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That makes my head hurt looking at it.
And those funny symbols 
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Excellent, preferred this: Get It On[^]. Great music.
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Free[^].
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You got me: never heard of them before. Will listen to it. Thx.
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It happens when two bad/dumb drivers doing 20 miles under the limit happen to be in the same place at the same time in two different lanes. After one of them leave the highway/stop texting/finish her makeup etc. the traffic restores back to normal in a few minutes.
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I recall a study on the M25 in the UK ('circular' motorway that goes around the outside of London) where they showed that a single car putting on its brake lights can affect traffic for several miles behind.
Spo it need not be an accident.
Just someone pulls out causing another driver to brake, which causes other drivers to brake or change lane, which causes...
The question with the M25 was, what would it take for the ripple effect to go around thw whole motorway so the arse causing it got held up too?
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As can be seen from someone's Wikipedia link, traffic flow (and jams) make good research material. It's that interesting and it's that important.
While it is interesting to come up with a scientific (mathematical) solution to the problem, I think part of the problem is how people interact with others.
At least a good proportion of the problem is undeniably caused by the "me me me!" attitude.
Things like people pushing into queues, blocking people entering the major route at merge points, changing lanes frequently in slow moving traffic or driving on the hard shoulder then pushing into the main traffic must be playing some part in congestion creation.
I tend to take the attitude that slow moving traffic is better than not moving traffic so I think people should work with the other drivers so we can all get through at a reasonable pace rather than one person pushing through while causing everyone else to stop.
On a practical note, here in Japan, many A-roads and motorways are on hilly locations so a heavy truck travelling uphill can easily clog up a major transport artery.
Again, I think it's just tough luck. Live with it.
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
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PaulowniaK wrote: Again, I think it's just tough luck. Live with it
Not much choice, really.
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Didn't you do queuing theory in Maths?
One car slows down by 10mph, the car behind slows down by 12, the one behind that by 15, etc.
One nice pair of boobies really can stop traffic for miles.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Didn't you do queuing theory in Maths?
Probably but it's so long ago that I've forgotten it. 
Besides, I was having a rant. Felt good to let it all out.
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Funny how when you look at everything that made someone a multi-Billionaire was mere something simple that no one has even ever thought of doing in a specific way.
Take Mark Zuckerberg. The idee which started FaceBook was not a new way, just the way he thought of it made the diffence that made him Billions of dollars (and to be sued for a crap load of money)
Lets look at that statement closely. He started with a HotOrNot website. Where he got an idee. Why should the people that vote, vote on people they do not know. This sturred his curiosity to make something that everybody can log on and judge others(which is exactly wat FaceBook is, a place to show off what you got and others judge you for it.)
So what might be the next greatest invention of all time (If you could call it)?
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pah... I'm not sharing my secrets with you !! You'll only steal them to make money in my stead 
No seriously.. If I had any clue about that I would do it 
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Quote: You'll only steal them to make money in my stead
Why else would i post it then?
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I'm not telling you. You might become a multi-millionaire and I would have to sue you and I hate lawyers ...and politicians and journalists and insurance assessors and insurance salesmen and used car salesmen and people who sell get rich quick schemes and... hmmm, Monday appears to be full of hate.
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Forogar wrote: Monday appears to be full of hate.
After all Monday is the most hated day of the week 
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Not here, not this one. It's a bank holiday and we were all lounging about (although not this lounge, hence the tardy reply)
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Quote: I hate lawyers ...and politicians and journalists and insurance assessors and insurance salesmen and used car salesmen and people who sell get rich quick schemes ...
It might be easier to enumerate only the things you like. It is probably a much shorter list.
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Quote: enumerate only the things you like
Unless you are making a get rich quick business where you thrive on hating that amount of people. Like being a hacker stealing all their money... 
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Funny you should say that -- I'm opening faceslap.com next week.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: I'm opening faceslap.com next week.
Well then i will register it for you before someone steals your idea. Luckily this is all anonymous.
So while I register the domain for "you" what exactly is the business plan of all this? 
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Ah, but may be NSFW!
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