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Move to Queensland Australia. The local police will happily handle your security detail: https://www.couriermail.com.au...

There could be lot of sources of error. Maybe Google doesn't know it a 100 km/h and to be safe defaults to say 50 km/h for roads it has no information on. Maybe it's a map routing issue. In either case, it is good for areas to stay on top of these things.

Just for kicks, I too google'd this place.
https://www.couriermail.com.au...

BirdsVille Development Rd is what you take to get the nice 4 hour drive. But read the article. It suggest keeping a speed of 80 km/h and watch out for rocks...

I don't think it's irresponsible for Google to maybe have used 80 or 60 or even 50 km/h as their base. This is clearly not a regular paved high way most people are used to driving 100 km/h on. That's probably what is 'safer' for most average visitors; especially tourists who may not feel comfortable zipping past everything.

I'm sure Google has millions and billions of data points in Google Maps. You're guaranteed to run into inaccuracies, especially as you move away from major cities. I'm not even sure this is even one of them. Last thing I'd want is for google to actually say 4 hour, but the road is hard and it actually takes me 7, and I'm stuck in the middle of the outback :P

Huh? What goal post did I move?

My position was and still is that a pool fence will not stop a determined child.

Will it stop some? Sure. Will it stop all? No.

Are they of value, yes. Should you trust your child is safe because you have a pool fence? Hell no.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com...

http://www.couriermail.com.au/...

I'm not sure what "knee jerk low information decision" I'm making? I'm being practical about what safety a pool fence provides. They are not magic bullets.

You seem to think I'm saying "Don't get a pool fence, they're useless", totally not.

I'm saying "Don't blindly trust that your pool fence will keep your kids out"

Nope, only some populations are genetically equipped for a vegetarian diet. For the rest, lack of meat causes brain shrinkage and mental disorders.

This. There is a long out of print book by Mark Vonnegut called "The Eden Express" Mark suffered from Schizophrenia in the early 1970's, and much of his problems were based on a vegetarian diet. After stabilizing him with Thorazine and shock treatments, he went on a normal diet, and with vitamin supplements, became a normal productive person.

I tried vegatarianism in the early 1980's, and while I didn't go any crazier than I am now, it severely fucked up my digestive system. Fortunately, going back to a normal diet reset my intestinal flora.

That's vegetarian -- vegan diet is far more harmful.

I have always thought that a vegan starts out with trying to define everything in life as good or bad (this is a bad thing to do, and leads to bad mental outcomes) So they embark on a journey to try to ensure that everything they do is good.

Killing animals is bad, especially the cute ones, so eating their "corpse meat" is likewise bad. So they stop. That Chicken didn't give you permission to eat it's eggs, or that cow it's milk or the honey we callously steal from the innocent bees. So that is verboten.

So they embark on this completely irrational and artificial and un-natural diet of only things they have determined are ethically "good".

My reply to them is that just who are they to set themselves up as arbiter of what is good and bad.

All life is precious, from the lowest bacteria to yeasts, to plants, to animals. And unless a human being somehow becomes a chemoautotroph, and can surgive by directly taking minerals and digesting them, the human does not live unless the human kills another life form. No way around it. The vegan is no less a killer than the meat eaters they consider below them.

I can certainly see why you're upset!

He cured himself of schizophrenia by eating meat and you already eat it! You've got nowhere to go!

Nope, only some populations are genetically equipped for a vegetarian diet. For the rest, lack of meat causes brain shrinkage and mental disorders.

This. There is a long out of print book by Mark Vonnegut called "The Eden Express" Mark suffered from Schizophrenia in the early 1970's, and much of his problems were based on a vegetarian diet. After stabilizing him with Thorazine and shock treatments, he went on a normal diet, and with vitamin supplements, became a normal productive person.

I tried vegatarianism in the early 1980's, and while I didn't go any crazier than I am now, it severely fucked up my digestive system. Fortunately, going back to a normal diet reset my intestinal flora.

That's vegetarian -- vegan diet is far more harmful.

I have always thought that a vegan starts out with trying to define everything in life as good or bad (this is a bad thing to do, and leads to bad mental outcomes) So they embark on a journey to try to ensure that everything they do is good.

Killing animals is bad, especially the cute ones, so eating their "corpse meat" is likewise bad. So they stop. That Chicken didn't give you permission to eat it's eggs, or that cow it's milk or the honey we callously steal from the innocent bees. So that is verboten.

So they embark on this completely irrational and artificial and un-natural diet of only things they have determined are ethically "good".

My reply to them is that just who are they to set themselves up as arbiter of what is good and bad.

