See this classic Blackadder scene for usage of the word winkle.

I imagine she would sue Google Australia. "Google Australia Pty Limited is a foreign owned proprietary company that provides advertising services relating to its web search engine in Australia. The company is wholly owned by Google Inc, a multinational corporation based in the United States. Google Australia employs approximately 430 staff and is headquartered in Pyrmont, New South Wales."
http://www.ibisworld.com.au/enterprisefull/default.aspx?entid=11646

If the Australian courts did impose judgements against Google, it would be based on laws rather than moral standards.

If Google becomes successful with this, the real test will be whether they offer their competitors equal access to their network.

The 8GB Nexus 7 is $199 USD in the US and $249 AUD in Australia. The 16 GB model is $50 more in each currency. The Australian price probably includes 10 % GST whereas the US price probably doesn't include sales tax. Assuming a 1:1 exchange rate (which I would be given the current trend) the markup is only 14%. That's not bad given the higher costs of operating a business in Australia.

The Zotac Nano series are small versatile computers that can run linux. I have one as my media centre.

If poorly planned, poorly funded, poorly implmented projects got you into the current mess, why do you expect the same process to get you out of it?

That's the question I always ask. If they insist I point out the future support issues the half-assed hack will create in the future and get their acknowledgement in writing. Then I roll up my sleeves and implement it (hoping I won't be around in the future when it goes pear-shaped and counting the paid overtime I'm getting).

Maize is an English word. The word corn can refer to a number of things in English. These days it normally means maize, but it was traditionally used to refer to cereal grains grown in England such as wheat, barley, rye and oats. The compound word barleycorn means "a grain of barley", not "a mixture of barley and maize".

Correct. That's why there are moves to change the law to make house purchases more attractive to foreigners.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203752604576641421449460968.html
Spend more that $500,000 and get a residnecy visa.

The newer SMB2 protocol in post Vista version of windows is much more efficient in network usage. Samba 3.6 now has SMB2 support, but the article doesn't say which (if any) of these devices support the newer protocol.

Maybe, maybe not. If people find it useful they will use it. Plenty used ActiveX back in the day and flash is nearly everywhere despite it's downsides. There are only two architectures that are important for web browsers right now, X86 and ARM. Native Client runs in the browser, it doesn't rely on OS support. If Firefox and Opera were to support it it would be available on a huge number of platforms, including iOS.

Typically a good design has an energy absorbing crumple zone around a rigid passenger compartment.

"... filled various body cavities in the Pinto with rigid urethane foam."
Without seeing the article it's not clear what they did, but urethane foam would also be an energy absorber when it is deformed. It is possible to create polyurethanes with vastly differing flexibility. When they are foamed, their properties are vastly different. Rigid polyurethane foam is the type that is used for insulation (in refrigerators for example) and flexible polyurethane foam, 'foam rubber' is the type that is used to cushion seating.

Morons
http://www.viola.org/

The AES instruction set referred to as security processing instructions in the summary will accelereate ssh.