Not necessarily. Some time ago I witnessed an older (but visibly fit) man driving short early morning trip to a store; which was ~200 m away, in a residential place with low traffic and wonderfully developed footpaths. OK, so that distance made it not completely horrible.
But on returning - he stops near one corner (again, low traffic / residential area / footpaths / safe crossings); walks out of the car, then returns after few meters. He drives around an "urban island" (one-way traffic), few hundred meters (at the beginning passing within 5 m of one newsstand there, which was on a diagonal across the intersection where he parked his car first), on his way needing to venture into medium-traffic area / wait a bit on an intersection; and on return...he parks the car just in front of the newsstand, 2 m from it.
Not everything of course, where did I say that? But putting a little thought into where you chose to live, when talking about personal level, helps greatly - as you yourself are an example...
You can do most of shopping or doctor (?... How often one needs that?) stuff on the way from job / school. Anyway, really, if you live in an actual city (vs. massive village crisscrossed with roads) walking is often viable during quite large part of commute - BTW, the most pleasant and fastest stretches are areas closed to car traffic; narrow walkways and crossing the streets slows you down dramatically.
So why mostly demands of drivers are being heard? (or, more precisely, demands of people only when they are sitting "right there and now" in a car and want to go somewhere) Why demands of real estate agents?
BTW - trains (trams, really), while useful in themselves, are mostly just an addition to such system as above; replacing just the main routes at most.
On a normal walkway, it is at least straightforward to pass them around. On moving one that quickly gets a lot more tedious if the conveyor is narrow enough (and you know it just will be, with groups of blobs completely blocking its width)
It goes even further - after all, one of the most useful scenarios / types of places for GPS is also precisely where a reliable data connection might be a problem. (plus, are others trying to put unnecessary strain on data networks?)
5230 is probably even nicer BTW - basically the same capabilities, less than $150 unlocked. That's not a lot more expensive than basic dedicated GPS units, but with easy & free map updates and the possibility of additional "online" features (such as traffic congestion info). Oh, and phone, media player, et al thrown in;p Yes, it lacks WiFi - not that important to me in a mobile phone, and probably for a lot of people; plus only 2mp basic shooter...but it does have surprisingly good video recording (the more useful, IMHO, thing for "when something suddenly happens"; also, such phone + basic digicam still probably gives better results for comparable price, I have some sack with me most of the time anyway, and digicam can be nicer when its upgrades don't have to follow the phone ones)
Germany is a dog country, very few cats here. Brazil doesn't have street cats like Turkey either. etc.
That is usually a misconception BTW. From a quick search, Germany appears to have almost two times more domestic cats then dogs. Just domestic. When it comes to "stray"/half-wild/etc. animals cats also typically dominate, they are more suited to such life (and people are more likely to leave them alone)
Again, it's "reasonable, non-flaming" as far as you are concerned; just linking to something doesn't free that something from such potential.
(or are you under impression that/. moderation is perfect and hiccups won't happen? No, sorry...but BTW, people also tend to remember "unfair" cases much more vividly)
Hence you start to deconstruct your own points...well, at least I don't have to do it much / we're getting somewhere.
(you don't know what's on iTunes suddenly?)
You know well you were talking about eAAC/V1 there, you placed it clearly in context of "for a lot longer than one month" (actually not that much longer, just one year)
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Website would do. If an app is the way to go (not the case here), then first it should be certainly j2me one.
Not necessarily. Some time ago I witnessed an older (but visibly fit) man driving short early morning trip to a store; which was ~200 m away, in a residential place with low traffic and wonderfully developed footpaths. OK, so that distance made it not completely horrible.
But on returning - he stops near one corner (again, low traffic / residential area / footpaths / safe crossings); walks out of the car, then returns after few meters. He drives around an "urban island" (one-way traffic), few hundred meters (at the beginning passing within 5 m of one newsstand there, which was on a diagonal across the intersection where he parked his car first), on his way needing to venture into medium-traffic area / wait a bit on an intersection; and on return...he parks the car just in front of the newsstand, 2 m from it.
No, cars are making some people damn lazy.
Huh, weird, the nice Nokia Internet Radio is still not available... (despite being visible in a screenshot on v5 device on ith homepage?...)
