We have a similar 'fixed' taxi system which creates the artificially high value of taxi plates.
But it also includes expensive taxi insurance for high mileage, high risk which Uber drivers don't have to pay.
So use at your own risk, you may not be covered by their comprehensive insurance in case of accident.
OK
you just got married
first thing to do is get a man cave,
put a beer fridge in cave,
and a work bench and some tools,
and a comfy old lounge,
and a sound system, big screen,
card table / chairs
if all you can think about is gaming,
you must be over the sex thing
Microscopic guys wrapped in microscopic graphene body armour,
protected from microscopic bullets.
It's the way of the future man.
I want some of what he's smoking.
Dinosaur business models just go broke, who cares, the world moves on.
What happened to the horse and cart ? We had less shit on the streets and the shit kickers went out of business.
Our old inefficient steel mills went out of business and those cities struggled to re-invent themselves.
Mining towns have become ghost towns when their mines became unprofitable. Just a quick shift in global prices and they shut down.
How much warning do you need to pull your money invested in coal shares ?
How fast do they go off-line ? Really fast ?
The business / financial world moves really fast and they move to the next money maker. And they don't give a rats, only interested in their profits. For how long do you throw good money after bad ?
We don't care where the power comes from, so long as it comes. My solar cells make my power bill lower, that's all I'm concerned about.
I have notice a number of Reg articles supporting old school, non-green, climate deniers.
People at The Reg need to pull their heads out of their asses.
got your own solar water heater ??
No they're not very good for the area a standard solar water heater uses
and they often need a gas or electric boost to make the shower nice and toasty.
We're in Brisbane with an abundance of sunshine, still need boost.
Hang on are you talking solar thermal power storage, the molten salt stuff, don't think so, they're industrial sized.
I've looked at water distillation/purification and it takes a reasonable area to give a good quantity of water.
http://www.fcubed.com.au/
We've got some solar voltaics but you need a large array to make a decent amount of power,
no way is it free energy.
Go for the wind power, get some batteries, check out Edison batteries, NiFe, made in China, run some of your devices with DC - lighting, computer(s), audio, etc, collect farts to run a generator.
The best way to heat is good thermal building design, insulation and thermal mass collecting solar energy.
Sell up and move down under or just suck it up.
If banks became the tax collectors in the country of purchase/payment, taxes would be payed where they belong.
GST is currently collected by the companies who want to minimise their tax spend.
Banks don't care, it's not their money, and they're really good at grabbing other peoples money.
Simplify tax laws, tax a reasonable amount in the first place, don't have tax refunds.
That's the entire CPU industry minus these guys.
What clock speed, no clock !!
144 processors in one chip for $20
Moore's Law (Chuck Moore)
Less is Moore
Ballmer's a dick who talks crap, and Severus Snape is obviously young because he can't spell. Ballmer put Micro$oft down the toilet.
I have used Debian for nearly 20 years because they hang the dirty washing out for all to see. Point your marketing team to Debian. I have always been very happy with their bug fixes and transparent development cycle.
I was put on a heart lung machine in an induced coma for three days when suffering congestive cardiac failure.
Came out feeling great, as well as seeing flying elephants up around the ceiling when I was coming to.
A tariff collected in the importing country doesn't contribute to China's efforts to install more solar or wind turbines.
China is currently installing massive amounts of solar and wind generation capacity.
They appreciate future savings and independence from imports.
Solar is cheaper now because it is made in China.
Just look at Australia's dumb government, a pack of climate change doubters.
Going backwards on carbon trading, undoing incentives to install green energy.
3d design and modelling isn't for the faint hearted.
In this world of digital consumers, not as many are digital makers.
Taking those steps from concept to real solid output has a complicated tool chain.
It might become easy to copy existing items when software can take a photo
and convert it to a solid object with one click.
But creation from an idea will always be for those willing to put in the hard yards.
The internet is expensive in infrastructure, management, security and power requirements.
We must accept that sending a video across the globe costs real money and carbon pollution.
Why should little old ladies sending a couple of emails subsidise an idiot constantly streaming HD video.
Yep I've got a blue wire under by desk, but she believes in wi-fi and just seeks my help and advice every time she looses connection, such is life.
This is the wrong approach. Shares are there to provide capital for a company to do something. Make the investor leave the investment in the company for a minimum of one month. This will cause people to be more careful in their investments and change the focus to what the company is going to do in the longer term, not immediate speculative gain.
Intel CPUs are not defective, they just act that way. -- Henry Spencer
