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Comment Sydney threat (Score 1) 190

A similar incident just happened in Australia, where a small drone operated by an unknown owner crashed into the Sydney Harbor Bridge. Counter-terrorism officials felt they had to investigate, of course.

Well perhaps if the person who wrote the summery bothered to do some basic research they would know that Sydney is current at a high alert level and for a good reason.

http://www.navy.gov.au/ifr/

Comment Re:Actually: (Score 1) 113

After reading the article (yes I did) it would seem that the phone number was the solution to the equation but due to 2 typos on the last 2 lines it didn't work properly.

If you ignored the last 2 lines on the original then you would have still got the number as the last 2 were supposed to solve as 0.

Though if you need to solve the equation to get the number then they probably want you in intelligence anyway as anyone else would have known what it was due to it been advertised everywhere for years now.

Comment Actually the irony is ... (Score 3, Informative) 33

Actually the irony is that the contractor is in fact AusCERT who claim to be :-

AusCERT operates within a worldwide network of information security experts to provide computer incident prevention, response and mitigation strategies for members and assistance to affected parties in Australia.

Comment Re:If Julian Assange gets elected (Score 1) 204

It's actually not that easy to get in the Australian Federal Senate.

1. It's a first past the post style count.
2. There are 2 ways of voting, above the line or below the line
3. People like Assange will never be endorsed by a political party and thus you need to vote below the line to vote for them, only parties have boxes above the line
4. The number of boxes below the line and the fact you have to mark all of them if you vote below means almost no one does

The only exception to this rule is if they are so extremely popular in their home state, aka Nick Xenophon that they can get people to do it the hard way

Currently Nick X is the only Independent in the Senate.

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