This was not a fine, it was a fee. Telstra make more money in a week providing VoIP relays to Scammers than this “Fine”

There isn’t much the average citizen can do about this.

You can get a permit to collect firewood, so it isn’t illegal, and without a judicial authority, you can’t call out someone you meet in a state forest and ask to see their permit.

Also, with track closures, many state parks are inaccessible to people for traditional recreation, making them only accessible to bad actors who don’t care about track closures and vehicle restrictions.

You are probably right, but how cool would it be if we are wrong.

Also, any evidence of life that may have been existed on Mars previously would be erased.

I assume you have read the Kim Stanley Robinson trilogy. When I read it, as a teenager, I was definitely a Green-Mars proponent, but as I grew up learnt more about palaeontology and geology, I became more of a Red-Mars proponent.

I’m going to go fully Red Mars here and say that just because we can, doesn’t mean we should. We need to study the red planet completely before we even think about contaminating it with biologicals.

Partially it is the Parents and partially it is the media.

The thing is that the parents are the ones who are not providing good role-models to their boys so the boys look to MRA arseholes as their role models instead. Mainstream media and the Independent media they are being exposed to by ThE aLgOrYtHmS reinforces their opinions.

It is good to see this family being sex-positive and supporting their local sex workers.

This is purely so Rupe can turn around to Labour and say “I made you, so do as I say!”.

These Fascist and Sexist nutbags are all on another level.

Why is anyone giving them any time at all!?

I Piss Alone - Regurgitator

I piss alone, ugh hoh I don’t want nobody to know That I don’t have the pressure of some of the other boys They make a noise, it scares me so

I piss alone, alone I don’t want nobody to know That I don’t have the pressure of some of the other boys

Leave me alone, alone I just wanna be on my own 'Cause I haven’t got the pressure of some of the other boys

I want a world where pissing troughs are obsolete There’s only rows and rows of cubicles

I’m so afraid When I try, it is often delayed I stand and stare into the air And then I might just put it away

So quiet in here The only sound around is the fear The other guy is pounding the wall Like he’s shooting dear

I need a place where I can close and lock the door There I can stop and let it flow Written by: Quan Yeomans Album: Unit Released: 1997

That is the point of this community, you are correct, but unless the Manufacturers can come up with viable alternatives, it isn’t going to change.

Are there any proactive suggestions on how Manufacturers can accommodate third party repairers without compromising the security of their customers vehicles?

I’m pretty sure that no one wants a repeat of the US Kia and Hyundai fiasco of last year?

Some people will go to extreme lengths to get their 15 minutes of fame (or infamy).

If I wanted to watch car crash TV, I would just watch Dashcams Australia.

5 studs wide is always challenging. I’m attempting to do some Jimny’s that are Speed Champion scale. This has provided me a lot of inspiration.

Car company’s have been doing it for decades. There are legitimate reasoning; theft relevant parts for instance; you don’t want to enable vehicle theft and the “security through obscurity” model did work for a long time. Unfortunately for the manufacturers, most factory security systems are being cracked by locksmiths and vehicle rebirthers.

Another reason is for warranty claims. The manufacturer builds the cars to be the right balance of price, reliability, efficiency and performance. If you modify your vehicles ECU software, the engine may not be as reliable or efficient. If an “unauthorised repairer” changed the programming of the ECU, it can compromise the efficiency and reliability of the vehicle.

There are been plenty of accusations of “planned obsolescence” because a vehicle has died just out of the warranty period, after someone has fucked with the vehicle tuning.

Finally, the other reason, especially for Volume Manufacturers is that their vehicles are sold as a Loss Leader so they can make up the shortfall through aftersales. Some vehicle importers make deals with governments to lower tariffs on new vehicles, but increase tariffs on genuine parts, like what the Japanese industry and the Australian Government made in the 1980s.

Whether you agree with this logic is irrelevant; this is the reasoning manufacturers use for restricting aftermarket parts and labour.

When a “free-market” Aftermarket Aftersales industry causes the Genuine Aftersales industry to fail, Manufacturers will try to make up any losses through other channels, like requesting government subsidies “for the good of the local industry” or selling telematics data (which just “happens” to have personal user data) to data brokers.

From the report; “THIS REPORT AND ALL STATEMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE THE OPINIONS OF GRIZZLY RESEARCH LLC AND ARE NOT STATEMENTS OF FACT.”

In other words, Grizzly Research didn’t do any research and are just making shit up.

If this report is true, it would reflect poorly on Apple and Google more than Temu.

iOS does have protections in place that prevent an App from modifying its own executable code; the current argument about Emulators in the EU is showing that Apple is very strict when it comes to this sort of thing.

Even if the App was able to reconfigure itself to access data it does not have permission to access, it still needs to ask for permission.

I assume Google have similar protections in Android.

Inferring that Trump was anything like John Wayne would make the Duke spin in his grave.

…and off course the Airport operator is upsets We DoN’t WaNt To LoOsE oUr PaRkiNg MoNoPoLy!

I used to write my Computer Science assignments in DocBook (XML). It would amaze the assessor’s when they said they wanted a PDF or PostScript or HTML or whatever and I would spit out a document custom formatted for whichever platform they wanted.

Then they would ask for it in Word DOC and I would be screwed.

Someone made a brick-built variant of this for a 48x48 baseplate using parts salvaged from the Starwars set 75334.

These sets were allegedly terrible and were being sold on clearance everywhere. They had some cool minifigs so people were offloading the bricks only on eBay for cents-in-the-dollar.

I now have two nice craterscapes for my Galaxy Explorer 10497.

Obligatory favourite brick; classic castle wall with cobbled window 4444p01.

Obligatory least-favourite brick; classic corner piece 4737. It was held by one stud top and bottoms and made for really unstable models.

When the land on the east of Cyril grove in Yarraman was compulsory acquired for the Peninsula Freeway (which eventually became Eastlink), residents were forcibly evicted and builds were demolished. This included one old lady who had lived in the same house her whole life. A handful of home owners fought for the right to stay until construction began and they lived in their houses for another 30 years.