http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3613715.stm
A Belgian motorist was left stunned after authorities sent him a speeding ticket for travelling in his Mini at three times the speed of sound.
The ticket claimed the man had been caught driving at 3380 kph (2,100 mph) - or Mach 3 speed - in a Brussels suburb, a Belgian newspaper reported.
However, police later admitted that a faulty radar had been responsible for the Mini's incredible feat.
The police have since apologised to the man and promised to fix the radar.
The incident took place in December, but only came to light when Belgian prosecutors were asked to follow up the unpaid fine.
"We called the local police to find out what height the plane caught speeding along the Boulevard Lambermont was flying at," a member of the Brussels public prosecutor's office joked to Belgium's La Derniere Heure newspaper.
Police also said they had made a mistake in still sending out the ticket, given that it was impossible - even for a doughty little Mini - for a car to have travelled so fast.
there was a discussion regarding this type of evidence. The lawyer and the engineering types where wondering as to the accuracy/reliabilty factor of these automtive black boxes.
This of course would be the challenge in court...
If it had standard lables it would be filterable by ISPs, and that is why spammers will not adhere to the rule. Of course there are those that would want to receivwe this kind of spam. Hmm, maybe hte ISP will only block it at custoemr requests...
As a new parent one does all kinds of interesting reading regarding lanuguage aquistion. Babies have been shown to master visual communication well before they can vocalize words that we as adults can understand. Babies communicating via sign language are something amazing to be hold.
cost drivers.
I don't watch the sports that get dished up, and teh things i would watch are often buried late at night, and only shown superficially.
I get better soccer coverage through the spanish cannels, and better motorcycle coverage through the internet.
Cox has argued that the cost of cable would go up fi we didnt all pay for sports... According to their numbers, however i can only see the cost of sports channels going up drastically up if thsoe of us who don't want to watch sports don't pay for it.
If they set up packages that could be chosen a la carte, then i think some minor channels would still stay around. I can see offerings like sci-fi packages, sports packages, movie viewers packages, tech packages, automotivce packages along with a la carte singel channel options.
If the costs stay reasonable that way i would not mind paying a little extra for channels i don't watch that come as part of a package. lets say a news package includes CNN, FOX, MSNBC, and C-Span. While i hardly wpould wathc C-span or fox, I wouldn't mind paying for those if the cost of the package is still cheaper than paying for all 4 separately.
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become illegal.
Can't have gun control in this country, but I can see now that the abilty to control model airplanes will be viewed viewed as anti-government and therefore severley restricted. Or it will put you on the watch list...
the Latitudes do come with service warrnty honored in the UK. ( as they are business class machines). Just make sure this policy applies to personal bought machines. This policy applies to Latitudes bought for businesses, thats what our rep told me recently. I asked if service would be honored if i buy here and ship to our UK office.
Why do people need instructions? There a picture accompanying the yahoo article that purports to show an election officeal showing someone how to use the terminal ( albeit, it seems, prior to the election).
Sounds like you are saying people who are better educated will tend to disagree with Busch policies. Quite telling. If you have less education you follow Busch like sheep. If you are educated and have information you know what's wrong with the Busch and you complain about it ( grinding axe ). Hmm. i know which camp i'd rather be in. The one that knows.
Of course only the Shadow knows...
( Wait! the shadows are Busch's agent's )
Dave and Busters also seems to have as many if not more gambling type games as video games. Which I also think is an indicator on the lack of viability of the arcade video games as things stand now.
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When i want a performance ride i just hop on my motorcycle and blow cars away..
And isnt this now ( since 1997 or so ) explicitly allowed by law?
Dave Small would be my addition to the list
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iirc his name correctly.
He's the one that built ( and sold!) the Mac emulator for the Atari ST. Same processor ( Motorola 68000 ) ( and you had to get your own Apple ROMs) - but made the emulator run faster than the native MAC.
His articles in an Atari magazine showed me that one could be technically adept as well as socially.
I always wondered what happened to him..
Hmm,
Mr Morlock is making an assumption that the person who wrote it is the one who released it. If this was truly commissioned by a spamming house, Andy was just doing his job by writing this thing - somone else may have set it loose.
His apolgy could be sincere. We do not know uder what duress, if any, he wrote this.
To me it almost sounds like he may be/. reader.
Maybe i am just to influenced by too many old spy movies where the innocent professor gets kidnapped and made to work on nefarious projects...
