I mean look at how long Voyager has lasted way the hell out in the cold depths, that's a tough built ship right there.

Dude, relax, it's just science fiction. There was no caretaker, and no one was pulled into the Delta quadrant.

Maybe they've already done this, and maybe the 'small island nation' isn't as small as you think.

You'll hence probably find the average Australian is quite sceptical of the motives for this legislation

Likely, in some negotiations, China hinted at a small desire for an increase in the learning of Chinese in other countries. They would consider it a "personal favour" if we would accommodate. Next item on the agenda: the status of Chinese government approval on the selling of rare earth minerals to Australia.

Trust me: the grass ain't always greener on the other side.

Mate, you can get a machine for under a hundred bucks, and the capsules are around 70 U.S. cents (give or take).

In my opinion, pod coffee is good. (Not great ... but good. Certainly better than soluble coffee.)

And with the convenience of having a couple of coffees at home / the office for under 2 bucks a day, while I'd be ticked off if the manufacturer ceased making the capsules in a year or 2, I wouldn't be starting a class action lawsuit.

My, how I've become irate over the years with medical practitioners having such lax (nay, absent) IT security policies.

I'm sick of doctors installing random software off the internet.
I'm sick of doctors connecting their computers directly to the internet, with nothing but Windows as protection.
I'm sick of doctors throwing unencrypted DVD back-up's in their trash.

The list goes on ...

I'm not looking forward to the day these become common.

Would suck to have guests coming over to one's home wearing these; recording / streaming the home's interior.

My policy: take 'em off before you step in.

Oh, well, as long as something is illegal then there's nothing to worry about, is there.

Perhaps we should criminalise assault and murder. Just a thought.

Curious ... I notice that you say:

The software runs locally it's just licensed in the cloud.

which implies it's essentially the same software.
However in my local newspaper the Managing Director of Adobe Australia and New Zealand says:

We didn't want our research and development teams to be maintaining two different tech platforms – one in the cloud and the one purchased every two years.

which implies Adobe would be burdened by having to maintain a cloud & off-line version of the software.

I believe you, and suspect the software is the same, and that Adobe is just full of shit.
However unlike you, for me this reinforces my distrust of Adobe.

If by prissy dumbass you mean fit and athletic looking -- versus overweight and sluggish -- I'll take the bike with the trailer.

I've seen cool bike trailers.
And the bike need not have streamers fluttering from the handlebars !

Dude, if they got a billion dollars they don't need to continue selling it.
If you created & built-up a business and then sold it for $20 million we could also say "who are you planning on selling it to next".

Your second question, however, does have merit.

Sigh, now I'm probably on some list.

        SniperJoe

First up: IANAL.

I think in Australia what you state above is not a crime.
To my knowledge, conspiracy to commit a crime requires 2 or more people.

Unfortunately, many passengers may also have the following thought:

If I do nothing, I can let someone else be cut, bruised and maybe lethally stabbed, but I can come out of this unscathed.

Sigh. The situation is still warped in Australia.

I once changed doctors, and asked for my records to be transferred.
The doctor I was leaving said that his notes belonged to him, and that he wouldn't transfer those.
(Even though all those notes were about me !)

I don't know what the law is, but that just doesn't sound right.