Assuming you arent using DAB (which I doubt it as america is always 5 years behind europe on everything like this, hell you've only just discovered text messages, and PAYG isn't exactly hot over there, and you actually pay to *receive* phone calls) you're talking about RDS, it's not used by many stations in the UK, except for broadcasting the station name, and switching stations looking for traffic reports. There's capability to do a lot more though, including only selecting stations of a certain genre.
We've had this for ages in the UK, dial 2580 (straight down the middle) and you get a text with the name of the song.
What would be good is if for the same cost would be adding it to an itunes-a-like service and have your PC download it automatiicaly, with the cost billed to your phone.
Re:And here's the US government's response...
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OK I've got that morbid curiosity, but also value my job and respect here at work. Can anyone say what's so bad about a page on a.GOV website?
Anyone else annoyed at the increasing number of plagerised register articles are cropping up on slashdot. Shouldn't the editors check things like this? Mind you they dont check spelling, or links...
I do have a TV License (be a bit hypocritical if I didn't, working at the BBC and all), but they still send me letters complaining. They have no right to enter your property without a search warrent and police officers, or your permission.
With Virgin its only the very old trains (London - Holyhead, some London - Liverpool) that dont have power sockets. There's only one socket for every two seats though.
Of course if you're frequently on a long train journey, get a 2.5kg (5lb) 20Ah motorbike battery and charger and a 12V-16V DCDC converter.
It's such an unusual thing for those of use that travel in civilised surroundings aren't expecting such archaic relics from the past and sit there without realising its the torture coach. I pity the conductor who has to work in the smoking area though, I thought there were laws against that.
Still, in future I wont bother with SWT unless theres no choice, thank god for competition!
I never have a problem with virgin, and they have at-seat power. Wish FGW had that for my 5 hour trip to penzance tonight.
Went on SWT last weekend though, its was ridiculous. My reserved seat's coach was missing, the train was overcrowded, but I managed to get a seat. 10 minutes into the journey (settled down watching a DS9 episode) the guy next to me lights a fag. Just about to complain and then I notice theres no non-smoking signs. South West Trains are so barbaric they actually have smoking carriages!
Virgin are the best company I use, FGW are fine, shame theres no power sockets.
Nothing wrong with the broadcaster sayign "hey, dont record this". There is nothing wrong with recording things (set in law since the time shift case) There is something wrong with them telling you you cant modify your own equipment to ignore their request.
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Of course thats what They want you to believe, They even made an episode of SG1 where there was a TV show about SG1. The truth is that the Stargate is real, it's pure brilliance not only to haev a TV show to point to and say "thats where all the conspiracy nuts got their idea from", but also document the real Stargate so accuracy there's a TV series about it!
If we didn't have weapons in space
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How would we defend against the Gouald? The Asguard weren't arround last time they attacked, and the only help we got from the rebel Jaffa was Bra'tac. The Tok'ra were naturally ignoring us, if it wasnt for the F302 and X303 (And a little help from O'Neill) we'd have been deadified. The no weapons in space or Antarctica agreements work against the whole world.
Of course the fact it isn't a joke, which everyone would assume gievn the date, *is* the joke. Strangely the Evening Standard's first edition (well the edition that was on desks at 11AM) has "Google launches email war" as the front page headline. This is London's Evening paper.
At least fuel prices in the UK reflect some of the costs of transportation
Total raised from UK drivers: 33bn Total spent on UK Roads: 5bn Total spent on UK Public Transport subsidies: 5bn Surplus: 23bn
Sure does cover the cost, and then a lot more. Did you know that modern cars in London actually clean the air they pass through?
How do you calculate the cost of environmental transformation wrought by a road through a jungle that brings people and ecological change... or devestation?
Ahh, the famous jungles of Europe? Go 100km above the Amazon rainforest, you'll see massive deforestation due to people burning trees for grazing stock, but you wont spot any roads. At 100km a 6 lane highway takes up 0.02 degrees of view, equivelent to the a 21"TV from a mile away.
How do you calculate the cost of road deaths?
Same way you calculate the cost of any other deaths. How do you calculate the improovment of quality of life that comes from cultural exchange, not to mention lives saved. Without transporting goods you wouldn't have your computer, or a light bulb. Without freedom of movement of people you wouldn't get technological advances.
