It would have been an "Opt-Out" option, which is nearly as bad as the common theme for windows apps and damn toolbars or other "partner" software. If a friend desperately needs/wants iTunes and I know for a fact they will install it against my advice anyway, I use this method. iTunes, without full quicktime, no updater, no bonjour, updater etc. I stipulate that I won't fix their machine if they choose to update it themselves. It works, keeps them happy and saves me the effort of diagnosing a slow computer.
Why an F'ing music syncing application needs something like 8 persistently running services is absolutely beyond me.
This was posted on one of the Aussie mailing lists I'm a member of, absolutely sureal. Wish I could have seen it, bit of a drive from the West coast and I believe they were grounding planes at one point.
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True enough, but taking it to a more personal notch, some of my riskiest decisions have brought about the biggest rewards and some of them failed epically. I couldn't imagine me being happy, stuck in some dead end job back home, instead I'm on the other side of the country, well on the way to getting married, recently purchased a house etc. etc.
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It was something that I thought was a bit more recent phenomenon. But it seems that once a market becomes "established" that it becomes tougher to get people to invest in an idea that isn't safe. And it just goes to show what a significant impact that this game had on the industry and what a shame it would have been if they had given up.
Actually churning butter and forging horseshoes would have been pretty cool to learn and far more useful then learning cursive. Eg, Churning butter would have engaged the students and also taught them a bit about where their food comes from, as whilst we use machines now, butter is still created from the same basic processes. Learning about metallurgy can be useful later in life if you choose to go down that path, boiler makers, fitters + turners are actually fairly highly sort and pretty well paid in the scheme of things. But cursive, well unless informed otherwise, I haven't come across a use for it yet.
Unfortunately no we don't, M15+ is the highest. We need to have a unanimous vote by the Attorney Generals to get something like an R18+ for video games and Michael Atkinson voted no to the change (everyone else voted yes).
"He doubts whether any safeguards could be put in place to deter young people, who after all (are) the most computer literate and savvy in our society, from being able to access material."
The reason you should care about the science is that there may be a legitimate, scientific solution that's cheaper and/or healthier.
The problem being that not even science can explain exactly how the human body works. Yes we do have a good understanding, and what research has taken place gives us a plethora of information we can make judgements on, but who is to say whether that interpretation is right or wrong. I have armed myself with quite a great deal of knowledge and made a choice from that. From what I gather, Scientists haven't done enough research to support or deny Chiropractics, so who's to say it's actually bogus. Your right, my guy isn't crazy, I have had assessments from a few over the years, including one that said I was going to have to see him 3 times a week (each visit costing more than the guy I currently see) for at least 12 months rather then the once every other month, sooner if required (which when I spend a weekend working on my car tends to bring that requirement well forward!)
Personally I use Chiropractics, and because of a birth defect, I get pretty extreme pain when I'm out of alignment. You do get some bad eggs (like any industry, bad doctors, bad mechanics etc etc) but the one I see completed a full examination, including X-rays. He was able to point out and it was very obvious why I was in pain. Prior to an adjustment (especially if I have left it too long), I'm looking at the world on an angle, one shoulder is lower than the other, I'm favouring my left leg, I feel depressed for no apparent reason (that's when I've left it far too long), I have interrupted sleep, I'm irritable.. I could go on, but at the end of the day, when I'm back in alignment, my mood changes, I'm not in pain and generally go back to being my happy go lucky usual self.
I couldn't give a rats arse about the science, it works for me. But I have been priviledged enough to have benefited from the knowledge divulged from my father's Chrio back home and you know what, a lot of it makes sense. At the end of the day, the human body is a very complex machine. If your back is out of alignment and you go through life with undue pressure on certain nerves because of the misalignment, one would imagine that the signals could be interrupted and cause problems. Now I'm not going to say that it's the answer for anyone, I'm just going to say it works for me and it's a whole lot more then a bit of "bone crunching".
