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No it wouldn't. The problem is rarely that power can't get to a substation from a generator; if that happens, say because of severe weather, you have bigger problems and batteries will only last so long. The problem is usually that the network as a whole can't cope with demand and the operator needs to quickly turn on some stored energy for a short period of time while a big plant is brought online.

So a better solution would be to put a storage system at every generator. Battery is only one possibility; pumped hydro may be more appropriate if it's already a hydro plant.

That's funny, the first document you claimed said there have been 5 collisions, one fatal ACTUALLY says "To date, there have been no reported collisions between RPAS and manned aircraft in Australia."

Your second link was followed up with THE “drone strike” that sent a shiver through the aviation safety industry this month was in fact a bat strike, investigators have revealed.

The video link had this in int's summary:

i guess 30 metres is a near miss, looks more like 50-100 to me, and if thats a near miss than i guess the virgin jet also nearly crashed into the trees on the approach.

But I would be willing to gamble that 90% or more of cyclists who are killed by cars are actually in the wrong, per traffic laws. .

I'll take that bet. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/... Sure this is from my neck of the woods, but I'm sure road user behaviour in your location isn't that much different.

Australian cops are *dirty*

NSW!
Good cop, bad cop: how corrupt police work with drug dealers http://theconversation.com/goo...
Corruption is endemic within Australia's police agencies, and certainly within the Australian Federal Police and New South Wales Police, which between them cover the Sydney airports. It also embraces crime commissions and other institutions charged with responsibility for police governance on behalf of the public. http://www.expendable.tv/2011/...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/201...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/201...
Pressure grows for NSW police inquiry
Posted 8 Oct 2012, 7:18pmMon 8 Oct 2012, 7:18pm
Up to 200 police officers may have been spied on with listening devices and telephone intercepts.

VICTORIA!
http://www.theaustralian.com.a...
Victorian police corrupt: ex-judge The Australian
VICTORIA'S police force is riddled with "deep-seated and continuing corruption" that will only be flushed out by a powerful and wide-ranging royal commission. Don Stewart, one of the nation's most respected judicial figures, says Victoria Police and the Bracks Labor Government oppose a royal commission because they do not want the extent of corruption within the force made public. "They know that it would reveal what they don't want revealed," says the former Supreme Court judge and founding head of Australia's first national crime agency. Dismissing arguments that dirty police are already being driven out of the force through the courts, he says the recent convictions of senior Victorian officers on corruption charges are "the tip of the iceberg". "The arrest of some corrupt police only proves that corruption is deep-seated and continuing," Mr Stewart says in a book to be published in March.

CANBERRA!
http://www.canberratimes.com.a...
A long history of police corruption. In 1990 the AFP officer Michael Anthony Wallace was convicted of stealing $20 million worth of drugs and cash exhibits. In 1995 Standen's colleague, Alan Taciak, rolled over in the NSW Police royal commission and alleged 78 AFP officers - 15 per cent of the force - were corrupt. Taciak's allegations sparked the Harrison inquiry in 1996. Its final report, which is understood to have alleged widespread corruption in the AFP, has also not been released. The head of the inquiry, Ian Harrison, now a Supreme Court judge, said many agents escaped investigation by quitting the AFP. In 2001 Standen's former boss at the Sydney drugs unit, Cliff Foster, committed suicide while under investigation over corruption.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA!
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/...

DARWIN!
http://www.abc.net.au/local/st...
NT police oppose anti-corruption tests. The Northern Territory Police Association says it will oppose Federal Government plans to secretly test officers' integrity as part of new anti-corruption measures.

QUEENSLAND!
Queensland police misconduct files reveal corruption, favouritism, sexual misconduct

Their only previous web coverage was related to a scheme to find oil and gas, ostensibly using former Soviet military technology. I think that the investors been taken in by a quack or a con man.

Don't underestimate the fumes though.

Thank you.
Adelaide had it's hottest February day on record, 44.7 degrees celsius.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/...

