...I have a chance of WINNING a game of starcraft 2???.
Sign me up.

All the big-names are 30 years old just now.

This includes the TRS80 Color computer (The computer that got me into this crazy field in the first place... OS9 for ever!)
, Commodore VIC 20, 64, Apple II, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad They are all are / going to be in their 30's !!.

Who feels old now??

Wifi? That's nothing!. For REAL world-changing Aussie IT, look no further than Product Activation! ,
which won a massive $388 million payout (Mostly from from Microsoft). And then lost. And then won again, and then lost again, and then a sorta 25% win or something..

I mean, come on!. Imagine life WITHOUT product activation. Microsoft products just wouldn't "feel" the same. It's the core technology of their whole solution!

..DON'T welcome our giant jumping robotic flea overlords. (But I do welcome their even-more-giant robotic overlord dogs they live on)

On a date, I broke out the Space Hulk ... but bear with me - it's instant romance - with some good mood lighting, a candleabra dripping with wax, a few good bottles of red wine (in metal goblets of course), some good gregorian chants on the stereo. . (The candlelight is important, as it means that she can't see the terrible paint job I did on the little figurines. I'm told chicks dig artists.)

I read this waaay too late at night. I read it (twice) as "Entry level root kits for young teenagers".

I was going to offer my european promotional copy of Michael Jackson's 2001 single "You Rock My World". From Sony of course.

I live near the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. It's bleached. Dead. Its one of the saddest things I have ever seen. Lots of tourists coming over asking where the "colorful" reef is, like in the brochure. I reply "oh, like in the 80's? Your 30 years too late". If you want proof of global warming / ocean acidification, look no further.

Well maybe not too late, but just in time.

Today, Australia's government implemented a "Carbon Tax". Funnily enough, the ultra-right-wing opposition fearmongerers have been explaining the devistation to australia if we implement such a tax. (Coal companies will lose profits! Gasp!)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-08/carbon-tax-passes-senate/3652438/?site=newcastle

Amen, Brother. One of the best (& under-rated) games ever. Battlefield: Vietnam was (is!) a wonder.

You could do a lot more interesting things in BF:V than in any modern game. Airlift tanks & boats with choppers. Dig "tunnels". Tuneable radio stations. Punji sticks. Bouncing bettys. Hell even back in bf 1942 could could DRIVE aircraft carriers and submarines!. Where's that now in modern games???? Also - a good wild strafe with an m60 WOULD kill someone if they were in front of you. None of this "lucky I can take 5 hits at point blank" rubbish. Men were men and death was quick. Keep your head down if you want to live. We seem to be going backwards.

Here's what everyone missed out on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLI7Jl4InHg&feature=related

Already happened. Except it's pink goo. And it's us.

When I first saw the article, I thought they had created a quantum version of THIS:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_probe#Von_Neumann_probes

Oh well, we'll have to destroy the universe in using "classical" replicating machines instead.

I read http://www.eurekalert.org/. Fantastic stuff.

..You never see THAT headline do you??

If you want to see a great nerdy movie about australian space telescopes (Specifically, Parkes), make sure you see "The Dish". One of the great australian movies, IMHO. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205873/

It's a true storey about the "Fun" that was had when a small group of Aussies and the Parkes telescope became pivotal in the apollo 11 moon mission.

Here's some of the "great" doctor who scriptwriting, down through the ages.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtG5dK_HaGg

Seriously though - In Australa, we have been lucky enough to have Doctor Who grace our airwaves through our government-funded ABC channel, which has some sort of loving relationship with the BBC. This means we've always had the latest shows fairly quickly.. I'm a huge Scifi follower, and nothing comes close to Doctor Who at its best... but it needs to be seen at it's best, to appreciate it. Let me say it now - the older shows are dated. Very dated. Woth watching? sure!, but I believe it's first worth seeing at least some of the (great) newer series, with million dollar plus special effects that scifi seems to need to have any following. My opinion? Start at 2005 - (Christopher Eccleston), and then power through to 2010. Go back to the older shows later!