I saw it when I was about 17 in a repertory cinema in Melbourne, and while I didn't know what to make of it then, the story has stayed with me.
Loved the music. And the Australian made Holden police cars.
got it on DVD during the covid era for a re watch.
Loved the music. And the Australian made Holden police cars.
got it on DVD during the covid era for a re watch.
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I saw it when I was about 17 in a repertory cinema in Melbourne, and while I didn't know what to make of it then, the story has stayed with me.
Loved the music. And the Australian made Holden police cars.
got it on DVD during the covid era for a re watch.
Loved the music. And the Australian made Holden police cars.
got it on DVD during the covid era for a re watch.
I didnt see the Colosseum cats, but the Forum cats looked like they had a few stories they could tell.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I didnt see the Colosseum cats, but the Forum cats looked like they had a few stories they could tell.
Wait, what? What is the point of painting the crossing on the road if it doesn’t indicate pedestrians have right of way? Are you saying in the US there is no right of way?
How are you on the whole red light green light thing?
How are you on the whole red light green light thing?
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Wait, what? What is the point of painting the crossing on the road if it doesn’t indicate pedestrians have right of way? Are you saying in the US there is no right of way?
How are you on the whole red light green light thing?
How are you on the whole red light green light thing?
possibly good car porn though, if that's your kink
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
possibly good car porn though, if that's your kink
Funny, I took the dog for a walk, and got an ear worm, and realised, I forgot to mention this absolute banger from 1978.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZFo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZFo...
Flash And The Pan - Down Among The Dead Men (1978)
YouTube video by nzoz1978
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Funny, I took the dog for a walk, and got an ear worm, and realised, I forgot to mention this absolute banger from 1978.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZFo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZFo...
I also here there was a ship built in Belfast once that has had
- Several films
- at least one musical I have seen (OMG, i have no words)
- a museum dedicated to it.
you could perhaps google that one.
- Several films
- at least one musical I have seen (OMG, i have no words)
- a museum dedicated to it.
you could perhaps google that one.
October 28, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I also here there was a ship built in Belfast once that has had
- Several films
- at least one musical I have seen (OMG, i have no words)
- a museum dedicated to it.
you could perhaps google that one.
- Several films
- at least one musical I have seen (OMG, i have no words)
- a museum dedicated to it.
you could perhaps google that one.
Not an industrial accident, but I also saw Embers, about a bushfire that hurt no people. Its just a lot of whinging about how "we didnt get burnt out and no one seems to care"
I left at intermission, at which point I was cheering for the fire.
apt.org.au/product/embe...
I left at intermission, at which point I was cheering for the fire.
apt.org.au/product/embe...
EMBERS – Australian Plays Transform
apt.org.au
October 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Not an industrial accident, but I also saw Embers, about a bushfire that hurt no people. Its just a lot of whinging about how "we didnt get burnt out and no one seems to care"
I left at intermission, at which point I was cheering for the fire.
apt.org.au/product/embe...
I left at intermission, at which point I was cheering for the fire.
apt.org.au/product/embe...
Its a long time ago, but one of the really challenging characters in The Permanent Way takes the view that you can never be really safe, and the fact that her face was virtually burnt off in a train crash was just bad luck, not a sign of systemic failure.
Its quite a challening point of view.
Its quite a challening point of view.
October 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Its a long time ago, but one of the really challenging characters in The Permanent Way takes the view that you can never be really safe, and the fact that her face was virtually burnt off in a train crash was just bad luck, not a sign of systemic failure.
Its quite a challening point of view.
Its quite a challening point of view.
He was on a hot run at the time, later did Stuff Happens (about the second gulf war) and the power of Yes. they're all Verbatim theatre, iirc The Permanent Way is probably the best, but Stuff Happens was really thought provoking (made George Bush look better than he deserved)
October 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
He was on a hot run at the time, later did Stuff Happens (about the second gulf war) and the power of Yes. they're all Verbatim theatre, iirc The Permanent Way is probably the best, but Stuff Happens was really thought provoking (made George Bush look better than he deserved)
years ago I saw The Permanent Way, a David Hare play about a famous train crash. Discussing issues of privatisation of public assets, infrastructure maintenance, risk.
Despite that description, it was really very good.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Per...
Despite that description, it was really very good.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Per...
The Permanent Way - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
years ago I saw The Permanent Way, a David Hare play about a famous train crash. Discussing issues of privatisation of public assets, infrastructure maintenance, risk.
Despite that description, it was really very good.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Per...
Despite that description, it was really very good.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Per...
there is an argument that an old school kettle on an induction cooktop is probably much more efficient than a standard electric kettle, because induction is more efficient than the heating coil of an electric kettle.
I've used both, heating time is similar, much faster than a kettle on gas.
I've used both, heating time is similar, much faster than a kettle on gas.
October 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
there is an argument that an old school kettle on an induction cooktop is probably much more efficient than a standard electric kettle, because induction is more efficient than the heating coil of an electric kettle.
I've used both, heating time is similar, much faster than a kettle on gas.
I've used both, heating time is similar, much faster than a kettle on gas.
