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First fix:
- open the menu at the top
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this will zero the unread anything for you, so you can strive forth into the exciting world of the new cookie thing.
Because the board got shutdown again because of a load of database, I had to fettle with the settings again.
As part of that,
the server no longer stores what topics you have or haven't read.
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Upside: this should reduce the load of database.
Downside: if you use multiple devices to access the board, or you reject delicious cookies, you won't always have that information cookie. But the
New Posts feature should take care of that.
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All I can do it button the hatches, and tighten up a few things. Such as time limits on how long you may take to compose a post and hit Debauch! As of 24/01/10, I've set that at 30 minutes for now.
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A forum for the off topic stuff. Everything from religion to philosophy to sex to humor (see why it used to be called Buggery?). All manner of rude psychological abuse is welcome and encouraged.
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sun rat
- Dominatrix of Skulduggery
- Location: bfe
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by sun rat » Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:19 pm
so the mustang was caught on a cam in arlington running a red light.
i need to take another look at that intersection because if i was doing what i think i was doing, i was turning right on red which is usually legal except where marked.
but i know how these dicks play this game, no matter what i say i will have to forego the 75 bucks. fuckers.
fuck it all.
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dozer
- Hammer Time
- Location: umbc
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by dozer » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:09 am
I just got a red light ticket on the SV, a speeding camera ticket on the Vespa...fuck the goddamn spy cameras!
"All you lazy bastards, you don't build no castles!"
-Jim Bishop.
Sisyphus wrote:
If, on the other hand, a full-on revolution starts within one year, you will provide me your mailing address and I will send you the balsa wood box for you to eat. Provided I haven't already eaten it. In which case I will send you an object of equal or lesser value that hasn't been eaten, provided it is as edible as balsa and is of nearly equvalent volume (empty).
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Ames
- Megachiroptera Übermench
- Location: Denver, CO in MY OWN DAMN HOUSE!
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by Ames » Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:58 am
Innocent until proven guilty...except in traffic court. I've never seen such a rigged example of Napoleonic Law in my life.
Cheers,
Ames.
Whatever doesn't kill you, only makes you...stranger!
Quid Ita Serius?
You never know how much you appreciate your civil liberties until they've been violated.
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stiles
- Ayatollah of Mayhem
- Location: Mid Atlantic
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by stiles » Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:29 pm
In California they are now programming some red light cameras to photograph drivers who fail to stop completely before turning right on red. The fine itself is around $100, but the municipality and sometimes the state tack on so many fees that the ticket is often near $450 when all is said and done, which is fucking ridiculous.
Traffic enforcement cameras are all about revenue, not safety. The majority of the drop in red-light and right-turn violations noted after the installation of cameras could be achieved at near-zero cost by lengthening yellow light duration by a second or two - here's one example:
$13.5 million in fines generated in three years by just four intersections!
http://blog.photoenforced.com/2010/02/l ... -turn.html
Rigsby noted that the city's decision to increase the length of time that the lights are yellow by one second, at the expense of green lights, has reduced the number of left-turn violations from 240 month to 25 or 30.
He said the most egregious violations involve motorists who drive straight ahead through red lights and those incidents at the four intersections produced only five violations.
"That is tremendous improvement in safety from what we were seeing in the past," he said. "We could have had that safety with lengthening the yellow lights four years ago instead of installing red-light cameras.
Councilman Floyd Petersen, who has complained about the steep fines for right turns, said he was impressed with the decline in violations. He said it is "a very strong indication ... of increased safety at the intersections."
He also said that despite that decline, "I still very, very strongly feel that another issue needs to be addressed here. A $450 ticket for right-hand turn is ludicrous."
"If we cannot be free, we can at least be cheap" - Frank Zappa
