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Control Lightshow Over Dublin Sky From A Webpage
nev4 writes "Ireland is celebrating their EU presidency for 2004 with an interactive lightshow over Dublin. The project, Vectorial Elevation, allows people to control the 22 searchlights (154,000 watts, can be seen for a 15km radius) shining over Dublin by submitting a design on the project's website. The designs are queued and a new design is displayed every 14 seconds from dusk to dawn (GMT +1). You can see an aerial view of the city and the current design via live webcam or browse snapshots of previous designs. The tool for submitting deisgns also contains a 3D model of the city that you can pan around or "walk-through". Once you submit your design, you can opt to receive an e-mail when it is being displayed; when I submitted mine there was no one in the queue, so it was displayed immediately."
hot irish girls
It is true that some Irish girls are totally hot. They are also very free-willed and strong headed, and are likely to tell someone such as yourself to get stuffed, only in more colourful language.
It's not a permanent fixture, you anus. Let people have some fun.
Yes there would... ...but it might have been even less democratic.
And founded a bit earlier, say, 1939-42 ish
why?
I expect because he is a Brit.
You wouldn't believe how biased the press in the UK is with regards to anything European. It really is sad. Most of the British do not have access to impartial information about Europe. And it's not just the "red-top" newspapers, it's so called "quality" papers such as The Times and The Telegraph. They only ever print negative stories about anything European, and some things are so distorted that they amount to lies and propoganda.
I find it a real shame because I genuinely used to believe that Britain jouralists had a strong sense of integrity and impartiality. Not any more.
(I'm British too but I travel a lot in Europe and my business involves trade between different EU countries.)
> Let me guess - you're British!
I'm Irish actually.
If you're going to chuck a country out of the EU for blocking European 'progress', then where will it end? I wouldn't be surprised if Britain isn't the only big country to say 'No'. The French only voted 50.5 to 49.5 for the Euro currency.
The EU is incredibly currupt, financially and morally. They should get their house in order, and prove they deserve our respect before making the EU anything other than a trade bloc.
Europeans everywhere - read the small print before voting.
Also, even Tony Blair will tell you a 'No' vote doesn't mean Britain would have the leave the EU. There are a few countries, such as Norway and Switzerland, who are in the free trade area, but they don't sign up to all the other nonsense.
Your phone number in lights over a major city. Even if some hot irish girls try to call you they won't be able to get through with all the pervs and crazies tying up the line.
On a less public spirited note, please give it a try and post some of the calls you get on here for our amusement.
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We spoke for about a half an hour. I don't recall a thing we said. - Colorblind James Experience
I have often suspected that British policy towards the EU is to try to very hard to get kicked out.
Personally I think the UK's relationship with the USA is at the heart of the UK's actions in the EU.
Some in the administration of the USA have said quite clearly that their policy towards the EU is one of divide and rule. We have seen this working quite clearly recently, when Blair put a lot of effort into developing a relationship with Spain and used that to divide Europe about the Iraq war.
The USA does not want a strong, united Europe. They like the fact that the UK is always half-in, half-out, because it means that Europe is less united an weaker. Quite what the UK gets out of it I don't know, but the relationship between the UK and USA has always been somewhat murkey, even to us Brits.