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reptilescorpio

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Just watched that Rio movie. Not bad, not up with the big dogs of the industry but enjoyable enough. Still plenty of cringeworthy material that covers the usual bulletpoints. The parts with the birds were great but the focus on the humans was meh. Enjoyed Jermaines parts the most. Going to watch Rango again tomorrow since Rio has brought it back into my memory, loved Rango.
 
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guidop

Member
Kerrby said:
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What show is this?
 
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Stackboy

Member
Sup Gaf, had an awesome weekend of game playing. Plenty of Trenched, Halo: Reach and the game that is probably my favourite of this generation.....Borderlands. I love the atmosphere, the artstyle and all the guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuns.

Lemme know if anyone wants to play some MP Trenched. I'm heaps keen.
 
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codswallop

Member
Rubixcuba said:
Interesting fact, its illegal to purchase something worth $5 or more with just 5c coins.
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I don't think that's right. I think shops that accept cash have to accept up to $5.00 in coins < 50c, but if the shop accepted it, you could buy a car with 5c pieces.

(Source, though it doesn't actually point out where their information came from)

Edit: Well, technically it could be considered "illegal", thought the act doesn't actually say that, it just says up to $5.00 is legal tender. http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1965120/s16.html
 
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Rubixcuba

Banned
codswallop said:
I don't think that's right. I think shops that accept cash have to accept up to $5.00 in coins < 50c, but if the shop accepted it, you could buy a car with 5c pieces.

(Source, though it doesn't actually point out where their information came from)

Edit: Well, technically it could be considered "illegal", thought the act doesn't actually say that, it just says up to $5.00 is legal tender. http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1965120/s16.html
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Touché, (fellow Law Student?). I skimmed the article that was in the Sun Herald, moral of the story is that 5c pieces are redundant and silly.
 
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Clipper

Member
codswallop said:
I don't think that's right. I think shops that accept cash have to accept up to $5.00 in coins < 50c, but if the shop accepted it, you could buy a car with 5c pieces.

(Source, though it doesn't actually point out where their information came from)

Edit: Well, technically it could be considered "illegal", thought the act doesn't actually say that, it just says up to $5.00 is legal tender. http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1965120/s16.html
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On your edit, yeah. It's not illegal to pay that much, but the shopkeeper has a right to refuse to accept that much change as payment.

Rubixcuba said:
Touché, (fellow Law Student?). I skimmed the article that was in the Sun Herald, moral of the story is that 5c pieces are redundant and silly.
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I do find this argument interesting, though. If we get rid of the 5c, then how long will it be until the 10c is redundant and silly?
 
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codswallop

Member
Rubixcuba said:
Touché, (fellow Law Student?).
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Nah, boring IT guy. Not been a student for over a decade now... That's actually pretty scary.

Clipper said:
I do find this argument interesting, though. If we get rid of the 5c, then how long will it be until the 10c is redundant and silly?
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Just round up to the nearest $5 if you're paying cash. Problem solved!
 
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ClivePwned

Member
Parking meters in Brisbane don't take 5 or 10c pieces and fewer and fewer vending machines accept them.

I know I've been to places on Europe where most people just tell the cashier to keep the shrapnel (this is in relatively poorer countries where they generally penny-pinch everything else). But damn, in America, they still insist on giving you pennies back.
The only use for pennies is for putting in those machines in tourist areas that distort them for 51c

5c and 10c can GTFO if you can't use them everywhere
 
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Danoss

Member
Clipper said:
On your edit, yeah. It's not illegal to pay that much, but the shopkeeper has a right to refuse to accept that much change as payment.
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They don't have the right to refuse, which is the reason why legal tender is defined. Any number of coins above the set amount is not deemed as legal tender and does not have to be accepted.
 
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Clipper

Member
Danoss said:
They don't have the right to refuse, which is the reason why legal tender is defined. Any number of coins above the set amount is not deemed as legal tender and does not have to be accepted.
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Sorry for the ambiguity but what you say is exactly what I was trying to say. The 'that much' in my statement was referring to amounts above $5. There was an implication that it was illegal to attempt it, which would just be silly.
 
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Deleted member 30609

Unconfirmed Member
finally bit the bullet and applied for pizza-delivery jobs

wassup, cliche university life
 
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evlcookie

but ever so delicious
Gazunta said:
Spend your earnings on two minute noodles and build your furniture out of discarded bessa blocks.
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Not if he does it "right".

extra money on the side via porn pizza delivery, duh
 
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jambo

Member
Uber update has me addicted to TF2 all over again, had a blast playing over the weekend.

HolyCheck said:
just an FYI I just had my case resolved via paypal about the dodgy Hard drive thing on ebay that a few of us bought, getting my money back too :)
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Only just now? Mine was settled ages ago, got the cash back quick smart!
 
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ClivePwned

Member
Rez said:
finally bit the bullet and applied for pizza-delivery jobs

wassup, cliche university life
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never done the job myself, but had a friend who did years ago. His car never lost the smell

(it's not a fresh pizza smell)
 
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trinest

Member
ClivePwned said:
never done the job myself, but had a friend who did years ago. His car never lost the smell

(it's not a fresh pizza smell)
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The smell which your clothes and stuff gets from working at a Pizza shop is the most nasty and discusting penterating smell known to man.
 
