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2010-01-04, 22:59 | Link #5322 |
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I guess the opinion going through most of our minds is "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Metcard was one of those systems that everyone "got", and had minimal flaws (bus ate my ticket on 2 seperate occasions xD). Public Transport Users Association has called myki unnecessary, and opposition leader has called it a "farce". It's sort of like trading in a trusty old Honda Civic for, say, a new Aston Martin (stupid analogy, i know). It might look pretty, and have all the toys, but what's the point if it's going to be impractical for everyday use?
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2010-01-04, 23:25 | Link #5323 | |
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2010-01-05, 18:51 | Link #5324 | |
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1. anyone knows if Iceland has a FDIC insurance for bank deposits? 2. were those banks private or government own banks?
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2010-01-05, 21:06 | Link #5325 | |
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I'm a bit surprised that the U.K. want the repayment terms signed into law, though. Debt owed by a country is usually guaranteed by that country's good faith only. Defaulting, while not a "good thing", is acceptable, esp. if the debt repayment harms the country in some way. Is this because it is a straight loan by the U.K. and the Neitherlands? If the current government in Iceland falls because it has signed this into law, why would the replacement government then allow it to continue?
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2010-01-06, 01:17 | Link #5326 |
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YOUTUBE is under attack!
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2010-01-06, 04:25 | Link #5327 | |
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2010-01-06, 23:22 | Link #5329 |
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Japanese Whaling ship rams anti-whalers
A Japanese whaling ship rammed and damaged an anti-whaling vessel in a clash near Antartica. The Japanese claim that the anti-whalers got in the way, while the anti-whalers say they were drifting away when the Japanese vessel approached and slammed them.
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2010-01-06, 23:25 | Link #5330 | |
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2010-01-07, 04:38 | Link #5333 | |
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2010-01-07, 05:25 | Link #5334 |
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Some vids of it, this one from the nearby Bob Baker, a former Norwegian whaler now used by the Sea Shepherds.
From the view of the Shonan Maru 2
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2010-01-07, 09:57 | Link #5335 |
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The one boat looks like something out of a batman movie.
It's not that easy to tell who's at fault there. The first video it looks like the Japanese ship turned into the batboat there. The video from the Japanese ship though looks like the ship was going to clear it, then the batboat moved back in front of it at the last second. Though those two aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. I'm going to say the captain of the Japanese ship was being an idiot and playing chicken, and the people on the batboat were idiots trying to get in front of the much bigger ship. In short both sides here were engaged in risky behavior. This is the result of that.
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2010-01-07, 10:58 | Link #5336 | |
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Pretty much to me it seems that both sides are like engaged in competitive bumper car driving in the videos, and I thought it was a game only played by kids who like to win even the smallest things. From what I know, dolphin/whale hunting in Japan is regulated and limited in which the fish stocks are sustainable, but it pretty much seem to me that these enviromentalists are under-informed and overly passionate like their Jeemah Islamiah counterparts. Why are they not designated as extreme groups in Japan since they do all these sort of bullshit? Also, the whalers could have just radioed/called to the authorities (assuming they have phones onboard) and get the Japanese navy to bring them in if they are in Japanese waters. There is always the deck gun if these nuts try to ram the navy ships too.
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2010-01-07, 12:48 | Link #5337 | |
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2010-01-07, 14:47 | Link #5338 | |
Rawrrr!
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2010-01-07, 16:32 | Link #5339 | |
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2010-01-07, 17:00 | Link #5340 | |
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how 'bout turning up the water pressure just a little bit |
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