On 22/05/15 18:27, Frank O'Connor wrote: > 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 ...
Was just reading http://www.themonthly.com.au/blog/russell-marks/2014/05/27/1401138538/tony-abbott-said Its a year old but the memories are still vivid. -andyf >> 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
