Comment: Re:The code gets larger, and yet things dissapear! (Score 1) 753
What do you plan to use otherwise? Chrome does the same thing, so you're stuck with IE and Safari.
Opera.
Comment: Re:For the curious (Score 1) 147
One too many digits for an Aussie number.
Comment: Re:Hmmm (Score 1) 466
One often overlooked factor is that Australia applies a 10% GST at the federal level, whereas the US sales taxes vary from state to state and aren't usually included in the price.
Which isn't to say that the entire markup is justified, only that some of it is beyond the retailer's control.
PC Gamers Too Good For Consoles Gamers? 324
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from the commence-flame-war-now dept.
from the commence-flame-war-now dept.
thsoundman sends in a blog post from Rahul Sood, CTO of HP's gaming business, who claims there was once a project in development at Microsoft to let Xbox users compete against PC users playing the same game. According to Sood, the project was killed because the console players kept getting destroyed by their PC counterparts. He wrote, "Those of us who have been in the gaming business for over a decade know the real deal. You simply don't get the same level of detail or control as you do with a PC over a console. It's a real shame that Microsoft killed this — because had they kept it alive it might have actually increased the desire of game developers and gamers alike to continue developing and playing rich experiences on the PC, which would trickle down to the console as it has in the past."
Comment: Re:more nails in the coffin (Score 1) 122
failed to act on illegal boat people.
How is it "illegal" to flee from war and persecution?
Comment: Re:How about "Could you please ban gaming videos?" (Score 1) 133
How about "I know a lot of people who, to put it mildly, aren't a fan of video games. Can you make subtle changes to your policy so that videos of video games end up all but banned?"
I don't get it, is someone forcing you to watch video game-related videos? Are you unable to find videos that interest you by yourself?
U.S. Coast Guard wants to kill LORAN-C->
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adaviel
adaviel writes "LORAN (Long Range Aids to Navigation) is an electronic navigation system using low-frequency radio, used by many boaters (including me) before GPS. It has an approximately 200m accuracy and is a functional replacement in case GPS fails or the US implements selective availability in time of war. The US Coast Guard intends to turn it off starting February 8."
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Comcast launches broadband meter->
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nlawalker writes "Beginning on Tuesday, January 12, Comcast high-speed internet users in Washington state will have access to an online tool that displays their bandwidth usage for the most recent three calendar (not billing) months of usage, including the current month. Washington is the second market to receive access to the tool. "For the fraction of less than 1 percent of our customers who are concerned about exceeding our excessive use threshold, we believe this meter will help them monitor and calibrate their usage," said spokesman Steve Kipp. Perhaps those who aren't using 250GB a month should take it as a challenge."
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Comment: Re:This is encouraging (Score 2, Informative) 143
A person commits an offence if: (a) the person has possession or control of material; and (b) the material is level 2 prohibited material; and (c) the material is in a prescribed area. Penalty: 100 penalty units.
Did you even read what you posted? A person commits an offence only if the material is in a prescribed area. From the same document:
prescribed area has the same meaning as in the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007.
And in the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007:
4 Prescribed areas
(1) The areas in the Northern Territory covered by subsection (2) are prescribed areas.
(2) The areas are:
(a) an area covered by paragraph (a) of the definition of Aboriginal land in subsection 3(1) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976; and
(b) any roads, rivers, streams, estuaries or other areas that:
(i) are expressly excluded under Schedule 1 to that Act; or
(ii) are excluded from grants under that Act because of subsection 12(3) or (3A) of that Act; and
(c) land granted to an association under subsection 46(1A) of the Lands Acquisition Act of the Northern Territory (including that land as held by a successor to an association); and
(d) each area in the Northern Territory identified in a declaration under subsection (3).
(3) The Commonwealth Minister may declare that areas in the Northern Territory known as town camps that are identified in the declaration are prescribed areas for the purposes of paragraph (2)(d).
(4) The Commonwealth Minister may declare that:
(a) an area in the Northern Territory that would otherwise be covered by subsection (2) is not a prescribed area; or
(b) an area in the Northern Territory that is not covered by subsection (2) is a prescribed area.
(5) A declaration under subsection (3) or (4) is a legislative instrument.
There may be other legislation making the possession or purchase of RC materials an offence, but the above only applies to specific areas of the Northern Territory subject to the emergency intervention, not the vast majority of the Australian population.
Comment: Re:I don't think Michael Atkinson will stand for t (Score 1) 143
Oh God , Buddha various Deities etc you think no gay marriage , lock up the boat people Liberal party (Australia's right wing version of the Torys , Republicans ) is going to to be any better? Liberal party really means no to fun.
Pop quiz: Name the major Australian political party, also beginning with L, which started the mandatory detention of illegal immigrants, and is also opposed to gay marriage?
They're both as bad as each other.