Comment Re:implausible? it's magic! (Score 1) 258
It's compulsory to go to the polling place and get your name crossed off the list. You can then hand in a blank ballot paper or draw a cartoon on it - nobody will care.
Comment Re:Give up on these jokers (Score 2, Interesting) 312
If you are in Australia and have a garmin gps in your car you can go here.
There may be osm files for other gps and countries but I have never looked...
Comment Re:Give up on these jokers (Score 1) 312
Open street map near my place is much more accurate than Google Maps. Mr Google has imagined many streets that don't exist. I know because I have been and looked...
Comment Give up on these jokers (Score 4, Informative) 312
And make your own maps with open street map
Comment Re:As a Canadian (Score 1) 318
The Governor General acts as the head of the Canadian Government.
No, the GG is the head of state, or representing the head of state (Queen) depending how you look at it.
The Prime Minister is the head of government.
Comment Re:Those two guys (Score 1) 432
I think you mean:
The X Window System was first to have remote applications, it didn't however have a remote desktop.
Comment Re:They want devs to choose (Score 1) 711
There are great Java apps for my 5800XM like Opera mini and Gmail.
Submission + - Name and Postcode required for Blogging in Sth Aus (news.com.au)
An anonymous reader writes: SOUTH Australia has become one of the few states in the world to censor the internet.
The new law, which came into force on January 6, requires internet bloggers, and anyone making a comment on next month's state election, to publish their real name and postcode when commenting on the poll.
The law will affect anyone posting a comment on an election story on The Advertiser's AdelaideNow website, as well as other news sites such as The Punch, the ABC's The Drum and Fairfax newspapers' National Times site.
The new law, which came into force on January 6, requires internet bloggers, and anyone making a comment on next month's state election, to publish their real name and postcode when commenting on the poll.
The law will affect anyone posting a comment on an election story on The Advertiser's AdelaideNow website, as well as other news sites such as The Punch, the ABC's The Drum and Fairfax newspapers' National Times site.
Submission + - Google Chrome's Market Share On A Fast Rise (pcmag.com)
adeelarshad82 writes: After passing Apple's Safari just a month ago to become third most widely used Web browser, Google's Chrome browser has now topped the 5% mark. Chrome was the top gainer during the period, with more than a half percentage point increase, rising from 4.63 percent in December to 5.20 percent in January. The raving reviews the new version of the browser has gotten is part of the reason for this, the inclusion of extensions has made the browser favorable to many others now. Apple's Safari also gained, but only by a tenth as much as Chrome, moving from 4.46 percent to 4.51 percent. Internet Explorer continues to shed market share, dropping from 62.69 percent to 62.18, while Firefox lost just 0.2 percent, ending January with 24.41 percent.
Comment Re:Allens (Score 1) 428
I have read the books but how about a spoiler alert for those who haven't?
Comment Re:AWG Vs. Catholic Church (Score 1) 822
Um, Luther translated the bible into *German*.
Comment Re:Of course, there is another solution (Score 1) 721
The gospel of John is neither written by John or an eyewitness account.
Comment Re:One way to get more registered voters (Score 1) 1088
IRV is a good candidate, but it has its own problems. The big flaw IIRC is that in some cases it is better to put your favorite candidate in the number 2 spot to increase his chances of winning.
I call bs on that one. I have voted IRV in Australia all my adult life and I have never heard a candidate say 'vote 2 for me!'.
Comment Re:surprise? (Score 1) 417
Football is a contact sport where equipment is used to limit or protect against injuries in the ordinary course and scope of play.
Maybe in american football. In Rugby Union or League when I played the only protective equipment I had was a mouthguard.
Comment Re:Dreaming... (Score 1) 538
So now we have a mess where the x86 platform is not perfect yet because MS refuses to do anything to make Windows work on other platforms
MS made NT work on alpha but not many used it so it died and I guess they don't want to waste all those resources again.
They have also made windows work on Itanium and x86-64.