How do you calculate the cost of deaths in the 19th century attributed to Horse manure? It's about the same as road deaths now.
How do you calculate the cost of maintaining an American military empire designed to ensure reliable fuel supplies?
By looking at the budget. Somewhere in the region of $300bn? OF course you could argue that America keeps many countries in worse situation then they should be in, but I wonder how Saudi Arabia would cope if its single natural resource was suddenly not needed anymore?
The thrill of physical movement through space blinds us to its costs, and the governments know how we love movement and will spend millions on the technologies of physical movement, no matter where the resources and value must be extracted from to support it.
A common flaw in thinking of the armchair moaner. Governments don't have any money to spend. We elect a government to decide how to spend our money on large tasks. We (every person in the free world) spend money on transport.
Now you wont get any argument from me that moving objects has a cost. IT also has a benefit. Now does that benefit outweigh the cost? In some circumstances it doesn't, but overall it does.
Now I agree that Mary Soccer Mom in her 5mpg SUV is wasting energy, and I agree there are more efficent means of transport, however the benefits of transport remain the same, culturally, scientifically, economically. The world is a diverse place, some areas have an abundance of one good, some have a lack of that good. The solution? Trade. Trade involves transport. There are not enough people living within walking distance to make things like hospitals worthwhile, therefore people must transport there.
Should cars be stopped? Perhaps, not until there is a replacement system for them though. A System like Cardiff's Ultra, which easily intergrates with long distance high speed transport, and fuel cell cars, means that most of our transport moves to be powered electricity. This electricity can be generated from a clean source. Of course cars have been getting cleaner and more efficent since their creation, LPG is making inroads, and new technologies are coming out.
But you don't just have a (justifiable, albeit over reactive) anti-car view. You are against transport in general.
You have to think a little more deeply than people are accustomed to thinking.
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Assuming you arent using DAB (which I doubt it as america is always 5 years behind europe on everything like this, hell you've only just discovered text messages, and PAYG isn't exactly hot over there, and you actually pay to *receive* phone calls) you're talking about RDS, it's not used by many stations in the UK, except for broadcasting the station name, and switching stations looking for traffic reports. There's capability to do a lot more though, including only selecting stations of a certain genre.
We've had this for ages in the UK, dial 2580 (straight down the middle) and you get a text with the name of the song.
What would be good is if for the same cost would be adding it to an itunes-a-like service and have your PC download it automatiicaly, with the cost billed to your phone.
OK I've got that morbid curiosity, but also value my job and respect here at work. Can anyone say what's so bad about a page on a .GOV website?
Deleting spam
Don't even ask about how happy my girlfriend is
I'm sure your hand will survive, and may even be more useful with the added exercise of pulling pints.
Anyone else annoyed at the increasing number of plagerised register articles are cropping up on slashdot. Shouldn't the editors check things like this? Mind you they dont check spelling, or links...
I do have a TV License (be a bit hypocritical if I didn't, working at the BBC and all), but they still send me letters complaining. They have no right to enter your property without a search warrent and police officers, or your permission.
This train was so packed that at one point there was no room to *stand* except in the smoking area!
With Virgin its only the very old trains (London - Holyhead, some London - Liverpool) that dont have power sockets. There's only one socket for every two seats though.
Of course if you're frequently on a long train journey, get a 2.5kg (5lb) 20Ah motorbike battery and charger and a 12V-16V DCDC converter.
It's such an unusual thing for those of use that travel in civilised surroundings aren't expecting such archaic relics from the past and sit there without realising its the torture coach. I pity the conductor who has to work in the smoking area though, I thought there were laws against that.
Still, in future I wont bother with SWT unless theres no choice, thank god for competition!
Not in this country. You'll get a good half hour at one WAP when waiting at a broken signal.
I never have a problem with virgin, and they have at-seat power. Wish FGW had that for my 5 hour trip to penzance tonight.
Went on SWT last weekend though, its was ridiculous. My reserved seat's coach was missing, the train was overcrowded, but I managed to get a seat. 10 minutes into the journey (settled down watching a DS9 episode) the guy next to me lights a fag. Just about to complain and then I notice theres no non-smoking signs. South West Trains are so barbaric they actually have smoking carriages!
Virgin are the best company I use, FGW are fine, shame theres no power sockets.
I mean, if politicians think it's such a boon for the economy... ... Why don't we outsource politicians?
