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Sunday Afternoon
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Sunday, 26-April-2009 14:39:48 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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OCAU forums member thargs is raising funds for men's mental health, in the "Banish the Black Dog Ride". Ride is on the 16-17th May. Starts in Townsville and then to Clare, overnight Clare and returns to Townsville next day. The whole event has been organised by the Townsville Rotary Club.
GoN report on the impending release of a discussion paper on an R18+ rating for computer games in Australia. As such, Bob Debus, the Commonwealth Minister of Home Affairs will "soon" release a revised version of the yet-to-be-seen discussion paper to the public, which will outline the potential changes to Australian classification guidelines and laws. The discussion paper has been a long time in the making, and the issue is not something which will quickly be resolved.
Windows 7 will apparently contain a WinXP classic environment. Available as a free download for Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate users, it's a fully integrated and licensed copy of Windows XP SP3 in a VirtualPC-based environment, with full "coherence" support. In other words, it's Microsoft's variant of Apple's Classic environment, and it's coming to Windows 7, for free.
IceTV has won their case in the High Court against Channel Nine. Although program information is published daily in print and on other web services, Nine claimed IceTV was infringing copyright by displaying the station's shows in its electronic program guide (EPG). Discussion here.
TorrentFreak report that the Judge in the Pirate Bay trial may have had a conflict of interest, with some calling for a re-trial. Former Director of Public Prosecution Sven-Erik Alhem said, “You cannot hide controversial facts. The attention this gets only leads to unnecessary questioning of bias in Swedish courts. Of course the judge should have informed people of the situation prior to the process and thereby allowed the involved parties to decide if it was suitable or not.”
EA got a bit carried away with promotional goodies, and sent illegal "brass knuckles" to some members of the press, and now wants them back. Brass knuckles or metallic knuckles are illegal in many of the states that they were shipped to. They're also illegal in California, where EA is based.
Youngpro pointed out this Suzuki Mighty Boy electric vehicle conversion. In 2007, I was given a model helicopter as a Christmas present. This lead to the purchase of a Blade CX-2 helicopter. I soon became amazed with the Li Ion battery technology used to power these devices. The next step was discovering this cell technology was being used in electric vehicles. At the same time, I was looking around for a suitable semi retirement project; hence the Mighty Boy electrical vehicle project commenced.
Wayne noticed this game where you can plan your own Federal Budget 2009.
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