And there was me thinking it was the drivers responsibilty to not hit vulnerable road users, not the vulnerable road users responsibilty to get-the-hell-out-of-my-way. (FWIW I am usually in the latter group.)

I remember reading about this, and not being surprised. I think it tells us something about a) the British press and b) the mind set of the passengers (even after the car sped up to avoid the alleged paparazzi chasers 3 occupents *still* chose not to beltup.

> I find that drivers in Germany do an exemplary job of this, as well as abiding rules of the road and other drivers.

As a cyclist and occasional driver in Darmstadt, Germany my experience of drivers is somewhat different. Most drive above the posted limit, and on most of my commutes I see at least one red light jumper, many on cell phones, and in one narrow street the occassional car driving at normal speed with 2 wheels on the pavement :-( And I regularly have to slow down/stop for cars/lorries abusing my right-of-way on a cyclepath (even the ones painted in bright red !). And don't get me started on pavement and no-stop zone parking :-(

On the other hand they are better than the drivers I experience in Karachi who driver like crazy, and sit on their horms half the time !

Come on: did you really think that the complete dismantle / clean up / store or fix the very long term waste plan/costing was realistic. No-one knew when the plants were built, and no-one knows now. It was assumed that future generations would pickup the tab and/or find a technical fix. Any retirement accounts were just for show.

Some years back I chose to reduce from 40 hours a week to 30. Best move I ever made, even though I got a pro-rata salary reduction. I choose to cycle instead of own a car, skip alpine skiing holidays and useless tech. tools, but gained overall quality of life. And I saw more of my kids growing up. And no union required !
And I am confident my employer got the *best* 30 hours of my working-week, not the end-of-day/end-of-week hanging around in the coffee room !!

I know that Slashdot has just copied the article title, but it seems incorrect:

- The article only seems to discuss security: this is only one class of bug.
- Surely a bug is a mismatch between the requirements and the implementation. If certain security criteria are not required, then it is not a bug if they are not met !

I suggest the title should be more like "Study Confirms The Government Produces The Least Secure Software".

> What's the big problem with speed cameras? I don't see it.

Ditto :-(
But welcome to the wonderful world of mix-and-match law adherence !!

> Its the lack of slack. The world runs on slack. Cameras have no slack.

I thought the slack was the amber light ?

> How about this: Set the speed limits sanely, then most people won't violate them.

How about this: stop seeing the streets as only for motor vehicles and you may see that the speed limits are sane !!

> In contrast, Germany has worked hard to make heatings and houses fit for the 21st century.

Yep: we are coming up to 10 years in our PassivHaus in central Germany: not only is there little need for active heating, but it is incredibly comfortable to live in: draught / sound proofing, no hot/cold spots, ...

(Not that I necessarily agree with your other statements.)

> What else is there?

Easy: reduce energy consumption: switch off / efficient devices / more local production / more human power / better designed communities / ...

Yet another reason to use a VT100 hooked up to the serial port !

FWIW our triple screen test machine is called 'hydra'.

(Well it was for many years, until the Windows admins took over our Solaris boxes, and started renaming them XXnnnn in sequential order :-( But 'hydra' is still an alias to it.)

Or it was a Dr Who reference ?

I vote for growing 3 extra fingers. Then we can use Base 13. The jokes are better.