Comments for ultranomics :: economics geopolitics business :: views on europe, uk, usa, pakistan http://www.ultranomics.com/wp a refreshing and enlightening commentary on european, pakistani and world economics Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:52:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Speed Cameras – Big Brother’s Ever Grazing Cash Cows by JQ http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/2008/11/jq-speed-cameras-cash-cows/comment-page-1/#comment-80 JQ Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:52:09 +0000 http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/?p=473#comment-80 Below news story yet again proves that UK government is bent on controlling its citizens and minting money while they are at it. And above commentor Lazka should note that world's most advanced car making nation is Germany and they have roads like autobahn which do not have any speed limit! -------------------------------------------------------- Smile, you're on sat-cam Posted 20th Apr 2010 by David Hobbs at aol You might think you're pretty sussed when it comes to your local speed cameras but unless you're dialled into NASA things might just start getting a little trickier. New hi-tech camera devices that are linked to each other and draw on satellite technology to track average speed over long distance have been secretly trialled in the UK. Known as SpeedSpike, the cameras combine number plate recognition with global positioning systems and can monitor thousands of vehicles at the same time. Cameras can 'talk' to each other if a vehicle appears to have travelled too far in a particular amount of time. The average speed system is already a familiar sight on motorways these days and it's believed that transport bosses want to adapt it for non-motorway usage. Two futher trials are currently in place - drivers in Southwark and on the A374 in Cornwall be warned - and came under fire when their operation and the hitherto secret trials were revealed in a Parliamentary report . Local Cornwall MP Geoffrey Cox was not impressed and questioned the amount of surveillance the UK is subjected to: "We will get to a point where it becomes routine and it should never be a matter of routine that the state spies on its citizens." And in case you were wondering, UK drivers have been hit with around 16 million drving tickets since 1997, raising nearly £1billion. Nice work if you can get it. Below news story yet again proves that UK government is bent on controlling its citizens and minting money while they are at it. And above commentor Lazka should note that world’s most advanced car making nation is Germany and they have roads like autobahn which do not have any speed limit!
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Smile, you’re on sat-cam

Posted 20th Apr 2010 by David Hobbs at aol

You might think you’re pretty sussed when it comes to your local speed cameras but unless you’re dialled into NASA things might just start getting a little trickier.

New hi-tech camera devices that are linked to each other and draw on satellite technology to track average speed over long distance have been secretly trialled in the UK.

Known as SpeedSpike, the cameras combine number plate recognition with global positioning systems and can monitor thousands of vehicles at the same time.

Cameras can ‘talk’ to each other if a vehicle appears to have travelled too far in a particular amount of time. The average speed system is already a familiar sight on motorways these days and it’s believed that transport bosses want to adapt it for non-motorway usage.

Two futher trials are currently in place – drivers in Southwark and on the A374 in Cornwall be warned – and came under fire when their operation and the hitherto secret trials were revealed in a Parliamentary report .

Local Cornwall MP Geoffrey Cox was not impressed and questioned the amount of surveillance the UK is subjected to: “We will get to a point where it becomes routine and it should never be a matter of routine that the state spies on its citizens.”

And in case you were wondering, UK drivers have been hit with around 16 million drving tickets since 1997, raising nearly £1billion. Nice work if you can get it.

]]> Comment on Does the World Hate America? by jt http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/2009/02/jq-does-the-world-hate-america/comment-page-1/#comment-78 jt Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:10:17 +0000 http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/?p=641#comment-78 No lazka - it reminds me of your sister No lazka – it reminds me of your sister

]]> Comment on The Skyscraper Index by jt http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/2009/01/tk-skyscraper-index/comment-page-1/#comment-77 jt Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:04:09 +0000 http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/?p=585#comment-77 Yeah I guess you are right, though the buildings are drawn to scale if you take the top of the building to be the concrete and not the mast. Its true that some of these buildings do have long masts at the top and include those in their heights, but its a bit disingenuous - a bit like wearing a 12" hat and adding a foot to your stated height! Yeah I guess you are right, though the buildings are drawn to scale if you take the top of the building to be the concrete and not the mast. Its true that some of these buildings do have long masts at the top and include those in their heights, but its a bit disingenuous – a bit like wearing a 12″ hat and adding a foot to your stated height!

