Comment Re:Magic Roundabout (Score 1) 1173
I didn't get one of those! I feel cheated!
Not that one is actually needed. You just need to treat each mini-roundabout as a roundabout in its own right (which it is) and give way appropriately.
I didn't get one of those! I feel cheated!
Not that one is actually needed. You just need to treat each mini-roundabout as a roundabout in its own right (which it is) and give way appropriately.
Since there are multiple routes between any given entrance and exist, people in group 2 can around everyone in group 1.
This is version 14 of Perl 5. It is a major release. (Perl 6 is a new language)
We (in the UK) have had Sky Player on XBox for ages. I'm amazed America doesn't have anything similar already.
I've been mocking them too and I'm not a rival!
A large portion of the web development community has been mocking them. It is a terrible idea to let marketing try to write technical jargon without filtering it through technical people.
Of course not. Tory governments have never been about that. We elected them because Labour was out of control after too many years in power.
Computers have had the ability to display to braille pads, and make use of other devices, that allow it's user to make use of what senses and abilities they have. New devices are locking everything out, hiding behind the DMCA and 'OMG, piracy, think of the children' to prevent the owner of the device from making use of it if their needs are different.
The iPhone (and presumably the iPad, although it might need to wait for the iOS 4 upgrade later this year) does support braille output, and has a rather good screen reader built in too!
Would it make more sense to make two different models and install handicap unfriendly ones in places where it is unlikely that handicapped users would want to use them?
Now *that* would be an unnecessary cost.
The results indicate that a lot of people actually are in favour of the filter, but it seems to largely depend on how it's phrased and explained.
See Yes, Minister:
Sir Humphrey “You know what happens: nice young lady comes up to you. Obviously you want to create a good impression, you don’t want to look a fool, do you? So she starts asking you some questions: Mr. Woolley, are you worried about the number of young people without jobs?”
Bernard Woolley: “Yes”
Sir Humphrey “Are you worried about the rise in crime among teenagers?”
Bernard Woolley: “Yes”
Sir Humphrey “Do you think there is a lack of discipline in our Comprehensive schools?”
Bernard Woolley: “Yes”
Sir Humphrey “Do you think young people welcome some authority and leadership in their lives?”
Bernard Woolley: “Yes”
Sir Humphrey “Do you think they respond to a challenge?”
Bernard Woolley: “Yes”
Sir Humphrey “Would you be in favour of reintroducing National Service?”
Bernard Woolley: “Ohwell, I suppose I might be.”
Sir Humphrey “Yes or no?”
Bernard Woolley: “Yes”
Sir Humphrey “Of course you would, Bernard. After all you told you can’t say no to that. So they don’t mention the first five questions and they publish the last one.”
Bernard Woolley: “Is that really what they do?”
Sir Humphrey “Well, not the reputable ones no, but there aren’t many of those. So alternatively the young lady can get the opposite result.”
Bernard Woolley: “How?”
Sir Humphrey “Mr. Woolley, are you worried about the danger of war?”
Bernard Woolley: “Yes”
Sir Humphrey “Are you worried about the growth of armaments?”
Bernard Woolley: “Yes”
Sir Humphrey “Do you think there is a danger in giving young people guns and teaching them how to kill?”
Bernard Woolley: “Yes”
Sir Humphrey “Do you think it is wrong to force people to take up arms against their will?”
Bernard Woolley: “Yes”
Sir Humphrey “Would you oppose the reintroduction of National Service?”
Bernard Woolley: “Yes”
Sir Humphrey “There you are, you see Bernard. The perfect balanced sample.”
I wouldn't hold my breath on Perl 6, but progress is being made there.
The biggest problem with it, IMO, is that it masks all the work being done on Perl 5. It wasn't that long ago that Perl 5.10 was released with some nice new features (including chained file test operators and the
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