Last tiem this charge was made about Tom's several other boards where mentioned that where supposedly better, but i found that not to be the case. One that was praised even forces you to go page by page - exposing you to way more ad impression's than Tom's, where you still can jump to the page you might be interested in via the table of contents.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3613715.stm
A Belgian motorist was left stunned after authorities sent him a speeding ticket for travelling in his Mini at three times the speed of sound. The ticket claimed the man had been caught driving at 3380 kph (2,100 mph) - or Mach 3 speed - in a Brussels suburb, a Belgian newspaper reported. However, police later admitted that a faulty radar had been responsible for the Mini's incredible feat. The police have since apologised to the man and promised to fix the radar. The incident took place in December, but only came to light when Belgian prosecutors were asked to follow up the unpaid fine. "We called the local police to find out what height the plane caught speeding along the Boulevard Lambermont was flying at," a member of the Brussels public prosecutor's office joked to Belgium's La Derniere Heure newspaper. Police also said they had made a mistake in still sending out the ticket, given that it was impossible - even for a doughty little Mini - for a car to have travelled so fast.
there was a discussion regarding this type of evidence. The lawyer and the engineering types where wondering as to the accuracy/reliabilty factor of these automtive black boxes. This of course would be the challenge in court...
Problem is some people may want to receive certain spam...
If it had standard lables it would be filterable by ISPs, and that is why spammers will not adhere to the rule. Of course there are those that would want to receivwe this kind of spam. Hmm, maybe hte ISP will only block it at custoemr requests...
If you need that much real time then use teh phone. Even more real time and instantaneous. You still haven't shown the usefulness of IM..
As a new parent one does all kinds of interesting reading regarding lanuguage aquistion. Babies have been shown to master visual communication well before they can vocalize words that we as adults can understand. Babies communicating via sign language are something amazing to be hold.
cost drivers. I don't watch the sports that get dished up, and teh things i would watch are often buried late at night, and only shown superficially. I get better soccer coverage through the spanish cannels, and better motorcycle coverage through the internet. Cox has argued that the cost of cable would go up fi we didnt all pay for sports... According to their numbers, however i can only see the cost of sports channels going up drastically up if thsoe of us who don't want to watch sports don't pay for it. If they set up packages that could be chosen a la carte, then i think some minor channels would still stay around. I can see offerings like sci-fi packages, sports packages, movie viewers packages, tech packages, automotivce packages along with a la carte singel channel options. If the costs stay reasonable that way i would not mind paying a little extra for channels i don't watch that come as part of a package. lets say a news package includes CNN, FOX, MSNBC, and C-Span. While i hardly wpould wathc C-span or fox, I wouldn't mind paying for those if the cost of the package is still cheaper than paying for all 4 separately. While
become illegal. Can't have gun control in this country, but I can see now that the abilty to control model airplanes will be viewed viewed as anti-government and therefore severley restricted. Or it will put you on the watch list...
the Latitudes do come with service warrnty honored in the UK. ( as they are business class machines). Just make sure this policy applies to personal bought machines. This policy applies to Latitudes bought for businesses, thats what our rep told me recently. I asked if service would be honored if i buy here and ship to our UK office.
Why do people need instructions? There a picture accompanying the yahoo article that purports to show an election officeal showing someone how to use the terminal ( albeit, it seems, prior to the election).
What you don't like my Germanized spelling of Bush? Gah, sometimes i just let my heritage influence me too much...
Sounds like you are saying people who are better educated will tend to disagree with Busch policies. Quite telling. If you have less education you follow Busch like sheep. If you are educated and have information you know what's wrong with the Busch and you complain about it ( grinding axe ). Hmm. i know which camp i'd rather be in. The one that knows. Of course only the Shadow knows... ( Wait! the shadows are Busch's agent's )
Dave and Busters also seems to have as many if not more gambling type games as video games. Which I also think is an indicator on the lack of viability of the arcade video games as things stand now.
When i want a performance ride i just hop on my motorcycle and blow cars away..
funny
And isnt this now ( since 1997 or so ) explicitly allowed by law?
iirc his name correctly. He's the one that built ( and sold!) the Mac emulator for the Atari ST. Same processor ( Motorola 68000 ) ( and you had to get your own Apple ROMs) - but made the emulator run faster than the native MAC. His articles in an Atari magazine showed me that one could be technically adept as well as socially. I always wondered what happened to him..
Hmm, Mr Morlock is making an assumption that the person who wrote it is the one who released it. If this was truly commissioned by a spamming house, Andy was just doing his job by writing this thing - somone else may have set it loose. /. reader.
His apolgy could be sincere. We do not know uder what duress, if any, he wrote this.
To me it almost sounds like he may be
Maybe i am just to influenced by too many old spy movies where the innocent professor gets kidnapped and made to work on nefarious projects...
Last tiem this charge was made about Tom's several other boards where mentioned that where supposedly better, but i found that not to be the case. One that was praised even forces you to go page by page - exposing you to way more ad impression's than Tom's, where you still can jump to the page you might be interested in via the table of contents.