I'm pretty sure a picture from over the South Pole would count too. Actually, pretty much any map that doesn't involve those three countries on it would count. So my map of the UK has to have the US, China or Russia on it to be a valid map? :)
That's the example of broken public transport, in a country where everything is built assuming you have to drive. Try that in a country with good public transport where things are planned around that and you'll have a many totally different experiences.
The rest of your complaint is solved by the simple process called 'learning'. We all have to do it. A little planning helps as well. There is also this little thing called a 'bike' that can have panniers for those heavier loads. Or even a backpack.
In an ideal semi-urban environment, no-one should 'have' to learn to drive, or need a car.
Then some enterprising businessman would have the amazing idea of buying some land, building a concrete floor and some pillars, putting another concrete floor with some more pillars (repeat as many times as you like), put ramps joining all these concrete floors, and a tolbooth out front and voila! A solution that I shall call "multi-floor traffic parking problem cure"!
That's the trouble, it's the dumb laws that make people not respect them, and reduce respect for other related laws.
"I can't park outside my own apartment without paying massive amounts for a service that's already paid for in (road) taxes whilst two streets away you can park for free" is exactly the idiocy we get that leads to people going "sod this". Copyright laws are just as dumb in their totality, and especially in their spread.
That's a little dumb. The city can issue a ticket for your own private property? Isn't the 'patriotic american' thing to do to either sue the city for trespass, or install machine-gun emplacements?
Here in the UK, we have to pay an annual road tax. So long as it's paid, you can park on any public road, subject to local parking ordinances. On private property, you don't even need to have the car taxed, although you are required to declare it as 'off-road'.
Unfortunately, the 'dislike' is a valuable feature of the YouTube service, and it will be a big loss to see this go. It's a good bellweather as to
With only +1s, if I look at some creationist or end-of-the-world-in-2012 nonsense I would not be able to indicate my disfavour, or see how many others had disliked it compared to the fewer 'likes' :)
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The rest of your complaint is solved by the simple process called 'learning'. We all have to do it. A little planning helps as well. There is also this little thing called a 'bike' that can have panniers for those heavier loads. Or even a backpack.
In an ideal semi-urban environment, no-one should 'have' to learn to drive, or need a car.
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Or maybe they'll be more honest and say that it's their obscene profit margins being 'murdered'.
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Seriously, if that's your best argument...
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"I can't park outside my own apartment without paying massive amounts for a service that's already paid for in (road) taxes whilst two streets away you can park for free" is exactly the idiocy we get that leads to people going "sod this". Copyright laws are just as dumb in their totality, and especially in their spread.
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Here in the UK, we have to pay an annual road tax. So long as it's paid, you can park on any public road, subject to local parking ordinances. On private property, you don't even need to have the car taxed, although you are required to declare it as 'off-road'.
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With only +1s, if I look at some creationist or end-of-the-world-in-2012 nonsense I would not be able to indicate my disfavour, or see how many others had disliked it compared to the fewer 'likes' :)
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