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Ditto. First exam is Wednesday, and I've not even picked up the 3109 textbook since Week 2... -.-

Uh...one point to offer: Government intervention may cause inefficiencies inefficient, but relative to what? Show me how a perfectly competitive free-market ideal is feasible in this world, given the criteria for perfect information, no transaction costs, no barriers to entry, etc, etc...

I'll wait for the news coverage of this road trip...

You really know how to sweeten the deal, huh? >_< I'm sure there's already a gay porno out there with that exact plot. :rolleyes: Say, Yo1anda, is this all leading to a situation where you declare the contest semi-real and offer some hapless straight boys $2,000 each to make you rich via...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_MqZn7E-mk YouTube - MORTAL KOMBAT The above clip, which has been doing viral rounds on teh interwebs, is apparently a proof-of-concept sales pitch for a feature-length film. More info here: Full Details on Kevin Tancharoen’s Mortal Kombat: Rebirth | /Film...

Are any of the food outlets open during stuvac? Haven't been game enough to wander to campus yet...

Good points to consider. Thanks for filling us in. This is the view I'm leaning towards at the moment - primary vote to the Greens, and preference Coalition after. I don't mind K.Ken so much as I mind the back-room internal politics of NSW Labor...

Bingo. ;)

I'm not defending China's human rights record. :) What I was exploring was the idea that human rights can be contrary to economic development. Mind you, this isn't a view that I agree wholeheartedly with - but it's an interesting point to consider and debate, especially as our culture is very...

Nice reference graph - thanks for sharing. It costs $1 to plant a tree that will take years to mature and comes nowhere close to absorbing the amount of carbon emitted, per seat, by a flight. This is the danger with the current offsets - they are not only ineffective, but create the illusion...

But do you agree that it will at least be more sustainable? We're not talking absolutes here - just comparatively. I think that if we said, "No, it's not perfect" to every incremental improvement, then we wouldn't get very far. Granted, there are lock-in costs for these sorts of infrastructure...

Hey, can't let the trolls keep you from having a discussion now. :sun:

That's another conversation that needs to start, but it shouldn't be a reason to shoot down long-term, sustainable transport planning. For powering HSR, electricity generation can at least be substituted in part by renewable sources; this is not quite the case for aviation. This also disregards...

Care to expand? As much I dislike the factional warring and incompetence of the NSW Labor party, I've sadly also yet to hear anything encouraging from the Libs... Personally, I find our options equally bleak. But as I said, maybe you can provide a rationale for why you're a fan of O'Farrell?

Something like HSR shouldn't be measured in terms of a private company's projected NPV, because the social benefits will outweight the private benefits - meaning that government will need to take the initiative here. This is about long-term nation-building vision and not simply short-sighted...