All life is precious, from the lowest bacteria to yeasts, to plants, to animals. And unless a human being somehow becomes a chemoautotroph, and can surgive by directly taking minerals and digesting them, the human does not live unless the human kills another life form. No way around it. The vegan is no less a killer than the meat eaters they consider below them.

Nope, only some populations are genetically equipped for a vegetarian diet. For the rest, lack of meat causes brain shrinkage and mental disorders. And populations that originated from Europe tend to lack such genes -- and some, like the Inuit, are even more extreme.

That's vegetarian -- vegan diet is far more harmful. Especially for children, to the point of proposed bills that outlaw feeding children vegan.

Looks like that lady who tried to sue them lost and went bankrupt over this.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/...

She really tried to become famous and make a buck on this, but she lost everything. Looks to me like the system worked.

Sometimes the prevention comes with a bit of pain...
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Queensland Health’s electronic medical records system hit by “very serious ransomware attack”
Janelle Miles, Kara Vickery, Anthony Templeton, The Courier-Mail
May 25, 2017 2:04pm
Subscriber only
Cameron Dick OP-ED: Technological advances from eHealth strategy
MOVES to protect Queensland Health computer systems from an international cybersecurity attack are believed responsible for a failure within the state’s electronic medical records system in five key public hospitals.

The eHealth failure, described in an internal email obtained by The Courier-Mail as a “major incident”, resulted in Cairns Hospital yesterday declaring a Code Yellow, for an “internal emergency”.

Health Minister Cameron Dick said no surgeries had been impacted but 22 outpatient appointments had been delayed.

“For all intents and purposes Queensland hospitals are operating like it is business as usual,” he said.

But ward patients at the five affected hospitals have been put back on to a system of paper records.

eHealth Queensland chief executive Dr Richard Ashby said about 500 doctors and nurses has been unable to log in at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

“This is a hiccup and it happened because we took extra care to defend against the ransomware attack that occurred around the world on the 13th of May,” he said.

The issues first became apparent on Tuesday around noon.

Mr Dick had earlier said the computer failure was most likely as a result of Queensland Health’s efforts in fending off “a very serious ransomware attack” that impacted government agencies, private businesses and individuals worldwide last week.

The computer failure — that Queensland Health Minister Cameron Dick will tell Parliament of today — is most likely as a result of his department’s efforts in fending off “a very serious ransomware attack”.
“Over the course of that weekend as part of protecting our systems from cyber-attack, a series of security patches provided by software owners such as Microsoft, Cerner and Citrix were loaded to further protect Queensland Health systems from attack,” Mr Dick said.

“Yesterday I received advice from the Chief Executive of eHealth Queensland, Dr Richard Ashby, that while those patches have protected the integrity of our systems and data, it appears these protections may be making logging on and off the integrated electronic medical record system difficult for some users.”
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Patches can be painful :-(

>1. The current medical literature shows significantly lower incidence of diseases such as cancer and ischemic heart disease in populations eating a vegetarian diet. Beyond personal benefit, increasing public health is beneficial for any society that has any kind of publicly funded healthcare system.

Naturally! You do not need those brains in the current society anyway, after all. :)))
http://www.couriermail.com.au/...
http://evolutionarypsychiatry....

Inexperienced drivers don't know how much speeding is safe and that is why limits are set.

This is precisely why people crash. They are brainwashed to think as long as they are doing the speed limit they're ok. Maybe instead of teaching people to behave like robots we could teach them some real skills?

If you fear the police there's a very simple solution, follow the speed limit.

I don't fear the police. They are merely tax collectors. I drive as fast as I like, and ever once in while I pay a fee for the privilege. But this has nothing to do with road safety.

Cops don't care to stop you for a $50 ticket. They rather wait and get the next big fish. I've never been stopped for going 15km/h over the speed limit and I've driven over a million KMs in my life. Obviously I use common sense when going through construction and school areas.

You know the Internet is bigger than just your town/state/country right? Every law enforcement agency is different with different standards and tolerances. where I live you can get a ticket for 1km/h over the limit

That's the issue isn't it? Not everybody can evaluate this by themselves, instead they need to be told what speed they should go.

The math is pretty simple. More speed = more danger. You cannot argue that

If more speed = more danger then shouldn't we reduce the speed limit further? And once we've reduced them,we apply the same "math" we should then reduce them again? Then keep repeating until the speed limit is zero?
I'm guessing "math" (or logic which is what you meant) isn't your strong suit.

and that is why speed limits are set based on ministry of transportation predefined parameters.

and what are those parameters? Can you cite them? It may be different in your area, but I've had some experience in this field and can assure it's not as scientific as you think.

