

Robert Heinlein wrote stories about this topic and not all turned out well.


Robert Heinlein wrote stories about this topic and not all turned out well.


I was passing through the back blocks of Sydney, new suburbs that are a long way from anywhere. If you want to go anywhere it’s by car.
Infill of the inner areas especially around railways is happening which is great but the sprawl continues.


It’s the suburban sprawl that is driving the car based transport. Suburbs are established further away with no proper infrastructure, shops and facilities. Cars are the only way to get about as everything is so hard to get to. Extending freeways to them doesn’t help as the commute time is lowest in a car.


It’s the Onion, right?


300,000 at 1,400 a day is about an extra 200 days of manpower. Way to go Putin!


If your government is anti scientific…….


When is an 8 year old considered legally competent to sign legal documents? Not in Australia and I thought not in the US.


It all comes back to whether an 8 year old can legally sign anything.


Isn’t this just common practice? It’s called load shedding.


Is Demented Don able pardon him?

Folks need to wrap their heads around the fact the any attempt to sequester carbon is pointless if we don’t reduce emissions. QED
There may be a place after emissions are reduced but of limited impact.


He’s said to be very smart so I suspect that you don’t need to be charitable.


My then girlfriend used to buy flagoons of sauterne. Difficult to drink with the sweetness but for that I could see she was a great lady and didn’t let that put me off!


Have anyone noticed that the use of the term America is being used less and less? The US seems to be more prevalent.


Ahhh, the US. A rogue state.


You actually need to have your own servers or actively use multiple platforms as well as backup your data. No platform is forever and some are only there at a whim. Google has a bad habit of unpredictably locking up your data too.


Captain Bonespurs rides again!


Ahh when goon was short for flagon or flagoon! Cheap wine was the go!
It’s just perspective, September is just the start of the Bronze Age south of equator.
Hard to tell really.