What cheeses me off

[Pushka]

@Pushka I had more near misses on the road in my bright red car than either of my other cars. Apparently it was invisible

Yes. My sons car was red and was totalled while parked. It's like it's a beacon or something.

 

[TheRealTMA]

@Pushka I had more near misses on the road in my bright red car than either of my other cars. Apparently it was invisible

Red cars are invisible.

 

[Solid]

Red cars are invisible.

Especially if you are colour blind.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Especially if you are colour blind.

There's no colour racism for Brisbane drivers. Just blind.

 

[anat0l]

We need [digital systems] with no glitches. People expect nothing to go wrong, so no glitches.

Line uttered by an obvious d-h'd of a journalist in the UK. Shows a complete and utter (or naive) lack of knowledge of real world systems. And he's just going on and on about it.

The only way to have zero risk is to not have the system with the risk at all.

If you can't have zero risk, you do your best, but then you also have backup plans or contingency procedures. You can't have zero risk.

 

[dajop]

The hype around the NFL in Melbourne.

It is unprecedented in September (other than during the Sydney Olympics) that AFL is not the first sporting discussion in The Age.

 

[prozac]

The hype around the NFL in Melbourne.

It is unprecedented in September (other than during the Sydney Olympics) that AFL is not the first sporting discussion in The Age.

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First game sold out in 30 minutes.
Apparently it cost $15m for the rights to host and it is expected to bring in $300m to the local economy.