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Sincere apologies for those with a sensitive disposition. My expletive ridden outburst is as a result of the lies and disgusting propaganda in that interview. Lying tossers to the core of their souls.

If I thought Origin's operations in the NT would in anyway harm or indeed damage anything or indeed anyone I wouldn't hold the stock.

Noami the idiot from LTG was found to be lying when giving evidence to the Fracking inquiry. She apologised only after she was exposed. This is what we are dealing with. People with no regard for the truth

We all knew this would happen. A bombardment of machine generated propaganda from anti-fracking wankers supported by fear incitement lies in the newspapers....FUCK OFF

errata corrige

'Now' 1 v 1

Was 2 v 1 not 1 v 1.....weaker book, downward pressure unfortunately. Zero interest at present

https://www.strategyanalytics.com/strategy-analytics/blogs/automotive/infotainment-telematics/infotainment-telematics/2018/04/09/and-then-there-were-two---waymo-and-cruise

It's a long way from Cadillac Super Cruise SAE Level 2 assisted driving to SAE Level 4 hands-free/eyes-free driving, but it's important to give credit where credit is due - including suppliers Seeing Machines and high definition map prover, Ushr. Most importantly of all, Super Cruise is offered on a production vehicle and, finally, it is by now clear that Cadillac customers using this system understand its limitations and, if they don't, the system will enforce those limitations by disengaging.

This driver monitoring and system disengagement is the beginning of a new relationship between car and driver. Cars have been helping humans drive since the onset of cruise control, electronic stability control, anti-lock breaks and all the rest of the various advanced driver assist technologies. But now we are launched on the path of removing our hands from the steering wheel while driving - yet keeping our eyes on the road. Maybe Uber will be able to rejoin the journey or maybe it won't. For the time being, Uber's driving privileges are only available in Pittsburgh. All eyes are now on Pittsburgh to discover what the next turn of the wheel will bring for Uber. Uber's clearly gone to the trouble of integrating an in-cabin camera to watch the driver. It may be time to integrate that driver monitor with the vehicle controls a la Cadillac's Super Cruise.

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Uber's failure (followed two weeks later by a crash of a Tesla Motors vehicle operating in "autopilot" mode), highlighted the development gap between Waymo and Cruise and the rest of the self-driving industry. It would be a shame, it seems, if Uber is unable to sort out its issues and get back in the self-driving business, but regulators, legislators and the transportation industry lacks a protocol for restoring faith and credibiity in an operator that has failed in the manner that Uber has.

The bottom line is that investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board are likely to conclude that the Uber vehicle simply failed to identify the pedestrian and the Uber safety driver simply wasn't paying attention. In fact, a similar conclusion will arise from the fatal Tesla crash, according to data already shared by Tesla, that the driver did not have his hands on the wheel for six seconds before the fatal crash. In both cases, driver inattention played a role.

Waymo and Cruise may be leading the race to automate driving, but that race is rapidly revealing itself to be a marathon. Scaling automated driving from warm, sunny climates to more variable environments is a years-long process. (Volvo will gain an edge from its testing operations in Sweden.) This is a process that will require fleets of vehicles to solve and Uber is an ideal candidate to lead if the company can sort out its technical and organizational challenges to the satisfaction of regulators. Whether that recovery involves new ownership remains to be seen.

The final takeaway highlights the impressive performance of yet another market player which has been plying the path of Level 2 autonomy: Cadillac and its Super Cruise. The Super Cruise system cleverly leverages a camera-based in-cabin driver monitoring system to scan the head and eyes of the driver to ensure attention is focused on the road in combination with a high-definition Lidar-scanned map of the roadway to offer what may be best described as enhanced cruise control.

Super Cruise was launched on the Cadillac CT6 more than six months ago and has been operating without a reported failure and without the creation of dozens of Youtube videos showing drivers sleeping, or with their feet out the window or in the backseat. By geo-fencing the feature (so that it is only available on 130,000 Lidar-scanned miles of controlled access highways) and monitoring the drivers, Cadillac has found a way to deliver an autopilot-like experience without ever claiming autopilot functionality. But it has done so safely without any reported crashes, injuries or fatalities.

