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Comment Clearing out the riff-raff (Score 5, Interesting) 311

Actually, the Times can make this a great success. They've just filtered out all the freeloaders and now have a nice exclusive club of readers willing to pay for something on the Internet. I would say that's far, far more valuable than all the riff-raff that want something for free. They'll be charging top-dollar for advertising/features now, and not have any problems filling those side columns.

Comment Re:Interesting application (Score 1) 176

They're installing a tramway near my home (work starts next year), and they're doing something similar in the city centre. The overhead lines are replaced by a power line that runs through the ground for a couple of kilometres. But installing this costs much more than the standard overhead lines, so it's only used in the areas where visual pollution would cause a problem. The battery system would have been a interesting alternative, with charging stations at each stop. I have a vague memory that that looked at a battery system, I'm not sure why they rejected it (cost? weight?).

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