You're absolutely right, except the number of cyclists who break the laws vs motorists is really unbalanced. I live in Toronto and the number of times a cyclist doesn't stop at a stop sign, traffic light, or will dart amongst traffic, really is getting ridiculous.
France is changing the law with new signs that indicate when a cyclist can run a light - with caution (i.e. blinking yellow). http://www.bbc.com/news/magazi...
"It is important to note that the change only affects right turns or going straight on at a T-junction - in other words where the cyclist can hug the pavement. At a crossroads, even if there is no traffic, bikes will still have to wait for the green to go straight on."
I can't even count how many times a day a cyclist breaks a traffic law and almost ends up getting hit, in which case that would be entirely there fault! When cyclists start obeying the rules of the road, then we'll finally start seeing cyclist accidents fall.
Not when the driving factor for the increase in accidents is an overall increase in the number of cyclists, which is the actual reason if we ignore the sensationalist title of the summary.
"For example the Nordic countries (and Germany until recently) don't have a minimum wage. This allows the unions and employers and the market to set rates. This leads to very low unemployment. The Southern European countries all have high minum wages which causes high unemployment."
The difference being that the unions in said Nordic countries (and Germany until recently) are prolific, powerful and actually serve the people that they supposedly represent.
Is the anonymous reader just quoting a press release? It doesn't seem like there's much analysis or original thought in this "story."
I couldn't even get through the summary without choking on the Checkpoint marketing bullshit.
This might be a good product - might not. What I'm sure of is that it won't fix the underlying problems with the layers of ancient code that they're going to stack it on top of.
It's called 4G (or whatever G) and it's often already available where the cost of deploying fiber or even copper would be too high for the user density and economic means of the users (i.e. the mountains of Nepal, the plains of Africa, etc.).
It's not faster but it's better than what they would have without it (nothing).
Hold the fucking phone. They're seeking damages that won't financially ruin entire families, and whose effects won't be felt generations down the line?
What the fuck?
What the quick buck more likely. They no doubt figure it's easier (not to mention more realistic) to get 750 than 750,000.
Of course 750 for a single film is still ridiculous.
Well, generally it's a good thing that we have an independent judiciary. It ensures that they don't get caught up in the mob's favorite punching bag of the moment.
The problem here is that a judiciary is only supposed to hear cases of controversy: That means there has to be two sides, and the case can't go on if there's no one to prosecute.
In other words, if what they are saying is true, this means the Turkish courts are effectively judge AND prosecutor.
Do you mean the independent judiciary whose members are appointed by the politicians it's supposed to be independent from? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
It's too bad China (who will easily be out-polluting us in years to come) doesn't give two shits about our energy policy
Did you know that last year, China investments in renewable energy was bigger than that of all European countries combined? They accounted for more than 60%of the world's investment in that sector. And it's even bigger in other "green" areas (forest and wildlife protection, etc).
Nobody in China is thrilled by pollution. But over the last decades they had to deal with insane urbanization rates, the constant threat of starvation and other problems that are completely foreign to us, so yes, fighting pollution did not come first, but that doesn't mean they don't care. They just have to juggle many impossible priorities.
How much of that investment is actually planned for use in China versus how much is investment for manufacturing product that will be sold elsewhere?
China is very good at investing in whatever they can then export. I suspect that very little of that product will actually be used in China itself.
The economy of China has changed a lot over the last 5 years. Now the majority of the products they manufacture is for the Chinese market. Same goes for recycling - electronic scrap from the USA used to represent 95% of their recycling/refurbishing market, now it's less than half.
It is expected that by 2020, about 60% of the world's middle class will be Chinese. This is a huge market. When poor workers come to the city to get low-paying jobs doing menial labor (which is much better than starvation on bad farmland), someone gets a bump higher in the food chain and use their new income to buy dishwashers and computers or move to a nicer home. Multiply that by billions and you get an economy that has a spectacular growth.
Meanwhile, the economy in the western countries is stalled.
All agreed - however you haven't actually answered the question (in bold above).
People who are interested in their first washing machine are not necessarily interested in green technology.
It's too bad China (who will easily be out-polluting us in years to come) doesn't give two shits about our energy policy
Did you know that last year, China investments in renewable energy was bigger than that of all European countries combined? They accounted for more than 60%of the world's investment in that sector. And it's even bigger in other "green" areas (forest and wildlife protection, etc).
Nobody in China is thrilled by pollution. But over the last decades they had to deal with insane urbanization rates, the constant threat of starvation and other problems that are completely foreign to us, so yes, fighting pollution did not come first, but that doesn't mean they don't care. They just have to juggle many impossible priorities.
How much of that investment is actually planned for use in China versus how much is investment for manufacturing product that will be sold elsewhere?
China is very good at investing in whatever they can then export. I suspect that very little of that product will actually be used in China itself.
"When people think evil abounds, it increases their own temptations."
