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General / Stupid laws are stupid.

« on: August 23, 2010, 12:49:29 PM »

We now have a law here that means a cop can search you for any reason with no warrant needed.If they find a knife or anything resembling a weapon its a $1000 fine.Also tasers are now used by the "public servants" ie jackbooted thugs.


http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/7803154/vic-govt-gets-tough-on-knives/

People in Victoria caught illegally carrying knives or other controlled weapons face a $1000 on-the-spot fine from Sunday in what the state government says is a further toughening of Australia's toughest anti-weapons laws.

Under the new laws, police will have greater powers to search for knives and issue hefty penalties for illegally carrying controlled weapons.

"The Brumby Labor government is committed to taking these illegal and potentially deadly weapons off our streets to help further protect communities," Police Minister Bob Cameron said on Sunday.

"Victoria already has the toughest anti-knife laws in Australia - and from today we will see more random weapons searches, hefty on-the-spot penalties and fewer knives on the street."

From Sunday, anyone 16 or older caught carrying a controlled weapon without a lawful excuse faces a $1000 on-the-spot fine.

The penalties are doubled in and around pubs, clubs and bars. Children under 16 caught carrying controlled weapons without a lawful excuse will face court.

The new powers also give Victoria Police stronger powers to designate a public area such as a train station or other public place for a random weapons search without notice.
From January 1, 2011, the sale of knives and other controlled weapons to people under 18 will be banned, with children and young people caught trying to buy such weapons facing a $239 on-the-spot fine and retailers caught selling them to persons under 18 facing fines of up to $2389.

I guess I will have to start eating food with plastic knives from now on.

32

General / Australia has no government...

« on: August 22, 2010, 12:09:08 AM »

The election was just held and they had the highest informal vote in history,which means people left their ballot papers empty.Neither of the main parties gained enough seats to form government. Thats not  a bad thing it slows down new laws they can bring in.<sarcasm>Surprisingly riots haven't broken out and it appears that people don't actually need someone in charge to go about their daily lives </sarcasm>

There is a political party called the sex party which means they will be right at home in a "hung" parliament or if a bi-election is called.....

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General / A Mark only Amp program?

« on: August 21, 2010, 10:41:08 PM »

To those of you who are pulling your amp dollars I suggest a compromise.A separate Amp/Donation program for Mark could be set up so you can show your disapproval for Ian without injuring the innocent party 

Why should Mark be punished by Ian's actions?

If market pressure is the way to change something you dont agree with what better way to demonstrate it than by using this method?

May the best man win!

 

34

General / Starting a "free market".

« on: August 19, 2010, 12:07:43 AM »

I drive a garbage truck part time and collect a lot of stuff that people throw out.So I am going to run a few "free markets" from my garage where people can take as much as they can carry in two hands for free or a donation if they feel generous. How long do you think this will last before some hard-on wants to shut it down?The second hand stores here are so expensive because of the overheads they carry to operate a business.It is actually cheaper in some cases to go to a department store and buy clothes!

We have a couple of lemon trees that need to be picked so I was going to let my kids run a lemonade stand at the free market, but then I realised they might send in the swat team.

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General / "Organs become property of the state and don’t need permission to take them"

« on: August 18, 2010, 09:52:43 PM »

This is probably the most horrific idea I've heard proposed as a solution to something.

Canada — which is lagging behind in organ donation — needs to look to other countries that are more successful at getting transplants, says James Bredin, a Toronto firefighter whose two children have both had heart transplants.

The need for organ donation in Canada will skyrocket by 152% over the next two decades, a study by the Canadian Blood Services says.

“We need to start doing what other countries do ... organs become property of the state and they don’t need permission to take them. Even if we only did that with kidneys. Just think of all the people on dialysis that wait up to 12 years for a transplant,” Bredin said.

“Things like that would work, but we need to pass new laws. My children only had to wait two weeks for a transplant, but it doesn’t work like that for a lot of people.”

Canada’s rate of organ and tissue donation has flatlined for the past decade. The national rate (from deceased people) is 14 donors per million, which is less than half that of the best performing countries such as Spain and the U.S., which has a rate of 32 per million.

In Ontario, there have been more donations over the last five years, said Frank Markel, president of Trillium Gift of Life Network.

“Ontario has shown that you can increase donation. Last year in Ontario was a record year — a 50% increase over a decade ago,” he said.

