I'm with you, I have to drive through them every day on my way to work and in Carmel they are pretty horrible, mainly due to the huge amount of traffic.

I regularly get stuck moving up 1 car at a time for about 10 minutes on my way in. What a fun time.

I'm sure everyone from Carmel thinks they're great because when they're going south into Indianapolis they are always to the left of everyone and can go right in, and the reverse is true when they're going back north at the end of the day. For everyone else trying to go into or cross Carmel in the morning it's pretty miserable.

Also, I've seen people go the wrong way around them (usually older people) and everyone in Carmel is too busy being the most important thing on the road to be courteous so you have to really gas it to get into the traffic flow. I'm sure that's great for saving gas and emissions.

I hate them. I drive through Carmel every day to work. In the article it talks about how much gas is saved due to engines not idling at stoplights. I'm sure that's helpful at 3am but in normal driving around there. During regular traffic hours I would say I spend more time sitting waiting to go around a roundabout. If you're trying to get out of Carmel into Indy, I'm sure they're lovely because you're always to the left of where traffic flows so everyone in Carmel thinks they're great because they get right around them but to everyone going into Carmel or trying to cross it, they're a pretty miserable experience. Also, as several other users have pointed out, they're not that safe. Carmel is a city full of people who make the most money in the state and many of the people there think that their car and drive is more important than anyone else's so you get a lot of boneheaded maneuvers in that area. Finally, I can speak from experience that: 1) The so-called great directions on the ground are almost impossible to see in the rain 2) A lot of people don't understand how the 2 lane ones work and there are almost wrecks every day 3) Most of the ones in Carmel are pretty small and so you have to gun the engine to get out into the traffic flow, I'm sure that's great on gas mileage 4) A lot of people flat out don't understand them as I verified the other day when an older couple went the wrong direction around one stopping up all traffic and almost causing a wreck I don't know what the hell they smoke over there, but the roundabouts aren't that great. My guess is that in reality Carmel is trying to be "trendy" and European so they can show how much cooler they are than the rest of Indianapolis but I don't know of anyone that really cares for them.

You don't really think that a "unit of measurement" problem "lost" a Mars rover do you?? Neither do the little orange men on mars.

There are so many reasons why you should be happy they didn't simply confiscate it. They're responsible for making sure all computer hardware is following regulations for example, all electronic equipment that plugs into the local power system needs to pass an inspection to make sure it won't cause a problem with any medical equipment (like shorting out circuits). Also, the hospital needs to be able to ensure HIPPA laws aren't being violated with patient data making it's way straight out of the network into the wild open as well as making sure your "little server" can't be a point for a security breach from the outside world with an open port.

I'm sure in your mind "YOUR" server has no problems but other people's asses are on the line for it.

First, crippled technology might be a little bit extreme. It's really that is just has a very focused operating scope. After that though, the real thing is that students really should learn basics. Sure, you might be able to buy a program to solve any problem for you later on in life but what if you are hired to design that program? Of course you can go do tons of research at the time but for many people math is not a "simple" subject, they need a lot of exposure to really learn it and being able to do a "high level" view or understanding the details can both be very useful. Besides, if you keep going with the "well you can get a computer to do....." you could eventually extend that to "Well, you could get a computer to breath for you, run your heart, and tell you what you're going to eat today". Just because you can get a computer to do something doesn't mean it's a great idea. From what I remember of college a few years back many students were already doing everything they could to not have to really learn a subject anyways, why make it easy?