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legend166

Member
Heidi Klum is back on the market!

also NSW has banned non ethnaol fuels and people are whinging.

This is some of the cars that can't take ethanol as an example

Apollo (1/87-7/89), Nova (2/89-7/94), Barina (1985-1994), Drover (1985-1987), Scurry (1985-1986), Astra (1984-1989)

Time to get a new car, 20 years seriously..

also

except this lot

Impreza WRX STI (1999 to 2005)

That kinda sucks :|

People should whinge because ethanol fuel is COMPLETELY ridiculous.

Also Labor banned regular unleaded in the first place (with support from the Libs). This is like the least partisan issue ever. They both suck.
 
I don't want to use ethanol I want to use petrol.

I would also like Heidi Klum but I don't like my chances, even though I can hold a half decent conversation in German. Bit too busy here to go chasing after her though. Maybe next year.
 

legend166

Member
Also George Bailey is a hilariously bad choice. I'm wondering if they got him confused with Travis Birt (because I used to).

Should have just made David Warner captain.

Stealing this from BigFooty:

Quote:
"David Warner is considered a future captain but there is a feeling the 25-year-old needs to establish himself as an international cricketer first."

- Bloke needs to establish himself as international cricketer.
- Give captaincy to a first gamer instead.
 

Choc

Banned
Has george bailey ever captained a first class side? that might be the difference

Warner has never captained a first class side i don't think. Kinda helps
 
Has george bailey ever captained a first class side? that might be the difference

Warner has never captained a first class side i don't think. Kinda helps

Bailey has never played a 20/20 for Australia right? Seems like a strange choice to give a guy the captaincy in his first match at that level.

Edit: Also
CricInfo said:
In a major shake-up eight months before the ICC World Twenty20, White is set to be axed from the side following a lean season in the Big Bash League, in which he made 55 runs at an average of 7.85. Bailey, a team-mate of White at the Melbourne Stars, has not been in outstanding form either, having scored 114 runs at 19.
Australia take on India in a T20 at Stadium Australia in Sydney next Wednesday, followed by a second game at the MCG on Friday. The matches will be important steps for Australia as they work towards the World T20. Australia's only other outings before the world tournament will be two T20s against West Indies in late March, and possibly a clash with Pakistan in the UAE.
Horrible timing to switch things up. Also had no idea Bailey was almost 30.
 

legend166

Member
Giving a debutant the captaincy is madness. I don't care what kind of history he has.

If we were going to pick a specialist captain we may as well have just stayed with White.

Anyway, I don't why I care. It's T20.
 

Omikron

Member
Giving a debutant the captaincy is madness. I don't care what kind of history he has.

If we were going to pick a specialist captain we may as well have just stayed with White.

Anyway, I don't why I care. It's T20.

But picking, say Warner, who hasn't captained any first class side of any type, isn't?
 
But picking, say Warner, who hasn't captained any first class side of any type, isn't?

Warner is slightly less madness since he has actually stepped foot onto a 20/20 field for Australia. Although I have no idea no his leadership in the past aside from the fact that the selectors see him as a future captain of Australia.

In any case there was no reason to dump White for him considering they have both had lean 20/20 games over the summer.
 

Omikron

Member
AUS T20 Squad: Bailey (c), Warner (vc), Birt, Christian, Doherty, Faulkner, Finch, Hogg, D Hussey, Lee, M Marsh, S Marsh, McKay, Wade

Poor legend, 4 Tasmanians (5 if you count Birt :p), only 2 NSW (3 if you count Christian) players.

So sad.


PS> Victrorian sports radio is going to be gold today with the exclusion of White. :lol
 

legend166

Member
Warner was the captain of the Thunder. Granted, he only played one game because he then had to go play tests. He scored a century.

I don't even know if I would have picked Warner. Give it to Dave or Mike Hussey. I just think it's dumb they've effectively picked a specialist captain. Bailey is in bad form.
 

Rezbit

Member
Its because Bailey is an awesome captain, and will probably bat further down the order. For a few t20s, who really cares though.
 

Deeku

Member
Also shark fin soup is pretty messed up, not a big greenie but not a fan.
Fredescu said:
I mean offensive in method of manufacture.
I don't think the reported controversial methods of obtaining shark fins are that widespread. It's a sizeable industry, so you'd think there would be some form of regulation or whatever. Hopefully.

But it is kinda sad how no one really talks about it. It's always just about the prestige of eating shark fin.

I do admit it's kinda tasty, though.
 
Anyone here that uses Visual Studio? And ever thought they needed 'achievements'? :p

http://channel9.msdn.com/achievements/visualstudio

ahah yeah my friend linked that the other day on facebook. they're pretty damn spot on.



edit: anyone got gaming podcasts i can listen to online? my ipod is nearly dead and i want to save it for the train ride home.


edit2: choc im pretty sure theyre joking around. like its a real plugin and everything, but it's just a joke
 
i was reading about this its fucking ridiculous

if they link that to XBL gamerscore, rofl
It doesn't, and a lot of them seem pretty easy to do (and it would be easy to game anyway by loading other's applications). Why exactly is it ridiculous? Because it's fun?

