Brisbane POTN Coffee Club (3) - Everything From Shutters to Cuppas

DAdeGroot wrote in post #5091576
Ah, fair enough. I haven't done the public transport thing since about Sept. last year.

That was september that you finished up there last time? Wow, where has the time gone?

DAdeGroot wrote in post #5091576
Well the income will be nice - I'm hoping this counts as a "job" with the Mrs, since there was a deal when I got my redundancy that I could buy camera kit when I got the next job...

heh, yay for new gear

-spam- wrote in post #5091567
The Go Cards (smart cards)? They have introduced them, but they wont be replacing the paper tickets. They are still very much in use.

Cubic were wanting to get rid of paper tickets and force everyone to use their smart cards instead, until Translink told them a big, fat "no".

Personally... I'm yet to do the math that'll decide whether it is worth getting one.

-spam- wrote in post #5091587
That was september that you finished up there last time? Wow, where has the time gone?

Yep, 29th Sept. was my last day with Verizon Business. Tomorrow I start at Origin Energy.

heh, yay for new gear

Here's hoping...

lol, i just found out that the "elite" UQ doesnt let their kiddos use msn and a bunch of sites on their wireless

Carjo wrote in post #5091603
Cubic were wanting to get rid of paper tickets and force everyone to use their smart cards instead, until Translink told them a big, fat "no".

Personally... I'm yet to do the math that'll decide whether it is worth getting one.

I wont get one until they have a cheaper weekend rate. and a max cost per day that is the same as a daily ticket..

DAdeGroot wrote in post #5091608
Yep, 29th Sept. was my last day with Verizon Business. Tomorrow I start at Origin Energy.

Oh noes, Gregs competition

Mat Fitzsimmons wrote in post #5089401
Yeah

I kinda came to the conclusion that I'd wait till the end of the year and see what's around then. I'd want something primarily for movies, but Lucille (much better half) would also like to be able to slideshow photos on it too (I guess I'd build a little HTPC), and the brightness of the room is also a factor (LCDs are better in bright rooms). It all became a bit to much for me

I think I'll end up with a Kuro though.

Checked out the XBR in the store... that store didn't have the LX Kuro... The XBR is nice

Both have a little USB port which allows you to slide show piccies etc...

I think the place that we've just bought allows for a plasma OR a LCD... doesn't help my cause huh?

Meaty0 wrote in post #5089890
Nice shot there Helen. I went to that location and stood in that stuff you're standing on and slowly sank! It seems to be a cross between sand and mud. I'll call it "smud"

ROFL, yeah I was dancing at riverfire so not to sink.

Carjo wrote in post #5089648
I'd be in.

Speaking of which... I'll need to return that before I go down to Melbourne. I leave Thursday the 20th. If you're working Monday, I can arrange to meet you if we aren't having a PotN meetup.

If we are having a POTN meet. That would be easy, otherwise we will work something out - you are only across the road from me.

-spam- wrote in post #5089964
That is so not fair. Its even using the same connection as you guys. Damn third world uni

But you don't pay for internet??? You just get a quota which is based on how many credit points you are doing in a semester, then if you use all that quota then you can buy credit.

Carjo wrote in post #5090986
Any time after 4pm.
Has anyone suggested a venue yet?

Carjo wrote in post #5091040
We could start at Customs House/Riverside and then figure things out as we go?

Sweet so presuming I don't get shooter confirmation for a gig next Monday night, I can walk out of work at 4, go down the lane and start camera playing?

-spam- wrote in post #5091616
lol, i just found out that the "elite" UQ doesnt let their kiddos use msn and a bunch of sites on their wireless

And why would they ? You're at Uni to learn not bum around on MSN

What ? The new tickets cost more per trip ? WTF ?

Oh noes, Gregs competition

And Cyron's. 'tis only a contract position though. I always feel like a mercenary when taking contract work... oh well... Pillage THEN Burn

Hi all, went to the gardens today. Found a dragonfly and another 400D shooter. Told her about POTN so we might gain a new Brissie member.