Police in other countries routinely use ANPRs to record license plates for *all* vehicles that pass them by, e.g.:

Queensland police using GPS technology to track and store thousands of number plates

If you think your government isn't doing this already consider yourself officially nuts. If you think 3rd parties aren't doing this already, with even less privacy controls, consider yourself off-the-planet nuts.

Powerful surge in profits as Energex delivers huge dividend for State Government
http://www.couriermail.com.au/...

There is a vast amount of padding for profitability and it's a "who watches the watchman" situation since the government setting the rules is one of the direct beneficiaries of increased profits.
Energex reaps record profits:
http://www.couriermail.com.au/...

Queensland electricity bills could be reduced without selling state's assets: report
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.a...
It links to this report:
http://images.brisbanetimes.co...
Points 9 and 10 are interesting - 88 million in the last year the government received out of the pockets of electricity consumers as a dividend. The previous government did the same which is one reason it has not been raised by the opposition. It's one of the many downsides of pretend privitisation and a pretend market (others include a loss of economies of scale from artificial barriers constructed between groups that all have the same owner).

Shared the nobel prize with Fleming:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...

Invented Gardasil:
http://www.couriermail.com.au/...

Perhaps you should do some research before commenting - otherwise you run the risk of being perceived as a troll or a chickenhead.

A small drone flying below 400 feet is a hazard only to lifeforms below 400 feet. And if the drone has reasonable safety features (such as shielded/ducted propellers) then it shouldn't be a problem as long as linear speeds below about 50 miles/hour (yes, there should be a mass value included, higher mass, lower speed).

Ah, I see you've totally ignored the risk of drone injestion to the turbines of aircraft taking off and landing at airports. And before you say, "what idiot would be flying a drone around an airport?" let me remind you of incidents like this one and this one. These are the same kind of idiots attempting to dazzle aircraft with laser pointers, even police helicopters.

Sounds like the underlying issue is that some people (who should know better) still believe security through obscurity is a viable way of business.

This also reminds me of the case of Julian Harris. A man in Brisbane who was recently fined $44 for leaving his car window down while he was away from the car. The reason, is because it makes it easier for a thief to steal things from the car or steal the car itself. So clearly, Australian authorities understand that leaving oneself vulnerable (aka. "security negligence") should be punished even if you're not taken advantage of.

Keeping your car secure isn't always in your best interest.
I once had a $1000 convertible top cut in order to steal a (broken) $150 radio.
Since then I made it a practice to never lock the doors on a convertible. (and never leave anything of value inside)

Sounds like the underlying issue is that some people (who should know better) still believe security through obscurity is a viable way of business.

This also reminds me of the case of Julian Harris. A man in Brisbane who was recently fined $44 for leaving his car window down while he was away from the car. The reason, is because it makes it easier for a thief to steal things from the car or steal the car itself. So clearly, Australian authorities understand that leaving oneself vulnerable (aka. "security negligence") should be punished even if you're not taken advantage of.

Scott Ludlum looks like the sole political torch bearer for the view that Australians shouldn't have communications data routinely harvested. e.g. the bill to require a warrant to retrieve telecommunications metadata: http://www.couriermail.com.au/technology/news/greens-8216get-a-warrant-bill8217-to-curb-government-spying/story-fniho3wq-1226662303872

In fact, I'm going to write him a nice letter this afternoon.

Australian government is now seizing bank accounts by declaring them 'inactive' if they haven't had a transaction in three years. Financial planner found $150K vanished and they also shafted a pensioner who got back from heart surgery to find his account seized. Probably hit other people who won't know yet, or elderly whose relatives won't even know the money is missing. Sure it'll be put to good use refurnishing bureaucrats offices: http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/brisbane-woman-has-had-more-than-150000-taken-from-bank-account-under-recent-law-changes/story-e6freoof-1226654782499?from=trendinglinks

See recent news about the black market for guns, shootings on the rise, and now guns being stolen from houses and farmers, possibly using the Gun Registry information.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-01/scores-of-guns-stolen-from-nsw-homes/4046140
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-news/fears-that-nsw-is-under-the-gun/story-fn7y9brv-1226377827009
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/cops-fear-gun-showdown/story-e6freoof-1226333751536

So, no, it doesn't work. All it means is that the only people walking around the streets armed are the criminals.

Please understand that this guy has been attempting to manipulate Australian media coverage by trying to make crazy sounding headlines to distract from negative reports about his political allies.