'Evil' does abound but part of being human is to be able to control one's own animal urges regardless of temptation.
"That applies from here, to the knowledge that there are tons of cops online posing as underage girls to try to capture would-be lawbreakers there as well."
There are probably 'tons' more real underage girls on the net than there are cops posing as underage girls so the police are not 'creating the appearance of evil'.
"Answer: a lot less than a drunken typical-weight in a car colliding head on into an oncoming car in the car lane."
- it's also a lot less than a big truck so while very well written, your point is irrelevant.
"- the oncoming bike actually collide." Yes, that is the assumption otherwise we wouldn't be talking about it:-)
"- the drunken biker is on the bike in the first place." Also yes, otherwise it doesn't count towards 'riding drunk'
"You can also use the bike as a walking frame if you're that much fucked up" Well, yes and that's fine. We are talking about drunk people riding here. I don't understand why you continue to mention anything other than drunk people riding bikes as that is the discussion.
"Whereas death by drunken cyclist are so seldom here around (Europe) that they aren't considered a real problem." In comparison, sure. The same could be said of the number of children that are crushed by out of control skiers coming down the mountain. A relatively low number - but still a problem to be avoided and not ignored.
"I literally haven't heard of dead drunken cyclist around where I live" 20 percnet of bicyclists killed had blood alcohol concentrations of 0.08 g/dL or higher. http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/dat...
"bicycle accident tend to be a lot less deadly" Less deadly is not not deadly.
"which is the case in North European cities with a decent network of bike lanes" I live in Paris which has a decent network of bike lanes but no, it is generally not the case as the bike lanes are often not separated from the road.
"- taxi can cost a lot," Which is why I said " if you can't afford the taxi then don't get drunk."
Walking your bike when you're drunk is perfectly acceptable.
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You're absolutely right, except the number of cyclists who break the laws vs motorists is really unbalanced. I live in Toronto and the number of times a cyclist doesn't stop at a stop sign, traffic light, or will dart amongst traffic, really is getting ridiculous.
France is changing the law with new signs that indicate when a cyclist can run a light - with caution (i.e. blinking yellow).
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazi...
"It is important to note that the change only affects right turns or going straight on at a T-junction - in other words where the cyclist can hug the pavement.
At a crossroads, even if there is no traffic, bikes will still have to wait for the green to go straight on."
I can't even count how many times a day a cyclist breaks a traffic law and almost ends up getting hit, in which case that would be entirely there fault! When cyclists start obeying the rules of the road, then we'll finally start seeing cyclist accidents fall.
Not when the driving factor for the increase in accidents is an overall increase in the number of cyclists, which is the actual reason if we ignore the sensationalist title of the summary.
Exactly. Just hate everyone equally.
Nah - the worst are taxi drivers, second are delivery drivers and bus drivers aren't far behind.
Far and beyond are taxi drivers looking for a fare as they are about as predictable as a woman with PMS.
Why is this written as if it was a negative thing?
It's Apple reverse psychology propaganda.
"For example the Nordic countries (and Germany until recently) don't have a minimum wage. This allows the unions and employers and the market to set rates. This leads to very low unemployment. The Southern European countries all have high minum wages which causes high unemployment."
The difference being that the unions in said Nordic countries (and Germany until recently) are prolific, powerful and actually serve the people that they supposedly represent.
So my grampa was right - too much pron makes you blind!
Is the anonymous reader just quoting a press release? It doesn't seem like there's much analysis or original thought in this "story."
I couldn't even get through the summary without choking on the Checkpoint marketing bullshit.
This might be a good product - might not. What I'm sure of is that it won't fix the underlying problems with the layers of ancient code that they're going to stack it on top of.
While you're writing letters the banking lobby is either buying off those same officials one way or another.
That, or convincing them that the economy is too important and too fragile to allow lending institutions to take the hit.
You'd do better to stop borrowing so much and invest in bank stocks.
"...the video cameras themselves cost about $180,000"
Choked on my sandwich on that one.
Thank you I find your commentary highly informative -
I'll wait for the 32k version
Because we NEED that kind of resolution on a 5.5" screen...
It's called 4G (or whatever G) and it's often already available where the cost of deploying fiber or even copper would be too high for the user density and economic means of the users (i.e. the mountains of Nepal, the plains of Africa, etc.).
It's not faster but it's better than what they would have without it (nothing).
Hold the fucking phone. They're seeking damages that won't financially ruin entire families, and whose effects won't be felt generations down the line?
What the fuck?
What the quick buck more likely. They no doubt figure it's easier (not to mention more realistic) to get 750 than 750,000.
Of course 750 for a single film is still ridiculous.
Well, generally it's a good thing that we have an independent judiciary. It ensures that they don't get caught up in the mob's favorite punching bag of the moment.