I have to say, this looks better than our Australian democracy sausage.
October 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I have to say, this looks better than our Australian democracy sausage.
I had a similar problem with different big chain jeweller.
Wanted new band for a watch I was handing down to son, they said they couldn’t put bands on that brand (!?)
Mr Minit happily provided a band
Wanted new band for a watch I was handing down to son, they said they couldn’t put bands on that brand (!?)
Mr Minit happily provided a band
October 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I had a similar problem with different big chain jeweller.
Wanted new band for a watch I was handing down to son, they said they couldn’t put bands on that brand (!?)
Mr Minit happily provided a band
Wanted new band for a watch I was handing down to son, they said they couldn’t put bands on that brand (!?)
Mr Minit happily provided a band
Simple case, when you look at your phone and it says the time is 10:33am (aest), how does it know that?
i flew to europe recently my phone knew the time when it went off airplane mode. How?
b/c there are time services that phones communicate with.
But SOMEWHERE, there has to be a source of truth.
i flew to europe recently my phone knew the time when it went off airplane mode. How?
b/c there are time services that phones communicate with.
But SOMEWHERE, there has to be a source of truth.
October 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Simple case, when you look at your phone and it says the time is 10:33am (aest), how does it know that?
i flew to europe recently my phone knew the time when it went off airplane mode. How?
b/c there are time services that phones communicate with.
But SOMEWHERE, there has to be a source of truth.
i flew to europe recently my phone knew the time when it went off airplane mode. How?
b/c there are time services that phones communicate with.
But SOMEWHERE, there has to be a source of truth.
Musk is always announcing these proposals, they rarely happen. He got a gullible Australian politician to spruke a tunnel from Sydney under the blue mountains. it would have been an environmental disaster, but that didn’t matter because it was vapour ware.
October 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Musk is always announcing these proposals, they rarely happen. He got a gullible Australian politician to spruke a tunnel from Sydney under the blue mountains. it would have been an environmental disaster, but that didn’t matter because it was vapour ware.
Network chips. I left the industrying 2019, but even then dc networks were standardising on broadcom based gear (cisco/arista/juniper all use Broadcom).
big dcs need lots of switching capacity.
So I would guess they are putting the switching gear into the end points instead of separate switches
big dcs need lots of switching capacity.
So I would guess they are putting the switching gear into the end points instead of separate switches
October 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Network chips. I left the industrying 2019, but even then dc networks were standardising on broadcom based gear (cisco/arista/juniper all use Broadcom).
big dcs need lots of switching capacity.
So I would guess they are putting the switching gear into the end points instead of separate switches
big dcs need lots of switching capacity.
So I would guess they are putting the switching gear into the end points instead of separate switches
I’m thinking of the famous Mitsubishi 0 0 0 deal where they basically gave you a car. Worked until it didn’t.
October 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I’m thinking of the famous Mitsubishi 0 0 0 deal where they basically gave you a car. Worked until it didn’t.
I had to google him didn’t I? He ticks a lot of boxes. Anti vax, home schooler, anti semite (quoted as saying hamas is a Zionist front !? Ffs)
I hadn’t heard about fire ant truthism before. I’m sorry I know it now.
I hadn’t heard about fire ant truthism before. I’m sorry I know it now.
October 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I had to google him didn’t I? He ticks a lot of boxes. Anti vax, home schooler, anti semite (quoted as saying hamas is a Zionist front !? Ffs)
I hadn’t heard about fire ant truthism before. I’m sorry I know it now.
I hadn’t heard about fire ant truthism before. I’m sorry I know it now.
He says typically a GPU rack is maybe 120kW required.
But new nvidia Vera Rubin racks will be (est.) 600kW per rack, so a 6MW data hall will be 10 racks. 2/2
But new nvidia Vera Rubin racks will be (est.) 600kW per rack, so a 6MW data hall will be 10 racks. 2/2
October 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
He says typically a GPU rack is maybe 120kW required.
But new nvidia Vera Rubin racks will be (est.) 600kW per rack, so a 6MW data hall will be 10 racks. 2/2
But new nvidia Vera Rubin racks will be (est.) 600kW per rack, so a 6MW data hall will be 10 racks. 2/2
I used to understand DCs, but it has changed since I retired in 2019.
An ex colleague tells me it is the power draw. This is now the limiting factor, and the internals
will depend on the generation of kit installed, the
last dc he worked on was 70% empty racks b/c the gear was power hungry 1/n
An ex colleague tells me it is the power draw. This is now the limiting factor, and the internals
will depend on the generation of kit installed, the
last dc he worked on was 70% empty racks b/c the gear was power hungry 1/n
October 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I used to understand DCs, but it has changed since I retired in 2019.
An ex colleague tells me it is the power draw. This is now the limiting factor, and the internals
will depend on the generation of kit installed, the
last dc he worked on was 70% empty racks b/c the gear was power hungry 1/n
An ex colleague tells me it is the power draw. This is now the limiting factor, and the internals
will depend on the generation of kit installed, the
last dc he worked on was 70% empty racks b/c the gear was power hungry 1/n