One thing wrong with Plastic slides... Static Electricity! You build up a shit load going down them and right at the bottom you have stainless steel bolts that hold them to the ground. You put muscles out with a decent zap. Give me a metal slide any day. The rungs on the slide get hot enough to know, hey maybe this will hurt and if you did choose to proceed, you usually only did it once!
I think the Mantra of "just" and "fair go" still stands at least with the citzens. The government, and it seems so much more so the Labour government of today is really doing some pitiful things. I may not of agreed with a lot of things the Howard government brought in, but nothing really got me angry like the plethora of things the Rudd government has brought in and attempting to bring in.
Funnily enough, Part of Senator Conroy's election strategy was explaining exactly how much of a luddite Hellen Coonan was. I attended one of his broadband forums prior to the last election, and whilst I pulled him up on a few things, he actually had a plan to do something about communications in Australia. Unfortunately it turns out that he was no better and in fact a magnitude worse then Helen Coonan.
Not great for renters/share houses. Personally I when I rented, my CFL's came with me, but sometimes you don't have the luxury of being able to do that.
Panasonic recently unveiled a remarkable 60-watt household LED bulb that they claim can last up to 19 years
TFA
The bulbs use only an eighth the power of incandescents. That means a 60-watt-equivalent LED bulb would cost only 300 yen (about $3) a year instead of 2,380 yen ($25.80)--a significant savings over a lifetime.
The box pictured on the right has "6.9w", which if as good as a 60 watt incandescent, is probably only a watt or two better than the equivalent CFL.
My guess is the old-timer politicians could never properly understand the "new fangled technology", and as newer, younger, and more tech-savvy politicians make it into office they are able to see how the industry has abused its unregulated position for so many years.
Unfortunately the current politicians in power do not properly understand the "new fangled technology". Whenever Senator Conroy questioned, he completely avoids answering the question, simply just regurgitates the bullshit line he has chosen for that particular day.
The Minister who has pushed the ridiculous broadband filter plan has at least won a few brownie points with yesterday's press conference
I'll believe it when something actually happens. Senator Conroy has a history of extreme inconsistency, ranging from "The government just wants to block child porn" to "The government just wants to stop 'Unwanted Content'". Conroy, get your story straight, the Australian people, including the non technical part of the community are tired of your complete and utter lack of consistency.
From the Brisbane times
"Unless it structurally separates, divests its... cable network and divests its interests in Foxtel,'' Senator Conroy said.
I wonder exactly how profitable are those parts of Telstra's business? Has anyone seen what Telstra tries to charge for it's branded version of Foxtel? (it's much more expensive than the already expensive Foxtel)Honestly anything to try and break the monopoly, but realistically is this going to achieve much?
Indeed. I've owned and worked on cars that have computers, they are a right royal PITA. It's the whole reason why I bought a mid 90's diesel hilux. No computers, mechanical fuel injection, no complications. I don't want to be in the middle of Outback Australia, 1000's of kilometres from a dealership, with no way to clear an error code without some proprietary tool.
It's more of a problem with outsourced advertising that allows any sort of scripting then what they are running. Hell even the advertising company may not be aware of the issue, because they seem to allow this kind of stuff as well.
Older storm water drains in Australia are basically big open drains. In my home town (small country town in Victoria) they are about 5 or 6 metres wide and 2 metres deep, which on a day with heavy rain will fill up completely. I spent many many hours exploring them as a kid. Some areas are underground, but it wasn't too bad, being that it was a small town you could essentially just keep walking and you'd find another open section within a kilometre.
Interesting. Completely self taught, tried classes/programs and I just couldn't motivate myself to learn, wasn't till I started chatting, that hunting and pecking just couldn't keep up with the pace and I forced myself to touch type. Looking at the keyboard on my notebook, the wear mark is on the right hand of the space bar. My right hand is my dominant hand, but it could very well be like the early days, Left handers were forced to write with their right hand.
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Install it with the quicktime alternative and without all the crap. Linky from my post earlier -> These guys have been doing just that for ages.
