Having recently done a timer replacement on a Dualit, I think that might literally be a Dualit timer module. Looks identical in the packing box photo. It wouldn’t surprise me if the heating elements were the same as well (haven’t checked) though those are probably more commonly available as generic items.
He would definitely would - though I’d imagine that most his travel would be done on a diplomatic basis - so it’s possible the Vienna conventions might apply and preclude detention. (not really sure, I’m not a lawyer).
I'm not expert on it, but I suspect that two of them might somehow be related to the Transmit and Receive stations for Australia's JORN (over the horizon radar) that are located in Western Australia near Laverton.
Though if that were the case, I'd probably guess there should be more areas at the other site locations around northern Australia - so that might invalidate my guess.
I haven’t had the opportunity to use it in production yet - but it’s worth keeping in mind.
I’ve helped fix poor attempts of “table as queue” before - once you get the locking hints right, polling performs well enough for small volumes - from your list above, the only thing I can’t recall there being in sql server is a LISTEN - but I’m not really an expert on it.
I could see that potentially being an Anti-Trust issue for them.
Given the controversy over the Activision acquisition, acquiring one of the major engine platforms, having a major game studio, and already owning the XBox platform might make for great end to end strategic alignment / platform control - but I think it would also be a big regulatory/political fight to get done.
A blog post on the excellent IP/DE blog outlines that a Delaware judge has referred a series of related entities to the Department of Justice, and their legal counsel Texas Supreme Court's Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee in a series of Intellectual Property cases by Non Practicing Entities - revealing concealment of beneficial ownership and links to a French Sovereign State Fund.
This follows up to this discussion and report last year: