From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 05/16/2018 09:04 AM, Erik Meltzer wrote:   
   > Hi!   
   >   
   > On 16.05.2018 17:52, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >> On 05/16/2018 04:14 AM, Erik Meltzer wrote:   
   >>> Is this group dead, or is something wrong with my feed?   
   >>   
   >> Nope, this is the new 'normal'.  The only really active groups, at least   
   >> of the 30 or so I subscribe to, seem to be computer-related.  Everyone   
   >> else seems to have migrated to facebook, which is a real shame.  It's no   
   >> substitute.   
   >   
   > Nothing that's controlled by a company is a substitute, by definition.   
   > They'll all disappear some day.  Usenet won't (it might keep getting   
   > smaller, but there'll always be a geek with a newsserver somewhere).   
      
   My ISP discontinued its newsserver subscription years ago.  Apparently   
   it was expensive and not used all that much.  Toward what I assume is   
   the end, the helpdroids didn't even know what usenet was.  One of them   
   thought it was maybe some sort of satellite service.   
      
   I don't know how news.eternal-september stays in business, but we owe   
   him/them a lot.   
      
   >> Are there still no speed limits on the Autobahn?   
   >   
   > Most Autobahns are unlimited, but those most travelled typically have   
   > a 120 km/h limit these days.  Some have adaptive speed limits: huge   
   > illuminated signs that can show different speed limits (and other   
   > signs like "no overtaking for trucks" or "fog" etc.) according to   
   > conditions.  When conditions are good and traffic is light, most of   
   > those are unlimited too.   
   >   
   > But most drivers seem to have slowed down.   
      
   The freeways are miserably crowded in the Los Angeles area now.   
   Doubling the number of lanes would only -- at best -- cut the traffic in   
   half, and that would still be miserable.  Just too many people now, and   
   I don't see any way to improve that.  'Rush hour' now lasts from 6am to   
   10am or later and 3pm to god knows when.  We're all doomed :-(   Even   
   thinking about speed limits most of the time is silly.   
      
   > I don't see nearly as   
   > many speeding past me with 200+ km/h as I did a decade ago.  I don't   
   > think fuel prices are the reason; they haven't risen that much.   
   > Probably a combination of more traffic and more thinking?  Well,   
   > maybe I'm just being optimistic.   
   >   
   > My feel-good speed varies between 100 and 160 km/h (60 to 100 mph)   
   > depending on circumstances and conditions.   
      
   Sounds reasonable.  It depends on lack of crowding and time traveled at   
   a high speed -- after a while it begins to seem slow and I speed up   
   without thinking.  Easy to drive on autopilot if the highway is good and   
   nobody else is using it.  I love Utah.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Bev   
      "On the other hand, I live in California so I'd be willing to   
       squeeze schoolchildren to death if I thought some oil would   
       come out."                                    -- Scott Adams   
      
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