It would have been an "Opt-Out" option, which is nearly as bad as the common theme for windows apps and damn toolbars or other "partner" software. If a friend desperately needs/wants iTunes and I know for a fact they will install it against my advice anyway, I use this method. iTunes, without full quicktime, no updater, no bonjour, updater etc. I stipulate that I won't fix their machine if they choose to update it themselves. It works, keeps them happy and saves me the effort of diagnosing a slow computer.
Why an F'ing music syncing application needs something like 8 persistently running services is absolutely beyond me.
This was posted on one of the Aussie mailing lists I'm a member of, absolutely sureal. Wish I could have seen it, bit of a drive from the West coast and I believe they were grounding planes at one point.
True enough, but taking it to a more personal notch, some of my riskiest decisions have brought about the biggest rewards and some of them failed epically. I couldn't imagine me being happy, stuck in some dead end job back home, instead I'm on the other side of the country, well on the way to getting married, recently purchased a house etc. etc.
Sometimes the safe bet isn't the right bet
It was something that I thought was a bit more recent phenomenon. But it seems that once a market becomes "established" that it becomes tougher to get people to invest in an idea that isn't safe. And it just goes to show what a significant impact that this game had on the industry and what a shame it would have been if they had given up.
Actually churning butter and forging horseshoes would have been pretty cool to learn and far more useful then learning cursive. Eg, Churning butter would have engaged the students and also taught them a bit about where their food comes from, as whilst we use machines now, butter is still created from the same basic processes. Learning about metallurgy can be useful later in life if you choose to go down that path, boiler makers, fitters + turners are actually fairly highly sort and pretty well paid in the scheme of things. But cursive, well unless informed otherwise, I haven't come across a use for it yet.
Isn't that tag reserved for SCO articles?
"He doubts whether any safeguards could be put in place to deter young people, who after all (are) the most computer literate and savvy in our society, from being able to access material."
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Until he is replaced or retires, there will not be any change to the classification system.
The reason you should care about the science is that there may be a legitimate, scientific solution that's cheaper and/or healthier.
The problem being that not even science can explain exactly how the human body works. Yes we do have a good understanding, and what research has taken place gives us a plethora of information we can make judgements on, but who is to say whether that interpretation is right or wrong. I have armed myself with quite a great deal of knowledge and made a choice from that. From what I gather, Scientists haven't done enough research to support or deny Chiropractics, so who's to say it's actually bogus. Your right, my guy isn't crazy, I have had assessments from a few over the years, including one that said I was going to have to see him 3 times a week (each visit costing more than the guy I currently see) for at least 12 months rather then the once every other month, sooner if required (which when I spend a weekend working on my car tends to bring that requirement well forward!)
Personally I use Chiropractics, and because of a birth defect, I get pretty extreme pain when I'm out of alignment. You do get some bad eggs (like any industry, bad doctors, bad mechanics etc etc) but the one I see completed a full examination, including X-rays. He was able to point out and it was very obvious why I was in pain. Prior to an adjustment (especially if I have left it too long), I'm looking at the world on an angle, one shoulder is lower than the other, I'm favouring my left leg, I feel depressed for no apparent reason (that's when I've left it far too long), I have interrupted sleep, I'm irritable.. I could go on, but at the end of the day, when I'm back in alignment, my mood changes, I'm not in pain and generally go back to being my happy go lucky usual self.
I couldn't give a rats arse about the science, it works for me. But I have been priviledged enough to have benefited from the knowledge divulged from my father's Chrio back home and you know what, a lot of it makes sense. At the end of the day, the human body is a very complex machine. If your back is out of alignment and you go through life with undue pressure on certain nerves because of the misalignment, one would imagine that the signals could be interrupted and cause problems. Now I'm not going to say that it's the answer for anyone, I'm just going to say it works for me and it's a whole lot more then a bit of "bone crunching".
