Re: [LINK] itN: Reckless MPs okay Driverless Cars

David Lochrin wrote: > > Call me over-cautious, but it will be a while before I entrust my nearest > & dearest to a driverless car. How do you feel about them getting in a car with a human driver? It's not like they are accident proof. People have all kinds of irrational fears, eg, fear of

Re: [LINK] Anticipated service life of fibre

On 05/04/2016 10:52, Scott Howard wrote: Do you have any references to fiber cabling having a lifespan of "vastly longer than a century"? Most cable manufacturers give a stated lifetime of somewhere in the 20-40 years, with a general industry expectation that it will normally last more than

Re: [LINK] itN: Reckless MPs okay Driverless Cars

On 2016-04-05 10:03 Jim Birch wrote: > Driverless cars have a better record than human drivers. Their most common > accident is being rear-ended by human drivers who are running red lights and > expect the driverless car in front of them to do the same. > > A week in a spinal ward might bring

Re: [LINK] itN: Reckless MPs okay Driverless Cars

At 10:03 AM 5/04/2016, Jim Birch wrote: >A week in a spinal ward might bring home the benefits of driverless cars. >It's a no brainer when considered in terms of relative risks, rather than >risk elimination. > >They are also likely to improve traffic flow and ease congestion. >Especially when

Re: [LINK] Anticipated service life of fibre (was: Does NBN need a third satellite?)

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Andy Farkas wrote: > David, you've mentioned this "anticipated service life" a few times now. > > None of us can see into the future, but what would replace something > that can go at the (constant) speed of light? The life of a fibre cable >

Re: [LINK] Anticipated service life of fibre (was: Does NBN need a third satellite?)

On Tue, 2016-04-05 at 09:53 +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: > None of us can see into the future, but what would replace something > that can go at the (constant) speed of light? The life of a fibre > cable is vastly longer than a century. They will probably only have > to replace broken/crushed

Re: [LINK] itN: Reckless MPs okay Driverless Cars

On 5/04/2016 10:03 AM, Jim Birch wrote: > Driverless cars have a better record than human drivers. How do you work one of these things when you can't specify an address? You might not remember an address but know how to get there, you might be wandering around a neighboughhood seeing if it's

Re: [LINK] Anticipated service life of fibre

Hi Andy, It is a risk - I have seen the cables being pulled from buildings which are to be demolished. In the 1980s, the catchcry was to future proof buildings with optic fibre. I wonder how much of fibre pulled out of buildings has never been used. The question is whether you run a fibre

Re: [LINK] itN: Reckless MPs okay Driverless Cars

Driverless cars have a better record than human drivers. Their most common accident is being rear-ended by human drivers who are running red lights and expect the driverless car in front of them to do the same. A week in a spinal ward might bring home the benefits of driverless cars. It's a no

[LINK] Anticipated service life of fibre (was: Does NBN need a third satellite?)

On 05/04/2016 08:59, David Boxall wrote: How far it can go in the century-or-so anticipated service life, it's our duty to find out. David, you've mentioned this "anticipated service life" a few times now. None of us can see into the future, but what would replace something that can go at the

Re: [LINK] Does NBN need a third satellite?

On 04/04/16 18:56, JanW wrote: At 02:20 PM 4/04/2016, Hamish Moffatt wrote: And Nine estimates most people have MPEG-4 decoding ability already: http://www.mediaweek.com.au/nine-is-broadcasting-its-channel-in-hd-but-not-for-everyone/ Just going through the whole channel line-up: 13 TenHD

Re: [LINK] Does NBN need a third satellite?

On 4/04/2016 2:04 PM, JanW wrote: ... My HD tv doesn't do MPEG4, evidently just MPEG2. Decoding MPEG4 is substantially more resource-intensive than MPEG2. Unless your TV is very old, the hardware is probably up to the job. You might find that a solution is only a firmware upgrade away. Worth

Re: [LINK] Does NBN need a third satellite?

At 02:20 PM 4/04/2016, Hamish Moffatt wrote: >And Nine estimates most people have MPEG-4 decoding ability already: > >http://www.mediaweek.com.au/nine-is-broadcasting-its-channel-in-hd-but-not-for-everyone/ Just going through the whole channel line-up: 13 TenHD - dead 74 TV4ME USED to work but

Re: [LINK] MyHealthRecord opt-out Site

On 4/04/2016 3:40 PM, Karl Auer wrote: > On Mon, 2016-04-04 at 14:49 +1000, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: >> However, the >> http://www2.medicareaustralia.gov.au/pext/optoutextweb/optout.xhtml >> link still works. Not any more it doesn't. It returns "The server was unable to fulfil the request"