Interesting... I'll have look for some of his books.

"Wild animals?" Do you mean "game?" Like, venison, buffalo, rabbit, pheasant... Are there really people who would prefer to eat something that was force-fed on a farm than an animal that roamed free?

And why is a horse a "wild" animal. Horses have been domesticated for thousands of years. Even "wild" or feral horses are just escapees from farms. Zebras, maybe.

Finally, I direct you to some delicious horse burgers. Horse meat is like beef, but more tender and delicious. Link in English : http://www.hot-horse.si/en

And that's the problem with phone plans in Australia. This $450 worth of calls? If it costs you $20, it's $20 worth of calls. What if calls cost $450 a minute?

Whatever else is wrong with phone pans in the USA, at least the carriers tell you how many MINUTES you are given with your monthly fee.

At least they got the data part right. Hopefully they wont start quoting your 1.5gig in something arbitrary like "dozens of mp3s".

Sorry, that last paragraph should have read "first TO agree..."

Yes, of course you can. It's compulsory to show up on election day (or to postal-vote) but that's all. If you so choose, you can childishly scrawl a big penis on the paper and submit that. Or eat the ballot paper. Or stuff it up your nose.

Or, you could vote for a third-party. In 15 years of being a voter in .au, I've never seen a ballot paper with only two choices on it.

Or, of you think you've got a great idea and people will agree with you and vote for you, start your own party. You know that if you want to register a party you can actually get funding _from the government_ if you can recruit enough members?

I'll be the first the agree that there are a lot of shitty things about politics in Australia. But the Australian Electoral Commission is not one of them. Truly independent and pretty good at ensuring fair elections (eg, no shenanigans like not having polling booths in dissenting neighbourhoods)

The gears in your links, were they printed with an ultimaker?

I have a similar wallet. Unfortunately it's not more durable than leather, in my experience. The stainless steel "fabric" tends to tear along the weave. I've had mine for about 6 months now and it has a ~1cm tear in the middle, where the wallet folds.

It was only a cheapo from eBay, so I don't expect it to last forever. And making my cards a little more secure from drive by RF theft has a non-zero value to me as well.

And in Australia, you DO get fined for going 5mph over the limit. That's 8km/h... worth a couple of hundred dollars in most .au states. I've driven extensively in the USA and in Australia, and in my experience the .au cops are already much like a computer - they will fine you for the most minor infringement on a clear dry day, and get very hostile if you try to reason with them.

In the US however, some headroom is allowed over the speed limit, in particular, I've found, in snowy states in summer. It's almost like the cops recognise that the speed limit is too high for bad weather, but conversely too low for a clear day. it's almost like the cops _think_ instead of mindlessly raising revenue ;-)

Of course, this is anecdotal, and in my ten years of driving there are less than 10 data points (as I don't make a habit of speeding, in any country!) so YMMV.

Yes, except when these multi-wheel vehicles are going around a corner. This causes very strong lateral forces on the road. look at a semi (or anything with tandem or more rear axles) when it goes around a bend, and you'll see how at least one pair of wheels is dragged partly sideways around the bend.

The damage done to roads by vehicles increases exponentially with vehicle weight.

OK I finally dug it out. The article has been submitted, but not yet published.

http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/8977/4/Complaints%20FINAL.pdf

Does anyone have a link to the actual research? The linked Guardian article doesn't. All I can find is news articles talking _about_ the research. How about some primary sources?

But how many of those 23 are likely to get hit by a giant tsunami?

All I see in that wikipedia link is a sociology degree. Graduating cum laude is great, but it's still an undergrad course in sociology. You know, basic world history.

OK, cars with li-ion batteries will never be a magic bullet that's perfect for everyone. What about the other 5 billion people who live in places where it _doesn't_ get below -10C?