]]> Comment on The Skyscraper Index by Lukasz http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/2009/01/tk-skyscraper-index/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Lukasz Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:16:40 +0000 http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/?p=585#comment-76 Might want to scale the buildings properly on that diagram. The Taipei 101 is drawn over 100m higher than it is in reality. The Petronas are over 50m off. It's kind of an important thing when making this sort of diagram... Might want to scale the buildings properly on that diagram.
The Taipei 101 is drawn over 100m higher than it is in reality. The Petronas are over 50m off. It’s kind of an important thing when making this sort of diagram…

]]> Comment on Quantitative Easing in an Era of Depression by Jamie http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/2009/03/tk-quantitative-easing-depression/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Jamie Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:02:01 +0000 http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/?p=653#comment-75 Hiya!. Thanks a bunch for the info. I've been digging around for info, but there is so much out there. Yahoo lead me here - good for you i guess! Keep up the great information. I will be popping back over in a few days to see if there is updated posts. Hiya!. Thanks a bunch for the info. I’ve been digging around for info, but there is so much out there. Yahoo lead me here – good for you i guess! Keep up the great information. I will be popping back over in a few days to see if there is updated posts.

]]> Comment on Does the World Hate America? by lazka http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/2009/02/jq-does-the-world-hate-america/comment-page-1/#comment-74 lazka Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:20:58 +0000 http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/?p=641#comment-74 is it your picture at the top is it your picture at the top

]]> Comment on Speed Cameras – Big Brother’s Ever Grazing Cash Cows by lazka http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/2008/11/jq-speed-cameras-cash-cows/comment-page-1/#comment-73 lazka Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:16:33 +0000 http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/?p=473#comment-73 why you have to go over a speed limit as it can costs somonen`s life. speed cameras are there for some reasons or do you think british goverment is stupid why you have to go over a speed limit as it can costs somonen`s life. speed cameras are there for some reasons or do you think british goverment is stupid

]]> Comment on Speed Cameras – Big Brother’s Ever Grazing Cash Cows by JQ http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/2008/11/jq-speed-cameras-cash-cows/comment-page-1/#comment-64 JQ Fri, 08 May 2009 11:44:16 +0000 http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/?p=473#comment-64 How ironic the below news story proves that speed cameras are counter productive because the people who are supposed to monitor speed are themselves sick of their behaviour and get caught in the trap lol! :) From BBC: The boss of a speed camera firm has been banned from driving for six months after admitting speeding at more than 100mph on a 70mph road in Suffolk. Tom Riall, 49, is a chief executive of Serco, which has provided more than 5,000 speed cameras in the UK. He appeared at Sudbury Magistrates' Court and pleaded guilty to driving at 102.9mph on the A14 on 4 January, 2009. Riall was fined £300, banned from driving for six months and had six points added to his licence. Riall, from Ufton Nervet, near Reading, was caught speeding in his blue Volvo by a police patrol car on the eastbound dual carriageway just before 1300 BST, the court heard. Outside court, he said: "I accept the decision of the court. I recognise that speeding is not acceptable. "I very much regret what happened and I have made a full apology to the court." On Serco's website it states the company prides itself on providing "robust evidence" of drivers' speeding. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/8035511.stm How ironic the below news story proves that speed cameras are counter productive because the people who are supposed to monitor speed are themselves sick of their behaviour and get caught in the trap lol! :)

From BBC:
The boss of a speed camera firm has been banned from driving for six months after admitting speeding at more than 100mph on a 70mph road in Suffolk.

Tom Riall, 49, is a chief executive of Serco, which has provided more than 5,000 speed cameras in the UK.

He appeared at Sudbury Magistrates’ Court and pleaded guilty to driving at 102.9mph on the A14 on 4 January, 2009.

Riall was fined £300, banned from driving for six months and had six points added to his licence.

Riall, from Ufton Nervet, near Reading, was caught speeding in his blue Volvo by a police patrol car on the eastbound dual carriageway just before 1300 BST, the court heard.

Outside court, he said: “I accept the decision of the court. I recognise that speeding is not acceptable.

“I very much regret what happened and I have made a full apology to the court.”

On Serco’s website it states the company prides itself on providing “robust evidence” of drivers’ speeding.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/8035511.stm

]]> Comment on Does the World Hate America? by nick http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/2009/02/jq-does-the-world-hate-america/comment-page-1/#comment-63 nick Wed, 06 May 2009 09:36:26 +0000 http://www.ultranomics.com/wp/?p=641#comment-63 I 100% agree unless USA mends its ways and stops being a parasite on the rest of the world they will not be able to wipe the hatred felt by millions against them I 100% agree unless USA mends its ways and stops being a parasite on the rest of the world they will not be able to wipe the hatred felt by millions against them

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