Look, up in the sky ... Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's our PM. Because this looks like a job for the INFRASTRUCTURE PRIME MINISTER!!!!!!
Nope ... Nope ... I think that was just a bird Maybe IPM was just another weak aspiration rather than a promise. :) Just my 2 cents worth ... > On 22 May 2015, at 1:34 pm, David Boxall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 22/05/2015 9:35 AM, Paul Bolger wrote: >> ... >> Can't wait to see the Government's 15 year infrastructure plan. >> ... > The image that comes to mind is of tax "relief" to encourage buggy-whip > manufacturing and small businesses to pick up horse manure. > > Transport is in for interesting times with electric vehicles and, as you > say, driver-less everything. That driver-less thing could be a worry. > Vehicles will no doubt communicate, both with each other and with the > infrastructure. The potential for surveillance and privacy invasion will > be substantial. > > I've been wondering about Google's role in driver-less vehicles. They're > essentially developing an operating system. If Android is any guide, the > system will report back to Google. The vehicles are equipped with > cameras, lidar, radar and probably sonar. They can see for several > hundred metres in all directions. That's an awful lot of data about > people, vehicles and neighbourhoods. > > I for one welcome our Google overlords. ;) > > -- > David Boxall | "Cheer up" they said. > | "Things could be worse." > http://david.boxall.id.au | So I cheered up and, > | Sure enough, things got worse. > | --Murphy's musing > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
