tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post637859947196774272..comments2023-09-26T02:09:58.787+10:00Comments on diogenesian discourse: Towards more intelligent design #72316Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-78427796502362830972012-03-08T00:32:38.048+11:002012-03-08T00:32:38.048+11:00@lemmiwinnks: "there's nothing as preciou...@lemmiwinnks: "there's nothing as precious as a hole in the ground"<br /><br />@AndrewM. Profits before jobs. Money before people. Come the revolution...The Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03884172849865230486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-67394701513194136722012-03-07T16:06:55.211+11:002012-03-07T16:06:55.211+11:00An article in today's 'The Australian'...An article in today's 'The Australian' says that Rio Tinto has been trialling 5 fully automated truck bots for the last 3 years, and is now planning to purchase 150 of the machines (at $6,000,000+ each). That's at least 150 semi-skilled driver jobs taken out of the market.<br /><br />Apparently it costs $1,000,000 p.a. per driver (at $120,000 p.a. salary) to staff these enormous gadgets 24/7, so Rio Tinto will get its money back in 6 years.AndrewMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09851337124321550115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-38461075593277188622012-03-05T11:24:41.399+11:002012-03-05T11:24:41.399+11:00What I thought was wrong with it was the enormous ...What I thought was wrong with it was the enormous fucking hole in the ground :-(lemmiwinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12897071451229534159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-44991298585356945972012-03-05T08:46:11.140+11:002012-03-05T08:46:11.140+11:00Haulpak is a maintenance company for electric moto...Haulpak is a maintenance company for electric motors in heavy industry; the trucks in the image are probably diesel-electric Komatsus. I don't think it matters which side the laden trucks are on if the bench is wide enough, because the trucks weigh somewhere between 100 tonnes and 500 tonnes unladen. If the bench is going to collapse the truck alone would be sufficient to trigger that. <br /><br />What's wrong with the picture is that we've got 3 full trucks going up and only 1 empty one coming down - there's a problem loading the train. The Logistics Manager is about to have a 'paddy'.AndrewMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09851337124321550115noreply@blogger.com