Oh well, S60 Internet Radio, in a version for v5, not proper/good enough?
Me "saying there's no reason people can't walk everywhere", really? "Most of..." and "often viable during quite large part of..." means that to you?
It's silicon based, but binded by organics.
Not everything of course, where did I say that? But putting a little thought into where you chose to live, when talking about personal level, helps greatly - as you yourself are an example...
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Ahhh, yes, and you wouldn't like them to have such choice - after all, when forgetting yourself for a moment, you turn out to be hardline Soviet-style "communist" who wishes for legislated monopolies.
Market will sort it out.
You can do most of shopping or doctor (?... How often one needs that?) stuff on the way from job / school. Anyway, really, if you live in an actual city (vs. massive village crisscrossed with roads) walking is often viable during quite large part of commute - BTW, the most pleasant and fastest stretches are areas closed to car traffic; narrow walkways and crossing the streets slows you down dramatically.
So why mostly demands of drivers are being heard? (or, more precisely, demands of people only when they are sitting "right there and now" in a car and want to go somewhere) Why demands of real estate agents?
BTW - trains (trams, really), while useful in themselves, are mostly just an addition to such system as above; replacing just the main routes at most.
So just walk down? On the, y'know, stairs? They are often provided just beside escalator when it's not too long.
You ignore how much cars are subsidized. All that road infrastructure - not needed to nearly the same degree with public transport.
It ends up much cheaper when not handicapped (primarily by allowing the cities be hijacked by cars):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curitiba#Public_transport
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rede_Integrada_de_Transporte
^if a city in such place can do it... ("subsidize" surely, right?)
It's actually more sensible like that, considering you overtake on the right while driving.
On a normal walkway, it is at least straightforward to pass them around. On moving one that quickly gets a lot more tedious if the conveyor is narrow enough (and you know it just will be, with groups of blobs completely blocking its width)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curitiba#Public_transport
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rede_Integrada_de_Transporte
The catch seems to be mostly about not giving away as many lanes as possible to cars and generally sensible city planning.
City planning being taken over by providing space & infrastructure for cars.
Notice how both of your links don't use "moving sidewalk" nut "escalator."
Another idea, addressing the root of the problems with moving around cities, would be simply to not give the city centers away to cars.
It goes even further - after all, one of the most useful scenarios / types of places for GPS is also precisely where a reliable data connection might be a problem. (plus, are others trying to put unnecessary strain on data networks?)
5230 is probably even nicer BTW - basically the same capabilities, less than $150 unlocked. That's not a lot more expensive than basic dedicated GPS units, but with easy & free map updates and the possibility of additional "online" features (such as traffic congestion info). Oh, and phone, media player, et al thrown in ;p
Yes, it lacks WiFi - not that important to me in a mobile phone, and probably for a lot of people; plus only 2mp basic shooter...but it does have surprisingly good video recording (the more useful, IMHO, thing for "when something suddenly happens"; also, such phone + basic digicam still probably gives better results for comparable price, I have some sack with me most of the time anyway, and digicam can be nicer when its upgrades don't have to follow the phone ones)
No, from S60v3 FP1 onwards... (and the "steps" are not for the user to make)
...as you can in predicting that the sun will rise in the east tomorrow
How does that work for those with polar day though?
Germany is a dog country, very few cats here. Brazil doesn't have street cats like Turkey either. etc.
That is usually a misconception BTW. From a quick search, Germany appears to have almost two times more domestic cats then dogs. Just domestic. When it comes to "stray"/half-wild/etc. animals cats also typically dominate, they are more suited to such life (and people are more likely to leave them alone)
Cats simply aren't so visible.
Again, it's "reasonable, non-flaming" as far as you are concerned; just linking to something doesn't free that something from such potential.
(or are you under impression that /. moderation is perfect and hiccups won't happen? No, sorry...but BTW, people also tend to remember "unfair" cases much more vividly)
Hence you start to deconstruct your own points...well, at least I don't have to do it much / we're getting somewhere.
(you don't know what's on iTunes suddenly?)
You know well you were talking about eAAC/V1 there, you placed it clearly in context of "for a lot longer than one month" (actually not that much longer, just one year)