Opinion
The term 'public transport' is generally defined as trains, buses, trams, or ferries, where 1. the vehicle is large, carrying many people, 2, it runs according to a schedule that the passengers must comply with, and 3. is usually state owned and operated. But this received definition seems to exclude passenger aircraft, such as when QANTAS was owned by the state, it fit all three of those criteria, yet was not generally regarded as being public transport. Similarly long distance coaches, taxis, nor privatised implementations of the above are not usually thought of as public transport. Why public transport should be defined in this way really only suits the unions for those modes of transport and the central planning lobbies that advocate for expansion of such services. |
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<@SoleilMoonFrye> Tigger_: Will you agree that until end has viewed BSG any comment he makes regarding it will be inadmissable in debate protocols? <@Tigger_> that is indeed my policy |
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Unless you've been brainwashed by the industry-funded Think Tanks, or insist upon hackneyed ideologically divided politics, then you'll be aware that Global Warming is occurring and we're responsible. We need to be taking action today to reduce Carbon levels below 350 parts per million and not wait for some "super duper" technology as John Howard called it come and save us. 1) Power Generation: |
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So I gave in and saw Avatar today with the gal and my oldest brother (not the crazy one) & co. In Real-D, not IMAX 3D. Some observations: |
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I recall reading somewhere that the anti-aging industry, feeding the chimeric hope that women may grasp onto a few more years of youth, is larger than the budgets of all the world's defence forces combined. Whether this be true or not I don't know, but newsagents aren't stocked with hundreds of magazines advertising to women the benefits of the military. So women everywhere should take note of the release of the first new photo of Jaycee Dugard, a woman who was abducted at age 11, and held in captivity for 18 years.
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Now it's dark... |
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In the Sydney Morning Herald, Michael Wilding has written an article supporting the Productivity Commission's findings that parallel importation restrictions on books sold in Australia should be abolished: Australians deserve access to cheaper books |
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Passenger rail is not only attractive for reasons of historical sentimentalism, but assumptions about the cost of developing it today seems also to be sentimentally rooted in an era before environmental impact studies, protracted court challenges, and inflationary land prices. |
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<@Tigger_> I believe this is what happened: 1. plan was in place, everyone intended to go. 2. SoleilMoonFrye made a post about a 'surprise' he had in store for Lamont_Cranston, 3. Lamont_Cranston was too scared on the day, 4. PrometheanStardust turned up at the right time and place, 5. Lamont_Cranston was already at the cinema by this time. <@Tigger_> PrometheanStardust, everyone believes you, Lamont_Cranston has had a bad record of ruining channel projects, and I believe this is just another. |
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So the new Star Trek film is out, and has been well received both commercially and critically, as Wikipedia reports: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_(film) Star Trek has received nearly universal acclaim from film critics. As of May 12, 2009, the film holds a 95% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with 225 out of 236 critics giving it a positive review with an average rating of 8.1/10 Including the May 7 figures, the film made $76.5 million domestically its first weekend. The film also opened in 54 other countries, topping the box office in 23 of them, and adding $35.5 million to its opening weekend. In a worldwide Total, the movie so far made $112,000,000. David and Margaret also had much good to say about the film, giving it four stars each. In my spoiler filled review, I shall reveal for the first time, the truth of the matter. |
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