Google unveils new GDrive Online Storage Service
Google unveils new GDrive Online Storage Service.
Wow. Disk must be cheap.
Wed 2006-03-08
Googlebomb HTTP
Some crazy guy wants people to googlebomb http to help fix Mozilla.
Who am I to deny the power of his argument? HTTP
CityLink eTags to be used for a reverse-toll
There’s a proposal to have Melbournians use their CityLink eTags for a reverse-toll on public transport by a economist-type guy from Melbourne Uni. I can just see homeless guys making a living by taking sackfuls of eTags around the city on trams while their owners are at work, to make the day’s commute in to work and back again net-free.
It’s an attempt to address the free rider problem of vehicular road use; he’s also proposed that the charging should be demand driven – so road tolls are higher in peak hour, and might be free in the middle of the night. But we have a crude version of this proposed roaduse charge already – it’s called fuel excise. Cars idling in traffic jams keep burning petrol, and thus their owners paying tax, as an added bonus, SUVs/4WDs burn a whole lot more of it. If you want to hike the charges up, I’m all in favour of, say, tripling the excise on fuel. That should make public transport more attractive – especially as there won’t be homeless guys with sacks!