Dallas, Victoria (AU)...:)
When I am demonstrating something to her I can lean over her shoulder and touch the screen, which is fantastic.
Personally, I hate it when someone touches my screen and leaving behind smeary fingerprints when they're trying to point to something. It can only get worse If they actually get to control my system by doing that...
No doubt "Lefty" will become a much more common nickname...
Indeed. Given what Microsoft has done to undermine other operating systems and their vendors, it is amusing to see the same thing done to them and them crying foul.
I'll admit it's very amusing but I'm morally torn on this one. Is it right to do wickedness to wicked people just because they would do the same to you?
They say turnabout is fair play but they also say be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.
Is it the only way to deal with a monster that has not only regularly done this in the past (as Plan A) but gives every impression of regularly doing it in the future (Y/N)?
Killing the monster may not be pleasant but it really looks like being necessary.
Free healthcare in Australia? I thought most people on/. were WAY too smart to buy that BS. Of course the government healthcare doesn't pay for important things like say, ambulances, but it does cost the average family $8,800 per year in extra taxes...
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It's been frankly embarrassing how the local media has treated Gillard (to the point of asking if her defacto partner was gay on a public radio broadcast, implying she was merely his beard.
I can only hope that by the time we get our next female Prime Minister the rest of the pollies or mass media can find it in themselves to treat the position with respect even if they are still a bunch of misogynistic pricks.
It was far more embarrassing seeing the PM on national TV baying for the blood of an Australian journalist who had dared to embarras the US (one J Assange).
The position has lacked any respectability since howard's day.
Voters are idiots
Are you saying you don't vote, or that you are an idiot?
In Australia, it's illegal not to vote. So you're either a voter or a criminal (I guess at one point in AU history, most people were probably both).
And by some standards, many members of Parliament still are.
Ha. Voters are idiots; you just watch Nancy Pelosi get re-elected despite her stance on surveillance...
Who is this "Nancy Pelosi" of whom you speak? For which House of Parliament is she standing?
They will have their asses handed to them in the next election.
Unless they are already in possession of their donkeys, in which case handing over won't be necessary.
1) I wouldn't be so quick to forgive Microsoft. Be one of the first to buy an Xbox One and you may be repaid by a system update in the not-to-distant future slowly re-implementing, bit by bit, this DRM scheme that they have claimed to be discarding.
Why is cynicism the only thing that ever gets upmodded here? Customers responded and Microsoft made the exact changes the customers requested and still the posts that get upmodded are the cynical ones.
Look at what ms have done in the past - starting in DOS days.
It's not cynicism, it's recognising a pattern.
It's interesting. I'm an Ubuntu and Linux Mint user at home, but I can't really see value in having it on a phone. Although it would be nifty if I had a docking station at home and work where I could just drop my phone into it to use it as a more portable computer with a full monitor, keyboard and mouse when available, and the regular phone touch interface when on the go.
Maybe not for a phone (apart from being more open), but Really Good for a tablet.
...If you think you care so much about metric, why can't you tell me how many liters per 100 km your car takes? Its *your* car... no one is stopping you.
Just under 8L/100km (7.7 - 7.8 depending on the road) on a country road. See? Easily done.
...and for those of us who actually care about what we drink, there's Toohey's. :)
Which is perfectly adequate for brushing your teeth provided you don't swallow any of it :)
...have I just accidentally restarted the beer war?
Nothing wrong with telstra's network, othert than cost.
And service. But the network itself is fine :)
And sometimes the network. But always the service. And the price, and of course the service.
Maybe this is a stupid question... but why would you not run Android?
Because the software I want to run needs a "proper" Linux install.
If it's possible to install alternative OSes (ie a flavour of Linux) then I'll be a customer since I need (not want, need*) a Linux tablet for my day job. If it isn't possible I'll keep looking elsewhere.
*Having very limited success in getting my 'droid to run Linux.
Why should a company located in the USA obey german law? The fact that a service is avaiable to germans via the internet is NOT akin to "doing business in Germany". We've been over this hundreds of times. How would you like it if you had some service running in your country and accessible to the internet and I'd sue you because you don't comply with laws of MY country?
And this doesn't already happen?
I can. Not for the harassment, or the "hacking" of their social network pages. That's an almost inevitable consequence. I feel bad for them because they were doing their job of prosecuting a law that shouldn't exist. Nothing says prosecutors have to agree with the law.
"Just following orders" doesn't excuse them. They're extermination camp guards.
If they don't agree with the law they shouldn't be prosecuting, they should be finding an honest* job.
