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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: occam Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: OT: Converting miles/km Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 18:30:54 +0200 Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <8a49d912-d0bf-3ca1-6f10-2639a7e8eddc@email.de> <875xqpdouq.fsf@parhasard.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net NBA9juUiIFozbrRzXQ7cUAc4/Tly6kZwlMGi6O7PKhqDuw7MFP Cancel-Lock: sha1:E9JKTw8p8N47KVc6tmXoklN1NCQ= sha256:88rtyU1WCvRlKAhl2XHGTzQUIeNElmJJYIS1lZyuouc= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3082 On 22/09/2024 14:29, Janet wrote: > In article , > rich.ulrich@comcast.net says... >> >> On Sat, 21 Sep 2024 21:11:31 +0200, Silvano >> wrote: >> >>> Aidan Kehoe hat am 21.09.2024 um 17:10 geschrieben: >>>> > On 21/09/2024 12:52, Silvano wrote: >>>> > > Japan was already wiser 40 years ago, but the more appropriate name is >>>> > > probably "speed limit warnings". >>>> > > A friend gave me a ride there when an alarm sound went off. >>>> > > - What does this noise mean? >>>> > > - I was driving at over 100 km/h (the speed limit on their highways at >>>> > > that time). We have a warning system on all our cars. >>>> > > - What about all those cars overtaking us? Do they produce the same noise? >>>> > > - Yes. >>>> > >>>> > This sound warning is optional on my car (i.e. can be disabled). The >>>> > visual warning (on the GPS display) however, is not. >>> >> >From what I saw at that time, Japan was ridiculously underdeveloped on >>> some items (washing machines, squat toilets - well, they moved on in >>> these 40 years and we should learn a lot from them about modern toilets, >>> see ), but it was much >>> better than Continental Europe on other items (bullet trains, fax etc.). >>> But even they did not have GPS displays 40 years ago. >>> >> >> I found that article on toilets in Japan to be interesting. I once >> read a whole book about bathrooms, so it could be that I am easily >> amused. > > On my bucket-list; test-driving a Japanese-style > washlet toilet. > > Must be the whole shebang with voice activated commands, > warm water bum wash and hot air dryer. > Have you started learning Japanese for the voice activation part? One wrong intonation, and the seat may incinerate your privates.