Actually German cars ARE speed limited to 250kph, plenty fast of course but still a limit a good deal below what most new cars from BMW, Mercedes or Porsche could do otherwise.
Yes they are. All German cars (BMW,Mercedes) are factory speed-limited to 250kph, meaning that the engine will be throttled to keep you from passing that speed. The same thing applies to many other cars as well.
Also I have personally experienced a rental car in the states being limited to 110mph (90mph with cruise control). It was simply impossible to go any faster, even downhill.
Yes we can, AND we have. Its just some slashdotters don't pay enough attention to cool stuff: http://www.moller.com/skycar/
And yes it can stop at intersections (would it ever be needed), it has about the same footprint as a car, and it has far better range and speed than a car.
At The Gathering you don't have to turn of your monitor. And most gamers use headsets anyways, so the ones that has to turn off their speakers are the MP3 fanatics with insane speakers that play for everyone nearby...
In scandinavia this is already *real* commonplace. Of those I know of, we have the two Dreamhacks in Sweden, Assembly in Finland, The Party in Denmark, and The Gathering in Norway. These were the first Demoscene parties that grew -big-.
I don't know about the other countries but in Norway there have been various other parties popping up everywhere. There is at least one or two parties a year in almost every city with more than 15.000 inhabitants. There is also a few pure gamingparties that attract more than 5000 visitors which makes them larger than The Gathering (which until 1999 or 2000 was the largest party in the world).
The Gathering stopped growing because the sports-arena in which it is held can't support more than 5000 people. If it could The Gathering could possible attract around 10.000 visitors. For a list of parties in Norway go to: http://www.kvasir.no/c/comp/clubs/party/ (Please note that this list is far from complete)
Unfortunalty yes you comprise the greatest portion, and even more unfortunatly you make most of the News... one sided coverage have never been a good thing. Truth always looses.
And no your universities are not the best. They are top class, but so are many universities in Europe as well.
Highspeed access is availible through most of the western world. Again not just the US.
The US society have given more because they are so large. Per person they have not given much at all. Add everything Europe have given, and you can compare on a real scale. Saying an eagle is better to fly than a sparrow because it produces more feathers is not a valid comparison I think you'll agree.
And no I'm not anti america. I'm just anti ignorant americans thinking they are the best no matter what, because I know its not the truth. (neither are we for that sake)
You aparanly don't know what you are talking about, Norway have far better infrastructure than the US when it comes to phonesystems and broadband coverage, as well as cell phone systems. I agree it is not a good measure, but its just an example, one of very very many. I'm not saying Norway is the most advanced country, that would in fact be titled to Japan or Finland, or someone else. All I know is that it is definatly not the US (because we for one are better).
Oooh.. nasty one. land based phone services in Norway FAR exceeds the US ones, I've been to the US so I know. You are not just pretty much guaranteed a good connection. You ARE guranteed a good connection to a digital phone central. All the old ones have been replaced.
And we have no such things as zones anymore, all calls inside Norway have the same price. And the government is evaluation to disallow per minute fee's of internet access, so everyone will have flat rate internet.
There is no compelling needs for internet or cellphones in norway either, except that users want to have them. And about the "early" cellphone networks, see my other post about the norwegian NMT cell phone system, with better coverage than GMT, and still in use. And its a really old protocol.
Then what would you use to estimate the technological status?
Norway invented and implemented the NMT cellphone system, it is still in use due to superior coverage in rural areas. GMT was implemented as well because of the advantages it had in urban areas. Pagers were also introduced but was no hit because cellphones took the marked just a year or two later. The reason why pagers are widespread in the US is you didn't get cellphones fast enought.
Population density in Norway isn't exacly high, just check your atlas. Broadband is only from this year been regulated by the government, and the major telcorp have been private since the early nineties. That is before both the internet and the cellphone revolution.
In fact India produces several times as many movies as Hollywood does every year. So again the US is not in the lead (they just think they are).
Weather data is produced locally in Norway.
The US universities may be world class, but they are not the only ones. And the basic level of education straight out sucks. Did anyone say multiple choice tests?
Last I checked the web was invented in switzerland. (not to sure tho, but please verify me, I don't bother to right now)
I don't really think german would be that bad, in fact it was german scientists that invented both the nuclear bomb, and the rockets you use for space exploration...
Are you aware of that the north/south length of Norway is the same as the distance from the north of Denmark to the south of Italy?
And these statistics are almost equally valid for both Sweden and Finland as well. And when the distance limit of a service is reached, it doesn't really matter if it is 50km or 1000km away...
And compared to US cities we have at most one, maybe two or three real cities in Norway. So the northern tip of norway is just as far away from a city as many places in the US.
Of course there is a cost to getting highspeed access in every valley, some places even satelites are not accessible due to terrain...
*LoL*
the USA is the most technologically advanced society in the world??
USA is so far back on lots of areas they hardly qualify as a technological society at all.
Sure there are lots of high-tech stuff going on at NASA, Pentagon, MIT, etc. but the SOCIETY is very low tech. In Norway about 80% of all youth aged 16-25 had their own cellphone in 1999. Can you find statistics showing the same numbers for the US ?
In Norway you can also get high-speed internet connections almost everywhere, including very rural areas, but of course with a larger choice of services in the urban areas.