One thing wrong with Plastic slides... Static Electricity! You build up a shit load going down them and right at the bottom you have stainless steel bolts that hold them to the ground. You put muscles out with a decent zap. Give me a metal slide any day. The rungs on the slide get hot enough to know, hey maybe this will hurt and if you did choose to proceed, you usually only did it once!
I think the Mantra of "just" and "fair go" still stands at least with the citzens. The government, and it seems so much more so the Labour government of today is really doing some pitiful things. I may not of agreed with a lot of things the Howard government brought in, but nothing really got me angry like the plethora of things the Rudd government has brought in and attempting to bring in.
Funnily enough, Part of Senator Conroy's election strategy was explaining exactly how much of a luddite Hellen Coonan was. I attended one of his broadband forums prior to the last election, and whilst I pulled him up on a few things, he actually had a plan to do something about communications in Australia. Unfortunately it turns out that he was no better and in fact a magnitude worse then Helen Coonan.
Depends on the CFL I guess, the 11watt ones I have are way brighter then a 60watt globe.
Not great for renters/share houses. Personally I when I rented, my CFL's came with me, but sometimes you don't have the luxury of being able to do that.
Panasonic recently unveiled a remarkable 60-watt household LED bulb that they claim can last up to 19 years
TFA
The bulbs use only an eighth the power of incandescents. That means a 60-watt-equivalent LED bulb would cost only 300 yen (about $3) a year instead of 2,380 yen ($25.80)--a significant savings over a lifetime.
The box pictured on the right has "6.9w", which if as good as a 60 watt incandescent, is probably only a watt or two better than the equivalent CFL.
My guess is the old-timer politicians could never properly understand the "new fangled technology", and as newer, younger, and more tech-savvy politicians make it into office they are able to see how the industry has abused its unregulated position for so many years.
Unfortunately the current politicians in power do not properly understand the "new fangled technology". Whenever Senator Conroy questioned, he completely avoids answering the question, simply just regurgitates the bullshit line he has chosen for that particular day.
The Minister who has pushed the ridiculous broadband filter plan has at least won a few brownie points with yesterday's press conference
I'll believe it when something actually happens. Senator Conroy has a history of extreme inconsistency, ranging from "The government just wants to block child porn" to "The government just wants to stop 'Unwanted Content'". Conroy, get your story straight, the Australian people, including the non technical part of the community are tired of your complete and utter lack of consistency.
From the Brisbane times
"Unless it structurally separates, divests its ... cable network and divests its interests in Foxtel,'' Senator Conroy said.
I wonder exactly how profitable are those parts of Telstra's business? Has anyone seen what Telstra tries to charge for it's branded version of Foxtel? (it's much more expensive than the already expensive Foxtel)Honestly anything to try and break the monopoly, but realistically is this going to achieve much?
Prawn?
Indeed. I've owned and worked on cars that have computers, they are a right royal PITA. It's the whole reason why I bought a mid 90's diesel hilux. No computers, mechanical fuel injection, no complications. I don't want to be in the middle of Outback Australia, 1000's of kilometres from a dealership, with no way to clear an error code without some proprietary tool.
It's more of a problem with outsourced advertising that allows any sort of scripting then what they are running. Hell even the advertising company may not be aware of the issue, because they seem to allow this kind of stuff as well.
Older storm water drains in Australia are basically big open drains. In my home town (small country town in Victoria) they are about 5 or 6 metres wide and 2 metres deep, which on a day with heavy rain will fill up completely. I spent many many hours exploring them as a kid. Some areas are underground, but it wasn't too bad, being that it was a small town you could essentially just keep walking and you'd find another open section within a kilometre.
Wouldn't work to well in Australia... 000 is our emergency number.
Interesting. Completely self taught, tried classes/programs and I just couldn't motivate myself to learn, wasn't till I started chatting, that hunting and pecking just couldn't keep up with the pace and I forced myself to touch type. Looking at the keyboard on my notebook, the wear mark is on the right hand of the space bar. My right hand is my dominant hand, but it could very well be like the early days, Left handers were forced to write with their right hand.