Because they are so up their own arse that they think the derisory nicknames given to these monstrosities of glass and steel, such as Gherkin, Shard, Walkie Talkie, etc., are actually affectionate and we want London to look like Dubai, seeing as most of the prime estate is owned by sheiks.
So far this bullshit hasn't spread across the pond, but they're trying and what is worse, US councilmen are wowed by the opportunity to have a new building designed by dickheads such as Lord Foster (knighted for services to big business alongside desecration of skyline) that it is only a matter of time.
One thing I've noticed is people seem to have a pathological fear of the Delete key. Some cascade fuck of an email appears in your inbox and *every single* one line comment has all the headers before it and the corporate bullshit boilerplate under it (plus, this being Outlook, it's in *fucking reverse order*).
And don't get me started on the "+ " bollocks. We have collaborative software for that. Bloody use it.
I remember one of those traffic cop shows where they were really sarcastic to a woman they pulled over: "Is 36 feet of road not wide enough for you that you have to drive in the middle of it?" (This doesn't include the extra 12 feet of hard shoulder)
There are far more manual cars than automatics in EU. However, I have experienced the "engage brakes before you can engage Drive" when I had to drive an automatic loaner (all that was left). It was number 6 on the list of why I dislike them, with far more irritating reasons getting higher billing.
The thing about limiters is that they are installed into vehicles that also have lane restrictions - lorries can only enter lane 2 for overtaking - which aids safety as those vehicles are usually in one lane for nearly all the journey. Cars have no such restriction. There's little enough indication from cars changing lanes right now. There'll be even less when done dipstick realises "Oh, it won't go any faster" and swerves into a slower lane.
"UK law now states you cannot sit in a middle lane if there's a gap in the slow one"
It has always stated that (Highway Code even says "Do not cruise in the middle lane", where "Do not" means doing so is illegal), because we drive on the leftmost part of the road, not just the left. It's only recently that there is more enforcement of it.
"Go back to putting appropriately sized engines and gear ratios in cars and they will be able to accelerate quickly, get good fuel economy, and limit their top speed to about 1.25 times the maximum speed limit allowed."
We never stopped. My heap of shit* 9 year old 1.6l Vauxhall can do quite a bit more than 87.5mph without trying too hard.
* "Heap of shit" is in comparison to most other cars in UK. However, it has far better fuel economy than any solely petrol powered mass produced car in the States. Compared to those it's amazing.
The south of England, particularly the Weald and south coast from Dover to Selsey, was under the sea until the Cenozoic era, hence the chalk downs and cliffs made of crushed fossilised prehistoric sea shells. To say there must have been a few of them is an understatement; Beachy Head is 513ft high. And that's after tens of millions of years of erosion.
This. The rates for NGN are posted on BT's website, so there is no legal requirement for you to declare it. If you want to know how much it costs go look it up.
Every talent show *does* declare, however, with a "Calls from mobiles may cost *considerably* more". They can't say how much because they don't know. I'm pretty sure that 0800 (free) numbers still attract a premium charge from shit carriers as well.
Exactly. For instance, you declare yourself a member of the Church of Caruso. A tenet is that you wear sunglasses (type is not important, so go nuts with the design if you want). This isn't allowed in ID photographs as it obscures your eyes. Yet a burka / turban / etc is allowed which obscures your hair, an arguably larger and more noticeable feature.
In UK a leaky seal means it won't pass MOT. If it is being sold with an allegedly current MOT then the dealer gets prosecuted for fraud (amongst other things) as it is reasonable to expect that a car that passes doesn't develop a failing fault while sitting on a forecourt. The whole "no liability once it is driven off the forecourt" is a myth.
The shitheaps that get tricked out by Xhibit (for example) wouldn't be allowed on the road here. Even a cracked windscreen gets you pulled over, let alone missing bodywork.
I live in Brighton, UK. According to that description it's Burning Man all year round, the exceptions being we *are* on the grid and there's a lot more than 50,000 of us...
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There aren't many planets made of rock, and we know more about them than the one we live on.
I recommend Sudafed
It does happen on a daily basis, therefore it isn't news except if it involves people (but not poor ones) in your country. Then it is the only news.
For the same reason US copyright law is deemed enforceable everywhere else on the planet: fuck you, that's why.
Because they are so up their own arse that they think the derisory nicknames given to these monstrosities of glass and steel, such as Gherkin, Shard, Walkie Talkie, etc., are actually affectionate and we want London to look like Dubai, seeing as most of the prime estate is owned by sheiks.
