The speed limit on motorways is usually 120km/hr. Almost everyone is doing at the very least 75~80km/hr.
The guidline for the unlit Autobahn is 130 km/h where no specific speed limit is given. But that (and lower speed limits) don't result that people are expected to drive that fast under all conditions.
The UK government now wants hundreds of thousands of people to do cope with such speeds, at night, in the dark, in all weathers, and I image probably even expects for this not to cause a few 10 car pileups on the odd lonely strecth of motorway somewhere.
Here we expect people to use their brains and slow down under bad conditions. But "darkness" isn't one of them unless combined with bad weather. Without that, reflective road markings, head and tail lights and roadside reflectors give enough visual guidance.
You want to save electricity? Ban clothes dryers, electric heaters, dishwashers and electric kettles. At least you'd cost less lives than this insanity.
Now that's stupid as electric kettles use much less electricity than boiling water on a stove. Besides that, it's not about saving electricity in general, but to cut down your electricity bill. (the taxpayers bill in this case.)
The deterring argument has been proven wrong..... In a dark area, a burglar needs to use a flashlight that is likely to get noticed. In a well lit area, you're even providing him with illumination for his deeds.
You need movement sensors and someone who notices the lights going on and check accordingly.
Nuclear power platns don't have that, but coal and water plants do. And as you're not actually surprised by reduced energy consumption at night, reducing their output is feasable within a few hours. For the small, unexpected movements you have gas plants that can be turned on within a few seconds.
On the other hand, the street lights in populated areas (not highway lights, we don't have them here) are indeed used for load shedding of nuclear power plants. (Worked in a town with one until two years ago. saw the streetlights on at day quite a few times)
In that price range, you probably know each of your customers anyway, sou you can use registrations. Have your support hand out simple registration codes (md5 of salted username, xored by some secret string). With a pricetag like that, you need to offer excellent support anyway and are not aiming at a wide enough userbase to become popular among crackers.
under these circumstances, regulations about end-price advertising wouldn't be possible. That was my first point to begin with.
Or rather that the situation here can't be compared to Europe where the borders of different sales tax regulations are the same as the borders of ad channels. (1 country, same tax, nationwide papers/tv --> regulation works)
Exactly, but speaking of Europe, you're talking of diferent countries. They need to have different ads for language reasons anyway. I was talking about nationwide ad campaigns, not continent wide.
In Germany, e.g. how could you advertise a prize on TV if you had to give 16 different prices? Or ~60 for each french departement?
You can't have both. regulations about end-prices in taxes and non-unified sales tax rules between states. (or whatever your country is composed from)
We called them "Power Meettings". The time you do it depends on the goal of your meeting. Do you want to inform how you did? End of the week. What you want to do? Begin of the week. And no, no 9:00 meetings.
Unless they officially contain coffee and breakfast.
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Yes, but that's the exception.
The speed limit on motorways is usually 120km/hr. Almost everyone is doing at the very least 75~80km/hr.
The guidline for the unlit Autobahn is 130 km/h where no specific speed limit is given. But that (and lower speed limits) don't result that people are expected to drive that fast under all conditions.
The UK government now wants hundreds of thousands of people to do cope with such speeds, at night, in the dark, in all weathers, and I image probably even expects for this not to cause a few 10 car pileups on the odd lonely strecth of motorway somewhere.
Here we expect people to use their brains and slow down under bad conditions. But "darkness" isn't one of them unless combined with bad weather. Without that, reflective road markings, head and tail lights and roadside reflectors give enough visual guidance.
You want to save electricity? Ban clothes dryers, electric heaters, dishwashers and electric kettles. At least you'd cost less lives than this insanity.
Now that's stupid as electric kettles use much less electricity than boiling water on a stove. Besides that, it's not about saving electricity in general, but to cut down your electricity bill. (the taxpayers bill in this case.)
I'd say that's mostly to the actual change and people being unused to the new ilumination situation.
And please keep in mind that I was comparing to the Autobahn, where nothing and noone but cars are allowed. Moving cars to be exact.
The deterring argument has been proven wrong..... In a dark area, a burglar needs to use a flashlight that is likely to get noticed. In a well lit area, you're even providing him with illumination for his deeds.
You need movement sensors and someone who notices the lights going on and check accordingly.
You're much more likely to notice that you forgot turning on your headlights if it's dark around.
Ok..we got rid of them there as a first step.
Nuclear power platns don't have that, but coal and water plants do. And as you're not actually surprised by reduced energy consumption at night, reducing their output is feasable within a few hours. For the small, unexpected movements you have gas plants that can be turned on within a few seconds.
On the other hand, the street lights in populated areas (not highway lights, we don't have them here) are indeed used for load shedding of nuclear power plants. (Worked in a town with one until two years ago. saw the streetlights on at day quite a few times)
"Hello lamppost,. What cha knowing?. I've come to watch your flowers growing.. Ain't cha got no rhymes for me?. Doot-in' doo-doo,. Feelin' groovy.."
gets a completly new meaning then...
I doubt that highway lights are an actual safety improvement, considering that the german Autobahn don't have them at all.
Would you rent something that you'd never get in your hands?
They make money by having and mining that data. they'd be stupid if they gave it away!
Opposed to selling personal data (what would be the exact opposite) I'm fine with that.
The advertiser doesn't need to know that I saw the ad. He only needs to know that so many people of my demographics saw it.
In that price range, you probably know each of your customers anyway, sou you can use registrations. Have your support hand out simple registration codes (md5 of salted username, xored by some secret string). With a pricetag like that, you need to offer excellent support anyway and are not aiming at a wide enough userbase to become popular among crackers.
yes, but the nationwide advertising channels are proportionally smaller too.
under these circumstances, regulations about end-price advertising wouldn't be possible. That was my first point to begin with.
Or rather that the situation here can't be compared to Europe where the borders of different sales tax regulations are the same as the borders of ad channels. (1 country, same tax, nationwide papers/tv --> regulation works)
Yes you can. For nation wide adds, say a price and then 'plus local taxes'
Fastest way to receive cease & desist letters over here. That's exactly NOT "advertising the end price"
Exactly, but speaking of Europe, you're talking of diferent countries. They need to have different ads for language reasons anyway. I was talking about nationwide ad campaigns, not continent wide.
In Germany, e.g. how could you advertise a prize on TV if you had to give 16 different prices? Or ~60 for each french departement?
You can't have both. regulations about end-prices in taxes and non-unified sales tax rules between states. (or whatever your country is composed from)
other countries have nationwide sales tax regulations so that you still could use nationwide ads.
So? An ad can easily carry a disclaimer (in small text if preferred) that prices in store will be higher due to taxes.
Aaaaaand you're out!
That's exactly what you want to stop with regulations that ads for end-users have to show the final price.
other countries have nationwide sales tax regulations so that you still could use nationwide ads.
The biggest advantage of the popular GM crops is that you can drown them in pesticides without killing the plant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundup_(herbicide)#Genetically_modified_crops
No one wants to factor in the comments of those lamers who think they're l33t.
It's nice to see real Engineers getting a bit of recognition for a change.
On Slashdot.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismarckhering
We called them "Power Meettings". The time you do it depends on the goal of your meeting. Do you want to inform how you did? End of the week. What you want to do? Begin of the week. And no, no 9:00 meetings.
Unless they officially contain coffee and breakfast.
I doubt that US local laws can take down sites in other countries without the same
lot of work, international cooperation, the use of political capital and no doubt all sorts of slow playing of games