Introducing UberTAXI

Re:Introducing UberTAXI by QuadDamaged on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @08:07AM (#7877534)

Good timing, because in about 1 hour from now, at 14:00 BST / 13:00 UTC (as if there were such a thing as British Summer), the London Black Cabs will stage a protest that will gridlock London. Not that anyone stuck in London traffic will be able to tell the difference.

Article from the Beeb: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27783218

edit: DST is hard

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Re:Introducing UberTAXI by corin_ on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @08:17AM (#7877574)

Off-topic, but...

> as if there were such a thing as British Summer

Have you not looked outside lately? We're having it right now!

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Re:Introducing UberTAXI by tomp on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @08:35AM (#7877644)

It's 23 C outside. Maybe warm for London, but not "summer".

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Re:Introducing UberTAXI by Thasc on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @09:31AM (#7877877)

Just popped down. Complete gridlock all the way from Trafalgar Square through Parliament Square and beyond. The air is saturated by beeping taxi horns, and it's hot as hell.

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Re:Introducing UberTAXI by Shivetya on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @09:57AM (#7877990)

and here come calls for a union of all taxi drivers nationwide in the US

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/07/business/pinched-by-ride-s...

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Re:Introducing UberTAXI by markba on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @08:16AM (#7877571)

This is the perfect time for Uber to announce the new option

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Re:Introducing UberTAXI by popey on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @08:27AM (#7877609)

14:00 BST is 13:00 UTC, not 15:00 UTC.

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Re:Introducing UberTAXI by QuadDamaged on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @09:20AM (#7877822)

Give me a sec I have some code I need to fix...

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