No.1

Na, we don't have direct completion. We are the only distribution authority in SE Qld. The Origin's and AGL are retailers which we aren't any more. They have to use our wires and pay us for the privilege, called Network Access Costs.

-spam- wrote in post #5091616
I wont get one until they have a cheaper weekend rate. and a max cost per day that is the same as a daily ticket...

Here is how I imagine a daily go-card would work:

First trip of the day, you'd swipe on when you get on (in Zone 3 for example) and swipe off when you disembark (Zone 1) just like you normally would. The Daily fare for three zones would be deducted from the card, and the origin and destination zones would be noted on the card. After that point, as long as you're in those zones, it won't cost you any extra.

If in your travels you go outside those zones, say (for example) to zone 4, then the difference between what you have already paid and the new amount (for a 4-zone daily) would be subtracted from the card at the end of the journey.

If it were an off-peak daily card, then it would only allow you to use it during the times stated. Swiping on outside those times would mean that those red LEDs on the console would flash or whatever it does. I don't see how it would be much more complex than that.

Greg_C wrote in post #5091638
Hi all, went to the gardens today. Found a dragonfly and another 400D shooter. Told her about POTN so we might gain a new Brissie member.

No.1

Lovely shot Greg.

I need to get out and visit a few local parks around my work at lunchtime. Anyone know any good parks around Bowen Hills?

Greg_C wrote in post #5091638
Hi all, went to the gardens today. Found a dragonfly and another 400D shooter. Told her about POTN so we might gain a new Brissie member.

No.1

Oooh, nice. Orthetrum caledonicum ? (Although it doesn't seem to have yellowed wings)

HelenThura wrote in post #5091625
But you don't pay for internet??? You just get a quota which is based on how many credit points you are doing in a semester, then if you use all that quota then you can buy credit.

Well yeah. But you know me, im basically the student most likely to go over any quota or cap put in front of me

DAdeGroot wrote in post #5091636
What ? The new tickets cost more per trip ? WTF ?

Kind of.

Say you have an adult go card. A single trip for my place to the city would cost you $3.60 off the card. You can then get off the bus in the city and get on another one to take you where you need to go and as long as it is in the same zones and within like an hour or so from the first trip, it will cost you no more.

After work, you catch a bus back into the city. You scan the card and it takes another say, $3.60 off it (travelling from zone 4 to 1 again). Once you get into the city, you decide to go see a movie or do a bit of shopping. If that takes longer than three hours, you will get slugged another $3.60 to get home from there.

If you used a paper daily ticket, it would cost no more than $7.20 for all of the trips. Instead of $10.80 like the same scenario would cost with a go card.

Reading back over it, the times may not be quite right, but its all on the translink site.

Carjo wrote in post #5091653
Here is how I imagine a daily go-card would work:

First trip of the day, you'd swipe on when you get on (in Zone 3 for example) and swipe off when you disembark (Zone 1) just like you normally would. The Daily fare for three zones would be deducted from the card, and the origin and destination zones would be noted on the card. After that point, as long as you're in those zones, it won't cost you any extra.

If in your travels you go outside those zones, say (for example) to zone 4, then the difference between what you have already paid and the new amount (for a 4-zone daily) would be subtracted from the card at the end of the journey.

If it were an off-peak daily card, then it would only allow you to use it during the times stated. Swiping on outside those times would mean that those red LEDs on the console would flash or whatever it does. I don't see how it would be much more complex than that.

Ahh but that would be too smart. Although i agree, that is pretty much how it should work.

Also, i dont like the idea of travel on the weekends still costing the same as a normal daily trip. In a nutshell, its cheaper to buy a weekly paper ticket because that way you get free travel on the weekends.

AMD72 wrote in post #5091655
Lovely shot Greg.

I need to get out and visit a few local parks around my work at lunchtime. Anyone know any good parks around Bowen Hills?

Thanks

DAdeGroot wrote in post #5091667
Oooh, nice. Orthetrum caledonicum ? (Although it doesn't seem to have yellowed wings)

Thanks, actually think it's a Black-headed Skimmer Crocothemis nigrifrons

Another shot from Pullenvale. The model did this many times and I got several like this.