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Comment Liberal (Score 1) 15

TFA uses the word Liberal. American readers are reminded that the meaning of the word liberal is as different in Australian English as that of jelly and rubber.
Australian English
jelly = jello
rubber = pencil eraser
Liberal = member of Liberal Party of Australia
Liberal Party of Australia is an alliance of conservatives, liberals and liberal-conservatives.

liberalism = a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, right to private property and equality before the law
liberal does NOT mean progressive in Australian English.

The Liberal Party of Australia is closer to American republicans than American democrats.

Comment Meanwhile at vintage HP central... (Score 5, Informative) 253

I have an HP LaserJet 6MP that's about 30 years old. I don't use it much but I could still get a cartridge replacement last time I needed one. Still works with latest windows. From the good old days of HP when they charged a high price up front for first class equipment.

Comment Re:CowboyNeal Chess variant (Score 2) 29

Ok, with no evidence for this whatever, I boldly claim that CowboyNeal likes to keep things simple. With this in mind:
1. no confusing concepts like checkmate, stalemate or check; there's no prohibition on moving into check;
2. if you take your opponents king you win;
3. if you can't move you lose.
All other rules are the same as chess except that castling has to be reworded in order to avoid using the check concept.

Note that this is chess, except that stalemate is a loss for player to move. It is similar to "kick the king" chess.

Comment A link to the legislation and an excerpt (Score 2) 19

https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/bills/r6940_aspassed/toc_pdf/22113b01.pdf;fileType=application/pdf

(2) The amount of the penalty for a contravention of subsection (1) by a
person other than a body corporate is an amount not more than $2,500,000.
(3) The amount of the penalty for a contravention of subsection (1) by a body
corporate is an amount not more than the greater of the following:
        (a) $50,000,000;
        (b) if the court can determine the value of the benefit that the body
        corporate, and any related body corporate, have obtained directly or
        indirectly and that is reasonably attributable to the conduct constituting
        the contravention - 3 times the value of that benefit;
        (c) if the court cannot determine the value of that benefit - 30% of the
        adjusted turnover of the body corporate during the breach turnover period
        for the contravention.

Comment Re:Outdated, and not wanted (Score 2, Insightful) 37

No, that doesn't work. Timetables, business opening hours: do you really want one set for summer and another for winter? It's easier to change the clocks.

The point is that summer time doesn't suit tropical and equatorial latitudes as well as it does temperate latitudes. In Australia, the state of Queensland which is in the north east of Australia and the Northern Territory do not use summer time. The southern states all use summer time. Mexico ending summer time makes sense.

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