For those that mentioned precipitation just a reminder on what the chance of rain means
It DOES NOT mean the zip code you're looking at has a 20% chance of precipitation
It DOES mean of the entire surrounding area of the zip code 20% of that area has 100% chance of precipitation
This study falls under MEH, despite the hard work, because the most important part (precipitation) was left out. Especially considering it's winter and snow or no snow is a HUGE consideration for people to take.
Well a great start to this would be to stop making freakin' pennies. We'd probably save enough money there to convert the machines to print with slightly raised numbers.
Pennies have become completely useless and a major nuisance. Back about 10 years ago there was talk of convenience stores doing away with them to save time on transactions. There was no problems with price setting in the store, the problem came with gas purchases. I suppose now with most gas purchases being done with credit/debit this idea would be more feasible. Set the gas pumps for force the pump to the next multiple of 5.
Anywho, my Aunt is blind. She folds her bills a certain way to know what is what. I'm sure she'd really appreciate raised numbers on the bills.
"Its of no use... to you. But then again, can you read Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Sanskrit or any other non-latin language? no? Then your usability isn't in question here."
You're logic doesn't work for all of us. In my job I have to access sites that I surely can't read several times a month. That's why things such as Babelfish and other page translators are so important.
Actually she purchased the house which only had minor flooding ONCE since it had been built in the early 1900's. Since then climate conditions have changed and they've had 5 major floods since she's owned the house. Now she's trapped as no one is going to buy a house that gets flooding that often. She's in a location where it took a 100 year flood to get water in the house. All 5 of those floods have crested higher than the "100 year flood" and it dosen't look like things are going to change.
Hopefully it will either replace their predictions or help them. My mother in-law lives next to a river and they're predictions have been off by amounts that have bad results. A few feet is the difference between being safe and the first floor flooding for some people like her.
More accuracy for this sort of thing is long overdue and much needed in many areas.
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For those that mentioned precipitation just a reminder on what the chance of rain means It DOES NOT mean the zip code you're looking at has a 20% chance of precipitation It DOES mean of the entire surrounding area of the zip code 20% of that area has 100% chance of precipitation This study falls under MEH, despite the hard work, because the most important part (precipitation) was left out. Especially considering it's winter and snow or no snow is a HUGE consideration for people to take.
Well a great start to this would be to stop making freakin' pennies. We'd probably save enough money there to convert the machines to print with slightly raised numbers.
Pennies have become completely useless and a major nuisance. Back about 10 years ago there was talk of convenience stores doing away with them to save time on transactions. There was no problems with price setting in the store, the problem came with gas purchases. I suppose now with most gas purchases being done with credit/debit this idea would be more feasible. Set the gas pumps for force the pump to the next multiple of 5.
Anywho, my Aunt is blind. She folds her bills a certain way to know what is what. I'm sure she'd really appreciate raised numbers on the bills.
"Its of no use... to you. But then again, can you read Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Sanskrit or any other non-latin language? no? Then your usability isn't in question here." You're logic doesn't work for all of us. In my job I have to access sites that I surely can't read several times a month. That's why things such as Babelfish and other page translators are so important.
Actually she purchased the house which only had minor flooding ONCE since it had been built in the early 1900's. Since then climate conditions have changed and they've had 5 major floods since she's owned the house. Now she's trapped as no one is going to buy a house that gets flooding that often. She's in a location where it took a 100 year flood to get water in the house. All 5 of those floods have crested higher than the "100 year flood" and it dosen't look like things are going to change.
Hopefully it will either replace their predictions or help them. My mother in-law lives next to a river and they're predictions have been off by amounts that have bad results. A few feet is the difference between being safe and the first floor flooding for some people like her. More accuracy for this sort of thing is long overdue and much needed in many areas.