To respond to the parent of your post, yes when a jet-stream pushed air from the north pole over North America, and it got cold.
As you point out, that doesn't mean the entire world is colder.
And of course, obligatory XKCD http://www.explainxkcd.com/wik...

Though we are buying more plastic bin liners...

This and this look like Luty designs.

Australia is pleased and proud to announce that the number of horrid and lethally venomous creatures per hectare has reached historic lows!

Actually it's up.

There are record numbers of snake being caught in the city of Adelaide.

Fire and snakes, A gentle reminder that everything on this continent is trying to kill you.

I agree with the above poster that is most likely City Rail in NSW, by a process of elimination:
- Only 5 cities in Australia have public transport rail networks.
- Melbourne have recently introduced Myki - good case study on how not to do it, so they are unlikely and the article states this
- Brisbane use Oyster Card, unlikely but if it is then this is a much bigger story
- Perth uses Smartrider, a smart card system.
- Adelaide have used MetroTicket which contains a magnetic strip developed by Crouzet-SA. A smartcard system is in the process of being rolled out

The RailCorp is being split in two article has some pretty cutting statements about the inefficiency of government run enterprises and entitlement mentality. Solving this will not be simple, and as other posters have commented the problem is the organisation. I'd advise potential vendors to think of a price and triple it. There is a reason some government organisations are charged a premium and yet the vendor still makes a loss.

Posting this as an Anonymous Coward, because I have a bit of experience working as a vendor to RailCorp NSW. Let's just say they are a "challenging" client.

Was the famous Michael Atkinson. There was a massive backlash and he was forced to repeal it a rush. I suspect the same might happen here once the public realise the implications of such a law.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/victory-atkinson-loosens-gag/story-e6frea6u-1225826104175

No, all Americans are too fat to fit into their cowboy boots anymore ;=)

Fail.

One could write an entire article about what you don't know about US fashion.

I kid, of course.

wow... You're the second person that doesn't realize there are major cities in deserts throughout the US. Also much of the middle east is pretty arid and yet people live quiet comfortably there when they're not busy killing each other.

As to the cost of pumping in water... there's plenty of water in Australia and even more in Tasmania. They have lots of options.

I cite Tasmania because it's my favorite idea... I like the audacity of it... here's the link:
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/bid-to-pipe-in-tasmanian-water/story-e6frea83-1111116947256

The project is entirely reasonable for its scale. Think hoover dam. It's a big project but the reward is so large that it doesn't matter.

This article claims that it is not the IMEI but the Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identify (TMSI) that is tracked, the key word here being "Temporary".

The version that was given in Adelaide provides some details---the ID that is tracked appears to a temporary one, rather than the IMEI.

Or an car?

*sigh*

I am Australian, and I am so disappointed that we are now in a list of censorship states, with China and Iran.

The Labor party is really fucking up.

I just read that they plan to try and regulate (through forced classification) app store games/etc. Article here: Plans to classify phone game apps

And just for clarification, anything that isn't "classified" will be banned by the filter. Classification costs between 470 AUD and 2,040 AUD which is (417 USD and 1,813 USD at today's prices).

This was supposed to be the party that "got" technology, but has turned out to be the party who doesn't get it at all. Though some people said these policies are political in nature (eg, used to broker preference deals with other parties, such as the religion based parties), and don't reflect their true polices... like that means anything to us who get subjected to it.

and your needs, when this goes city wide, expect others to set the power quota, with you at home.
One Australian city had to find generator capacity - solution, float an on/off radio network idea
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/etsa-plans-to-take-control/story-e6freo8c-1225697720719
Note the "power would be cut to certain appliances" and "a plasma TV and airconditioner might be turned off remotely"
This is the gateway for a "death panel" on your private electrical use.

