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It was awesome! ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) _firepixie_is an excellent instructor. She breaks things down into contemplatable tasks, and is an amazing performer, too. Scary, but a lot of fun. Fire is hot. :-) We actually ended up taking a 'condensed for TV' class, which will air in a few weeks (more details to follow). Details on the full fire eating class available here. Thanks again to Erin and Darrell for hosting a wonderful evening. Thanks to Josh for the pics! Here's a few of my favorite shots. More shots available here. Yes, that's really me eating fire.  finagler with fire shooting out of his mouth.  Josh, the guy with the cool camera taking a turn.  Transferring fire from one torch to another, via tongue.  Tags: fire eating firepixie
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 Discovered joost this weekend, and got finaglerexposed to the pilot episode of Lexx. Internet TV that's actually legit is cool but a bit odd (this one's by the creators of Skype and Kazaa). It has commercials, albeit short ones that pop up every 20 minutes or so to interrupt the show, and other brief commercials that show up as pop up windows on the bottom right corner of the screen at other times. Since it's in BETA, you still need an invite. Current Mood:  bouncy
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 Why? A fairly small island country, with very congested traffic. "Bermuda is a country with 21 square miles of land, 63,000 people and 47,000 moving vehicles. We're the sixth largest population per square mile. Bermuda has the world's highest density per square mile of motor traffic on its roads," said Randy Rochester, director of Bermuda's Transportation Control Department." How? Cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs will receive a windshield sticker embedded with an RFID tag upon registration of their vehicle. Each vehicle gets assigned a number, which is connected to a database. A fixed sensor network will be set up on the island, as well as handheld scanners that are mobile and usable in random locations.
And how else will they use this data? Be afraid, be very afraid.
"A back-office VPS (violation processing system) will automatically generate citations, while the EVR [electronic vehicle registration] system itself will validate commercial vehicle registration and issue violations for trucks operating in restricted areas, during rush hour, without a permit, officials said. "
I wonder if they'll use this for speeding tickets? Or for their equivalent of an Amber alert? In the California Bay Area, we have a voluntary tracking system, FasTrak, that assigns vehicles a number, and uses sensors to predict commute times based on how long it takes for several of us to go from sensor A to sensor B. It is primarily used for paying bridge tolls without having to stop, and is a very convenient, efficient system. It sounds like Bermuda's system is capable of providing the same benefits as FasTrak, but making it a mandatory system that will also generate citations is just too Orwellian. They started this system this week. http://www.physorg.com/news97861388.html Current Mood:  worried
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