Comment Re: Sure you can. (Score 1) 492
Apparently Redundant is the new "I'm a chicken-shit with a chip on my shoulder and no good response" mod of choice.
Apparently Redundant is the new "I'm a chicken-shit with a chip on my shoulder and no good response" mod of choice.
This is a crap propaganda post. How much the state department is paying you?
*ahem* the politically correct word is poop. Please, think of the children!
Okay,
This is a crap propaganda post. How much the poop is paying you?
Better?
The other side effect of narrowing roads is that it increases safety for everyone (cars, cyclists and pedestrians) since drivers naturally go slower on narrow roads
If slowing traffic is the only way in which narrowing roads increases safety, then I propose that we take it to the limit get rid of them entirely. Once traffic is not moving at all, no one will ever be injured again!
Do you always take everything to the most extreme, absurd conclusion? If someone recommends reducing calorie intake to lose weight, do you advocate eliminating calorie intake completely, which will result in death and even greater weight loss through decomposition of the body?
In any case, slowing traffic is just one way that narrowed lanes increase safety. Another is in reducing road crossing times by pedestrians, which reduces their exposure to cars. Another is in making drivers "feel" less comfortable and making them concentrate on their driving rather than just speeding along without needing to pay much attention at all to staying in their lane (or looking out for other road users). Transportation planners have spent the past few decades making streets exceptionally safe for cars, at the expense of pedestrians and cyclists. But as cities get more crowded and it becomes more difficult to accommodate cars when city streets have no room to expand, planners are realizing that streets need to accommodate *all* users, not just cars.
Here's a story with a picture of the robot back when he was in good health, as well as a picture of the now deceased robot:
I was thinking more of the evolution of the Web browser from document viewer to (in theory) cross-OS/cross-device application platform.
(50? I've wondered about that. I think my posting limit must vary with the phases of the moon or something--seems to change without rhyme or reason.)
I stayed on KDE3 for a long time, but 4 finally got to where I could stand to use it. I actually still prefer Konqueror as a FM, but Dolphin became "good enough" (for me, at least) around version 4.7 or so.
I have never liked Gnome very much, more recent versions even less.
I also still have a special place in my heart for Window Maker--it's simple and easy on resources, which is great for older hardware and laggy remote sessions. Also in part because I know one of the original developers.
From what I can tell they seem to like the idea of getting an app and having it work across their desktop, tablets, and phones.
Wasn't the Internet supposed to do this for us already?
Except that cows give milk from their *udders*. Otherwise, nice job.
It's nothing of the sort. It's more like some of the frogs noticed when someone turned on the stove eye under the cook-pot they were swimming in.
In less than a century, computers will be making substantial progress on ... the overriding problem of war and peace. -- James Slagle