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Thanks Baxter, but you misunderstood, it was the day that I was supposed to retire...but didn’t.
Plan B is an obscure little Aussie tech company ... And things are finally beginning to look very very interesting!

Schlemiel, a pseudonym meaning idiot, that’s fantastic...
All the best
Numpty pi

Agm that’s fantastic news, I’m delighted for you and fully intend to be in a similar position one day soon! Enjoy your day!

Numpty

Many many years ago, 1982 to be precise I started work. I was asked when I was intending to retire, after much deliberation, the answer I gave was that if all goes well, ie early retirement it will be at 1630 on May 14 th 2019 since that would be my 55th birthday. A 37 year countdown began at that very moment. At half past four tomorrow afternoon, anyone in or even near the city of Bath will hear a scream that will be instantly recognisable ie things not having quite gone to plan...well at least not yet anyhow...so no pressure then ken...

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On the contrary, it means that LR is definitely still at the helm, even if it’s not always entirely clear to us which way he’s steering...
Drill it, prove it, sell it, is still my view
Numpty

No more confused than the lack of news on everything else. Rightly or wrongly, I had assumed that BDMS was a part of Ken’s “operation mushroom “ . To keep news to an absolute minimum, which includes minimising the financial upside of contracts and preparing everything for the ultimate big reveal. This is the polar opposite of seye of course, and yes hugely frustrating... There are obvious benefits, and would be even easier if those annoying investors stopped digging around shining a light into the darkness. I felt than rail was more of an enigma, since a contract (thought to be a major North American rail co by alex8) has never been identified. The now rescinded comment on break even in 2023 has also been pondered by me for many hours and still makes no sense.
My personal opinion is that ken is a super smart guy (in whom we have placed our trust) who has a plan, and like it or not I am simply a passenger. Since we are still (heavily) invested there must be perceived merit in sticking around for the finale’.

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So if you monitor the driver in a Tesla, is that called voyeurism...
To be fair to Elon, no OEM has ever had more people monitoring this or any other driver and when it comes to driver assistance, well he probably doesn’t need any!

I will second that, in fact...I hope you are a multi millionaire in less than a year Baxter

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https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2019/03/15/detroit-leads-tesla-lags-in-trillion-dollar-race-for-robot-car-business/

https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2019/03/28/daimler-to-develop-smart-brand-together-with-geely/

Great find and a ringing endorsement of guardian. Rolling out to the entire fleet of 876 prime movers ( plus the train?)
Numpty

Some of your recent comments...Couldn’t organise sandcastles in the Sahara,
utter dog muck,
couldn’t sell ice cold water to Arabs,
I want out with my sanity intact,
mentally I have written this off,
and my personal favourite since I haven’t heard it before was cockwombles...and then you top up....I’m not surprised but please do tell what’s changed at home because I’m going to bottle it and retire on the proceeds, in fact the proceeds would mean l could probably afford to pay someone to retire for me...
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SoftBank looking for the potential to invest massively in tech stocks
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/05/03/softbank-has-been-throwing-money-ipo-vision-fund-says-wsj-reporter.html

https://www.nomuraconnects.com/case-studies/east-meets-west-how-chinas-geely-connected-with-volvo-trucks/?utm_source=Dianomi&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=EMEA+2019-2020&utm_content=How+did+Chinas+Geely+connect+with+Volvo+trucks&utm_term=Combined_Native+Unit

Thanks for the thoughts everyone, it’s appreciated.
Sandy its great to hear things are working out for you, I sort of guessed that something had changed for you, I’ll gladly get you that beer...and it’s getting closer all the time.
Numpty

Still here, just generally naffed off (with life not see) at the moment, and desperate to avoid being yet another moaner, so not posting!
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With the strength of feelings that are present, I suspect that Zambia will not be anything like sufficiently remote. I feel like we have all been played like fiddles, our candy has been taken and we just have to accept it.

BradSmith, this is a very expensive operation and deviation is fiercely avoided, rivers, hills, mountains, and forests are rarely a reason to deviate from a straight line. Centres of population can put forward strong argument but even then it’s not often accepted as being sufficiently valid. It wouldn’t be the first time that complete deforestation directly under a pylon route simply gets rebadged as a fire break.
Numpty

As voltage increases the current decreases and the efficiency is based on the figures of current times current, so yes getting the level of current as low as possible makes a significant difference to efficiency.
Electricity will jump so the higher the voltage the bigger the separation, foliage is irrelevant. The number of brown disk insulators attaching cables to pylon prevents arcs to the earthed pylon
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If anybody is interested...Distribution of electricity is done at high voltage to reduce the I squared r losses ie the higher the voltage the more efficient the system becomes, transformers then reduce the voltage more locally (in stages).
It costs a minimum of 15 times as much to bury distribution cables underground which is why they rarely do. Overhead cables cool themselves naturally and aren’t insulated, when underground both heat and insulation has to be considered.
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