To see what it looks like in plain english try the Australian version of this :
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/etsa-plans-to-take-control/story-e6freo8c-1225697720719
.."added that people who did not take this option might find they would lose all power when power demand was running at peak levels."
Why invest in fancy new power generation when you can ration a rust belt power network and tame the end user with gift of lower cost if they get chipped.
Do you want Google and Enron ver 2.0 telling you when you can run your tv or cool your home?

Yes, the arsehole is going, but no, we didn't beat him. The vast majority of voters, as always, don't know or care about these issues, so the battle is far from won.

For the record, his attitude towards video games aren't the only reason we want to be rid of him. The man has a history of saying stupid things in an an official capacity that come back to bite him. He accused a blogger of being a non-existent sock puppet for Liberal party criticism, and he lied about a bikie gang supposedly barbecuing a cat to threaten him. I'm sure you all remember him banning anonymous political speech in the lead up to the recent elections as well...

I'm a bigger fan of when he said Aaron Fornarino doesn't exist...and then a paper ran a story on this 'non-existant' guy.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/mike-meet-aaron-he-lives-500m-from-your-office/story-e6frea6u-1225826082741

Now...if it was Mr Fornarino who slipped the letter, we're in the clear, cause he doesn't exist!

He's vowed to repeal it. Me, I'll wait and see. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/victory-atkinson-loosens-gag/story-e6frea6u-1225826104175

That implies they care about universal enforcement of the law. They don't really care if someone whines about a traffic fine anonymously on the blog. No, they'll go after "particular" offenders, or they'll use it to punish dissidents they particularly dislike after already having them so they have something that can stick. That's how modern democracy works, after all--enough laws and you'll be able to nail someone on something eventually.

You are correct, it seems Atkinson had a particular bee in his bonnet about a 'fictitious' Liberal Party mouthpiece. Turns out the guy exists...

Yesterday, on radio station FIVEaa, defending his internet censorship laws, Mr Atkinson said the new legislation was necessary because people such as Mr Fornarino were plants for the Liberal Party. "I'll give you an example; repeatedly in the AdelaideNow website one will see commentary from Aaron Fornarino of West Croydon. That person doesn't exist," he said. "That name has been created by the Liberal Party in order to run Liberal Party commentary." When asked how he knew Mr Fornarino did not exist, Mr Atkinson said: "Because I've been the member for the area for 20 years, I've lived here for longer. "I have the up-to-date electoral roll and I just know West Croydon people very well." But Mr Fornarino does exist. He lives in a flat on Port Rd, about 500m from Mr Atkinson's electorate office.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/mike-meet-aaron-he-lives-500m-from-your-office/story-e6frea6u-1225826082741

Whoops.

And apparently he has already backed down.

But this law should never have been passed in the first place.

And apparently he has already backed down.

But this law should never have been passed in the first place.

I'll say what I said on Reddit...

Consider the source people: the article is hosted by News Corp in Australia, referring to an attack on its paper in South Australia, and is pimping the anti-corruption lobby it started as a source of outrage. "The Right to Know Coalition, made up of Australia's major media outlets including News Limited, publisher of The Advertiser and parent company of news.com.au, has called the new laws "draconian"." The same thing is done by having the Wall Street Journal or Times of London report something, and have Fox News run with it as a lead.

And based on what the AC added earlier, they're crowing about their victory too.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/victory-atkinson-loosens-gag/story-e6frea6u-1225826104175

Attorney-General Michael Atkinson has just vowed to repeal this law.

John Quiggin, a long-time blogger and Research Fellow in Economics and Political Science at the University of Queensland, doubted whether the laws were enforceable. "They can pass as draconian law as they like, but without the capacity to impose their own internet censorship it's going to be a dead lemon," he said. "Anyone who wants to can set up an anonymous blog. "It will be totally ineffectual with someone who sets up a Wordpress blog post in the US under a false name and publish whatever they want."

Attorney-General Michael Atkinson vows to repeal election internet censorship law amid reader furore

Slashdot's a little behind today, it seems.