NSW Intercity fleet: New trains too wide for tunnels: But Transport for NSW (TfNSW), the Government body that manages the state's rail system, has come up with a cunning plan. It has proposed simply relaxing current safety standards. Muppets. Absolute fucking muppets.
Australian outrage over ball tampering born out of team's moralising hypocrisy | Kate O'Halloran | Sport | The Guardian: Even some of its darkest moments, such as the underarm delivery from Trevor Chappell, may have flown in the face of the spirit, but not the laws, of the game. This incident has changed all that, which explains what outsiders might perceive as hysteria from down under. Ironically, given its moral failings in so many areas of international politics, Australia has always considered itself an upstanding sporting nation. No longer, however, can its citizens stomach the piousness of a group of hypocrites. and Cricket Australia ball tampering: Steve Smith's deficient leadership exposed: Very few of the people who have ripped into Smith these past few days particularly care about the condition of the ball in a cricket match. What they do care about is the character of the Australian team, which has been exposed as deeply rotten.
Ajit Pai faces heat over proposal to take away poor people's broadband plans | Ars Technica: Pai's plan would prevent all resellers from participating in Lifeline, limiting the subsidies to "facilities-based broadband" providers, those that operate their own networks. The proposal has drawn widespread condemnation from both liberals and conservatives ... Pai claimed that kicking resellers out of the program would spur facilities-based carriers to invest in their broadband networks. But his proposal offered no evidence for this claim.
Real Guns, Virtual Guns, And Me: I'm knowledgeable about firearms to a degree that frequently clashes with how I feel about them in the real world. I don't want a gun in my home, but I can differentiate between 5.56mm and .30-06 ammunition on sight. I think America's gun laws are ludicrously lax, and yet I can confidently tell you the difference between an ACOG and a reflex sight. I get nervous when I'm in the airport and see soldiers with assault rifles, but I can probably tell you what kind of rifles they're holding. I know about a lot of gun stuff in part because of the movies and TV shows I watch, but mainly because of the video games I play.
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