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This is from Apr-2018 but it perfectly sums up why Super Cruise and SEE is the way forward on the road to Auto-driving -

And Then There were Two - Waymo and Cruise

by Roger Lanctot | Apr 09, 2018

If there was a central takeaway to Nvidia's GTC event last week in San Jose it was this: autonomous vehicles are already operating or at least testing in virtual every corner of the planet including companies such as Tier IV and ZMP in Japan, and Pony.ai and Baidu in China. But two U.S. companies standout globally for the growing number of vehicles they have successfully and safely put into public road operation: Waymo and Cruise.

In the wake of Uber's fatal crash in Tempe one has to ask whether or how Uber can regain its public road testing privileges in Arizona and California and how Uber obtained those rights in the first place. And if an operator like Uber with estimable experts on board can, nevertheless, fail to deliver a safely operating system, what are the terms and conditions of certification or recertification for on-road testing.

Even taking into account the fact that the fatal Uber crash, according to a layman's assessment of the publicly released dashcam and in-car video, appears to be a basic comprehensive failure of the self-driving system, how does Uber and the relevant public authorities hit the reset button? Will self-driving car failures be a one-and-done proposition? Do we want Uber banned from future self driving car tests and operations?

It's clear that automating the driving process is no simple proposition and that solving this challenge requires extensive testing and - as was discussed at the Nvidia event - extensive simulation and modeling. The best way to accelerate the process is to increase the number of vehicles on the road to expand the data collection pipeline.

Residents of Tempe, Ariz. and San Francisco can attest to the frequent sightings of self-driving vehicles as testament to the fact that fleets of vehicles are essential to mastering self-driving operation. As such, Uber represents an ideal self-driving car development platform - especially since it is capable of combining data gathering with the provision of taxi services. Lyft, too, is seeking to act as a platform for multiple self-driving car development partners.

Companies such as Mapper.ai, for example, have sought to leverage the daily driving behavior of Uber drivers for map data gathering via aftermarket devices installed in their vehicles. Virtually every fleet operator in the world - from rental cars and taxis to delivery companies - is being sought out by mapping companies, traffic information companies and self-driving vehicle developers for the data gathering properties of their fleets.

terrym

I'm downgrading my expectations. SEE need to deliver so there's a wall of 'worry' to climb to reclaim investor trust which I do believe they will. This is why I believe the current valuation of SEE allows margin for error with risk to the upside...It's all about execution, time and patience from here-on in

Thanks for your efforts on that Phoebus and to others on the board...this is it so strap in for the ride and don't overexpose yourself just in case they hit a duster as this is still EXPLORATION

I'd be happy with 10p. I'm holding 475k in an ISA so that would be magical and tax free

If we can see the potential stretching into the future then a suitor will be able to see it as well and one would think an early bid before our valuation starts to price in commercialisation of DMS would seem sensible.

The GM agreement affirms the validity and working usability of SEE DMS technology. It is now in use. There's no better validation than that

I believe one of the reasons for the raise was to counteract an early approach and prevent a low-ball approach ie a company with blue-chip agreements but needing cash would be a sitting duck

Buy at these prices and hold until the inevitable

Great find terrym - more to come it seems by the sound of it

it seems GM wants to make Super Cruise open to the public and is slowly but surely becoming 'mainstream'...

