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Xref: sserve alt.folklore.computers:75241 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5596 comp.os.linux.misc:36512 comp.os.os2.advocacy:83188 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!caen!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!swrinde!pipex!warwick!yama.mcc.ac.uk!cs.man.ac.uk!fellowsd From: fellowsd@cs.man.ac.uk (Donal K. Fellows) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Date: 16 Mar 1995 11:42:31 GMT Organization: Dept of Computer Science, University of Manchester, U.K. Lines: 33 Message-ID: <3k9877$5ac@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> References: <950116203411@lambada> <5183@dsinet> <3k1gpq$fjk@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> <3k1ig5$din@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: r8h.cs.man.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-User: 8028 In article <3k1ig5$din@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>, Austin Donnelly <and1000@cam.ac.uk> wrote: >In article <3k1gpq$fjk@m1.cs.man.ac.uk>, >Donal K. Fellows <fellowsd@cs.man.ac.uk> wrote: >>Not really true. Most road accidents happen either at around 4 in the >>afternoon (siesta time :) or 4 in the morning (sleep time :). And it's >>easy to get bored stiff by any road, no matter what speed you're >>travelling at (for those that didn't know, the limit on >>multi-carriageway roads here in the UK is 70mph). > >The speed limit may well be 70 - but in my experience mose people >cruise at 80 or 90mph. (We're talking about British motorways, here). > In my experience with motorways (specifically, the M62 between Manchester and West Yorkshire :), cars mostly don't go above 80, buses are usually going at just under 70 and HGVs tend to be anything under that (down to about 20 up some of the ascents!). Anything faster is impossible due to traffic density. ObLinux(ish): Well, actually I'll move this to email where it is a bit more relevant... :) Donal. -- Donal K. Fellows. (not the Information Superhighwayman :) -- Dept. of Computer Science, | 6, Randall Place, Heaton, University of Manchester | Bradford, BD9 4AE U.K. Tel: ++44-161-275-6137 | U.K. Tel: ++44-1274-401017 fellowsd@cs.man.ac.uk (preferred) | donal@ugglan.demon.co.uk (if you must) -- See my <A HREF="http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/">home page</A>