Hiro Protagonist

Just got back today from my ski trip with the gf to Queenstown. awesome stuff.

Prince of Persia. Never played the game so I don't know how accurate it was but I'm sure it probably had nothing to do with the game other than name only and the guy jumping all over the place. Also, Sherlock Holmes. Both movies weren't bad but they weren't exactly great either. Since I saw them on a plane and were free, I guess they were okay.

Poor people are gonna multiply whether they have the means or not. Idiocracy at work.

They should make these oil wells safer.

I didn't know you were Obama.

For some reason, I have a mental picture of you being a ginger now. In fact, that was the name of my cat. Similar to the one below. Unfortunately, he died. And no, we never put him in a wheelie bin.

It was the home owners personal security camera.

I thought Extinction was the best out of the three which says a lot of what I thought about the previous two.

After Shock, based on the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976 that took the lives of 240,000 people. My girlfriend was in tears throughout a lot of the movie, especially near the end. She was practically bawling her eyes out. Was hard for me not to shed a few tears. Very moving. Don't know why imdb has the English name wrong. Here's a screen shot from the movie.

I knew political correctness went too far with words when "Bah Bah Black Sheep" had to be edited for sensitivity purposes.

I would like to remind everyone, that not so long ago, saying the words "God" or "Jesus" spoken out of biblical context was considered blasphemy and punishable by death. All Nationalities and countries have a slang name to describe them, what makes one more offensive than the other? They are called words. Does the term "black fella" make you cry and ashamed? How about "white fella"? "White bread"? "Trailor Trash?", "Bogan?" I don't agree with the findings that the words are not offensive, but agree with the findings that they are not offensive enough to be criminal. I personally think "verbal assault" is a joke. Forget racial motivations for a minute, but if I were to call you a wanker or the like, that can technically be classed as verbal assault. Does calling somebody a name that hurts their poor little feelings deserve a criminal case? Or even a civil case for that matter? Or do people just need to toughen up and stop being offended at everything?

Well what we've learned today is NEVER attempt to steal someone's Nintendo DS, you NEVER know what might happen.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb7CNfMs65c That guy at the counter took that shot to the jaw like nothing happened. probably used to taking a few back in school.

Just watched the Lost Epilogue. They explained the Dharma Food Drops, Polar Bears, Interrogation Room 23, and Walt was in it. Needed more time though.

She finished Fallout 3 and is now taking out her frustration at the piss poor ending.

I agree somewhat. I've worked for some psycho managers in the past. Fortunately, I've moved on from those multi-national companies and now working for a small company that have great staff. I never understand why people put up with so much for so long.

When I hear games like Crysis selling a million copies and didn't make any money, then something is seriously wrong with the company or industry. But then you can buy games now that are cheaper than they were 10-15 years ago. eg. Starcraft II is selling as low as AU$69.00 from retail shops but 10-15 years ago, games were being sold around the $90-100.00 mark and it was rare to see a new release sell under AU$90.00.

You can do that with email as well.

I banked last years tax return cheque today. Or should I say, I did my tax return a few weeks ago that I put off for nearly 12 months and should have done last year - Financial Year July 2008 - June 2009. I'll have to go into the accountant again in the next couple of weeks to do my tax return again for Financial Year Jul 2009 - Jun 2010. Two tax return cheques in the space of a few weeks is all good though.

Never used any of those social sites (facebook, My Space, twitter, etc). When my gf or I organise our social life, we use things like a phone or email. We're so 90s and behind the times.

Or everyone may become pacifists and who would fight our wars.

Labor promised Broadband Internet on Optical Fibre to 99% of Australians at a cost of 4.7 Billion. People cheered. Including myself. Then Labor revised the figure to 43 Billion. Some people had reservations, but mostly people were happy. Then now the pricing from one ISP has come out and most people 'in the know' aren't going to switch over to optical fibre for their internet. They'll use their existing ADSL2+ broadband internet connection though their Copper phone line. I say 'in the know' because the majority of Australians think the optical fibre National Broadband Network is FREE in that you just pay your existing ISP what you've been paying now and when you switch over to optical fibre you get SUPERFAST 100 MBps internet speeds. But that's not the case. Someone has to pay the Government the $43 Billion to put this network in place and the best way for the Government to get their money back is have an exhorbitant fee for the ISPs to pay and then the ISPs will pass that cost onto the consumer. In other words, it's a TAX to gain revenue to pay back the 43 Billion. One of my work colleagues mentioned to me that even though he hates Labor, he's all for the NBN. When I showed and explained to him the pricing and someone has to pay back the 43 Billion... He was all like, 'But I thought it was free." He's quite shocked at the pricing and now understands and won't be using the NBN.

1) Agreed. The miners and the Mining council are all for a Tax, but not at 40%. That is just way too high. This proposed tax has wiped billions off the Australian Stock Exchange, cancelled mining projects, jobs in jeopardy and if a miner loses their job, this has a flow on effect on other industries. The miner needs to buy food, go on a holiday, have a hair cut, etc. No job, all those other businesses are affected. 2) It wasn't the Liberals who didn't pass it. It was the Greens and 2 independants who hold the balance of power. I don't know why people focus on the Liverals for not passing legislation when they are irrellevant. The people who pass legislation are the Greens and 2 independants Nick Xenophon and Steve Fielding. If the Greens are all for the Environment and THEY won't pass an ETS, then you know the legislation is flawed. 3) Abbot (Liberals) hasn't come out to say he will support the internet filter as far as I know. And when the Liberals were in power, they gave parents the option to download a free 'net nanny' type filter for their computers. The Liberals put the responsibilty back onto the parents. As it should be. That's not to say the Liberals won't back the internet filter, I think the Liberals will shelve it for more important things. 4) So many shelved and failed policies. Prepare for a wall of text as per below: - Kevin Rudd promised $290 million to be spent on improved dental care for Australians. Reneged on this post-election. - Kevin Rudd promised a federal takeover of hospitals should their performance not drastically improve by July 2009. Never happened. - Kevin Rudd pledged to build 36 GP 'super clinics'

No, I don't vote for either Liberal or Labor. I just criticise bad policy.

The A-Team. Awesome over the top action movie. Great stuff.

Basically we had the worst Prime Minister in the history of Australia, elected by promising the world and delivered little. In fact, he's done more damage to Australia and the Australian economy than any Prime Minister since federation. There was a coup organised by the right wing and the Unions to topple Rudd and the Deputy Prime Minister was 'promoted' to Prime Minister. In other words, the powerbrokers called up other members of the Labor Party to ask which side will they be on - Rudd or Gillard and most said they would back Gillard. The Labor Party had a meeting and were going to vote who would be the new leader to dump the current leader and Rudd knowing he didn't have the numbers, stood down. Now that we have a female prime minister, she's come out saying we're moving forward from the Rudd Government and won't make the same mistakes. Although nothing at all has changed. No changes in policies and in fact a commitment to continue with the same policies. But because she's a woman, she will get a lot of voters (including a lot of women) voting for her that wouldn't have voted for Rudd.