I wonder if GM's aware of potential DMS legislation from NHTSA. Do GM have the inside track with the NHTSA? GM were partially owned by the US government when they propped them up back in 2009-2013 so the US govt is conscious of its national importance. I'm betting Super Cruise is being seen as the way forward for eventual Auto-Driving...If i'm wrong then..oops

'Performance and dynamics, however, aren’t the only notables for the CT4-V and CT5-V as both with be available with Cadillac’s geo-fenced “Super Cruise” advanced driver-assistance system. This marks the first time the technology has trickled down to other Cadillacs after debuting on the CT6. Super Cruise, like Tesla’s Autopilot, is an L2 automated system, meaning it can handle basic tasks while the driver still maintains focus on the road. Essentially, Super Cruise is there to help when the driver is fatigued or distracted. Cadillac, however, maintains that “Even while using the Super Cruise driver assistance feature, always pay attention while driving and do not use a hand-held device.”

Speaking at the launch of the CT4-V and CT5-V, Mark Reuss, General Motors’ president, said, “The new lineup expands the V-Series ethos, drawing more customers into the Cadillac Performance family, and the newest Vs are focused on elevated athleticism and luxurious refinement for customers wanting a dynamic daily drive. And this is only the beginning of the V family. Cadillac’s passion for performance shines on a racetrack. Stay tuned.”

By Dominic Lawson - 31 May 2019

https://globalrestructuringreview.com/article/1193606/australian-oil-company-wound-up-after-stay-request-denied

A US creditor of Australian oil and gas company Paltar Petroleum has won its bid to have it wound up, after administrators appointed only two weeks before the hearing failed to get an adjournment.

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So they're out of the equation.

Mather's done great things here. That goes without saying. He's created a lot of capital wealth for many shareholders and for that he must be congratulated but I implore him to appreciate the risks of operating in a country like Ecuador (though I suspect he's aware of the risks) anyway) but more importantly the capital risk of taking this to production

Sell the company to the big boys who know how to operate in these high risk regions.

More to come -

'The GM Authority Take

It might not look that way right now, but Cadillac has adopted an extremely smart and competitive strategy. What it’s doing is creating two separate levels of performance cars.

The new V-Series cars, including the CT4-V and CT5-V, are essentially the mid-level V-Sport variants meant to appease to a wide range of buyers. They are meant to solve a competitive disadvantage that Cadillac had for roughly the past decade – the lack of accessible sporty-oriented models that German competitors have identified and are owning outright.

One step above those will be the “real” performance offerings, with gobs of power, more aggressive looks, fat tires, and all the necessary chassis and cooling hardware to be driven hard. These have yet to be announced. In fact, they might not carry the V badge whatsoever.

Ultimately, we believe that the strategy will result in higher interest across the entire model range, turning into higher sales volume and profits for Cadillac. And that’s vital in today’s crossover-heavy market.
More Details To Come

Cadillac’s press release from today’s event tells us that “additional product information, as well as details on additional V-Series variants will be announced at a later date.” We’re waiting with bated breath.'

http://gmauthority.com/blog/2019/05/fear-not-more-powerful-cadillac-v-series-cars-on-the-way/

Was 7 v 1 now 6 v 2

We have a seller, obviously

does anyone find it odd that the FOG placing coincided with the conclusion of the court case regarding Petrohunter and the lifting of the embargo regarding the release of the FOG stock certificate to the trustee? I think it's my overactive imagination though..the alignment leaves me searching for an explanation, in vain..

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Paul Kirby: Member for Port Darwin
Yesterday at 00:26 ·
It's been a pleasure leading a Territory Delegation to the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) conference in Brisbane this week.

We attended the conference to promote the Northern Territory as a gas supply and service hub, particularly for offshore and onshore exploration and developments.

Creating Territory jobs was well and truly on the agenda and we met with many companies to explore how we can create more local jobs on the ground.

get their arse in gear regarding their solution to the Iclaprim conundrum.

I suspect there's a lot of money on the sidelines waiting to see what the FDA proposals may be regarding the next route to marketing approval. If it's something administrative or the mere inclusion of data already gathered regarding liver toxicity (or a danger of it) then the price should surely rocket?

It surely cannot be another clinical trial can it? What would that prove? We already know Iclaprim doesn't represent a threat to the liver. What more do the FDA want ffs, blood?