This story prompted me to stop and realise that I've spent more than half my life reading Slashdot. The tech has changed, from early AMDs and Pentium 4s to 8-core mobile phones with data links I could only dream of as a youngster. I've learned more here than I can say, and it's almost all from the comments. This weird little corner of the internet has been a constant rock in the fast paced change if the internet, a tiny piece of consistency and calming green on white colours. Thanks for everything. I mean that. .rockwolf

Yep - but unless you've driven that road, it's hard to understand just how little there is to hit out there. The road was built to handle high speed travel safely, to the point that sitting on 180km/h feels like half that on a more major highway. The biggest problem out there is fatigue, followed by wildlife strike and then stupidity. Darwin to Alice Springs is 1500km, with probably 3 decent towns in between and a couple more service stations that may or may not be open. If the major driver for accident rates on a road is fatigue then raising the speed limit may help - otherwise you'll need to look elsewhere for a solution. ./Rockwolf

I've been reading slashdot for probably close to 15 years - and it's never been as good as it used to be, if you listen to the commentariat. It's just part of the noise around here.

Awesome. Something else we can export. Aussie Aussie Aussie!

I dunno, 49% of the population have a 1-pixel display, usually encoded as up or down.~

Along these lines, I saw this video a couple of months ago. It's maybe a fraction overdone, but he makes some good points. Nutnfancy - Lessons of my father - depussification. Worth the time.

Ultimately ineffective, but amusing to try?

Aussie Aussie Aussi... Ah, fuckit, lets go to the pub and watch the game there.

I'm sorry, I forgot how hard you've worked to get it that big.

Nice. Thanks for taking the time, couple of incredible pictures there.

I've got mod-points, but I'd rather provoke a discussion: in broad-brush terms, what are the sort of things you're doing? Currency or precious metal investments, or more along the lines of buying extra tins of food every week, on the assumption that TEOTWAWKI is coming?

./Rockwolf

Got a link? I haven't seen it before, though I've heard stories similar of hyperinflation in Turkey.

That would be what greasemonkey and a script would be for. Have fun.