[LINK] Here we go again!

2016-06-23 Thread David Boxall
Just got an email from ATO that this year we can't download ETax, we have to do it online on their mytax website. At least before I could download the software to my laptop at someone else's house if I had internet issues and do

Re: [LINK] eHighways & electric planes

2016-06-23 Thread Karl Auer
On Fri, 2016-06-24 at 13:02 +1000, David Lochrin wrote: > On 2016-06-24 10:13 Tom Worthington wrote: > Battery technology has reached the point where it would be feasible > > to use electric buses, without the need for overhead wires. > > I don't think battery technology is anywhere near that poin

Re: [LINK] eHighways & electric planes

2016-06-23 Thread Marghanita da Cruz
On 24/06/16 13:02, David Lochrin wrote: On 2016-06-24 10:13 Tom Worthington wrote: Battery technology has reached the point where it would be feasible to use electric buses, without the need for overhead wires. I don't think battery technology is anywhere near that point. The Transport for

Re: [LINK] eHighways & electric planes

2016-06-23 Thread David Lochrin
On 2016-06-24 10:13 Tom Worthington wrote: > Long distance freight can be efficiently transported by rail, then moved to a > truck at an "intermodal" terminal for local delivery. Hear, hear! > Battery technology has reached the point where it would be feasible to use > electric buses, without

Re: [LINK] eHighways & electric planes

2016-06-23 Thread David Lochrin
On 2016-06-23 09:28 Marghanita da wrote: > The eHighway system is a low-emission solution that was developed by Siemens > for heavily used truck shuttle routes. Electric or hybrid-drive trucks use > pantographs to draw electric power from overhead conductors, which allows > them to travel with

Re: [LINK] Google, Inc., is the world's biggest censor.

2016-06-23 Thread JanW
At 11:36 PM 23/06/2016, Kim Holburn wrote: >> The company maintains at least nine different blacklists that impact our >> lives, generally without input or authority from any outside advisory group, >> industry association or government agency. I'll probably be howled down for this, but they a

Re: [LINK] eHighways & electric planes

2016-06-23 Thread Tom Worthington
On 23/06/16 09:28, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: The eHighway system is a low-emission solution ... Long distance freight can be efficiently transported by rail, then moved to a truck at an "intermodal" terminal for local delivery. Electric buses are more viable. I remember, as a child, traveli

[LINK] Google, Inc., is the world's biggest censor.

2016-06-23 Thread Kim Holburn
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-06-22/google-is-the-worlds-biggest-censor-and-its-power-must-be-regulated > Google, Inc., isn't just the world's biggest purveyor of information; it is > also the world's biggest censor. > The company maintains at least nine different blacklists that i