It also didn't help that Quark was waaaaay late with converting to run on OS X. (I joked to myself that it should have been renamed to "Quark 9press".) 2003 sounds like about the right timeframe for that to hurt them. Adobe CS would have been an extra one-two punch.
Notice the difference in shape? The roundabout has a geometry that is designed to point vehicles into the circle. The traffic circle is just a round road with four T-intersections.
Also, roundabouts always have a Yield-on-Entry rule.
Then those aren't roundabouts. What makes it a roundabout and not some random kind of traffic circle is the proper geometry of the entry to the circle, and the Yield-on-Entry rule.
And putting complicated traffic directions on the ground where it snows sounds like a particularly evil form of government stupidity.
I think it may be that double-roundabout on the bottom of the picture that is the problem. When I saw the top one I was like "okay, that's not so bad, but I still prefer Texas's frontage roads with diamond intersections". Then I scrolled down and my brain exploded. I also looked real close to confirm that yes, traffic was driving on the right. At least they do seem to have done a good job of marking lines and arrows, but what happens when the paint fades? I've seen too many multi-left-turn dotted lines faded into almost invisibility, so I know it's going to happen if they don't make an effort to keep the paint maintained.
Those aren't roundabouts. If they don't have the proper geometry (such as angling entering traffic into the circle), and if they don't have Yield-on-Entry, they're just a bog-standard traffic circle.
And another type of intersection "sweeping" the US is the Superstreet. There are a lot of intersections in the US (or at least in Texas) where a major street is crossed by a minor street, and through traffic on the minor street is very rare. Allowing the rare situation of through traffic on the minor street results in inefficiency, so the Superstreet intersection requires all minor street through traffic to make a right turn onto the major street, then make U-turn for a left turn, similar to a Michigan Left for the minor street, only without the through cross-traffic. There are only two signal phases, one for major street traffic, and another for minor street traffic and left turns off of the major street. The one I have seen also adds a bit of extra U-turn arc to the right shoulder of the major street.
It was installed in 2009 on US 281 north of San Antonio, with other installs planned for Loop 1604 in far northwest San Antonio and Loop 360 in Austin.
Unlike a roundabout, there are signals to control traffic. Unlike a regular intersection, this is much more efficient when there is very heavy traffic on the main street, and a lot of traffic going on and off the major street, but through traffic on the minor street is very rare. Because it is signalized, major street traffic flows at full speed without having to slow down for the curves of a roundabout, and minor street traffic gets guaranteed entry windows when present, due to loop sensors.
Doctors don't need these fancy devices when doing rounds. They carry them just for showing off. The real data is stored on paper charts by the interns/residents.
a) an OCD hoarder type?
b) it was apparently only worth $25k six months ago, and you couldn't sell it all for it's current value anyhow
c) stupids gonna stupid
It's simple. All you have to do is deny that this game ever existed, just as people deny that there was ever more than one Matrix movie, that there was ever a Star Wars Episode 1-3, and that there was ever a Highlander II.
Once you have done that, the 14-year clock can continue to run.
Hyped expectations don't matter. The game apparently doesn't even meet the standards for a random stand-alone game that doen't have the word "Duke" in its name. It's so bad that it's going to have a hard time competing with Daikatana.
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It also didn't help that Quark was waaaaay late with converting to run on OS X. (I joked to myself that it should have been renamed to "Quark 9press".) 2003 sounds like about the right timeframe for that to hurt them. Adobe CS would have been an extra one-two punch.
If it is possible for a driver to go the wrong direction, it's not a roundabout. So please don't call it one.
What you think is a roundabout probably isn't.
roundabout
traffic circle
Notice the difference in shape? The roundabout has a geometry that is designed to point vehicles into the circle. The traffic circle is just a round road with four T-intersections.
Also, roundabouts always have a Yield-on-Entry rule.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout#Difference_from_traffic_circles
Now pardon me while I get that damned Yes song out of my head.
