Melbourne Beats

youthful_implants wrote: Thats just politics though, happens all the time. I dont find that shocking in the slightest.

btw in this situation "passed under urgency" means a bill is passed without referral to a select committee for review.

So it's pushing something through without any review, just on strength of votes.

:edit: cool

Um except creative commons is just a license (ie a legal document) that takes advantage of existing copyright laws to give people the right to put works in the public domain and was created by activists who are opposed to copyright (such as Lawrence Lessig) so is actually the complete opposite of "informed by the industries it serves".

In addition media control of copyright laws has resulted in acts such as the "Mickey Mouse Protection Act" (because of extensive lobbying by Disney) which extended copyright terms by twenty years. This by a company that made a lot of their early money from stories in the public domain.

There may always be some piracy - there will always be people who can get around these laws, which is another reason they are badly designed, but I think services like itunes store and PSN network are examples of how a well implemented affordable service can actually be effective (ie they are making a killing).

That's it for me, im out.

cool :retzielikes

what the hell??? this is fricken woeful

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-n ... 6039706375

Lizkins wrote:what the hell??? this is fricken woeful

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-n ... 6039706375

"Rusanovski is an Australian of Albanian Macedonian background..."

I had no idea online gambling was even illegal in the 'States

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/tec ... 1dkkr.html

insane... good thing my balance was 0 at the time.

www.fulltiltpoker.com

disgusting...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011 ... 166631.htm

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Osama dead? wowsers.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/osama-bi ... 1e44h.html

witty_pseudonym wrote:Osama dead? wowsers.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/osama-bi ... 1e44h.html

yeah its full on, kind of surreal the whole thing

what in the fuckin fuck? seriously, stabbing a dog in the head, are you kidding me?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/man-st ... 6052504968

Lizkins wrote:what in the fuckin fuck? seriously, stabbing a dog in the head, are you kidding me?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/man-st ... 6052504968

In the man's defence, the dog was probably being racist.

oh well then, that explains it, dog deserved a shanking

Or maybe he mistook the dog's head for a delicious birthday cake?

like a Snoopy birthday cake?

omg she's so creeeeepy!!!

http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/priv ... 1efac.html

witty_pseudonym wrote:omg she's so creeeeepy!!!

http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/priv ... 1efac.html

terrible. these pageant parents digust me.

they need to learn that if you want to live vicariously through your child and have them be an ornament unto your own insatiable ego then you should force them into a sport, ideally one that you always wished you were good at. Thats how we do it in Australia.

LOL thats retarded she looks like a BADLY PHOTOSHOPPED TOY.

^^ airbrushed to within an inch of her life surely.

mrj wrote:

witty_pseudonym wrote:omg she's so creeeeepy!!!

http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/priv ... 1efac.html

terrible. these pageant parents digust me.

they need to learn that if you want to live vicariously through your child and have them be an ornament unto your own insatiable ego then you should force them into a sport, ideally one that you always wished you were good at. Thats how we do it in Australia.

Ha ha ha. Well said mrj.

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/ ... 1ejyo.html

finally a reality show that I'd gladly participate in.

This is really well done... (Sydney designer makes Daft Punk mashup with visual EQ aids)

http://daftpunk.themaninblue.com/

mrj wrote:http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/ ... 1ejyo.html

finally a reality show that I'd gladly participate in.

looks good!

http://www.news.com.au/technology/a-zom ... z1MIypUtJm

So if you're really concerned you can build yourself one of these

Sociopathic wrote:http://www.news.com.au/technology/a-zom ... z1MIypUtJm

So if you're really concerned you can build yourself one of these

haha awesome!

Oh dear...

Parents name their Kid after the "Like" Button

http://facecrooks.com/blog/creep-of-the ... ike-button

I dunno if anyone else considering this news but I do. Alot of people don't realise the other side to a strong aussie dollar
http://www.theage.com.au/business/dolla ... 1eu3q.html
I'm somewhat involved in the mining industry and this does effect my future.

macro economics

HAHAHA best bit of news I have ever read!
http://www.theage.com.au/world/prepare- ... 1ew57.html

this was my fav part

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the United States Government's Department of Health and Human Services, has posted instructions on what to do should your brain be sought for a zombie's breakfast.

Direkt wrote:This is really well done... (Sydney designer makes Daft Punk mashup with visual EQ aids)

http://daftpunk.themaninblue.com/

cameron adams pulls back the veil on the project: http://junioronline.com.au/MUSIC/DIGITAL-LOVE.html

Well this doesn't sound good.
http://www.theage.com.au/business/major ... 1f72w.html
hopefully NAB doesn't get hit

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-n ... 6067183357

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY

LOLZ!!

i wonder if the lawyers had the meetings at the club?

what in the weird?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainme ... 6103046003

Lizkins wrote:what in the weird?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainme ... 6103046003

Lol. It may be small, but he's probably put it in more women than Wilt Chamberlain.

http://christwire.org/2011/07/electric- ... e-theater/

asshole christains strike again.

but this is actually pretty funny...

If your child is a raver or fan of electronic base music, their risk of having an STD is already 23% higher than national average

yes BASE music. Derp.

not real bo

its a parody website!

the whole site is?

ahem - yes the whole site is.

fark some people just have NO LIVES.

k im outties.

lol!

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci ... 1j5ur.html

Yes please, I'll have some bulletproof skin.

altho tbh its entirely possible these kind of experiments could result in a kind of spider/goat hybrid who will immobilise humans in their giant webs in order to eat six shirts off their back line.

Craig Thomson - WTF.

so he's fucked the whole government, even if its not true, its fucked.

I just can't comprehend why Gillard backed him in the first place.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nationa ... 6122194520

Terrorists IMO

http://www.vicpolicenews.com.au/more-ne ... -bird.html

Heard this on the rrr's this morning:

The end is nigh for Metcard

Fucking cunts. Pretty sure Myki should be included in the definition of clusterfuck

oh fuck that is similar to what happened here
it completely fucks everything...
you have to pay for EVERY SINGLE TRIP...
how fucked is that?
i used to get daily tickets because it was slightly cheaper than two one way tickets...
lucky i normally only go to a place and back, all these poor bastards that need to travel a few times get massively screwed now

well, some may say this is fairer or some shit, but i get on a bus at the first stop (not sure if your system works on all public transport), go to the end, and nobody has got on... seriously the only person other than the bus driver on the bus the entire way...
some busses aren't like that, they are just completely empty... what kind of bullshit world is this?

if u dont like it dont PAY imo
l;ike tax
its not something you HAVE to do

i dint makle up the ruls and why would anyone pay for trams - they should be fucing free IMO
what spublic about $7 daily tickets- nothing -

i feel like on concession rates trams are a good deal - but if i had no concession it would be fuckeds

yup, it is fine when it is consession, but seriously giving a $20 because the coins you have don't cover it...
fucked

here is some other news...
http://www.news.com.au/technology/fbi-s ... 6249114650
stupid mega upload got shut down
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/worl ... 6249165151
stupid anonymous fought back

I seen that thing about metcard today also.

For people who use it a bit it's fine, I have a myki I don't use public transport daily but I use it often enough that I prefer to have a myki to know I've always got a ticket, I also don't carry cash.

My partner however might catch public transport once a month if he's lucky so buying a $10 card and then also having to put money onto it for him to use once a month seems pointless.