Actually, I think it might be exponential - since for each extra person talking on a phone, each individual feels the need to speak a bit louder, and hence total volume goes up exponentially.
I disagree - surely the government is very interested to know how many people are out there who require social welfare (poor) and education (children). Whether or not they choose to do anything about it (i.e. provide "adequate" social welfare/health/education) is of course another matter entirely.
Well, Australia is not exactly a developing country, but in terms of its broadband services it practically is. Telstra seem to be having a bit of trouble getting broadband out to regional Australia http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,20003063-1702 ,00.html?from=rss, maybe they could take a look at this!
yeah wolfmother are tops. if you like black sabbath style hard-rock, then you will like these guys. i have seen them once, and they were great live. i think they recently did a tour in the US, so you may have just missed them (assuming that's where you're from).
Well, it basically all boils down to the fact that it is usually much cheaper for networks, in say Australia, to buy programming from US networks, rather than to produce programming themselves. So if they had their way, programming would probably be 100% US (maybe apart from news/current affairs, for obvious reasons). It's not just TV btw, also music/film/art you name it.
To stop this, governments often regulate how much foreign content is allowed to be shown, however this has certainly been watered down a lot over recent times (at least in Aus).
Don't get me wrong, I don't have anything against US culture (some of my favourite music is from the US), but I think most people would agree that it is important for countries to preserve their own unique cultures (not to say that cultures can't change overtime), otherwise the world would not be such an interesting place. Having a decent amount of local TV content is an important part of this.
Sheesh, just my two cents worth for Friday morning:-)
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Actually, I think it might be exponential - since for each extra person talking on a phone, each individual feels the need to speak a bit louder, and hence total volume goes up exponentially.
Sometimes I'm not so sure... but yeah, I'm hearing you.
My girlfriend's comment is that she likes having a Dell laptop, as it keeps her lap warm, kinda like having a cat sitting on her lap haha.
Well, so long as it doesn't explode (I haven't heard of any exploding cats), then we will both be happy.
I disagree - surely the government is very interested to know how many people are out there who require social welfare (poor) and education (children). Whether or not they choose to do anything about it (i.e. provide "adequate" social welfare/health/education) is of course another matter entirely.
...assuming you're in fact a tax payer (or at least have a tax file number), which of course, not everybody is.
Well, Australia is not exactly a developing country, but in terms of its broadband services it practically is. Telstra seem to be having a bit of trouble getting broadband out to regional Australia http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,20003063-1702 ,00.html?from=rss, maybe they could take a look at this!
yeah wolfmother are tops. if you like black sabbath style hard-rock, then you will like these guys. i have seen them once, and they were great live. i think they recently did a tour in the US, so you may have just missed them (assuming that's where you're from).
Well, it basically all boils down to the fact that it is usually much cheaper for networks, in say Australia, to buy programming from US networks, rather than to produce programming themselves. So if they had their way, programming would probably be 100% US (maybe apart from news/current affairs, for obvious reasons). It's not just TV btw, also music/film/art you name it.
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...and now a non-government organisation's (yes, that is "organisation" not "organization" he he) take on the issue: http://www.tradewatchoz.org/AUSFTA/Index.html#Cont ent
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To stop this, governments often regulate how much foreign content is allowed to be shown, however this has certainly been watered down a lot over recent times (at least in Aus).
Here is the Australian Federal Government's take on the "Free Trade Agreement" between Aus and the US:
http://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/negotiations/us_fta/
Don't get me wrong, I don't have anything against US culture (some of my favourite music is from the US), but I think most people would agree that it is important for countries to preserve their own unique cultures (not to say that cultures can't change overtime), otherwise the world would not be such an interesting place. Having a decent amount of local TV content is an important part of this.
Sheesh, just my two cents worth for Friday morning
Don't you mean "litres" rather than "liters" for those non-US readers (i.e. the correct English spelling is "litres")?