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Blah-Blah Bar / Ennio Morricone no more
Passed away aged 91 - still writing film scores five years ago!

Came across him with his score for The Mission in mid 80s - Gabriel's Oboe is an amazing piece. 

Must be close to the world's most prolific - 520+ film scores.  Be interested to know how many pieces of his that Tarrantino picked up for his soundtracks.

Another great now gone, but leaves plenty for us to remember him by.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Analysis: AFL 2020 Rd 5: Carlton vs St. Kilda
Same old same old - soft gentle kicks from the backline across the ground that miss their targets or are easy to contest.  Backline appearing disorganised because the ball comes in so often, quickly and easily.  Dumb bombs from defense into attack where we have a one on three.  Miss easy shots for a goal, particularly when some momentum is starting to build our way to ensure we don't get too confident and get on a roll.

Maybe it is part of the induction into Carlton that this is what is required at the club!
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Agree.  Like him or not, Trump is pretty shrewd - his jumping all over the place is hard to combat and what he says, whether it is true or not, seems to resonate with the right people to back him and, in the right places vote for him.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Party!: AFL 2020 Rd 3: Carlton vs Geelong
There was a racehorse in the late 80s/ early 90s that got to 10-15 lengths in front and hung on often enough to be a good horse.  Before that was Kiwi who came from last in the Melbourne Cup.   I think after last night,  I prefer the first - much more enjoyable to watch.  Great effort,  Blues.

As a side note,  Betts and Danger had a bit of a chat after the game - I presume about events earlier in the week.  Maybe a plus for Danger?
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: CV and mad panic behaviour
Yes - they have all our information, and a lot of other 'people' do too and no doubt if anyone wanted my information, they probably have it.  The 'if you've got nothing to hide it doesn't matter' (which I sort of agree with) erodes our privacy and personal information.

What apps like this do is extend what should be private into the norm.   Once restrictions are eased, how long are they going to keep it active?  What happens when the next issue comes along?  Is the app really deleted once this is over.  How easy is it for others to Phish/scam from doing this (one already exposed)?  What is the next level of 'tracking' going to be?  How does this spill over into the private market?

It is one of the biggest ethical issues of our time - just because we can, does it mean we should?




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The Sports Desk / Re: cricket australia payments
Too big for my little brain to comprehend.

It is funny, though that arts brings more income to Victoria than sport.

I worked in the wine industry years ago and tried to comprehend how many hectares of grapes there needed to be just for this co, which was not even top ten for wine sold.  Then I tried to imagine what all the wine for a top 5 co. would look like stored in one place.  Still blows me away.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Deer in the Headlights
Quote from: Thryleon on
I heard a story about the Netherlands.

Apparently they turned off their nuclear plants to go green and focus on solar and wind.

Apparently they had to have coal powered backup to cover the shortfall in green technology.

On a side note building a giant solar farm comes with it's own environmental drawbacks.  Bird populations suffer due to radiation and reflection of said panels.

Nuclear appears to be the most environmentally friendly of all the options available provided there's no meltdown...

Hi Thry. 

The story is familiar, but I don't think it was the Netherlands (although they do have blackouts and need additional energy)
My quick research says that they built a few new coal plants ~2015, with some to be phased out by 2029.  They also have one nuclear plant, which was supposed to have the plug pulled, but it wasn't (commissioned to be operational to 2033).  There are possible plans to build another.  Their actual renewables is quite small.

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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Bush Fires
The difficulty is that there isn't government for the greater good - there is government to suit their ideology, and if that means stopping a program that works, or not starting one that may, then they will do that.  Government departments are now politicised and instructed what to do by pollies that often have little experience in that field.  Governments used to go to the public service for advice.  This meant that ideological changes weren't as extreme.

There was a stark difference between parties at the last election.  One had policies that were spelled out, but couldn't convince the electorate to accept them.  The other had policies that strongly align to the top couple of % of the country.

Good example is East-west link in Vic.  Liberals gung ho and going to do it at any cost.  Labor gung ho and not going to do it at any cost.  Reports not really read/acted upon. 

Another current example is MacKenzie going against the advice of her department to award grants.

Sorry for going off topic - there will be bushfire implications in all of this as well!
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Bush Fires
Fly - intensity would also depend on what is burning?

I get where you are coming from, however, I can't do the maths on how much extra fuel load exists on the ground:
 - how is it measured
 - what is the baseline
 - how much is added each year if it is not burned
 - what is the rate in which fuel load 'regenerates'
 -  does drought increase the fuel load (low growth, but drier, more combustible load) more than wetter years where growth would be more significant, but may have lower combustion
 - Is there a greater chance of lightning strikes causing fires in wetter or drier years - fires caused by lightning seem to cause more damage
 
These questions are probably answered in research and experience.

It's been interesting reading here and elsewhere, trying to understand where people are coming from - the city v country viewpoints are quite different.  More importantly is trying to understand how the issues intertwine and which are right and which are wrong.

I certainly accept that governments and big orgs have the ability to stuff things up as they are not nimble, unduly influenced by 'lobbyists' and now much more ideologically driven rather than doing 'what is for the greater good'

Cheers Dodge