On Thu, 2004-30-09 at 12:32 +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 11:56:17AM +1000, Craige McWhirter wrote:
> > good to have a "Hack Train" where we book in bulk a carriage

I usually take the train to Canberra from Sydney in preference to
flying.

Although it's a bit of a milk run, one gets there in 4 hours and all
things considered it means that I can get 3-4 hours of work done.
Flying, on the other hand, one shuffles from one lineup to another, and
Qantas are so anal that they don't actually allow you to turn a laptop
on during the "short" flight. Net result, 2-3 wasted hours.

And the view out the window is nice.

> Would it have sufficient power, internet access, and beer?

And you have these things when driving in your car? Someone should call
the police!

To answer your questions:

no power (but that's what laptop_mode & software suspend are for, yo),
no net access
maybe (there's a cafe on board, not sure if they serve booze).

With more than a 14 day advance booking, you can usually get a 50%
discount from CountryLink.

AfC

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Andrew Frederick Cowie

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