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  1. Ask a forumer anything...

    Being liked by someone powerful makes you feel more powerful yourself Why would one return after many years just to post in this thread?
  2. Guess Who's Next V2

    Alright, here I go again Raynev?
  3. The Antonym Game

    Peace Tulip
  4. The 10,000 Post thread V3

    5924 *dives up from the far nothingness of space to deliver a quick dragon rawr*
  5. Guess Who's Next V2

    Okay, I was unpredictable. But I continue with Phil.
  6. Nakama 6th - Memories of Snow Part 1

    Mmh, this remembers me about the good old days, playing SC4. Well done "trainspotting"
  7. Why should the person above you be banned? V2

    Banned to ban you. Seriously. Banning a moderator is fun :P. If that's not enough of reason add 626.
  8. Love/Hate

    I hate cheap action. white roses
  9. The Preference Game

    Electric sounds fun. 60 FPS or good story?
  10. What if?

    Would be fun to watch Brasilia after that. Almost nothing of country left to live. What if this sentence would contain something serious?
  11. Avatar Caption Game v2.0

    Yo... I recently saw Columbo.... ol theese old cars.
  12. Will SimCity 2018 become a reality?

    I just hope they don't try on it again. It will be another bad* game made via comissioned work via a third party studio or what so ever. Just hope EA won't shoo away more players from the genre.
  13. Did you know?

    (to stay on topic )Did you know: The Tokkaido Shinkansen timetable currently features 442 train services a day (Nozomi/Hikari&Kodama) @airman15 I think the traffic prognosis for the florida high speed route seems a little "high" 300 trains between the major centers plus local high speed traffic, this would be almost 350-400 trains a day in total, I guess..... A train count which almost starts to rival the biggest HSR of 'em all in a far less densley populated area rivalling with cheap plane tickets, far distance buses and a very cheap gas price. But hey, if it makes it, this would be a good surprise and a heavy slap into the face for the car-lobby conservatives. If they're very creative they might also purchase differing rolling stock for the HSR routes for high speed an "local" traffic, the latter should be equipped similar to Southeastern's (GB) class 395. Acela: I wouldn't try to compare operation to the japaneese as they basically operate on a different gauge and so to say completeley isolated. The NEC actually got a potential to be more likeley operated like the french or german hsr system, giving it a high capacity hich speed center line and spreading out via the conventional routes to cities so far not connected to the network. I'm talking about extensions like hourly through services Boston-NYC-Norfolk and day trains as far as atlanta/charlotte in the south, Montreal/Springfield in the north. (Thoose day trains exist, but they're way too few!!) (Btw I'm still hoping for a NYC-Philadelphia-Cleveland-Chichago HSR...) Also ACELA patronage could be increased a lot by offering 2nd class choaches, the Business class only system pushes a lot of people to the regionals..... Regional traffic: Railroad traffic on a local service base will always be a little slower than driving on a car in cities so spread out like the ones in the US. But it can be cheaper and more comfy! Ultimateley, it could also be made faster by finally using electric traction and up to date technology, I remember seing some vision of caltrain using doubledeck Alstom EMUs.....
  14. Bratislava: ("radio/television house!") Vienna: ("Vienna city tower")
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