Americans have a similar situation.
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones

Funny you should say that... I do take back alleys to work and yes, there are a few shady people around.

No, I am not kidding.

Back to the topic at hand though... what I was saying boils down to that only G+ users can now comment on apps which represents only a part of the app using population.

Yes, I know that the old system could be gamed, and I don't doubt that there's probably quite a few fake or useless reviews. However, for android software I have installed I've generally found the old system to be quite good.

On that: It would take quite a bit of effort to game the old system. Possible, but is it really worth it? For paid apps perahps, but that can backfire.

Why not go for a cycle around Chenobyl?

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Filatova

Good point and I'll back that theory a way to reduce Microsoft's success potential.

Agreed on the work point too, but then, anyone issuing a Windows phone to their employees has already chosen a technology stack away from google.
Or hates their employees :P

No, really, serious question. I've played with Windows 8. I fail to see any reason to install it while Windows 7 is available.

So. Does anyone care?

If you know nothing of Gillard and what she has done there is some hilarious reading in store. Backstabbing, scandals, lies, There will be no carbon tax under a government I lead.

Do check out her 'misogynist' speech. I've never seen a politician go so low.. just when you thought that Pauline Hanson had set the bar low she manages to dig a little deeper. Which is such a pity as Gillard had the perfect opportunity to demonstrate that a female can lead this country just as well as any man but has ended up only in proving that anyone can get to the top of the public service using the same method upon which the rest of the public service is infamous for.

Here's a recent one: http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gillard-may-be-forced-to-pull-the-teaparty-tony-lever/

There are comments around slashdot that Assange won't really have much effect on Gillard. It's that 'much' which is the kicker. Have fun reading. Be thankful you're not in the middle of it :P

Ack. My bad, thanks for pointing it out.

Actually, I just lump them all together into the Liberals and everyone else 'not Labour, not greens, not independent' :P

So, yes, not a slip a mind but more of care factor of zero :-)

Thank you, no I'd completely forgotten about Turnbull. Like the idea of the bargaining chip. As it is Gillard appears to be losing ground - http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gillard-may-be-forced-to-pull-the-teaparty-tony-lever/

I'd say that at some point the Greens will be forced to make a decision - for him or against him. Now that the Slipper case is settled and he isn't getting his job back you'd think things were brightening up for the ALP.

I'll wait and see if the Libs or Greens throw the 'Assange' stone at Labour. Meanwhile, will be very amusing and interesting if 1) his party gets the 500 members required and 2) he gets in

Grab some popcorn, sit back and watch the fireworks. 2013 politics may very well be more interesting than the sport.

The short version then.
Australian politics is currently divided between ALP (Labour party) and The Coalition (Liberals, Democrats) with a third party, the Greens, in the middle. Scatter in some independents and other minor parties.

The next election is going to be a decision between ALP / Gillard, who is seen by many to be a back stabbing liar (google it if you are interested - especially on the Carbon Tax and deposing of Kevin Rudd) and Liberals (coalition) / Tony Abbot who tends to rub people the wrong way. The Greens put their foot in it when they refused to take action on the boat people problem and are now in bad odour.

So, yes, there is opportunity here. Gillard has publicly embarrassed herself in regards to Wikileaks and Assange and Abbot or the Greens could well score some political points out of this.

While it is true that "Enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy, no more, no less" Gillards opponents could well use the situation with Assange to make yet another dent in Gillard's credibility - something she is running out of.

Unless something changes, the Libs, and perhaps the greens, are going to tear Gillard to ribbons for all of the things done and not done in the last term, starting with te backstab of Rudd. Every stone in the arsenal helps.

Okay, correct me if I am wrong here, but from what I understand Assange doesn't want to enter Sweden because the next step, regardless of the outcome in Sweden, is extradition to the US.

So, yes, he is fleeing the US courts and I don't blame him.

It really doesn't help your case when the leader of your own country has named your actions as criminal before your day in court. However, if that does happen you can always sue for defamation.

Assange's best bet right now is for Gillard to be dumped by the ALP or voted out in 2013.

So, what it means is that you can now no longer trust reviews in the Google app store. The reviews are skewed in that only google plus users can submit reviews, making the review information worth much less.

It's a pity, because the review system in the google android market was quite good.

Now that sanity and logical thought have prevailed, let's dive into paranoia.
Is this just another attempt at a land grab by Google to increase G+ numbers?

I don't have a google plus account. I don't want one. I don't need one.

So this is just like the Office addons then. Good to see human ingenuity overcoming human stupidity

.. you just need Teracopy

http://www.teracopy.com/

It's free, replaces the windows default copy/paste, allows you to retry copying anything which failed to copy the first time (useful when a virus scanner product blocks a single file copy in the middle of 5000 files being copied), and Just Works.

How else do you copy thousands of files, or very large files, on Windows?

I used to wonder why Microsoft doesn't just buy them out and incorporate their product. Now I no longer care.

Perhaps someone who knows can advise if Windows 8 finally can copy files in a decent manner.

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