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1. Comment - Aussie Parliament Wants To Tighten Net Censorship

   (Sep 23, 2007 - 2:04 AM)

   That's not true. It's legal to buy and sell it in New South Wales and the Northern Territory as well. In Queensland it's illegal to sell it but you can buy it (really clever law that one...) Not sure about the other states.
   
   The problem is a in Oz most of the people tend to vote for one party or the other - they won't change their vote unless something crazy happens. So the politicians are typically trying to sway a small percentage of voters who actually determine which side has power. In this case they're going for the "moral minority". The few percent of people who will be swayed in their voting by anti-porn bills.
   
   The example a couple years back stated by another poster was basically a deadlock where the government needed to sway one independant senator - who happened to be a religious Tasmanian senator - strongly anti-porn.
   
   As for the terrorism/crime side... god knows what that may block. Frankly I'm against censoring anything. If the content being hosted is illegal then action should be taken against the people hosting it.

2. Comment - AMD Makes Wildcard Play with Triple-Core Phenom

   (Sep 18, 2007 - 11:14 PM)

   It's hardly a waste of time if it sells chips. All discussions regarding it are largely academic at the moment anyway. Until there are benchmark results there is no valid way to decide whether it's worth buying. If the toliman outperforms the intel cpu at the same price point then it's a winner and that's what you should base your decisions on - not the number of cores.
   
   Anyone else think of the banana boat song whenever you hear the name? "Hey AMD Toliman. tally me banana." :)

3. Comment - Prince Sues YouTube, eBay, and Pirate Bay

   (Sep 14, 2007 - 12:01 AM)

   I can only speak for myself but appending "commercials" to songs or music videos is begging for pirated versions. People will rip the song take out the commercial, re-encode it and post it again. I know I wouldn't accept music with ads in it (don't listen to radio).
   
   What would make more sense is striking a deal with Youtube (or whoever) so that when a track he owns is detected it adds a URL to the site linking to his website/itunes (wherever you can buy a legitimate version). There'd be a reasonable amount of click-thru sales generated by that approach.

4. Comment - Thailand Lifts Ban on YouTube

   (Sep 2, 2007 - 11:08 PM)

   Nice well informed comment... read this
   
   http://www.thaiembdc.org/monarchy/monarchy.htm

5. Comment - Thailand Lifts Ban on YouTube

   (Sep 2, 2007 - 11:04 PM)

   That is a ridiculous statement, it's like saying Bush is responsible for anything bad that happens in the US, or Queen Elizabeth is responsible for anything bad happening in the UK.
   
   Honestly, blame the sick people who *want* it. Don't assume everyone in the country is like that. Jeez.