Nationally there is a gap and unless we start improving, this gap will only get bigger, said Dr. Graham Sher, CEO of Canadian Blood Services.

“Canadians are surprised to hear that the wait lists differ across the country and they expect more equal access to organs no matter where one lives,” he said.

The majority of Canadians have either made the decision to donate, or are open to it, but few have taken action to register, according to a poll of 1,500 adults.

A report with recommendations to change the system will be presented to provincial, territorial and federal governments by early next year at the latest, Sher said.

He is meeting in Vancouver with the Canadian Society of Transplantation Friday and with the International Transplant Society over the weekend.

There are more than 4,000 Canadians waiting for organ transplants and every 1 1/2 days one of them dies.

This problem has an easy free market solution which involves letting people sell their organs if they want to.It would solve the issue overnight.Why cant someone sell their organs and help pay for the cost of their own funeral?
The way things are now the only one who loses is the donator.Stupid law is stupid.

36

General / What mobiles would still look like,

« on: August 18, 2010, 09:36:01 PM »

If the government made them




Will they ban mp3 players next because people dont listen to radio anymore?Oh look at me rocking my fm radio from the 80's.




My iphone just got an fm radio installed woohoo!

37

General / Who wants to start a knitting club?

« on: August 14, 2010, 08:14:28 AM »

I wonder would they arrest people for doing this?


http://deputy-dog.com/2008/11/urban-knitting-worlds-most-inoffensive.html


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38

General / What the Gif?

« on: August 14, 2010, 07:51:38 AM »

39

General / Another unintentional side effect of a bad policy.

« on: August 13, 2010, 11:50:17 PM »

The government brought this legislation into effect after the firestone tyres debacle which makes manufacturers have to track their tyres closely.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_Recall_Enhancement,_Accountability_and_Documentation_Act

So now hackers can track and control the resulting devices in most modern cars
http://www.dailywireless.org/2010/08/11/tires-hacked/

So now if you replace your tyres you put your family at risk from a randomn drive by hacker to slam your brakes on or other actions.Do you feel safer?

40

General / Nothing.

« on: August 12, 2010, 06:57:16 AM »

.

41

General / How to avoid the police.

« on: August 12, 2010, 06:49:15 AM »

1.Control the worlds supply of donuts.
2.Insert rfid chips into every donut.
3.Buy a portable rfid scanner to allow you to avoid every cop.
4.$$$$Profit???

42

General / Cage Match:Huxley V's Orwell

« on: August 05, 2010, 07:23:04 AM »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death

43

General / Tax on Stupidity

« on: August 04, 2010, 05:53:51 AM »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_on_stupidity

I searched for this term and had to laugh at the result.

Presently, large portions of many American state lotteries are used to fund public education systems.

I thought property taxes were used for this?

44

General / FBI threatens to sue wikipedia

« on: August 04, 2010, 12:28:51 AM »

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20012575-93.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20#

I think everyone should change their profile pic to the fbi badge for a week lol

45

General / The Ministry of truth.

« on: August 03, 2010, 06:18:14 AM »

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/08/02/privacy

Project Vigilant.....https://www.projectvigilant.us/

  

 In the fight against terror, the U.S needs all the help it can get, even if that assistance comes from unpaid volunteers.  For the past 14 years, a significant volunteer group of U.S. citizens has been operating in near total secrecy to monitor and report illegal or potentially harmful activity on the Web.

    Flying "under the radar" and carefully discouraging any press coverage that focused on the group, Project Vigilant has quietly operated in the eddies and whirlpools of Internet research, feeding tips and warnings to federal, state and military agencies. The group claims over 500 current members, although their names and identities are still mostly secret.  Their members comprise some of the most knowledgeable experts in the field of information security today and include current employees of the U.S. government, law enforcement and the military. . . .

    The group's collaboration with the U.S. Government is handled through another highly secure web portal which supports protected email, chat and other features.

    Project Vigilant is funded by BBHC Global, an information security firm based in the Midwest, and private donations. Uber's boss is Steven Ruhe, the Managing Member of BBHC Global. "I've always been a small town guy with big dreams," said Ruhe who was born and raised in Nebraska and sells Amway products on the side. "This work is for a really good cause."

    Project Vigilant is organized and run on a structure not unlike that of the military. Uber himself will serve only two more years in his "tour of duty" as the Project's Director and then another member will take his place.

    "This is the most rewarding thing I've ever done in my life," said Uber. "I'm helping keep our country safer."

*hides behind 7 proxies....