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(...) What would be cool is signage that responds to the weather. Based on the temperature and state of precipitation (or even reflective characteristics of the road and atmospheric light-transmission characteristics), the signs could display a (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Can't Drive 65 (was 'Re: Tolerance of vice')
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(...) Hmm Civil engineering. This does work for some roads, but, for most, the 85th percentile speed just keeps rising (if my memory serves my right). For most roads, all the 85th percentile rule shows is that 15 percent of drivers are willing to (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | At last, a Federal program we can all support.
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(URL) Ms. Targ has received $243,228.00 from the NIH to fund her bogus study, representing the first installment on what is likely to "amount to more than 2 million dollars of federal funds over the next few years." This quote is pulled from (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Can't Drive 65 (was 'Re: Tolerance of vice')
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes: <snip> The theory of how to set speeds isn't just some neato thing I dreamed up, it's commonly accepted practice, as outlined in Transportation Engineering texts... you can look it up or take (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Can't Drive 65 (was 'Re: Tolerance of vice')
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(...) Who are smart enough to know what level or risk is appropriate in all situations. Right? (...) The 'correct' speed. (...) What Larry is saying is that while they might be exceeding the posted speed limit, the problem is that the posted speed (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This was interesting: Genetic sleuths rush to identify anthrax strains in mail attacks (URL) It reminded me (indirectly) of a story I read yesterday about the current anthrax problem. The content makes some sense, and mirrors a view I read on (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: "Why Do so many hate America"... or is it "Why does America hate US?"?
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(...) Richard, Did you forget this - :-) ? It can be argued that your president was moving your nation in that direction up until September 11th. Did you view that as a success? Further, take a look at how much the USA has relied on overseas help (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't think that there are any which are purely industreal which still do, at least for regular use. Mind you, I can name a railway here that shouldn't exist, but does too...(That'd be the E&N on Vancouver Island...it is still here because (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I guess some (many?) cave-men said[1] something similar when they started living together in communities, and others later when communities started living in states. ROSCO [1] or grunted? made their feelings known somehow, anyway... (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Can't Drive 65 (was 'Re: Tolerance of vice')
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Just some thoughts.... (bad ones at that) (...) Ok, so let's say that the average driving speed in america has gone up over the past few decades. I believe it has, but I don't have a statistic in front of me. The reasons for this increase are (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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The leading scientific journal nature is publishing some information on anthrax on its website including some older articles(both hard science and policy issues are covered). (URL) access fee has been removed for this section -chris (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I waffle on this. Long time readers know I usually lean in the jeffersonian "honest friendship for all, entangling alliances with none" direction but I've been somewhat swayed lately by those who argue that 200 years on, with ICBM transit (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I am willing to agree with this much. Would doing nothing as far as foreign policy goes be too difficult a course of action to follow for some reason? I say screw the rest of the world -- feed the U.S.! We could change the face of the U.S. (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ignore the neighbours for now. Think about how the current troubles started 13 months ago. Think about all those lovely residential developments Israel is allowing on land which does not belong to them. Think about the innocents they are (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think he was discounting tourist roads. I don't think any non tourist US road uses steam in revenue service on a regular basis (unless you count fireless). (...) You're going to need to provide a cite and detailed analysis for that. ACE (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) btw: Horn-tooting: It was nice to see that my speculation on bin = ibn was founded. LFB (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes. It is. A fairly good synopsis, too. (In my own work, I've had to deal with the Egyptian Colonel Arabi, who is variously "Orabi," "Urabi," "Araby," "`Urabi," and so forth.[1] "Hussein" is also "Husain" and "Husayn;" Nasser is "Nasr" and (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I belive Grand Canyon Railway is. Josh Used correctly, modern steam would be cheaper (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: What does it take to be a true Christian?
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(...) Being simply more powerful doesn't imply, to my mind, a difference of "kind" in moralities, only a difference of "degrees." Though the Mayan Gods weren't moral authorities of any particular kind, I'd wager that moral codes still existed within (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) was (...) This might sound silly, but it just occured to me as interesting that while we have made it illegal to revolt, we have core rules that encourage revolution. Jefferson certainly seems to have thought that periodic revolutions is a (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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