Australia begins mass data retention under new law

Dashrender

@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 cigar

Oh. 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?

Joy

@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 cigar

Oh. 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

scottalanmiller

@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.

scottalanmiller

@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.

MattSpeller

@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

coliver

@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...

MattSpeller

Joy

OMG Slang

scottalanmiller

Isn't that the recent MTA derailment that happened right by my house? That's my local NY train that I used to ride.

nadnerB

@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?

nadnerB

@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.

nadnerB

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

nadnerB

I wonder how long it will be before the honeypots of collected data get hacked

nadnerB

@DustinB3403 said:

...
I'll have to ask a buddy that lives there what he thinks.

Why is he not on here?

DustinB3403

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.

scottalanmiller

@nadnerB said:

@DustinB3403 said:

...
I'll have to ask a buddy that lives there what he thinks.

Why is he not on here?

Yeah, get him on here!

Joy

@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

nadnerB

@Joy said:

I assume it's not really scary haha

It's totally not... until someone accesses the data

Joy

@nadnerB said:

@Joy said:

I assume it's not really scary haha

It's totally not... until someone accesses the data

I started to think to create my own language with code, Just to use when communicating to Australia bwuahaaha

scottalanmiller

@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?