*If they do agree with the law then they are doing an honest job by prosecuting. But there were still honest extermination camp guards.
... There have already been some variations in Australian copyright laws because similar monopoly rip-offs were occurring in the book trade. It's clearly time for a similar approach to software etc, given the arrogant intransigence of the companies involved.
Meanwhile, you might note that the US has a Free Trade Agreement Yeah, sure! It's the free trade you have when the monopolists decide you can't have any free trade.
Try not to preach market force "competition encouragement" ideas in the absence of a basic limitation on the supply side. It doesn't work like that.
It's a free trade agreement in that the US is free to trade whatever they want for however much thay want and we are free to trade whatever the US wants us to for however much they want us to.
I'm not convinced that either Julia or Tony will really get their heads out of their arses and actually do something useful for once (preferably before September).
I imagine the context changes too, though. Does Australia recognize the DMCA and the safe harbor bits?
Not yet, but as soon as the US gives us democracy...
Marking a *profit*...[by supplying a product is "greed" now is it, comrade?]
If the product is designed to maintain and abuse a monopoly, yes it is.
Microsoft were fined for a reason. Who cares that google complained?
I don't think you quite understand how the tech world has changed. With the rise of Android, iOS and OSX, Microsoft has become the new underdog. It's only right and just to give minority OSes your support when big corporate bullies try to take them down.
...
Unless the minority OS is put out by Microsoft, in which case those other other big corporate bullies should be given all assistance possible to euthanise Microsoft. A rabid underdog is still rabid.
Of course, when those same other bullies are down they should in their turn be euthanised to put them out of our misery.
Did I just say that or was I only thinking it?
That explains a lot ... if the furniture was Swedish too, it probably just wasn't assembled correctly in the first place.
...because the instructions were borked.
...The Australian government should pass some regulation forcing companies to sell their products in Australia at their lowest global price after adjusting tangible cost differences or not sell at all. This would probably be breach of the US-Australia restrictive trade agreement though...
Sorry, but I really had to fix that for you.
Isn't this just about the market? Australia has a very strong economy, very high minimum wage rates, average salary is 50k I think....those prices are what the market is willing to pay.
What has this got to do with the government?
In this part of the world the government's job is to look after the interests of the people. Sometimes, as happenstance, the government actually does its job. It appears that this is one of those tomes.
If by "computer science" MS means problem solving, algorithm development, information theory, how the different bits of hardware work etc, my response has to be: "With all possible respect, you are meddling in a specialised area in which you do not have adequate credentials. You have expressed a layman's opinion which is, unfortunately, of limited pedagogical* value in a primary school."
If by "computer science" MS means getting children to start using MS products at an ever earlier age my response has to be: "With all possible respect, go fuck yourself. Really, go away and fuck yourself. Sell your crap to adults all you like but leave the children alone; because of your past behaviour you have enough enemies now, you really don't need any more." And now I'm really pissed off at being reduced to using a "think of the children" argument.
*I use that word a lot (because IAAT) and it really does mean what I think it means.
Also, whenever London is mentioned I feel they should put "London, England" in case people confuse it with other Londons, such as London, Ohio (it's 2 miles south of Cowpoke).
And whenever Dallas is mentioned, they should put in "Dallas, USA" in case people confuse it with other Dallas(es?), such as Dallas, Victoria (AU)... :)
When I am demonstrating something to her I can lean over her shoulder and touch the screen, which is fantastic.
Personally, I hate it when someone touches my screen and leaving behind smeary fingerprints when they're trying to point to something. It can only get worse If they actually get to control my system by doing that...
No doubt "Lefty" will become a much more common nickname...
...I remember the Microsoft whose products could be guaranteed to be technically excellent...
With all possible respect, but as someone who started on DOS 3, my response has to be (safe for work).
Indeed. Given what Microsoft has done to undermine other operating systems and their vendors, it is amusing to see the same thing done to them and them crying foul.
I'll admit it's very amusing but I'm morally torn on this one. Is it right to do wickedness to wicked people just because they would do the same to you?
They say turnabout is fair play but they also say be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.
Is it the only way to deal with a monster that has not only regularly done this in the past (as Plan A) but gives every impression of regularly doing it in the future (Y/N)?
Killing the monster may not be pleasant but it really looks like being necessary.
Free healthcare in Australia? I thought most people on /. were WAY too smart to buy that BS. Of course the government healthcare doesn't pay for important things like say, ambulances, but it does cost the average family $8,800 per year in extra taxes...
The average family earns about $590k?