Such a system is already functioning here in Germany since January. It is for commercial trucks only for now. There are special tracking gates on autobahns for automated tracking as well as toll stations for those who do not have an on-board unit mounted (like trucks from outside Germany, I assume). The project cost a zillion and went over a year late.
How about we compile a list of/. suggested improvements?
I have one, not a deal-breaker, but still, nice to have if you need it:
1) File menu's Save Page As function should save with correct line breaks when selecting to save as a text file.
IE appeared to be ahead here, when I last tried.
if the government does not interfere with broadcasting at all, you get a media environment like the US
Ever heard of the FCC?
"There's a cultural war going on. The religious right is winning. We're losing."
Howard Stern
, with lots of channels competing for consumers' and sponsors' attention. The result? Ads targeted at kids, news coverage that imposes the sponsors' opinion upon everyone. Thanks a lot!
Your argument would fly, except for the fact that ARD and ZDF also earn money from advertising. They just skim the better part. Phone sex services, stripping, soft porn, and teleshopping are left for the private channels.
EUR 48,45 quarterly per television, whether you then choose to watch the state channels or not, is a lot. It creates an unfair competitive advantage for the state television, radio, opera house, etc. conglomerate that has the final word on what culture is. As, I assume, you know, the amount is approved by state representatives. ARD and ZDF get mighty displeased (to the point of threatening to shut down an opera house or two) if it does not get set to their liking.
As an American, this is what you should be upset about.
Assuming you are German, I would suggest to start winning some at home yourself. The stifling of competition by the incredible blackmail of state broadcasters has made the TV scene in Germany bland, uninnovative, and plainly rotten.
The whole point of the German system is to have a TV station that can afford to produce a high-quality program with balanced news coverage, without being influenced either by the state or by private sponsors.
The whole point of streaking is to be naked.
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Such a system is already functioning here in Germany since January. It is for commercial trucks only for now. There are special tracking gates on autobahns for automated tracking as well as toll stations for those who do not have an on-board unit mounted (like trucks from outside Germany, I assume). The project cost a zillion and went over a year late.
http://www.toll-collect.de/
How about we compile a list of /. suggested improvements?
I have one, not a deal-breaker, but still, nice to have if you need it:
1) File menu's Save Page As function should save with correct line breaks when selecting to save as a text file.
IE appeared to be ahead here, when I last tried.
Ever heard of the FCC?
"There's a cultural war going on. The religious right is winning. We're losing."
Howard Stern
Your argument would fly, except for the fact that ARD and ZDF also earn money from advertising. They just skim the better part. Phone sex services, stripping, soft porn, and teleshopping are left for the private channels.
EUR 48,45 quarterly per television, whether you then choose to watch the state channels or not, is a lot. It creates an unfair competitive advantage for the state television, radio, opera house, etc. conglomerate that has the final word on what culture is. As, I assume, you know, the amount is approved by state representatives. ARD and ZDF get mighty displeased (to the point of threatening to shut down an opera house or two) if it does not get set to their liking.
Assuming you are German, I would suggest to start winning some at home yourself. The stifling of competition by the incredible blackmail of state broadcasters has made the TV scene in Germany bland, uninnovative, and plainly rotten.
The whole point of streaking is to be naked.
I run a home system and, until now, have always upgraded my kernel from RedHat's up2date. I have heard that Red Hat applied additional patches to the standard kernel. Could upgrading to a standard release cause problems?