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Yagharek

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midonnay said:
mark harvey given the boot ..... came out of nowhere :/

kinda stiff considering that half the squad was injured
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Only half?

Yeah, that came out of nowhere, he was doing a good job with the raw hand he was dealt.
 
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Jintor

Member
Prompt: small child loses track of the time

Someone else's picture:
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My picture:
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guidop

Member
Skyward Sword has some of the best art I've seen in ages, tip of the hat nintendo

Anyone have a Direct feed or better then the TGS stream version of SS CG trailer?
 
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reptilescorpio

Member
midonnay said:
mark harvey given the boot ..... came out of nowhere :/

kinda stiff considering that half the squad was injured
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Yeah that was pretty surprising. Thought he was doing okay in the circumstances. Will be interesting to see how they go next year.
 
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jambo

Member
midonnay said:
mark harvey given the boot ..... came out of nowhere :/

kinda stiff considering that half the squad was injured
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Freo have had a few great chances over the last few years, but they keep falling over. Hopefully the change in coach will help rectify the situation.
 
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midonnay

Member
damn, its Ross Lyon

I wanted Mick Malthouse for the lulz

Riewoldt got slapped in the face? Yesterday it was reported that he begged Lyon to stay and he complied.

5 year appointment *facepalm*
 
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Rezbit

Member
midonnay said:
damn, its Ross Lyon

I wanted Mick Malthouse for the lulz

Riewoldt got slapped in the face? Yesterday it was reported that he begged Lyon to stay and he complied.

5 year appointment *facepalm*
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Wow what the fuck. Random! Poor Harvey...not that I loved the bloke but fair dinkum.
 
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Dead Man

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http://abc.com.au/news/2011-09-15/mobile-tv-copyright-dispute-goes-to-court/2901084

Optus says it will take action in the Federal Court to protect itself from claims it is infringing copyright by broadcasting AFL and NRL games online.

Thanks to devices such as iPhones and iPads, television watching is no longer something confined to a living room.

It is amid this changing landscape that a major dispute is looming between Optus and Telstra.

The AFL and NRL allege Optus is infringing copyright by broadcasting matches online on as little as a two-minute delay.

But Optus says the claims are unjustified because the games are only playbacks of free-to-air matches.

Telstra says the court's decision could jeopardise its $153 million broadcast deal with the AFL which was signed earlier this year.

It wants Optus to stop providing telecasts of AFL matches to its internet and phone customers via the use of so-called cloud technology.
'Uncharted territory'

The technology enables the game to be recorded and viewed via devices like laptops, smartphones and tablets just minutes after it was shown live.

Luke Hopewell, a technology commentator at ZD Net Australia, says it is uncharted territory for broadcasting in Australia.

"When you're looking at the Optus service in particular, what you have to understand is that you can tell the service what to record from free-to-air television and then stream it back to your device at a time that's more convenient for you," he said.

"So for example, if you have a whole library full of content, then that potential is there to have access to a bevy of material to stream back whenever it's most suitable for you."

The only problem is Telstra has a deal with the AFL to provide the games to its customers; it is also presently negotiating a deal with the NRL.

"It's a copyright matter. So when you have a look at something like copying CDs to a computer, for example, that was a copyright issue back in the day as well," he said.

"We've now almost sort of moved past that, but what we're looking at here is it's a different kind of taping and a different kind of format shifting, if you will.

"Obviously original copyright holders do get quite nervous when we talk about this sort of thing."
Legal precedent

Optus says the AFL and NRL have alleged it is infringing copyright, so it has turned to the Federal Court to try to stop the two codes from suing it for breach of copyright.

Mr Hopewell predicts the current case will set a precedent.

"If this case comes to a ruling, you'll find a lot of people who will either want to continue the wave if it's a positive ruling for time-shifting services in the cloud, but if it's not you'll find a lot of people backing away from the technology and maybe scratching their heads in their own bunkers and reconsidering a new product," he said.

Optus is confident its service does not result in any copyright infringement.

Telstra says it has serious concerns about the use of any technology to circumvent its rights to the AFL, NRL and V8 Supercars.

The AFL is not commenting.

Mary-Anne Reid, chief executive of the Australian Copyright Council, says the public is going to see a lot more cloud-based storage systems like the one used by Optus.

"[Cloud technology] involves a set of laws that probably didn't contemplate these types of services, and it involves a number of corporations which are looking at ways to make money out of the new online environment," she said.

"All those things have come together to create the situation that we see here."

The hearing begins in the Federal Court on Friday.
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So... bigger audience < value of exclusive content distribution deals :(

Shitheads.
 
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reptilescorpio

Member
Dead Man said:
So... bigger audience < value of exclusive content distribution deals :(

Shitheads.
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Telstra: But we want to fuck the consumer in the arse in regard to where they can get their content. Giving them other options to view content is not fair. Boo hoo.

This stuff gives me the shits.

Also the new Blink 182 album is not great. They really should have given it up. Even +44 was better than this.
 
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Yagharek

Member
shanshan310 said:
No, she studied at Ipswich girls grammar. =/

EDIT: I DONT UNDERSTAND.
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Lots of Kiwis at Bondi.

EDIT: ALLEGEDLY

EDIT 2: What is good in life?
Shopping, getting Starfox and Pac Man 3DS, A Dance with Dragons, new Dream Theater album, new Gotye album and of course, Arnie's Magnum Opus.

And lamentations of wymyns etc.
 
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Shaneus

Member
I love watching 90s American comedies that never came out here. Case in point: Mr. Show.

HOLY SHIT a younger Sarah Silverman. Humna humna.
 
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midonnay

Member
to be fair Telstra is paying a huge amount for the internet rights..... you can't blame them for being pissed if Optus gets it for virtually free through a loophole.
 
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Dead Man

Member
midonnay said:
to be fair Telstra is paying a huge amount for the internet rights..... you can't blame them for being pissed if Optus gets it for virtually free through a loophole.
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Telstra is an idiot for paying for the rights instead of using the loophole...
 
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markot

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Is there any industry more ass screwy than telecommunications >_>? I mean excluding loan sharks and property developers.
 
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midonnay

Member
Dead Man said:
Telstra is an idiot for paying for the rights instead of using the loophole...
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the AFL is a non-profit organisation and most of the money from broadcasting deal goes to the players pay packet.

Besides... you can watch full replays of games from the AFL site.
 
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Yagharek

Member
markot said:
Is there any industry more ass screwy than telecommunications >_>? I mean excluding loan sharks and property developers.
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Law, commerce, politics, marketing, superannuation, insurance.

edit: smartphone manufacturing and patent application.
 
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midonnay

Member
how bout telemarketing/door knockers?

This indian fella followed me up the elevator to my mum's apartment and pretended to be the meterman. Being from perth I was clueless.
 
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Jintor

Member
I think with the new rates on electricity and the... deprivitisation of the... something...? Electricity... rate... whatever, people from various companies have been showing up offering to go over your energy bills and explain how you can save money. We've had two so far this week.
 
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midonnay

Member
:(

I meant that we don't have electricity retail competition like the eastern states >_<

only door knockers I can remember in the west are donations collectors and Jehovah's Witnesses.
 
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Yagharek

Member
midonnay said:
:(

I meant that we don't have electricity retail competition like the eastern states >_<

only door knockers I can remember in the west are donations collectors and Jehovah's Witnesses.
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I know where youre coming from. Only one power retailer in Tas too. Perth is the same at least.

When we moved to Melbourne we had signed up with one power co, and somehow along the way two other companies started sending us bills deciding we were their customers.

And we had never contacted them, nor had any door knocking scammers.
 
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