Parking fines hit £165m a yearSearch for similiar with Google! According to the BBC: Parking fines hit £165m a year. Motorists paid £165 million in parking fines last year because a lack of spaces forced them to park illegally, a survey has shown. Now, doing a little math here . . . there are a little more than 40 million adults between the ages of 18 and 65 in England. Supposing that 80% of those people actually drive cars, the 165 million pounds sterling is divided between about 32 million people. That would mean parking fines of about $8.50 for every driver on an annual basis. That doesn't seem like news to someone who recently paid $75 in parking tickets. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
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Microsoft, Amazon parner on Web servicesSearch for similiar with Google! This is all very interesting: Microsoft, Amazon partner on Web services. "Microsoft and Amazon.com will launch a service this quarter that will enable users of Microsoft Office System applications to access Amazon products and data without a Web browser." But! What we really want is for Microsoft to partner on information services . . . not commercial services. I can imagine a link between InfoPath and RSS feeds that would make it possible for a office worker to type in a phrase on a web form and get leveraged information from throughout the web in return. Add a Googleish scoring system and you would have a real "information product" as a web service. [Computerworld News]
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What's in a name?Search for similiar with Google! Why do my friends call the British cut rate air carrier named "EasyJet" SleasyJet? I thought EasyJet was just fine on a recent trip to Liverpool. Discount air travel boom continues. Business: The boom in low-cost air travel shows little sign of easing, according to figures released by two major players in the sector today. [Guardian Unlimited]
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Does this scale?Search for similiar with Google! Here's my unsophisticated question: does this mean that any country can invade or attack another country -- and expect the tacit approval of the US government -- as long as they do so in the interests of "combating terrorism?" If a country thought that the United States sponsored terrorism (no hard evidence needed, apparently) they have the right to "defend themselves?" Bush Tells Israel It Has the Right to Defend Itself [New York Times: International News]
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Please! Stop it!Search for similiar with Google! Please! Stop it! The visitor wants control of the online experience. Putting it in the hands of Disney is a non-starter. 'Datacasting' Refuses to Die. Disney and Microsoft resurrect the decades-old technology -- labeled a bust in the '80s and again during the dot-com era -- to offer services such as on-demand movies and smart wristwatches. By Elisa Batista. [Wired News]
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The United States women's side lost an interesting game to Germany over the weekend. The 11-year-old female soccer player in my family wasn't engaged with the tournament; instead she was focused on something else: playing on her own team. Cup Defeat Reflects End of Era for U.S.. Not only did this 2003 World Cup end prematurely for the Americans, but also perhaps a groundbreaking era. By Jere Longman. [New York Times: Sports]
