noone in China has access to facebook, unless of course they VPN out or have remote access to a machine outside of China. I had to do this while on vacation there in order to use my Facebook and Twitter accounts. RenRen is monitored by the Chinese govt, so I don't see them having any trouble with this.

how is this different to using gtalk with a microphone? I've been using it on my n900 to make voice calls to my brother's n900 for a while now... or does google voice allow you to dial a traditional phone number?

Disney killed it.

no, they can't. they could track the number of unique seeders at any one time, but with dynamic ip's/vpn's/tor there's no way for knowing for certain how many people are leeching/hosting the files exactly. also, if I simply grab a copy from a closed network they haven't tracked that.

still looks much better.

I have a basket of employer/ex-employer shirts in my garage. perfect for when I'm working on the car, very absorbent.

majority of australians don't complain, they take the "she'll be right" approach and get on with their lives, the ones that do complain vocally are those who try to stay abreast of current issues and what the govt is doing down here atm... which is essentially trying to convert a secular "democracy" into a theocracy http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/01/1159641213160.html
I know race issues have been in the news down here recently, especially certain ethnic groups claiming that any crime committed against them is a hate crime when in reality a thug is a thug and will rob/bash anyone regardless of racial decent, but I can't say i've seen much open or overt racism... then again, in Perth we have a far more blended culture than the eastern states cities, so i can't really speak for the whole of Aus.

yes, but receiving a copy isn't.

in the context of priating on the high seas you would be correct.
Piracy of software is ONLY illegal if you are distributing said software (thus infringing copyright).

elephant in the room... what if I want to run XP Pro?
my only option if I don't already have a legitimate copy is to pirate it, given that you can no longer purchase it.

(granted I could still buy Vista with downgrade licence... but I don't want to pay for something I will never use)

Maori's aren't native. the Mori Ori were native, the Maoris came along and ate all of them along with the rest of the wildlife.

anyone else see this statement as ironic?
people have as much right to be biggotted as to be gay
just as people have a right to be appalled by bigots and their behaviour