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The neutrino thing was a failed experience (false data), so no HFT here.
Not this one. The idea of using neutrinos to beam through the Earth directly, from London to NYC.
HFT in the Banana Land
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#32"inhabitants of the Western world need to realize that the tallest structures they can see in the landscape are the face of what may be a new kind of God: finance." Oh come on, so much drama for a slick lean tower in sparsely populated land, barely visible to anyone but local fishermen. Compare it to, say, this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duga_radar This is a very prominent military installation that spoiled short…
The Problem is that some of these people live there becausw they like the view of the nature. Uninterupted by some modern skyscrapers.
I prefer to live in a more rural area. I accept wind turbines, because they are a nesessery if you don't won't depend on coal and nuclear energy.
Now these people get some building that doesn't benefit them and isn't strictly nesessery.
With the Duga Radar you could argue it's some country defenses mechanisms, which the microwave link clearly isn't.
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I totally agree. I like guyed towers. They are quite invisible. I just wanted to end with the new eyes of God (dishes)
Most of the world's trading is now going through three physical unremarkable buildings: Equinix datacenters NY4, LD4 and TY3 in NYC, London and Tokyo respectively. Inside, there is a mess of server racks installed by major banks and financial companies and everybody else (it's not that expensive, by corporate standards, to rent a rack place there), all interconnected by a web of optical fiber. Chaos reigns. These are…
I know. I visited the Basildon NYSE facility. That said, it's half empty (I mean, the colocation halls are half empty).
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not this one. The idea of using neutrinos to beam through the Earth directly, from London to NYC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light_neutrino_ano...
Even if they only move at the speed of light, they can travel in a straight line directly through the earth instead of along the curved surface, saving time. The problem is that if neutrinos can pass through the entire earth unimpeded, most of them will pass through your detector on the other side too.
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The point is that only UK citizens simplify that to "Europe" instead of saying "Continental Europe". Also, it is strange that they only exclude themselves, not Scandinavia or Iceland. This is really a political issue. Here in Germany nobody would ever think of excluding UK when talking about "Europe". The same goes for France, Belgium, and so on. And nobody would ever have to explicitly say "European Union" just to m…
England has been a land apart for nearly a thousand years - ruled by the same monarchy, no part of it successfully invaded by violence, nor really (in the minds of most English) united with other kingdoms on equal terms. So there is a much stronger national identity than in Germany (where many were Prussian or Bavarian or Silesian until the late 19th century), and a political policy of "splendid isolation" was follow…
> England has been a land apart for nearly a thousand years - ruled by the same monarchy, no part of it successfully invaded by violence
I'm no scholar of English history but the Glorious Revolution was at least as big a breach in political continuity as the American Revolution and resulted in a foreigner (Dutch) on the English throne. And the Hannoverians are another separate royal line that had continental European holdings.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
The point is that only UK citizens simplify that to "Europe" instead of saying "Continental Europe". Also, it is strange that they only exclude themselves, not Scandinavia or Iceland. This is really a political issue. Here in Germany nobody would ever think of excluding UK when talking about "Europe". The same goes for France, Belgium, and so on. And nobody would ever have to explicitly say "European Union" just to m…
I think many people in the UK admire the Swiss and Norwegian models of participating in the "European project". The country retains sovereignty and only implements laws that suit its citizens. I have to say I am surprised by your comment, as it assumes that politicians are responsible for their country's perspective on Europe? Surely it is the other way round, and the politicians have an obligation to represent their…
> I think many people in the UK admire the Swiss and Norwegian models of participating in the "European project". The country retains sovereignty and only implements laws that suit its citizens.
Since they participate in the EEA, they don't really have a choice to say no to the EEA legislation. They are required to implement similar legislation within a certain time period, otherwise the EEA will sue the government for not fulfilling their contract. About the only way to really say "no" to something is to rescind their EEA membership.
Case in point: data retention was forced through in Iceland through the EEA agreement. This unpopular legislation went through because "it's an EEA requirement, you don't want to leave the single market do you?". After it was implemented, the directive was struck down by the EU court, so it's no longer required for EEA area countries to implement. But Iceland is still stuck with the data retention laws, and they're unlikely to go anywhere as revoking laws is much, much harder than passing them.
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"Europe" here refers to the continent, which the lands of the UK clearly are not a part of. It does not refer to the European Union.
> "Europe" here refers to the continent, which the lands of the UK clearly are not a part of What continent do you think the UK is part of, Asia? It's clearly a part of the European continent.
Perhaps they would like to think that the British Isles are mid-oceanic and stand in proud isolation. Like Hawaii or Tristan da Cunha.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think many people in the UK admire the Swiss and Norwegian models of participating in the "European project". The country retains sovereignty and only implements laws that suit its citizens. I have to say I am surprised by your comment, as it assumes that politicians are responsible for their country's perspective on Europe? Surely it is the other way round, and the politicians have an obligation to represent their…
> I think many people in the UK admire the Swiss and Norwegian models of participating in the "European project". The country retains sovereignty and only implements laws that suit its citizens. Since they participate in the EEA, they don't really have a choice to say no to the EEA legislation. They are required to implement similar legislation within a certain time period, otherwise the EEA will sue the government f…
> Case in point: data retention was forced through in Iceland through the EEA agreement
That's only half of the story.
Many other European countries were in the same situation as Iceland, but didn't hurry to implement their data retention. Instead they decided to wait for the EU court ruling.
Also, that lawsuit came to no surprise. I bet the activists would have loved to start the lawsuit even earlier, but you can't start a lawsuit against something that doesn't exist yet.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
England has been a land apart for nearly a thousand years - ruled by the same monarchy, no part of it successfully invaded by violence, nor really (in the minds of most English) united with other kingdoms on equal terms. So there is a much stronger national identity than in Germany (where many were Prussian or Bavarian or Silesian until the late 19th century), and a political policy of "splendid isolation" was follow…
> England has been a land apart for nearly a thousand years - ruled by the same monarchy, no part of it successfully invaded by violence I'm no scholar of English history but the Glorious Revolution was at least as big a breach in political continuity as the American Revolution and resulted in a foreigner (Dutch) on the English throne. And the Hannoverians are another separate royal line that had continental European…
> the Glorious Revolution was at least as big a breach in political continuity as the American Revolution
Not really, not post-Civil War. It was a reaffirmation of the same principle - that Parliament governed the country and could determine who sat on the throne. William of Orange came at the invitation of Parliament (and although he was declared King that was more a matter of being married to Mary than of being King in his own right or by force of arms). The Hannoverians were placed on the throne by the Act of Settlement. We don't see either as an invasion or revolution.