it was the Mythbusters doing the crashing?

?? Where you born a dick or did you grow up to become one ?? Oh hang on, are you just jealous that Australia is still kicking along strong when the rest of the world including you little part is turning to shit? Is that why we get screwed, "they can afford it and prop us up" syndrome?

I don't think Australia actually has that big of a problem with China (apart from letting them supply NBN hardware :-)).

When was the US asked to police the world for us? They seem to have to have taken on the "bend down to us or bend over to us, you choose" approach somewhere in recent history and not been told where to go due to some misplaced feeling of obligation or straight out fear.

Did the clown sprouting this crap listen to himself? God forbid a country that isn't the USA look after it's own industries and interests! To be honest I and many Aussies can't trust the Yanks as far as we could throw them, let alone let them store our data. Typical self centred 2 year old tantrum by some Yank dickwad who thinks the world should revolve around the USA. Yet another reason to build a 100ft wall around the USA until their idiot government/corporations (same thing?) learn to play with the grown ups.

And how do you power your ADSL modem in the blackout? UPS? The same as the NTU in the FTTH can have? Personally I can't wait until the NBN get's here. If we have a blackout I tether my mobile to my laptop to keep in touch with the internet if required. Otherwise I joy the novelty of it with the family (the kids think it's a hoot!). Seriously not having the internet/phones for hour/day isn't the end of the world. They lived without them both not so long ago.

It could make sense but how many have line powered phones anymore? We haven't for at least 10 years (about the same length of time I have had a mobile funnily enough!)

My kids have their own computers and don't use mine.

That and Japan dropped more bombs on Darwin than on Pearl Harbour, and then had another 100 goes at attacks on Australian soil. (They didn't kill as many people though).

It's crap. Well on my ICS tablet at least. The performance compared to the built it browser is crap, the no desktop mode makes it even more so. I will be sticking to the built in one until Chrome makes some SERIOUS headway.

We have an original Wii, and it's becoming a PITA telling the kids that they can't have that new whatever game because we don't have the MotionPlus controllers, The same goes for the Move controllers for the PS3. You could say go buy the add-ons, but why? I paid $600AUD for my PS3, and not much less for my Wii. I am not forking out another ~$200 for extra bits. The joy of consoles is that you shouldn't have to worry about the hardware. Just grab a game and stick it in and enjoy.

They have succeeded in turning America and it's northern neighbours (who I thought had more sense) into paranoid lunatics!

Common Nokia, you had you chance 4yrs when the iPhone to get your act together, and you didn't. Then once your almost dead in the market, you take on Windows Mobile? You would have had a good chance surviving if you took on Android, but not any more. I loved your phones for 10yrs, owning about 12 of them in that time, until I got my iPhone. Goodbye Nokia, it will be sad to see you go.

Not just in America, it's the go here in Australia and I dare say in the UK as well! You bring gifts that people either have, or will never use, unless they where smart enough to set up a gift registry but I always see them as being a bit tacky. Then you get plied you with food and alcohol to celebrate their wedding!

Exactly! We had maybe 30-40ppl at out wedding and it was the best day ever (as they should be!). You knew everyone there really well, no 4th cousins that you had to invite becuase Great Aunt Marg said so! We did get kinda smashed though, but that was what we where doing at the time! It was all paid for at the time, no loans or anything. Every time we drive past the little hall where we had the reception my both start smiling like newly weds again, even 12 yrs later!

So I guess the 18 Windmills at the edge of my city are there for show then? We get 80% of our power from them, the other 20% from coal(?). But your right, I don't know where my power is coming from. Fool.