I bet IT people serving Western Australia are groaning… they’ll be trialling summer time in that state from December 3rd until March, and for the next three years. Way to go to give people plenty of notice, fellas!
The next question is, will the vendors get patches out pronto, or just leave users/support people to figure out a solution for themselves?
If I have my computer setup for my region, why would I want to override it in favour of US English, which is how IE7 defaults?
Kim Weatherall’s been tracking the new copyright laws in Australia. The bill has just been published, and oh, what a confusing mess.
Region coding and backup copies — Confusion reigns on this one.
Use of iPods to continue to be, technically, illegal.
Triffic.
Foxtel Australia to launch a sci-fi channel on December 1st. It’ll be interesting to see if they confine themselves to parent company (CBS Paramount, NBC Universal, Sony) shows, or if they look wider.
And will it be enough to convince more people to get cable TV? The sci-fi channel will be part of the My Escape package, meaning a minimum total monthly cost of A$51.90 if you want to see it.
(Me? I don’t watch much TV anyway. Somehow I suspect another X dozen channels aren’t going to change that…)
Joshua Gans asks: Who owns TV guide data? Apparently Packer is suing the pants off ICE-TV who provide a TV guide service to users of MythTV, amongst others. Gans reckons its a defensive move to protect Channel Nine’s ad broadcast revenue.
I dunno, it seems to me that this is going to fall on its head. Having a TV listing is copyrighted? Perhaps a particular one is, but recreating the simple facts of one, I don’t see how that violates copyright.
Web sites must be accessible, under pain of having your ass sued off.
So no more Flash only websites, or implementing everything as images.
iPods also have lithium-ion batteries. Perhaps that’s why they grounded the plane.
Why did nobody tell me about this before? StaticIce — search Australian retailers/etailers for best prices on geek stuff.
AusPrices also does it, but at first glance seems to have less retailers in it.
Any others? (I know about DVDPlaza for DVDs.)
If you’re a Lego geek, and in Melbourne tomorrow, Brickvention 2006 is open from 10:00-15:00 at Melb Uni. $5 Adults, $2.50 kids.
No, they don’t support Talk like a Pirate Day, they support stealing IP. It’s the Pirate Party of the United States.
Arrrrrr!
Human to human transfer of Birdflu has been seen in Indonesia. Six of the seven infected people have died. The infection chain from the index case is three people long.
That which was a matter of time may actually be upon us.
So, what’s your H5N1 survival strategy?
Some Americans hate IVR systems. Oh, that’s Interactive voice response.