Nothing wrong with the broadcaster sayign "hey, dont record this". There is nothing wrong with recording things (set in law since the time shift case) There is something wrong with them telling you you cant modify your own equipment to ignore their request.
Perhaps her wrist died completely and she can't pick up the phone?
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A 1.5V battery? About 20W.
Of course thats what They want you to believe, They even made an episode of SG1 where there was a TV show about SG1. The truth is that the Stargate is real, it's pure brilliance not only to haev a TV show to point to and say "thats where all the conspiracy nuts got their idea from", but also document the real Stargate so accuracy there's a TV series about it!
How would we defend against the Gouald? The Asguard weren't arround last time they attacked, and the only help we got from the rebel Jaffa was Bra'tac. The Tok'ra were naturally ignoring us, if it wasnt for the F302 and X303 (And a little help from O'Neill) we'd have been deadified. The no weapons in space or Antarctica agreements work against the whole world.
This aint a joke
I like the fact that one of our railways cost more than a trip to the moon.
And takes just as long too
works fine in firebird 0.7
Anyone else waiting for the big news corps covering google's entertainment magazine - G-Spot?
Of course the fact it isn't a joke, which everyone would assume gievn the date, *is* the joke. Strangely the Evening Standard's first edition (well the edition that was on desks at 11AM) has "Google launches email war" as the front page headline. This is London's Evening paper.
You may complain about that, but most people still hold TOS: Ballance of Terror in high regard, that had a similar plot
At least fuel prices in the UK reflect some of the costs of transportation
Total raised from UK drivers: 33bn
Total spent on UK Roads: 5bn
Total spent on UK Public Transport subsidies: 5bn
Surplus: 23bn
Sure does cover the cost, and then a lot more. Did you know that modern cars in London actually clean the air they pass through?
How do you calculate the cost of environmental transformation wrought by a road through a jungle that brings people and ecological change... or devestation?
Ahh, the famous jungles of Europe? Go 100km above the Amazon rainforest, you'll see massive deforestation due to people burning trees for grazing stock, but you wont spot any roads. At 100km a 6 lane highway takes up 0.02 degrees of view, equivelent to the a 21"TV from a mile away.
How do you calculate the cost of road deaths?
Same way you calculate the cost of any other deaths. How do you calculate the improovment of quality of life that comes from cultural exchange, not to mention lives saved. Without transporting goods you wouldn't have your computer, or a light bulb. Without freedom of movement of people you wouldn't get technological advances.
How do you calculate the cost of deaths in the 19th century attributed to Horse manure? It's about the same as road deaths now.
How do you calculate the cost of maintaining an American military empire designed to ensure reliable fuel supplies?
By looking at the budget. Somewhere in the region of $300bn? OF course you could argue that America keeps many countries in worse situation then they should be in, but I wonder how Saudi Arabia would cope if its single natural resource was suddenly not needed anymore?
The thrill of physical movement through space blinds us to its costs, and the governments know how we love movement and will spend millions on the technologies of physical movement, no matter where the resources and value must be extracted from to support it.
A common flaw in thinking of the armchair moaner. Governments don't have any money to spend. We elect a government to decide how to spend our money on large tasks. We (every person in the free world) spend money on transport.
Now you wont get any argument from me that moving objects has a cost. IT also has a benefit. Now does that benefit outweigh the cost? In some circumstances it doesn't, but overall it does.
Now I agree that Mary Soccer Mom in her 5mpg SUV is wasting energy, and I agree there are more efficent means of transport, however the benefits of transport remain the same, culturally, scientifically, economically. The world is a diverse place, some areas have an abundance of one good, some have a lack of that good. The solution? Trade. Trade involves transport. There are not enough people living within walking distance to make things like hospitals worthwhile, therefore people must transport there.
Should cars be stopped? Perhaps, not until there is a replacement system for them though. A System like Cardiff's Ultra, which easily intergrates with long distance high speed transport, and fuel cell cars, means that most of our transport moves to be powered electricity. This electricity can be generated from a clean source. Of course cars have been getting cleaner and more efficent since their creation, LPG is making inroads, and new technologies are coming out.
But you don't just have a (justifiable, albeit over reactive) anti-car view. You are against transport in general.
You have to think a little more deeply than people are accustomed to thinking.
You have to think a little more realistically.