3.5-mile-long train has state officials worried | train, trains, long – News – The Orange County Register

Officials at the California Public Utilities Commission have expressed concerns regarding 3.5-mile-long freight train that Union Pacific sent cross-country and arrived in Southern California over the weekend.

“Our safety concerns with the train in question include that there is adequate braking capacity for a train that size, that the track structure could handle the forces generated by a train of that size, and that the train not block crossings for more than 10 minutes,” said CPUC spokeswoman Terrie Prosper in San Francisco.

via 3.5-mile-long train has state officials worried | train, trains, long – News – The Orange County Register.

German banker sees no defense of industry bonuses | Money & Company | Los Angeles Times

The head of Germany’s second-largest bank said huge financial-industry bonuses have gone “absolutely out of bounds,” and called on other major banks to slash the payments.

Commerzbank Chairman Klaus-Peter Mueller told Bloomberg News in an interview that massive bonuses were “almost a kind of betrayal on shareholders. It is simply impossible that you give up to 50% of earnings on businesses into bonus pools.”

via German banker sees no defense of industry bonuses | Money & Company | Los Angeles Times.

Survey outs Britain as nation of tech twits • The Register

Oh yeah?, Well I think you’re a dongle.

One in 20 Britons think Steve Jobs is a Division II footballer, six per cent think a virtual hard disk (VHD) is a sexually transmitted disease, and 10 per cent believe a wireless dongle to be a sex toy.

via Survey outs Britain as nation of tech twits • The Register.