Recent content by Emma

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    Bush loses another major ally: Australian Prime Minister defeated in elections

    For Australia, Iraq ranks VERY low on the public conscience. I don't think it was even brought up in the 6-week election campaign. But it had been made known of each parties intentions previously. The new prime minister, Kevin Rudd: ABC News Apparently Kevin Rudd has a prodigious...
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    Bush loses another major ally: Australian Prime Minister defeated in elections

    It was a comprehensive win by the Australian Labor Party. They campaigned hard on industrial relations policy, where 2 years ago John Howard introduced a US style system, removing unfair dismissal laws. It came back very hard to bite him, and in the end it looks like even he will lose his...
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    Argh, this is is a tough cookie.

    I look like the girl of your dreams ;) That link has the puzzle, not the answer. Of course I've tried the net :D What's the second half of the puzzle? The answer? :P
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    Argh, this is is a tough cookie.

    I'll kiss anyone for a minute anywhere they like if they can solve this puzzle (that's if you travel to me :P ). It isn't homework (I'm 23, working), a friend gave it to me for a bit of fun but it's turned into an annoyance.
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    When is the AMD64 based Windows XP due??

    I'm getting an Athlon64 3000+ shortly and would love to run the new OS with it. Any word on its release? Or shall I be cynical and wonder if Intel is 'helping' out with it? :P It's been a long time coming, I mean, they've had about 2 years now...
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    Is Canada a republic?

    At the moment, it's as Aquaman says, 'appointed by the PM to represent the Queen' But answering the above question, well that is the sticking point to us becoming a republic. RE my first post; there are quite a few possibilities. We had a referendum defeated because of it. That referendum put...
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    Is Canada a republic?

    No, we'd like to keep our figure-head apart from the political system. The G-G opened the Sydney Olympics, and opens a lot of other things like it. Basically, the position is for ceremonial purposes. The G-G once sacked our PM in the 1970's, so it has played a political role. So the position has...
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    Is Canada a republic?

    Our system seems very effective, so we don't wont to tinker with it too much. The G-G is effectively what will become our President once we break ties with the Queen. It's pretty complicated and although I understand it well enough to know what is going on, it would take too long for me to...
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    Is Canada a republic?

    Well we have a PM, a Governor-General AND the Queen. Only one of them really does any work, while the G-G does the ceremonial work. If we break away from Britain totally, we would then call our G-G a President. But it will be nothing like the US President. It will have no say over the day to...
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    Is Canada a republic?

    Hey Canadians, what is your political structure? I mostly live in Australia (Australian citizen), so I'm most atuned to it's structure. As you may know, we've been trying to break all political ties with Britain. About 3/4 of the population want to become a republic, but we're stuck on how it...
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    E3 2003 - Best in Show? [Poll]

    Yup yup. I'm looking forward to Halo 2 far more than any other game. Here's Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 nominees for 2003. Heaps of good games. Xbox kicks the other two consoles.
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    Half-Life 2 wins best PC game of E3 award (IGNpc)

    Pulease people, it isn't so black and white. Half Life 2 won best game of E3, Halo 2 came runner up. i.e. they're both f*@#ing good games! Both have great graphics and gameplay and all that jazz. So saying ones the best the universe has to offer while the other smells like a dog turd is just...
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    Help the wife and I pick a town to move to.

    Anywhere? Like, another country?
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    A VALID THREAD ABOUT TOMATOES. WHEREIN WE SHALL DISCUSS TOMATOES AND OUR FEELINGS ON THE SUBJECT OF TOMATOES.

    Tomatoes Fresh - suck Fried - alright Sauce - nice Thrown - gold :D
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    What a shocking debacle. Everything reds sucks.

    Well maybe he shouldn't have been selling dodgy produce in the first place. e.g. What would you do with a faulty fan you just bought? Just say "oh well, my problem."