Am Mittwoch, 26. Juli 2006 21:28 schrieb Ravi Rao:
> There are *plenty* of factors in play and I think one of the most
> signficant ones is this -- driver awareness.
Well, not only driver awareness. The other participants in traffic,
namely pedestrians, need to be aware of the traffic as well. I
On 7/26/06, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I notice most non-Indians attribute a higher risk factor to
motorcycles than we do. I wonder why that is?
Because, as hserus mentioned, motorbikes are not usually punky 100 cc
ones here. Also, when you are riding 70 mph on a highway surrounded
* Vardhini Shankar [Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 08:45:48AM -0700]:
> Much more powerful engines and all around high speed traffic result
> in a higher probability of severe injury/death in case an accident
> happens. I don't hear of too many motorbike accidents where the
> rider escaped with just a scra
* Suresh Ramasubramanian [Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 08:43:21PM +0530]:
> Real motorcycles of the sort made by BMW, Ducati, Yamaha, Honda etc have
> rather more powerful engines than that. Taking a powerful high speed
> motorcycle down a freeway is rather more risky than putt-putting around
> from K
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 10:10:11PM +0530, sastry wrote:
> > I notice most non-Indians attribute a higher risk factor to
> > motorcycles than we do. I wonder why that is?
>
> I think Eugen was referring to the exercise - or lack thereof with motorised
> bikes.
Both, actually. Arguably, I'm incre
On Wed July 26 2006 20:38, Biju Chacko wrote:
> On 26/07/06, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > As to other kind of bike -- no can do, since it would
> > interfere with my goal of living forever (or die trying,
> > but not the vegetable-on-vent way).
>
> I notice most non-Indians attribute
Much more powerful engines and all around high speed traffic result in a higher probability of severe injury/death in case an accident happens. I don't hear of too many motorbike accidents where the rider escaped with just a scrape.Vardhini- Original Message From: Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTE
> Maybe due to more often communicated mortality statistics? Or because
> riding a motorbike is more a dangerous spare time activity
> rather than a fast/convenient form of transportation.
Lets be fair here ... No amount or mortality stats will make people start
doing/liking a particularly dang
Biju Chacko wrote:).
I notice most non-Indians attribute a higher risk factor to
motorcycles than we do. I wonder why that is?
Maybe due to more often communicated mortality statistics? Or because
riding a motorbike is more a dangerous spare time activity rather than a
fast/convenient form o
Biju Chacko wrote:
I notice most non-Indians attribute a higher risk factor to
motorcycles than we do. I wonder why that is?
Indian motorcycles are usually tiny little suzuki / honda etc city
runabouts that have ~ 100 cc engines (or maybe 350 cc in the case of the
venerable old Enfield Bull
On 26/07/06, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As to other kind of bike -- no can do, since it would
interfere with my goal of living forever (or die trying,
but not the vegetable-on-vent way).
I notice most non-Indians attribute a higher risk factor to
motorcycles than we do. I wonder why
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 10:05:41AM -0400, Vinit Bhansali wrote:
> Eugen,
>
> What kind of bike do you ride?
> (Reply expected only if it's got a motor in it!)
Just 1 HP (human power) mountain bike, I'm afraid.
I've found that biking like a demented dervish for 100 min
daily will 1) bring you back
Eugen,
What kind of bike do you ride?
(Reply expected only if it's got a motor in it!)
- VB
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et] On Behalf Of Eugen Leitl
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 7:49 AM
> To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
> Subject:
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 01:49:04PM +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> It's 32 C in Munich right now, but it was hotter (35 or 36)
> a few days ago.
>
> I kinda like, despite 36 km/day bike commute.
mad dogs, englishmen _and_ germans! since it is quite entertaining, i have
posted the song below.
i reme
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 01:34:33PM +0200, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh wrote:
> at 34 degrees, maastricht is now hotter than delhi. this has been the
It's 32 C in Munich right now, but it was hotter (35 or 36)
a few days ago.
I kinda like, despite 36 km/day bike commute.
> hottest july in the netherlands
at 34 degrees, maastricht is now hotter than delhi. this has been the
hottest july in the netherlands since the dutch started keeping records in
1706.
of course, hardly anyone has air conditioning and at best we have little
table fans...
http://iht.com/articles/2006/07/25/news/hot.php
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 07:04:24AM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> At least a week's worth of reading and reflection in here.
I don't know, his dogma too frequently runs over his science.
> >People in the USA know nothing of Brazilian ethanol.
Luckily, there are not just USians on this planet.
huh? most plants suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. that's the
carbon we release when we burn the plants, or when we burn fossil fuels for
that matter (coal, directly from plants, or oil, from plants via animal
digestive tracts).
At 03:34 26/07/2006, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
(((The kick
"a rolling caipirinha" - yummy. but talk of drunk driving!
At 03:34 26/07/2006, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
The Brazilian Obvio is not as fast or sexy as
this Tesla all-electric sports car, but its
fuel-tank is full of pure booze. You get some mint
and crushed ice, it's a rolling caipirinha.
http:/
i thought it was pretty fascinating, especially since several years ago i
had explored similar tristate systems for the specific application of data
compression.
At 03:20 26/07/2006, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
Note: I've not yet read the article, only skimmed it. In my copious spare
time, I plan
> PS: I wonder how this guy (I assume he reads silk through the
> yahoogroups archive - he doesn't seem to be on the main list) settled
> on the three names below as the people to approach.
You three post the most messages.
Badri
>
>>Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:12:10 -0700 (PDT)
>>From: Abhijit <
that case was so interesting.
it was another example that legislators and the police generally have
little knowledge of existing laws -
the other thing i have seen the polic do, is frequently raid brothels, and
lock up the prostitutes, yet prostitution is
supposedly legal in india (AFAIK, soli
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