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VOOK

We don't know why he keeps buying PAL, either.
Gazunta said:
Spend your earnings on two minute noodles and build your furniture out of discarded bessa blocks.
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I'll tell the children they'll be no hospital.
 
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Kritz

Banned
trinest said:
The smell which your clothes and stuff gets from working at a Pizza shop is the most nasty and discusting penterating smell known to man.
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Thankfully the smell from working in server rooms is of nerds, fast food and high sperm fibre.

Unfortunately, "nerd" has quite the... Musk.
 
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Stackboy

Member
trinest said:
The smell which your clothes and stuff gets from working at a Pizza shop is the most nasty and discusting penterating smell known to man.
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I beg to differ. The smell of money is disgusting. I use to work in a bank, some businesses would bring money in, in all sorts of condition. Your hands would smell so bad after a days work. Before I even left for the day, I would wash my hands.
 
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mandiller

Member
I just got my copy of Zelda OoT from Ozgameshop today. Hopefully other people still waiting will get theirs too! (I'm in Brisbane)

Now down to some playing.
 
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r1chard

Member
jambo said:
Uber update has me addicted to TF2 all over again, had a blast playing over the weekend.
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We had a small LAN party (25 or so) on the weekend (in Moorolbark!) where I played TF2 again for the first time in months (since the last LAN party actually) and it's still a helluva lot of fun. Especially in a room where you can actually throw peanuts at the people killing you :)

I just can't find the time to dedicate to online games during regular life :-(
 
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codswallop

Member
Rez said:
finally bit the bullet and applied for pizza-delivery jobs
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Great, now I want pizza.

So... video games huh? I played the Duke demo over the weekend, originally figured I'd pick it up when it hit $5 on some sale in six months time. Couldn't even bring myself to finish the demo it was so bad.
 
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trinest

Member
codswallop said:
Great, now I want pizza.

So... video games huh? I played the Duke demo over the weekend, originally figured I'd pick it up when it hit $5 on some sale in six months time. Couldn't even bring myself to finish the demo it was so bad.
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The game gave me a headache. Something off about the video compresion or something.
 
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Salazar

Member
Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 downloading.

Caught train from Nambour to Central, from Central to Robina. Fell asleep listening to an old GFW interview with Cevat Yerli - just before the release of Crysis. Dude spoke really, really well.
 
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legend166

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Jet lag is starting to hit.

Didn't get much sleep at all last night. Watched the F1, then fell asleep for around an hour. Then woke up and must have laid in bed trying to get back to sleep for at least 3-4 hours. Probably finally got to bed around 4:30am then woke up at 7:30 to come to work.

Weird first day back. Got notified of my pay rise (which I'm very happy about), and also found out they may be shifting a whole bunch of my work off shore. Which I don't know if I'm happy about.
 
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Fogz

Member
Seems like every time I join a game in TF2 no one is playing a medic so I end up filling that role.

All TF2 is to me is seeing how long I can run around a heavy before a spy knifes me in the back :p
 
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legend166

Member
codswallop said:
Stay up as long as you can to get into your regular routine. Don't nap.
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I haven't been napping. I went to bed at 11:30pm last night and I was really tired when I did, so I thought I was set. Then I woke up two hours later and couldn't get back to bed.

...so I guess that was a nap. Not a deliberate one though!
 
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VOOK

We don't know why he keeps buying PAL, either.
Resident Evil: Mercenaries is apparently out now, a week or two early. $55 at EB.

More street date breaking?
 
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codswallop

Member
legend166 said:
I haven't been napping. I went to bed at 11:30pm last night and I was really tired when I did, so I thought I was set. Then I woke up two hours later and couldn't get back to bed.
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Usually takes about three days to get used to any new schedule, so take heart that there's not long to go.

When I've been away from home for extended periods, the weirdest thing for me is being tired and walking into this odd building (e.g. home) that is familiar, but I have no attachment to it, even though it's all my stuff. Very odd sensation.
 
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Fredescu

Member
Omi said:
Post child, I am definitely appreciating a game I can pick up and play for 30 - 60 mins and not feel I am missing out. Not long before I fall down the COD rabbit warren of instant gratification.
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This is why I have 100+ hours in Everyday Genius: SquareLogic
 
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Fredescu

Member
Omi said:
I am a bit of a sucker for math problems. So going to scope that out if it ever goes on sale.
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To be fair, it's less math problems and more Sudoku style "organisational" problems. Unless you turn the thing off that tells you the possible answers in a cage and figure them all out yourself. Then it would take forever.
 
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Shaneus

Member
Put in a shitload of time over the weekend playing Crackdown 2. Finished all the Cell missions and only have a handful of mutant zombie things to go. Gotta say, for some reason it just doesn't "feel" as good as the first one. I guess I prefer the atmosphere provided by the a criminal element and ultra-clean environment over one that's overrun by mutants, rebels and neglect.

Performing a ground-point in the middle of a horde of mutants is pretty satisfying, though.
 
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