We're sitting on the largest known deposits of radioactive materials in the world I believe. But in a country where racism is still rampant under the title of "Operation Sovereign Borders", how accepting do you think the population will be of nookular power?

Do you happen to work at the Australia Institute?

I'm so sick of being told that because one party has a majority at one election they have 'a mandate' to follow through on every horrible plan they conceive.

1 - Not everybody voted for them.
2 - They aren't the only party sitting in parliament.
3 - Even if you DID vote for them AND live in one of their electorates you are still entitled to disagree with them on any issue you choose.

Let's not even go down the path of trying to separate the rhetoric of 'power poverty' from all the other contributing factors in power prices.

Did you get your $550 yet? Didn't think so.

Windows 8 has yet to be supported at all.

It's especially ridiculous when it's a CG generated space scene and THERE IS NO LENS.

You can't possibly be that naive - he did say unintentional deaths, did he not?

Add in all the _intentional_ gun deaths and it becomes the MOST common way for young people to die.

Come on! We're not opposed to shooting people, we're opposed to being told we can't!

Geeez! I mean COME ON!

This, in context of MS, means they have been so completely pwned that they've now decided to do ONE THING their customers want.

This is only to shut you up, not because they give a fuck about you want.

If they gave a fuck, there would be a new version of Windows 7 coming out and Windows 8 would be dumped.

Heheheh, use SAR Tool much? I remember those days. Pretty bad when they have to have a special removal tool to get the software off your machine.

Plus you have to wonder what back doors were created to allow it to be possible in the first place (since other software should not be able to remove your AV).

And on the OTHER other hand, why is installation ON by default? People don't go looking for Ask toolbar when they download CCleaner, they wanted CCleaner. Why would CCleaner allow themselves to be associated with someone who is the very opposite (tracking browsing and adding cookies) to what CCleaner does?

(I know the answer, but just adding a corollary to your point).

"allow anything to run, only run stuff from registered developers, and only run stuff from the Mac App Store"

I know it's antithetical to Mac users, but I'm sorry where the fuck is the option to allow ONE specific non-App-Store program (after an intensive barrage of warning dialogs)?

Shit in your bed, then whinge because you have to lie in it. You can't fix stupid, but we've been giving users the stupidest possible options for protecting themselves for years.

I've been here for about 10 years (I think), and I have never received (nor given) a single point. Go figure.

I would blame my script blocker, but I haven't had that as long as I've had Slashdot.

Even in our (Australia's) supposedly modern democracy, politicians can say anything at all to get elected and can't be held to it once they are. And once they're in they can hide behind things like parliamentary privelege and say anything they like without having to prove it's true.

There is NO true democracy anywhere in the world as far as I know.

Oblig Futurama: "[Shoot] someone who deserves it for once!" - Bender

That's right, I need to run my webserver from my microwave.

You haven't been burned just once. Every car that's been made with built-in iPod support but no equivalent open standard connector has been made obsolete by Apple, so you've been screwed by proxy via your automaker as well.

We should boycott this shit so hard, I already have a useless connector in my car and I'll be reminded every time I sit in it that that's Apple's fault.