Eden reforestation projects do great work too

My sentiments exactly. I am really not seeing the reason to go and redesign such a simple and reliable piece of core functionality. Just leave it the hell alone and go fix something that needs fixing.

You can now buy an MPEG-2 license for the Pi. See http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1839

I think an e-reader is the go. I recently received a kindle as a present and think it is great. Battery lasts weeks, screen is easy to read, it's slim and light and it doesn't try to do a million things poorly. It serves one purpose and serves it well. I also don't have to worry about storing heaps of books and can take my entire library with me wherever I go.

I find it interesting that they are so determined to put the ribbon interface everywhere, yet they went the opposite way with IE9 and reduce interface clutter...

The push for this is very strong from the Australian Christian Lobby. Their director, Jim Wallace has been on the radio in debates about this and his words used when referring to the Government's policy is "what WE'RE trying to do.."

It seems the ACL has direct input in the formation and implementation of this policy. It's completely rigged and a total crock of shit.

I don't think that's how it is. The Coalition, Greens and Nick Xenophon do not support this. That only leaves the ALP and Fielding. They won't get it through with the way things are now.