Then those aren't roundabouts. What makes it a roundabout and not some random kind of traffic circle is the proper geometry of the entry to the circle, and the Yield-on-Entry rule.
And putting complicated traffic directions on the ground where it snows sounds like a particularly evil form of government stupidity.
I think it may be that double-roundabout on the bottom of the picture that is the problem. When I saw the top one I was like "okay, that's not so bad, but I still prefer Texas's frontage roads with diamond intersections". Then I scrolled down and my brain exploded. I also looked real close to confirm that yes, traffic was driving on the right. At least they do seem to have done a good job of marking lines and arrows, but what happens when the paint fades? I've seen too many multi-left-turn dotted lines faded into almost invisibility, so I know it's going to happen if they don't make an effort to keep the paint maintained.
Those aren't roundabouts. If they don't have the proper geometry (such as angling entering traffic into the circle), and if they don't have Yield-on-Entry, they're just a bog-standard traffic circle.
Ah yes, the infamous Melbourne Right. Only an Australian could have come up with something so crazy.
And another type of intersection "sweeping" the US is the Superstreet. There are a lot of intersections in the US (or at least in Texas) where a major street is crossed by a minor street, and through traffic on the minor street is very rare. Allowing the rare situation of through traffic on the minor street results in inefficiency, so the Superstreet intersection requires all minor street through traffic to make a right turn onto the major street, then make U-turn for a left turn, similar to a Michigan Left for the minor street, only without the through cross-traffic. There are only two signal phases, one for major street traffic, and another for minor street traffic and left turns off of the major street. The one I have seen also adds a bit of extra U-turn arc to the right shoulder of the major street.
It was installed in 2009 on US 281 north of San Antonio, with other installs planned for Loop 1604 in far northwest San Antonio and Loop 360 in Austin.
Unlike a roundabout, there are signals to control traffic. Unlike a regular intersection, this is much more efficient when there is very heavy traffic on the main street, and a lot of traffic going on and off the major street, but through traffic on the minor street is very rare. Because it is signalized, major street traffic flows at full speed without having to slow down for the curves of a roundabout, and minor street traffic gets guaranteed entry windows when present, due to loop sensors.
Doctors don't need these fancy devices when doing rounds. They carry them just for showing off. The real data is stored on paper charts by the interns/residents.
FTFY.
You tube on the internets with your speakers turned on?
They need to patent this idea immediately so that nobody else can use it without paying them money... if you know what I mean.
And, as usual, the women expect us men to read their minds, and get angry because we aren't telepathic.
...and nothing of value was lost. (Thank you AdBlock Plus for letting me banish that piece of rollover crap.)
That's because he's so good at keeping the street clean!
Yes, but when winter comes, all the gorillas will die off. That's the brilliant part of the plan.
I'm not going to believe it until Netcraft confirms it.
It's also being reported on The Sun and linked via Drudge.
Apparently someone just discovered this two-week-old non-news.
a) an OCD hoarder type?
b) it was apparently only worth $25k six months ago, and you couldn't sell it all for it's current value anyhow
c) stupids gonna stupid
What weapon is it alleged that Hans Reiser used? Yeah. Whatever that is, ban it NOW. For the chuldrrrrrren.
He will be the iTagonist.
It's simple. All you have to do is deny that this game ever existed, just as people deny that there was ever more than one Matrix movie, that there was ever a Star Wars Episode 1-3, and that there was ever a Highlander II.
Once you have done that, the 14-year clock can continue to run.
Hyped expectations don't matter. The game apparently doesn't even meet the standards for a random stand-alone game that doen't have the word "Duke" in its name. It's so bad that it's going to have a hard time competing with Daikatana.
Wow. Even the spambots make more sense than this game.
Oops, I seem to have messed up the link to the map. Here's a link to the FFXIII map.
It's not just shooters. FFXIII did that too.