I have the free version. Do people with the paid version get updated imagery then?

Does anyone know why Google Earth/Maps doesn't replace their imagery on a regular basis, instead of using up to four year old images for their services?

For example in the UK, Cardiff Bay's images are from before the Millennium Centre/Senedd was built and in my area Google has been using the same picture since GE was released.

When I use other mapping services, the images seem to be far more up to date and in some cases higher detail, so why does Google use old (and therefore unreliable) imagery?

Personally, I'd pay the extra and get small business broadband instead of relying on crappy consumer broadband in the UK.

Wish I could do it

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Clutch; 1st gear; 100% throttle; dump clutch.

Works for me IRL. Sure, you get wheelspin in 1st but once you're in second, you're away.

Don't think it works with the DFP...

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oh yea, thats the thing about it, FS2004 the whole real thing, people are taking it literally as .. okay so I can do this in the real world without having problems, for example doing a loop in a 747.. not very safe IRL. While Xplane has so called realistic physics, it didn't have teaching in mind when it was being produced, yes it has drafts and stuff, but how many times would you actually get into a draft of another aircraft? Probably not many if ever, and if you were to go through one and survive, then consider yourself lucky.

Sorry, I should have been clearer. I wasn't suggesting it was teaching me to fly a 747 or be able to do ridiculous things in one in any way- I know that a lot of stuff you can do in FS isn't feasible IRL, and I know that FS is basically the rFactor of flight sims. What my point was is for learning the basics of normal light aircraft flight, it's quite useful. Still, you made a good point that a lot of FS fanboys should take notice of.

I just ordered FSX so I'm looking forward to getting back into the habit of landing 747s in driving rain at night and all that fun stuff. Had to abandon FS2004 as I didn't have a good enough PC and when I built my new one I wanted to wait for FSX.

As someone who takes flying lessons when money allows, FS is not only a good teacher but also bloody good fun and can give some great experiences.

Just my short story... lol I recommend www.simviation.com to any Flightsimmers, great forums.

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Relatively un known, but it's quite on par with the Nordeschleife. Only problem is that you people woud get quite bored with the Wangang expressway

I've got this track in GPL. Is it that good because I got bored and gave up as soon as I got to the expressway?

Not sure about the insurance or tax, but a Kia Picanto dieseld does 60MPG.

Hmm, I would love to use Ubuntu as it does everything I want (3D in Blender, Cinelerra for video, GIMPshop to replace Photoshop), it supports my WiFi... I'm thinking of Ghosting my HD to another PC, formatting the laptop then installing Ubuntu. And if it doesn't work I can always restore the image.

I tried out Ubuntu Linux the other day and was really impressed... until I tried to access my hard drives. One is a Vista NTFS partition and the other is FAT32. On a laptop. And Linux didn't want to know- it knew they were there but woldn't mount them.

Was I doing it wrong by expecting something as basic as hard drive access to work out of the box? Or was Vista to blame?

Flippy, do you have a Mk4 Fiesta? If it's the Zetec with the 4-spoke alloys, it's probably Moondust Silver.

Sorry, I take back the 'sad' bit. But I still wonder why it's so popular.

I don't get it either, but somehow anime is consistently top of the Youtube most viewed and Mininova's most downloaded. Nobody has been able to explain it to me yet. Are there really that many people in Japan, or are there just a lot of sad non-Japanese who like watching cartoons in a language they can't understand?

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Anything?

OK, what's your opinions on the socio-economic impacts of tuning fork porn?

There are limits. It's off topic within reason.

Thanks to Vista's DX UI, I'm guessing you can use FRAPS to record in the OS itself now.

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I do it all the time. Just use my left foot to light up the brake lights or at slower speeds I use the handbrake when slowing for junctions.

Hehe, I'm not confident enough to slow down with the handbrake incase I balls it up and odds are some arse would rear-end me. Well, I've never tried it so I don't know. But the brake lights thing sounds like a plan.

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I have seen a more shocking video, not about speed but about drink driving. Some guy had been boozing with mates during the day. He was driving down the road, went to avoid something but because he was out of it he ended up hitting a curb, car rolled and flipped into a garden crushing a child, I remember seeing it around 1am and turned the channel straight away. Nasty vids but hit straight to the point exactly.

Saw this on a road safety day thing and it did hit the point, but I hoped most people know it's a f****ng stupid idea to drink-drive anyway. That saying "Not even one, not even once" is my attitude.

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pretty soon many of them would be dead. Good riddance.

The old "take the safety labels off everything and let the problem solve itself" viewpoint?

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If you experiences death and tragedy on a daily bases you start to qualify(?) things that are actually unbelievable for others.

True, it's all relative and a matter of perspective.

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But the accident itself wasn't that serious and surely not exagerated.. 2 Dead people and 1 disabled... Worse thing's happen almost daily.

Yes, worse things happen but regardless of the cause, that's still a serious accident.

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The driver behind got really agitated with me, then I saw in the rear view mirror that one of them had loads of blood gushing out of them.

Ah, but you didn't know that when you blocked them first and moved when you noticed so I can't blame you.

ATC Quicksilver: Agreed with everything you said mostly. Speed on its own doesn't kill, it's inappropriate speed that kills, as well as the whole bunch of other contributing factors you mentioned. But what is inappropriate speed? Doing 90 on an empty motorway at 2am isn't IMO, whereas doing 70 down tight country lanes or 40 through a small village is. Sometimes eg wet weather, doing the speed limit is inappropriate as one should be going slower for the conditions.

The thing is about the UK, they think scaring the hell out of younger drivers with commercials like this actually reduces road deaths. Little Schumacher idiot wannabes aren't going to pay attention because they think their driving's so good it won't happen to them. Why not educate people by showing them crash test videos to show their car isn't invincible, give a few real-world examples of stopping distances because right now you can pass without knowing them- and even if you do know them, how many people actually know how far 60m or whatever is in a real-life situation when driving?

If people knew the limits of their cars (grip, understeer etc) then they wouldn't try and go beyond them. Right now, so many idiots think their car can do the impossible it's ridiculous. Did the guy in the video not know that if you pull in front of another car, they wouldn't have a chance to stop? Another example is people tailgating at 90mph on the motorway. Do they not know that if the car in front braked, they'd be f***ed?

When someone tailgates me, am I the only one that's tempted to lightly tap the brake with my left foot so it doesn't slow the car down, but puts the brake lights on and makes the pillock behind me back off?

Having passed in Feb, I'd like to take this opportunity to bitch about tw*nts who take the wrong lane onto a roundabout then cut me up coming off it. Road markings, damnit! READ THEM!

Congrats Sully and Flippy

What do you drive, Flippy?

eBay? I'd go with Walmart, the price seems quite reasonable for a MOMO.

When I did AS Geography (I failed but that's not the point) I was told that the Channel has thousands of earthquakes/tremors a year which obviously we don't feel. This one just happened a bit closer to the coast.

Liveleak.com might be pretty useful for you.

Good luck out there.

I did maths to GCSE grade C, am I right in thinking the answer to (ii) on the English one is 6 square meters?