The problem here is that a judiciary is only supposed to hear cases of controversy: That means there has to be two sides, and the case can't go on if there's no one to prosecute.
In other words, if what they are saying is true, this means the Turkish courts are effectively judge AND prosecutor.
Do you mean the independent judiciary whose members are appointed by the politicians it's supposed to be independent from?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
What online game community doesn't have NPC's?
The small difference being that the customer knows that they are NPCs.
It's too bad China (who will easily be out-polluting us in years to come) doesn't give two shits about our energy policy
Did you know that last year, China investments in renewable energy was bigger than that of all European countries combined? They accounted for more than 60%of the world's investment in that sector. And it's even bigger in other "green" areas (forest and wildlife protection, etc).
Nobody in China is thrilled by pollution. But over the last decades they had to deal with insane urbanization rates, the constant threat of starvation and other problems that are completely foreign to us, so yes, fighting pollution did not come first, but that doesn't mean they don't care. They just have to juggle many impossible priorities.
How much of that investment is actually planned for use in China versus how much is investment for manufacturing product that will be sold elsewhere?
China is very good at investing in whatever they can then export. I suspect that very little of that product will actually be used in China itself.
The economy of China has changed a lot over the last 5 years. Now the majority of the products they manufacture is for the Chinese market. Same goes for recycling - electronic scrap from the USA used to represent 95% of their recycling/refurbishing market, now it's less than half.
It is expected that by 2020, about 60% of the world's middle class will be Chinese. This is a huge market. When poor workers come to the city to get low-paying jobs doing menial labor (which is much better than starvation on bad farmland), someone gets a bump higher in the food chain and use their new income to buy dishwashers and computers or move to a nicer home. Multiply that by billions and you get an economy that has a spectacular growth.
Meanwhile, the economy in the western countries is stalled.
All agreed - however you haven't actually answered the question (in bold above).
People who are interested in their first washing machine are not necessarily interested in green technology.
:-)
It's too bad China (who will easily be out-polluting us in years to come) doesn't give two shits about our energy policy
Did you know that last year, China investments in renewable energy was bigger than that of all European countries combined? They accounted for more than 60%of the world's investment in that sector. And it's even bigger in other "green" areas (forest and wildlife protection, etc).
Nobody in China is thrilled by pollution. But over the last decades they had to deal with insane urbanization rates, the constant threat of starvation and other problems that are completely foreign to us, so yes, fighting pollution did not come first, but that doesn't mean they don't care. They just have to juggle many impossible priorities.
How much of that investment is actually planned for use in China versus how much is investment for manufacturing product that will be sold elsewhere?
China is very good at investing in whatever they can then export. I suspect that very little of that product will actually be used in China itself.
"When people think evil abounds, it increases their own temptations."
'Evil' does abound but part of being human is to be able to control one's own animal urges regardless of temptation.
"That applies from here, to the knowledge that there are tons of cops online posing as underage girls to try to capture would-be lawbreakers there as well."
There are probably 'tons' more real underage girls on the net than there are cops posing as underage girls so the police are not 'creating the appearance of evil'.
Seems like this might be usable by blind people in an environment they don't already have memorized
How many beers can I fit inside the case?
"...could rewrite early Islamic history."
Good luck with that.
"Answer: a lot less than a drunken typical-weight in a car colliding head on into an oncoming car in the car lane."
- it's also a lot less than a big truck so while very well written, your point is irrelevant.
"- the oncoming bike actually collide." :-)
Yes, that is the assumption otherwise we wouldn't be talking about it
"- the drunken biker is on the bike in the first place."
Also yes, otherwise it doesn't count towards 'riding drunk'
"You can also use the bike as a walking frame if you're that much fucked up"
Well, yes and that's fine. We are talking about drunk people riding here. I don't understand why you continue to mention anything other than drunk people riding bikes as that is the discussion.
"Whereas death by drunken cyclist are so seldom here around (Europe) that they aren't considered a real problem."
In comparison, sure. The same could be said of the number of children that are crushed by out of control skiers coming down the mountain. A relatively low number - but still a problem to be avoided and not ignored.
"I literally haven't heard of dead drunken cyclist around where I live"
20 percnet of bicyclists killed had blood alcohol concentrations of 0.08 g/dL or higher.
http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/dat...
"bicycle accident tend to be a lot less deadly"
Less deadly is not not deadly.
"which is the case in North European cities with a decent network of bike lanes"
I live in Paris which has a decent network of bike lanes but no, it is generally not the case as the bike lanes are often not separated from the road.
"- taxi can cost a lot,"
Which is why I said " if you can't afford the taxi then don't get drunk."
Walking your bike when you're drunk is perfectly acceptable.
Wondering what percentage of /.ers is trying to track their (imaginary)girlfriend/wife/goat with this right now...
No one is going to know what happened for sure other than the people where were involved.
Rei's writeup makes the most sense of anything I've read on here so far (including your post).