Posts by Steve

"Bicycles have existed for centuries without that being a problem..."

Speak for yourself. I've had many very close misses with pedestrians stepping out in my path when I'm on my bike. I've never had any form of close shave when driving my car.

Some perspective:

As it is, many people don't look when they cross the road. There were 646 pedestrian fatalities in 2007, 74% of those resulting from pedestrian error, most of the error was 'failing to look properly' (RCGB2007). If this is left unchecked, silent cars will make the problem worse.

The world's smallest violin

Can you hear it.... I can't, nor do I care.

Appeal to Authority...

... is a fallacy, but sheeple fall for it every time.

Trust me, I'm an authority on this ;c)

@ Steven Jones

"Perhaps you ought to put yourself in Andrew Sach's position."

Yeah, I would fire my agent for agreeing to let me appear on their show, or kick myself for not looking into what I was getting myself into.

I mean, come on - this is Ross *and* Brand - WTF did Sachs (or his agent) expect?

“This is an affluent area"

Saying “This is an affluent area" is in itself 'an invitation for more criminals to strike'

Note to self: next place to loot is Broughton, start with Paul Jacobs!

Dumbass!

I hope the Google car went back and got the shots!

@ Sarah Bee

Hmmm,

A suspicious article, no references, no hits on google, on 1st April, with the tagline referencing PMS - hasn't the bar already been set?

If the article (and your rant) aren't april fools then you're a pi55 poor moderator, otherwise you're both great!

"Only if you live somewhere without bridges."

..... and there's a plentiful supply of constant wind,

and the wind is always blowing from the right direction,

and there are no buildings to block the wind or create turbulence,

and there are 10 meter wide carriageways,

and you don't need power for heating, indicators, lights

and you don't need to carry goods!

@ AC

That's only true for hard braking. For non-hard braking, practically *all* of the kinetic energy can be harvested for reuse via the rear linkage.

The eco-rider will have to accept that maximising the regenerative potential will require forward planning to avoid hard braking. It's not perfect and may take some getting used to, but it can work (safely) and it can work very well - with practically no overhead.

I question the sanity of those who want to buy and ride a leccy bike yet desire to always brake hard and avoid the regenerative benefits the leccy bike can bring.

@ Gyorgy Bano

"because heating of the ceiling should not be paid by us."

Where do you think the warmed air goes after it leaves the radiators? ;c)

could have been worse

Imagine the equivalent of this if something 'more sensitive' than a finger was ripped off, something around the groin area...

I have visions of a bloke 'interfacing' to his laptop saying "I'm downloading" !

@ Graham Marsden & those reckoning the 122mph wasn't.

The 122mph is correct. I did two analysis using two independent sets of visual cues. I made a post about it here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=10&t=656799&i=100

That'll teach 'em

They won't complain again!

@ David Halko

Please note, neither of us stated or hinted that more voltage is needed. What we were saying is that the current capacity alone doesn't reflect the energy carrying capacity of the battery.

PS: I take it you don't know what a switching supply is? There is no wasted voltage (or power). For example: a switching supply can take 14V, output 2.8V at 10 amps, while only draw 2 amps (imagine a DC transformer). That's why batteries of higher voltages can be used.

Is this really a penny pinching measure....

.. or is it a cunning advertising stunt? The number of passengers may actually increase!

It had to be done…

Who wouldn’t’ve forseen problem’s with the apostrophies’ use.

Glenn needs to do some maths…

220v * 120A * 60sec * 10min = 15.84MJ

200miles @ 30mph = 6.7 hours

15.84MJ / (6.7 * 60 * 60) = 657W = 0.88BHP.

30mph in a car at less than 1BHP? The other one has bells on!

My power shower is 8.5kW, and when I turn it on my lights dim (the 220V is no longer 220V)!

power or current

"Generates 1mA of power"

It generates 1mA of current (power and current are two different units).

Assuming it still yields 0.7V, and holds that at 1mA, then it can be said to give 0.7mW of power!

"net-throwing gun able to bring down parachutists "

Because, without use of this new gun, those clever parachutists would forever remain suspended in the air.

not 4 x 4 but....

Technically speaking, is this an 8 x 8 x 8 ?

Will this really stop terrorists in their tracks?

Think about it: all the planning is already done, everything is in place, the attack has already begun (the jamming won't start until an attack has been detected). Does anyone really think people (especially those with bombs strapped to their person) who have already started their attack is going to stop? "Hey Mohammed, my phone's stopped working; let's fly home instead" !?!

No, this won't work at all - I suspect there is a more sinister, in-house reason for this study.

conflict of interest

Product supplier claims their product is the best for the job, no conflict of interest there then!

"Both Reg readers and experts has slammed ..."

Who is the other Red reader ?

Get one here

Go on, get one and try it for yourself. Here's a link:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MINI-IPHONE-NANO-EDITION_W0QQitemZ180319025285

Don't let the lack of seller ratings put you off. I would get one.....

@ AC: "NASA stands for..."

We're laughing at you, not with you.

@ Bassey

“At the moment it's 70 so why have cars that can drive faster?”

That’s an unfair question. At the moment, cars and drivers can safely handle faster than 70, so why limit to 70? Please don’t strawman by interpreting that as meaning ‘lets get rid of the limit’. Why can’t we have time-variable limits like other EU countries?

Fact: did you know that 19% (conservative figure) of all motorways crashes are sleep related? (yes that includes the daytime drivers)? This portion obviously increases to 29 - 45% during the small hours (M20, M25, M6) [source: “Road Safety Research Report No. 52, Sleep-Related Crashes on Sections of Different Road Types in the UK (1995–2001)”]. This portion is obviously MUCH greater than those who are involved in accidents that were in excess of the limit. All else equal: forcing motorway drivers to go slower still (meaning less stimulation for a longer time - a double whammy!!) would almost certainly end up worsening the overall accident rate.

Safespeed members understand how road safety is more than simply targeting around a simply number.

@ Tony

Fair doos. I misread the context of your post.

I can’t remember what I was throttled to when I was with VM, but let’s be honest: 5mb (0.6MB/s) on its own is enough for anyone (54GB in 24 hours); but I do remember being pissed off because my tiny upload rate was managed too – that’s what killed the effectiveness.

However, I was able to download waaaaaay more than 6Gb in 24 hours without the cap kicking in (did you really mean gigabit? 6Gb in a day isn’t much more than dial-up speed [not even double]).

@ the two ACs: "bah" and "No Koran"

To state the obvious by repeating myself: What exactly is wrong with that figurine? Is it really a terrorist? Is it in any way Islamic? Are you sheep that heed the calls of tabloid shepherd?

@ bah: There IS also an SS figurine available in that range, obviously you wouldn't have known that because you didn't know our supposed Islamic terrorist is actually a headscarfed bandit (a Mexican one at that). Any inference to the Holocaust would be in one’s tiny mind only (ay least it won’t be a double standard if one also idiotically insists the bandit is an Islamic terrorist, so knock yourself out).

How did the IRA manage it?

Why would the terrorists need such a precision aerial mapping service to plan their deeds? Would a lack of one really have led towards preventing it or reducing their ‘success’?

This is not a question of privacy….

… it is one about dignity. The sticking point was about it being published and the context it was in.

It is of course right to be able to take photos/films of people from and within public places. The law is correct as it is.

- if I can put myself in a position when I can lawfully see you then I can film you.

- if I can put myself in a position when I can lawfully hear you then I can record you.

The problem arises when I publish that data and do so in a certain context.

So to answer the question: “Is filming someone in the street a breach of privacy?” no! If you don’t like it then wear a Burqa.