Tag Archives: sydney-morning-herald

Conroy abandons speed hump plans for Australia’s freeways

Conroy abandons speed hump plans for Australia’s freeways | Digihub Blog | digihub.smh.com.au.

Go west – it will take you only 27 minutes

Go west – it will take you only 27 minutes – National – smh.com.au.
How many times will the state government announce and reannounce these kinds of rail infrastructure projects?
The only work ever done on these damn things is that one piece of sod Carr Iemma Rees or his Minister-In-Charge-Of-Fantasyland turns over at all the damn [...]

Plane crash live on Twitter

Plane crash live on Twitter – web – Technology – smh.com.au.
Plane crash geek Twitters from burning Denver aircraft

Fatal flaws in website censorship plan, says report

Fatal flaws in website censorship plan, says report.
Update: Net filtering trial delay ‘another Govt bungle’.

Peak-hour speed 31kmh

Peak-hour speed 31kmh – National – smh.com.au.
Sydney traffic is this bad.
M5 (the Motorway from my house to the CBD) – peak hour average speed: 34km/h

Labor plan to censor internet in shreds

Labor plan to censor internet in shreds – Technology – smh.com.au.
Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, has written to critics saying that the so-called “live” trials would be “a closed network test and will not involve actual customers”
Huh?
A “live” trial – on a closed network without actual customers.
So, what’s this supposed to prove?
How dumb is Senator Conroy?  [...]

Children’s welfare groups slam net filters

Children’s welfare groups slam net filters – Technology – smh.com.au.
Hey Senator Conroy, are you listening?
I love the opening paragraph of this story:
Support for the Government’s plan to censor the internet has hit rock bottom, with even some children’s welfare groups now saying that that the mandatory filters, aimed squarely at protecting kids, are ineffective and [...]

Google Street View launches in New Zealand

Google Street View launches in New Zealand – BizTech – Technology – smh.com.au.

Take note PayPal, cashing in on a legend is ‘degrading’

Take note PayPal, cashing in on a legend is ‘degrading’ – Technology.
Oh please.
It’s a clever ad, and to think it’s degrading is ridiculous.

Corporate raider moves on Yahoo

Corporate raider moves on Yahoo – BizTech – Technology – smh.com.au.