POTN Aussie Club #8 - Einsteins won't make you smart

BOSS wrote in post #10387479
They used to do the TV license thing here to once back in the 50s from memory.

@Phil good point about the 'cafes. So long as the ideas you give them are red herrings,go for it.

Also those pre-paid internet thingys.

mickeyjuice wrote in post #10387487
Damn, forgot about the 3% ($29) the thieving bastards @ CommBank charge on international Visa card transactions. Oh well. Package is scanned through Honolulu.

I hate bank fees! Luckily the other half works for Westpac so I haven't paid any fees (bar the account fee) for quite some time.

blackshadow wrote in post #10386923
Is $2995 a decent price for a new 5D Mark II? Scorptec www.scorptec.com.au has a 24 hour sale ending today on the 5D MII for $2995 - promo code is CAN5D if you're interested.

Yep. I just bought one from DCW for $3035 and that was the cheapest I could find for AU stock. $40 isn't worth busting a gut over though.

DAdeGroot wrote in post #10386929
As a bonus, my hand was no longer squished from holding the tiny 400D body.

I have small hands, and had a grip on the 400D so that wasn't really an issue for me. Having said that, the 5D just feels so much nicer even to pick it up and hold it.

DAdeGroot wrote in post #10386945
I've got both of those set too.

Investigate and setup the My Menu screen. It's sooooo much handier than trawling through the menus for your commonly used items (eg mirror lockup, erase images, movie modes, flash modes, etc).

Cheers Dave

I've always wondered what it'd be like to live in the world of 1984. Can't wait to be one of many running away to an unknown location.

The Moose wrote in post #10387709
I've always wondered what it'd be like to live in the world of 1984. Can't wait to be one of many running away to an unknown location.

I'd have no issues living in an unknown location.

Private, secure VPN links to US-based proxies are not outside the fiscal reach of ordinary Australians

S7000 wrote in post #10388222
I'd have no issues living in an unknown location.

Go to Adelaide then No need to wait for 1984 for that!

The Moose wrote in post #10387709
I've always wondered what it'd be like to live in the world of 1984. Can't wait to be one of many running away to an unknown location.

Here you go Moose check this one out google farenheit 451 its a novel by Ray Bradbury of a future without books,books if found are burnt by fireman. There is also a secret group of book lovers who are memorising books so that they may never be lost. Try doing that with Tolstoys War and Peace.

Afternoon all,

Internet screening / monitoring has got to be one of the most stupid things they've thought about for a while now. If they block anything that is out of the ordinary or considered a "harm to the children" they're insane. The problem with most kids these days is the parents not accepting that their kid isn't perfect (I work closely with a school and my mum works at a school).

Anyway, i'll leave the rant to another day

Who else is waiting for end of financial year to fund some camera gear they haven't been able to justify?

The Moose wrote in post #10388311
Go to Adelaide then No need to wait for 1984 for that!

I said an unknown location, not a hole.

BOSS wrote in post #10388356
Here you go Moose check this one out google farenheit 451 its a novel by Ray Bradbury of a future without books,books if found are burnt by fireman. There is also a secret group of book lovers who are memorising books so that they may never be lost. Try doing that with Tolstoys War and Peace.

Sounds like that Book of Eli Movie.

TwoShoes wrote in post #10388397
Afternoon all,

Internet screening / monitoring has got to be one of the most stupid things they've thought about for a while now. If they block anything that is out of the ordinary or considered a "harm to the children" they're insane. The problem with most kids these days is the parents not accepting that their kid isn't perfect (I work closely with a school and my mum works at a school).

Anyway, i'll leave the rant to another day

Who else is waiting for end of financial year to fund some camera gear they haven't been able to justify?

"What do you mean little Johnny isn't perfect?"

Apparently Labour parties just don't get it. Sounds like the NSW Government at the moment.

@Phil, they did make a movie based on the novel saw it umpteen years ago.

BOSS wrote in post #10388508
@Phil, they did make a movie based on the novel saw it umpteen years ago.

Umpteen hey? Sounds long before my time.

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S7000 wrote in post #10388530
Umpteen hey? Sounds long before my time.

I reckon it would be the novel was written in 1953 and the movie was? I'll find out.
Basically its about censorship people are controlled by huge TV screens and radio earphones 24/7. They also drive very fast cars.

Sounds interesting, what was the name of it?

'Farenheit 451' .....which is the temperature at which paper bursts into flame. The novel may be in your local library/ secondhand bookshops and the movie may be either vhs or dvd at your local hire shop.