So far this bullshit hasn't spread across the pond, but they're trying and what is worse, US councilmen are wowed by the opportunity to have a new building designed by dickheads such as Lord Foster (knighted for services to big business alongside desecration of skyline) that it is only a matter of time.
One thing I've noticed is people seem to have a pathological fear of the Delete key. Some cascade fuck of an email appears in your inbox and *every single* one line comment has all the headers before it and the corporate bullshit boilerplate under it (plus, this being Outlook, it's in *fucking reverse order*).
And don't get me started on the "+ " bollocks. We have collaborative software for that. Bloody use it.
It's better to look competently uneducated or incompetently educated then? Double negatives never done helped no one, bub.
Jungle? That was the 90s. You should get off *my* lawn and take your hip hop with you.
Quote where I wrote anything about braking. Alternatively, go back to school for reading comprehension remedial classes.
I remember one of those traffic cop shows where they were really sarcastic to a woman they pulled over: "Is 36 feet of road not wide enough for you that you have to drive in the middle of it?" (This doesn't include the extra 12 feet of hard shoulder)
Been on the southern M25 recently? Travelling from Brighton to Ipswich is a cluster fuck of average speed limits.
There are far more manual cars than automatics in EU. However, I have experienced the "engage brakes before you can engage Drive" when I had to drive an automatic loaner (all that was left). It was number 6 on the list of why I dislike them, with far more irritating reasons getting higher billing.
The thing about limiters is that they are installed into vehicles that also have lane restrictions - lorries can only enter lane 2 for overtaking - which aids safety as those vehicles are usually in one lane for nearly all the journey. Cars have no such restriction. There's little enough indication from cars changing lanes right now. There'll be even less when done dipstick realises "Oh, it won't go any faster" and swerves into a slower lane.
"UK law now states you cannot sit in a middle lane if there's a gap in the slow one"
It has always stated that (Highway Code even says "Do not cruise in the middle lane", where "Do not" means doing so is illegal), because we drive on the leftmost part of the road, not just the left. It's only recently that there is more enforcement of it.
If you crash at 70mph you're just as likely to be dead as crashing at 80mph making whether you were speeding irrelevant.
"Go back to putting appropriately sized engines and gear ratios in cars and they will be able to accelerate quickly, get good fuel economy, and limit their top speed to about 1.25 times the maximum speed limit allowed."
We never stopped. My heap of shit* 9 year old 1.6l Vauxhall can do quite a bit more than 87.5mph without trying too hard.
* "Heap of shit" is in comparison to most other cars in UK. However, it has far better fuel economy than any solely petrol powered mass produced car in the States. Compared to those it's amazing.
Neither are barleycorns but that doesn't stop shoes from being sized using them.
From TFA: "... the service that he received his data from, NextBus, already had a license to use those patents"
This is the bullshit part. He is using a data service, not getting the data direct. As such, the patent doesn't apply to him. Fucking trolls.
The south of England, particularly the Weald and south coast from Dover to Selsey, was under the sea until the Cenozoic era, hence the chalk downs and cliffs made of crushed fossilised prehistoric sea shells. To say there must have been a few of them is an understatement; Beachy Head is 513ft high. And that's after tens of millions of years of erosion.
This. The rates for NGN are posted on BT's website, so there is no legal requirement for you to declare it. If you want to know how much it costs go look it up.
Every talent show *does* declare, however, with a "Calls from mobiles may cost *considerably* more". They can't say how much because they don't know. I'm pretty sure that 0800 (free) numbers still attract a premium charge from shit carriers as well.
"I prefer to keep my hat on as taking it off will imperil my soul"
If anyone truly believes that then *they* are the ones who need psychological testing.
Exactly. For instance, you declare yourself a member of the Church of Caruso. A tenet is that you wear sunglasses (type is not important, so go nuts with the design if you want). This isn't allowed in ID photographs as it obscures your eyes. Yet a burka / turban / etc is allowed which obscures your hair, an arguably larger and more noticeable feature.
In UK a leaky seal means it won't pass MOT. If it is being sold with an allegedly current MOT then the dealer gets prosecuted for fraud (amongst other things) as it is reasonable to expect that a car that passes doesn't develop a failing fault while sitting on a forecourt. The whole "no liability once it is driven off the forecourt" is a myth.
The shitheaps that get tricked out by Xhibit (for example) wouldn't be allowed on the road here. Even a cracked windscreen gets you pulled over, let alone missing bodywork.
I didn't think that Accords were that spacious, yet according to the carol we're only allowed one...
I live in Brighton, UK. According to that description it's Burning Man all year round, the exceptions being we *are* on the grid and there's a lot more than 50,000 of us...