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Sicilian Suspension Bridge to Go Ahead
SpanningTheGap writes "According to the BBC, Italy plans on building a suspension bridge connecting the Italian mainland with the island of Sicily. The bridge will be five kilometers long and its central span will be over three kilometers long, easily breaking the old record length for a suspension bridge. The artist's conception image of the monster is a sight to see. Another article with more info can be found here." There's a website with assorted technical info about the design.
Yes, but will it make forwarding decisions based on MAC addresses?
The United States has come to a standstill waiting for the country's next action in the World Cup, which I believe is at 2:30 a.m. Sunday in Bangladesh. Or something like that.
The World Cup might not get big television ratings among human beings in this country, but roosters and werewolves are crazy about it.
I have come to accept that soccer is probably here to stay, although I occasionally have a dream where a man in a dark suit takes airplanes full of soccer balls and drops them into the Pacific Ocean.
Since the United States is one of 32 teams in the World Cup, I figure we might as well win the thing.
But pardon me if I'm not all worked up over our 3-2 win over Portugal, a small western European country of just more than 10 million people that is famous for its wine and its fishing ports.
The U.S. victory has brought soccer enthusiasts out of the woodwork. I have been bombarded with e-mails and phone calls proclaiming the U.S. upset of Portugal as the greatest accomplishment for soccer in America since Brandi Chastain took off her shirt in celebration of the U.S. women winning the World Cup in 1999.
People ask me questions about my distaste for soccer all the time. Let me try to explain:
Bob, you didn't play soccer when you were a kid, did you?
No, I played football, basketball and baseball all hours of the day. A bunch of us would meet at the elementary school and get up a game of something. Soccer was never an option. I'm not sure any of us heard of soccer in those days.
So, you have no understanding of the sport?
That is an understatement. When I watch soccer, all I see is a bunch of people at midfield, kicking the ball around without any intention of moving it toward a goal. That's all I see. I'm not seeing the nuances, but I'm not really convinced there are any.
You're such a big baseball fan. You realize that there is nothing more boring than a low-scoring baseball game?
I disagree. Low-scoring baseball games can be fascinating. But if every baseball game was low-scoring, as every soccer game is, then baseball would suffer tremendously. This is America. We want things to move fast. We want action.
The problem with baseball is that there are too many high-scoring games. When all the games look the same, that's when you have trouble.
Your cavalier attitude rubs us the wrong way. Don't you realize that thousands of young people in this country play soccer?
Yes, I do. And I don't understand that, either, except that soccer is an inexpensive game. And it's over in 90 minutes. Soccer is probably a good sport for kids' cardiovascular health. I just can't believe they're having fun out there.
Don't you recognize that in the next 50 years soccer will become the most popular, and prevalent, sport in the United States?
Are you kidding? Soccer will always be what it is in America -- a fringe sport not taken seriously by the mainstream. Why? Because our sports plate is full with the big three, as well as hockey, golf, tennis and many other sports. Soccer will never be anything more than a side dish.
C'mon, Bob, won't you join us at a watch party for the next U.S. game?
Not unless hair overtakes my body and my teeth get sharp. If that happens, I'll be there. But I can't promise I'll be in a good mood.
How the hell a post that repulsive got modded up is a mystery. Oh, wait, this is slashdot. Mystery solved.
You're not allowed to mention the negative effects of Terrorism, unless it is to point out how it's all America's fault and that the US are the real terrorists.
So, just HINTING that perhaps Al Qaeda would like to drop a plane on the bridge as part of their global killing spree religion, would guarantee downwards moderation.
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The Scottish national football team is crap. Well, that and they hate the English, but mostly because their team blows.
But obviously they never learnED to spell!
Are you dyslexic? What about any other form of psychological impotence?
if i had mod points i would rate this like +8000
There's really nothing to admire.
They might call it a privilege, but it is pretty much treated as a right. It is VERY easy to obtain a driver's license in the US, especially when an irresponsible 16 year old can get a license, or a blind 70 year old can.
Also, many people drive unlicensed, and serious moving violations don't do much to keep people off roads (i.e. repeat drunk drivers)
I realize many 16 year olds are responsible, but I was once a crazy 16 year old who would frequently try to find out what the governor was set to on every car his family owned, and have racked up about $1000 worth of tickets in the past 4 years of driving (but no accidents!).
What?
if it's not scottish it's CRAAAAAAAAAAP!!!!
One thing I noticed about American roads (I am from Canada) is that the police enforcement of speed limits is much more thorough than North of the border. Does it span a similar spectrum as the driving skill? Typically on Canadian highways that I have driven on you drive 20-40% above the speed limit as a rule.
The one time I was in Toronto, I noticed that people drove a lot closer to the speed limits than they do 'back home'. Of course, my 'back home' is Alabama, where half the population thinks theit job in a car is to emulate Dale Earnhardt. The enforcement of speed limits here is basically random.
Other states in the US seem to have drivers that stick closer to the limits, and I assumed that probably drivers would have been different in other provinces in Canada as well... wherabouts are you?
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"Each weekday 30,000 cars cross Lake Pontchartrain on the longest over-water bridge in the world, The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway."
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(In Napoli where love is king
When boy meets girl here's what they say)
When the moon hits you eye like a big pizza pie
That's amore
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine
That's amore
Bells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling
And you'll sing "Vita bella"
Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay
Like a gay tarantella
When the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool
That's amore
When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet
You're in love
When you walk down in a dream but you know you're not
Dreaming signore
Scuzza me, but you see, back in old Napoli
That's amore
(When the moon hits you eye like a big pizza pie
That's amore
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine
That's amore
Bells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling
And you'll sing "Vita bella"
Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay
Like a gay tarantella
When the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool)
That's amore
(When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet
You're in love
When you walk down in a dream but you know you're not
Dreaming signore
Scuzza me, but you see, back in old Napoli)
That's amore
Lucky fella
When the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool)
That's amore
(When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet
You're in love
When you walk down in a dream but you know you're not
Dreaming signore
Scuzza me, but you see, back in old Napoli)
That's amore, (amore)
That's amore