Always ask: 90% of what?
Jim
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On 2/08/2016 11:10 PM, David Lochrin wrote:
... following past precedent, ...
Only the recent past; after Australia came down with Privatisation
Psychosis.
... we could have a Telstra road network, an Optus one, one by NRMA
Your precedent would see the most profitable markets served to exce
At 07:53 AM 3/08/2016, Nicholas English wrote:
>The ancestors of all great Australian adventures in infrastructure are rail
>and water. 100 years latter we are still paying to fix them both.
>There's no need to learn when an investor can get a return.
The 'gift' that keeps on giving - like a pe
>>> “My expectation is that governments will very quickly realise that they
>>> need to make them mandatory to help overcome the statistic that 90 per cent
>>> of road accidents are caused by human error,’’ he said, adding that they
>>> would first need to agree on safety and communications s
On 2016-08-02 21:30 David Boxall wrote:
>> “My expectation is that governments will very quickly realise that they
>> need to make them mandatory to help overcome the statistic that 90 per cent
>> of road accidents are caused by human error,’’ he said, adding that they
>> would first need to a
On 2/08/2016 9:54 PM, Roger Clarke wrote:
> At 21:30 +1000 2/8/16, David Boxall wrote:
>>> "My expectation is that governments will very quickly °©realise that they
>>> need to make them mandatory to help overcome the statistic that 90 per cent
>>> of road accidents are caused by human error,'' h
At 09:54 PM 2/08/2016, Roger Clarke wrote:
>Alright, I'm up for it.
>
>I'm prepared to make the prediction that, after autonomous cars take over, 90
>percent of road accidents will be caused by machine error.
Made me laugh.
Alternative: the network made me do it.
Jan
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At 21:30 +1000 2/8/16, David Boxall wrote:
>> "My expectation is that governments will very quickly °©realise that they
>> need to make them mandatory to help overcome the statistic that 90 per cent
>> of road accidents are caused by human error,'' he said, ...
Alright, I'm up for it.
I'm prepa
“My expectation is that governments will very quickly realise that
they need to make them mandatory to help overcome the statistic that
90 per cent of road accidents are caused by human error,’’ he said,
adding that they would first need to agree on safety and
communications standards before
