8 Mar, 2010
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by chrome
Been taking a few photos of the sun when it comes up in the morning, and got this stunner today:

The whole album is public, if you want to see more.
edit ooh, I found the Fotobook plugin. So, I can upload to Facebook from iPhoto and have it linked in my blog. nice.
2 Mar, 2010
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by chrome
The NSW Government wants to install hidden speed cameras throughout the state. They think that by doing this, they’ll make people drive slower, because slower speeds statistically result in less death. They also want the increased revenue such a system would give them – more speeding fines is more money in the bank.
The reality is that motor vehicle accidents have been reduced dramatically over the past 30 years, and the institution of speed cameras has only been a tiny part of that approach.
Better driver training is, in my opinion, the ultimate key to increasing road safety. What I’d like to see in NSW (and in other states):-
- Removal of all speed cameras.
- A driver training and certification program that goes beyond the “L” and “P” system currently in place. Drivers should be required to attend intermediate and advanced driver training courses to receive their P and full licenses respectively.
- Abolition of speed limits for Learner and Provisional drivers. This is the case in Victoria, but here in NSW you must drive at 80 and 90/100 for L and P1/P2 respectively. This is incredibly dangerous, as fast moving traffic mixing with slow moving traffic often causes accidents.
- A driver recertification program for traffic infringements. Rather than gain demerit points on your license, I would rather see drivers who infringe basic traffic rules such as not indicating in roundabouts or when merging, or tailgating, sent back to driving school to be recertified.
All of the above would be expensive to implement, but if state and federal governments are serious in reducing road tolls, adding more speed cameras is not the answer. That just increases speed camera revenue.
24 Nov, 2009
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by chrome
To Attorney-General Atkinson,
I have read your position on the matter of an MA18+ rating for games in Australia, and feel I need to communicate my disagreement.
I play video games, many of them violent and gory. I get an enormous amount of enjoyment playing games that others (and you) would find horrific, disgusting and abhorrent.
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12 Nov, 2009
in Tech Stuff
by chrome
Had a brief look at this last night, and hacked together a simple telnet talker. Might be of interest to someone.
Go is interesting. I like types, how you can create funcs specific to those types, interfaces, channels are especially cool as are goroutines. I think it has a lot of promise, and I’ll be keeping an eye on this one.
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20 Sep, 2009
in Tech Stuff
by chrome
Hopefully this will help people out there, trying to get wifi working on their Eee PC. I bought a 1005HA-H the other day, and its a great machine, but Ubuntu has some issues on it.
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