Statistics from http://www.ssb.no/samfunnsspeilet/utg/200006/Fig6- 5.shtml
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And Linux wouldn't crash on an overheating computer?
Sure, everyone important enough to warrant the attention always uses good security. Like.. say.. a US vice-president candidate?
Actually German cars ARE speed limited to 250kph, plenty fast of course but still a limit a good deal below what most new cars from BMW, Mercedes or Porsche could do otherwise.
Yes they are. All German cars (BMW,Mercedes) are factory speed-limited to 250kph, meaning that the engine will be throttled to keep you from passing that speed. The same thing applies to many other cars as well. Also I have personally experienced a rental car in the states being limited to 110mph (90mph with cruise control). It was simply impossible to go any faster, even downhill.
Yes we can, AND we have. Its just some slashdotters don't pay enough attention to cool stuff: http://www.moller.com/skycar/
And yes it can stop at intersections (would it ever be needed), it has about the same footprint as a car, and it has far better range and speed than a car.
In Norway the default time is set to maximun which is 1 week.
Because you are lazy and noone can be bothered to organize something like that...
At The Gathering you don't have to turn of your monitor. And most gamers use headsets anyways, so the ones that has to turn off their speakers are the MP3 fanatics with insane speakers that play for everyone nearby...
In scandinavia this is already *real* commonplace. Of those I know of, we have the two Dreamhacks in Sweden, Assembly in Finland, The Party in Denmark, and The Gathering in Norway. These were the first Demoscene parties that grew -big-.
I don't know about the other countries but in Norway there have been various other parties popping up everywhere. There is at least one or two parties a year in almost every city with more than 15.000 inhabitants. There is also a few pure gamingparties that attract more than 5000 visitors which makes them larger than The Gathering (which until 1999 or 2000 was the largest party in the world).
The Gathering stopped growing because the sports-arena in which it is held can't support more than 5000 people. If it could The Gathering could possible attract around 10.000 visitors. For a list of parties in Norway go to: http://www.kvasir.no/c/comp/clubs/party/ (Please note that this list is far from complete)
And no your universities are not the best. They are top class, but so are many universities in Europe as well.
Highspeed access is availible through most of the western world. Again not just the US.
The US society have given more because they are so large. Per person they have not given much at all. Add everything Europe have given, and you can compare on a real scale. Saying an eagle is better to fly than a sparrow because it produces more feathers is not a valid comparison I think you'll agree.
And no I'm not anti america. I'm just anti ignorant americans thinking they are the best no matter what, because I know its not the truth. (neither are we for that sake)
You aparanly don't know what you are talking about, Norway have far better infrastructure than the US when it comes to phonesystems and broadband coverage, as well as cell phone systems. I agree it is not a good measure, but its just an example, one of very very many. I'm not saying Norway is the most advanced country, that would in fact be titled to Japan or Finland, or someone else. All I know is that it is definatly not the US (because we for one are better).
There is no compelling needs for internet or cellphones in norway either, except that users want to have them. And about the "early" cellphone networks, see my other post about the norwegian NMT cell phone system, with better coverage than GMT, and still in use. And its a really old protocol.
Norway invented and implemented the NMT cellphone system, it is still in use due to superior coverage in rural areas. GMT was implemented as well because of the advantages it had in urban areas. Pagers were also introduced but was no hit because cellphones took the marked just a year or two later. The reason why pagers are widespread in the US is you didn't get cellphones fast enought.
Population density in Norway isn't exacly high, just check your atlas. Broadband is only from this year been regulated by the government, and the major telcorp have been private since the early nineties. That is before both the internet and the cellphone revolution.
Weather data is produced locally in Norway.
The US universities may be world class, but they are not the only ones. And the basic level of education straight out sucks. Did anyone say multiple choice tests?
Last I checked the web was invented in switzerland. (not to sure tho, but please verify me, I don't bother to right now)
I don't really think german would be that bad, in fact it was german scientists that invented both the nuclear bomb, and the rockets you use for space exploration...
And still the US is the most technologically advanced society in the world... because they don't want to have cellphones?
My point still stands.
Are you aware of that the north/south length of Norway is the same as the distance from the north of Denmark to the south of Italy?
And these statistics are almost equally valid for both Sweden and Finland as well. And when the distance limit of a service is reached, it doesn't really matter if it is 50km or 1000km away...
And compared to US cities we have at most one, maybe two or three real cities in Norway. So the northern tip of norway is just as far away from a city as many places in the US. Of course there is a cost to getting highspeed access in every valley, some places even satelites are not accessible due to terrain...
*LoL* the USA is the most technologically advanced society in the world?? USA is so far back on lots of areas they hardly qualify as a technological society at all. Sure there are lots of high-tech stuff going on at NASA, Pentagon, MIT, etc. but the SOCIETY is very low tech. In Norway about 80% of all youth aged 16-25 had their own cellphone in 1999. Can you find statistics showing the same numbers for the US ? In Norway you can also get high-speed internet connections almost everywhere, including very rural areas, but of course with a larger choice of services in the urban areas. Statistics from http://www.ssb.no/samfunnsspeilet/utg/200006/Fig6- 5.shtml