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Don't Tie a Horse To a Tree and Other Open Data Lessons

Posted by samzenpus on from the made-sense-at-the-time dept.

itwbennett writes "Baltimore this week became the first city to hop on the open data bandwagon with the launch of the Baltimore Decoded website. The site makes the city's charter and codes more accessible to the public and will eventually include information on court decisions, legislative tracking and city technical standards (e.g., building regulations, zoning restrictions, fire codes). The site also offers a RESTful, JSON-based API for accessing the data. ITworld's Phil Johnson dug in and found these lesser-known Baltimore codes: You can't hold more than 1 yard sale every 6 months, you can't tie a horse to a tree, and you can't have fruit on a wharf. What you do with this information is up to you."

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  1. No Horse/Tree Connectivity? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What kind of place is Baltimore if their "openness" doesn't allow horse/tree connectivity? I realize it's probably IP/patent related, but geez folks, can't we work this out?

    1. Re:No Horse/Tree Connectivity? by chromas · · Score: 5, Funny

      can't we work this out?

      Neigh.

    2. Re:No Horse/Tree Connectivity? by SCPRedMage · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hay now, do we really need these stupid puns?

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    3. Re:No Horse/Tree Connectivity? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Horses use LTE-A and 802.11ac. One thing is about horses is they're all champs with the bits.

    4. Re:No Horse/Tree Connectivity? by Mitchell314 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Stop it with this childish game right now! Or do I hoof to put you down?

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    5. Re:No Horse/Tree Connectivity? by cultiv8 · · Score: 3, Funny

      can't we work this out?

      Neigh.

      Stop horsing around.

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    6. Re:No Horse/Tree Connectivity? by JustOK · · Score: 3, Funny

      Nag, nag, nag.

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    7. Re:No Horse/Tree Connectivity? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Stop it with this childish game right now! Or do I hoof to put you down?

      Stop trying to rein us in.

  2. They've gone too far by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    I know the phone companies don't like tethering, but this is ridiculous.

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