Absolutely. It's just Crazy Clive at work - if this ship ever sails I'll eat my hat.

Please understand that this guy has been attempting to manipulate Australian media coverage by trying to make crazy sounding headlines to distract from negative reports about his political allies.

There are perhaps 1-2% who care enough to decide properly, hence most aussie elections go down to the wire 49-50 between labor and liberal.

You're obviously not a Queenslander - Labor had their asses handed to them on a silver platter just a few weeks ago in a 87-7pc split (the rest were independents). I guess the people had enough of Anna Bligh selling off government assets, sending politicians and their guests to football games at taxpayer expense, and spending $300,000 a day on election advertising (at least that was at party expense). And they're still in the news accused of shredding files on their way out no less.

Also, news here in Japan is reporting he had a heart attack. Over-stressed indeed.

He was probably over-stressed after shooting a round of golf in only 18 strokes

The filter is not about porn, it is about kiddy porn, the sort that they arrest people for.

Indeed it is, and I'm sure of this because they're so open and... oh, wait, they're not even telling us WHO is contributing to the list, so their promises of WHAT is on it are a bit suspect. Reputable international organisations with such good reputations that they don't want to be associated with this? Really?

Perhaps they don't want to be blamed the next time a dentist is mistaken for a pornographer.

You could also speed up the transfer time of sneakernet by using avian carriers.

In some countries that might be 25 times faster than their Internet connection.

The federal government really delivers bugger all to the average Australian. They collect taxes through a very nasty federal tax office, blow billions on defence Defence so we can get involved in wars that have nothing to do with us, and the rest is pork barreled out at election time.

But both the Labor and Liberal Party are pro-big government which is why Canberra - the federal capital - is experiencing a huge spurt in growth as these departments bloat up, all paid for by our taxes. The federal public service has a reputation for sloth and corruption, and promotions and hires (supposedly by independent panels) is really based on where your mates or your dad's mates work.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/burgeoning-bureaucracy/story-e6frerdf-1225866150479

The fathers of two of my good friends growing up were cops. I grew up knowing a lot of cops.

You were practically family. You don't know how these men acted on the job. You don't know what little things they let slide. You don't know what went into their pockets. You don't know who they beat up. And we don't know either.

Every now and then, we do find out a little of what goes on, and then we find out that an awful lot of "good" cops knew about what the bad cops were doing and said absolutely nothing. While that doesn't necessarily make the good cops bad, it means I am going to have to treat every cop as bad or as someone who will protect someone bad. Which is sad, but that's the way it is. I'm supposed to teach my kids to trust police, but I don't trust them myself.

Unfortunately yes. There are still morons waiting to be fleeced

Who thinks it's responsible to have 19 children? Everybody mocked that couple.

No, not everyone. Look at the positive coverage in the Delta Mirror, er, I mean People. And see the comments here. A significant fraction of the population thinks it's fine to spawn as many rugrats as you can before your uterus falls out.

If the government can restrict how many children you can have, then it can also do things like restrict who you marry--bye bye, gay marriage.

It's possible for public policy to encourage you to have more or fewer children without an actual restriction. Right now each child you have is a tax deduction; if you got no deduction for a third child (maybe with an exception for multiple births, not fair to treat twins differently), people would have incentive to keep the baby production at a sensible level.

The best way to bring the birthrate down, though, is to improve the economic and legal status of women throughout the world.

You may think think climate change is something to be "deeply worried" about, but it's actually a controversial and debatable topic with contradictory evidence.

No more so than the link between tobacco smoking and cancer. Look, the planet is warming up; human activity is at least partially responsible; and no, to answer the next argument already being advanced by the oil industry and its shills, this is not going to be beneficial to civilization. You can accept these facts, or you can disqualify yourself from serious discussions.

speaking of searches, and i'm sure this will kill my karma, anyone had fun with google trends?

http://www.google.com/trends?q=bdsm&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=vodka&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=anal+sex&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=anal+sex%2C+brokeback+mountain%2C+anal+fisting%2C+gay+porn&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=beer%2C+vodka%2C+wine%2C+bourbon%2C+champagne&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=3d%2C+blu-ray&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=x264%2C+xvid&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=farmville%2C+%22left+4+dead%22%2C+mw2&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
i'll let you glean what you want from http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/world/pakistan-no1-in-the-world-in-pornographic-internet-searches/story-e6freoqf-1225891491204
http://www.google.com/trends?q=1,+2,+3,+4,+5&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=google,+bing&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

The difference with eating butter and salt is that the only person it's going to kill is you..

Really? Tell that to this boy.

more examples.