What if Outlook and Word got them?
 

jambo

Member
i was reading about this its fucking ridiculous

Why is it fucking ridiculous? It's an optional download. Plus it's fun.

SeySn.jpg
 

Deeku

Member
It's just like bird nest though, the actual fin is tasteless.
I meant in terms of the dishes that incorporate shark fin. The fins do have that nice elastic-y type texture to it though, which I prefer over the kinda gooyness of birds nest.

I love me some sharks fin soup, both real and fake versions.
Yeah, some of the fake soups you can get from street vendors are pretty good! lol
 

Madrical

Banned
Why is it fucking ridiculous? It's an optional download. Plus it's fun.

SeySn.jpg

I dunno, I find it pretty silly. Windows 8 will have a tonne of achievements next.

"Successfully hide all your porn"

"Use IE8 once to download Chrome or Firefox, then remove it from your taskbar"
 

Omikron

Member
i was reading about this its fucking ridiculous


in a student version or learning version, fine

if they link that to XBL gamerscore, rofl

:lol

I think its largely pretty amusing. Certainly had a laugh about it at work :p








Oh hang on, it's choc.
 

Choc

Banned
there are far better things they could have spent the development time on

for example MS has a program called Microsoft Small Basic which is designed to teach coding. In that program it makes sense

in a professional program for a professional environment, it really does not.

What's next, Microsoft Word having achievements (wrote your report! 10 Points)!


actually, probably :|
 
there are far better things they could have spent the development time on

for example MS has a program called Microsoft Small Basic which is designed to teach coding. In that program it makes sense

in a professional program for a professional environment, it really does not.

What's next, Microsoft Word having achievements (wrote your report! 10 Points)!


actually, probably :|

seriously, taking a joke too seriously. they probably wrote it purely for fun and if something more important came up, then they would work on that.

not everything needs to be fucking work.
 

Choc

Banned
seriously, taking a joke too seriously. they probably wrote it purely for fun and if something more important came up, then they would work on that.

not everything needs to be fucking work.

i'm looking at it from how a senior manager or board level person of a development house may view it. It doesn't paint Microsoft in the most professional manner if they are adding frivilous stuff to their main development software.

I agree that work doesnt always have to be work, but from a CEO level it looks dumb

wow @ tsonga match

6-2 2-6 1-6 4-1 so far
 

Omikron

Member
i'm looking at it from how a senior manager or board level person of a development house may view it. It doesn't paint Microsoft in the most professional manner if they are adding frivilous stuff to their main development software.

I agree that work doesnt always have to be work, but from a CEO level it looks dumb

From a marketing point of view, either you get ragers like you, or they get developers chuckling about MS sense of humour.

Win for MS.
 
I mean seriously, why did Sony develop Home? What a waste of money, they should have been spending their money on fixing their substandard security!
 

Choc

Banned
I mean seriously, why did Sony develop Home? What a waste of money, they should have been spending their money on fixing their substandard security!

im not arguing on that one at all ;) why did they do home ? :p

That is so a strawman argument though. One is an entertainment device, the other is professional grade software designed for businesses to build software and make money.

jambo ive used amazon mp3 before so yes. I bought a track there that wasnt on AU itunes
 

jambo

Member
LOL, surely you jest?

Nope, never used the service before. I kinda figured it wouldn't because of copyright issues, but wanted to check.

Was looking at grabbing some NIN albums. I got The Downward Spiral on my lunchbreak for $9.99 at JB and just downloaded The Slip for free and Ghosts I-IV for $5.

The other MP3 links on the nin website all link to Amazon MP3.
 
That is so a strawman argument though. One is an entertainment device, the other is professional grade software designed for businesses to build software and make money.
For all you know, someone coded 99% of it during their spare time and spent a few days in the office getting it ready for release.

I don't see reaching out to the users of their software, promoting the community aspect of it is really as big a waste of money as you are suggesting.

I don't think anyone disagrees with this.
The sky is blue! Grass is green! Water is wet! I'm on a roll!
 

Dead Man

Member
Nope, never used the service before. I kinda figured it wouldn't because of copyright issues, but wanted to check.

Was looking at grabbing some NIN albums. I got The Downward Spiral on my lunchbreak for $9.99 at JB and just downloaded The Slip for free and Ghosts I-IV for $5.

The other MP3 links on the nin website all link to Amazon MP3.

Most excellent. What other albums were you thinking of? Also, Choc seems to think it works now, so maybe it does, last time I looked was about a year ago.
 
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