Australia begins mass data retention under new law
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Only in the US is calling cigarette a bundle of sticks to burn a bad thing but calling it a feminine cigar is okay.
What? I'm totally lost.
Fag means "bundle of sticks to burn"
Cigarette is the feminine form of cigarOh. OK so fag means that in the UK. since the US doesn't really have many words that masculine/feminine where is Cigar/Cigarette from?
English lesson 101 haha -
@Dashrender said:
Fag means "bundle of sticks to burn"
Oh. OK so fag means that in the UK.Means that everywhere, always has. Normal word, I remember learning it in elementary school as normal part of vocabulary.
The sexual orientation slang only makes sense if you realize what the actual word means. It's not a different usage.
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@Dashrender said:
since the US doesn't really have many words that masculine/feminine where is Cigar/Cigarette from?
Sure we do. Kitchenette, dinette, launderette, and names. "Ette" is a standard feminization of a word. I don't know the root of cigar, but cigarette literally means "little girly cigar."
Same as cigarita would mean in Spanish.
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Only in the US is calling cigarette a bundle of sticks to burn a bad thing but calling it a feminine cigar is okay.
What? I'm totally lost.
You havin a giggle mate? Bum me a fag sharpish before we turf ya
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@MattSpeller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Only in the US is calling cigarette a bundle of sticks to burn a bad thing but calling it a feminine cigar is okay.
What? I'm totally lost.
You havin a giggle mate? Bum me a fag sharpish before we turf ya
For some reason this is reminding me of bad lip-syncing...
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OMG Slang
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Isn't that the recent MTA derailment that happened right by my house? That's my local NY train that I used to ride.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Nothing good is ever heard out of Australia. It seems like a constant stream of bad news.
How do you think we keep most of the buttheads out?
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@Joy said:
@nadnerB so how's the new law?
Well,
- there aren't any riots
- It's not front page news
- most people have no idea what it means
- The world is still spinning
The ISP's apparently aren't ready for it... lol, cupcakes. Probably just trying to save face.
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http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/10/the-ultimate-guide-to-avoiding-australias-data-retention-scheme/
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/10/australias-data-retention-d-day-is-here/http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/new-data-retention-laws-begin-today-this-is-what-you-need-to-know/story-fn5j66db-1227567715454
http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/metadata-laws-how-will-mandatory-data-retention-scheme-affect-you/story-fnjwnfzw-1227567353820 -
I wonder how long it will be before the honeypots of collected data get hacked
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@DustinB3403 said:
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I'll have to ask a buddy that lives there what he thinks.Why is he not on here?
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I only speak to him on weekend generally being 12 hours time difference and I haven't spoken to him yet to see if he'd be interested.
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@nadnerB said:
@DustinB3403 said:
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I'll have to ask a buddy that lives there what he thinks.Why is he not on here?
Yeah, get him on here!
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@nadnerB said:
@Joy said:
@nadnerB so how's the new law?
Well,
- there aren't any riots
- It's not front page news
- most people have no idea what it means
- The world is still spinning
The ISP's apparently aren't ready for it... lol, cupcakes. Probably just trying to save face.
I assume it's not really scary haha -
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@nadnerB said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Nothing good is ever heard out of Australia. It seems like a constant stream of bad news.
How do you think we keep most of the buttheads out?
Or.... in?
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@DustinB3403 said:
I only speak to him on weekend generally being 12 hours time difference and I haven't spoken to him yet to see if he'd be interested.
Did you ever manage to track him down?
