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Comment Re:This is just baffling! (Score 1) 549

Actualy, I think the small town local newspaper has a decent chance of attracting pay subscriptions. There are hundereds of sites I can go to if I want to read about President Obamas state of the union address, but there aren't many places I can go to to find coverage of the Mayoral race in Annapolis Md. If I want to know the scores in the NFL, thats easy, but what happened in local High School football?

Comment Re:only 30% more efficient? (Score 1) 569

If I put a CFL into my recycling bin, it is just as likely to end up crushed in the street as it is to end up properly disposed up. The sort of people employed to pick my trash up are not exactly careful. You aren't likely to get the average person to do much more than to put it in the correct bin.

Disposed of properly is a bit optimistic.

Comment Re:You've bought the rhetoric. (Score 3, Informative) 440

1. Because tickets are sent to the wrong people?
2. Because tickets are assessed to the owner (not the driver) of the car?
3. Because you have no accuser to confront in court?

These three are irrelevant, because a picture of the driver is included with the ticket in the mail. If you don't look like the picture, then it's pretty easy to contest it.

In MD at least, the ticket does go to the car owner, and not the driver. The red light camera ticket I saw had only a picture of the rear of the car, and you could in no way identify the driver.

4. Because rear-end collisions increase at intersections with red-light cameras?
Citation needed.

this page has 5 studies that conclude that accidents increase
http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras-increase-accidents-5-studies-that-prove-it/

Comment Re:You can convince me (Score 1) 677

IMHO the purpose of math in public schools is to make sure that upon release into the real world, students can do things like balance their checkbook, calculate a tip or a discount without a calculator, make change, and understand the concept of compounding interest. Sadly, it appears that they are failing miserably at that simple task.

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