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  1. Re:Cali... on Unintended Consequences For Traffic Safety Feature · · Score: 1

    I looked it up for Ca... "Crosswalks A crosswalk is the part of the roadway set aside for pedestrian traffic. Most intersections have a pedestrian crosswalk whether or not lines are painted on the street. Most crosswalks are located at corners, but they can also be located in the middle of the block. Before turning a corner, watch for people about to cross the street. Pedestrians have the right-of-way in marked or unmarked crosswalks. Crosswalks are often marked with white lines. Yellow crosswalk lines may be painted at school crossings. Most often, crosswalks in residential areas are not marked. Some crosswalks have flashing lights to warn you that pedestrians may be crossing. Look for pedestrians and be prepared to stop, whether or not the lights are flashing." http://apps.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/hd...

  2. Re:Cali... on Unintended Consequences For Traffic Safety Feature · · Score: 1

    I got 2 tickets this way. I turned right at a green light, pedestrians were way over on the other side of the street. I asked the cop that ticketed me about it, as long as there's someone in the crosswalk, it's a ticket.

  3. Cali... on Unintended Consequences For Traffic Safety Feature · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In Ca, it's a ticket if a car enters a crosswalk while a pedestrian is using it, no matter if they're on the other side of the intersection or not. And the new walk signals have a visor around them so unless you're almost directly in front of it, you can't read it. They also started using audio signals, which beep and talk, for the blind.

  4. Re:...with no known X11/Linux driver on Windows 9 To Win Over Windows 7 Users, Disables Start Screen For Desktop · · Score: 1

    I miss those BSOD's so i installed the BSOD xscreensaver

  5. Best DOS game... on FreeDOS Is 20 Years Old · · Score: 1

    LHX Attack Chopper

  6. Re:Maybe Ubuntu Will See The Light on Windows 9 To Win Over Windows 7 Users, Disables Start Screen For Desktop · · Score: 1

    You could always install and log onto gnome-flashback (gnome-fallback on pre 14.04) if you want a conventional desktop. Yeah, didn't like Unity either.

  7. Re:How to fix Windows on Windows 9 To Win Over Windows 7 Users, Disables Start Screen For Desktop · · Score: 2

    If they gave me a $10,000 PC with windows on it, the first thing I'd do is wipe the partition and install KDE. Linux isn't a problem, it's a solution.

  8. How to fix Windows on Windows 9 To Win Over Windows 7 Users, Disables Start Screen For Desktop · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Install Linux

  9. Re:why? on US National Archives Will Upload All Its Holdings To Wikipedia · · Score: 3, Funny

    In case their hard drive crashes like the IRS's did.

  10. Re:laser beam focus? sounds harmful... on Overkill? LG Phone Has 2560x1440 Display, Laser Focusing · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be a shame if the voltage regulator failed and overdrive the lasers? Zap!

  11. Re:Here we go again, and again, and.... on Swedish Farmers Have Doubts About Climatologists and Climate Change · · Score: 1
  12. Re:Better places to direct your energies. on Swedish Farmers Have Doubts About Climatologists and Climate Change · · Score: 1

    China officials once said they're not going to do anything to reduce pollution, and that the west started started it, so it's their problem.

  13. Here we go again, and again, and.... on Swedish Farmers Have Doubts About Climatologists and Climate Change · · Score: 1

    Climate change is not local weather. Got it now? If not climb under the rock where you belong.

  14. Re:he must be bored on Secret of the Banjo's Unique Sound Discovered By Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist · · Score: 1

    I was thinking the same, it really doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out a banjo has dual harmonic vibrations. Duh, it has a drum and some strings. Maybe he should patent-troll it so he can try and collect for every banjo ever made.

  15. Countdown to the odor of stench... on World's First Large-Scale Waste-to-Biofuels Facility Opens In Canada · · Score: 1

    This was tried nearby, it was shutdown and dismantled about a year after it opened due to the stench that lingered across town.

  16. Meaning in plain text on US Supreme Court Invalidates Patent For Being Software Patent · · Score: 1

    So, this means computer generated things can't be patented? IE: Skynet won't be able to patent the terminator.

  17. Sherlock vs Moriarty on Nokia Extorted For Millions Over Stolen Encryption Keys · · Score: 1

    Moriarty Calls every Nokia phone and broadcasts the image of himself laughing.

  18. So Pluto is a planet after all. on NASA's Horizons Spacecraft To Probe Pluto Moon For Underground Ocean · · Score: 1

    Definition of "Moon" Any planetary satellite. http://dictionary.reference.co...

  19. Don't need to... on Facebook Lets Users Opt Out of Targeted Ads · · Score: 2

    Adblock, NotScripts, and Ghostery on Chrome takes care of it all.

  20. Re:All it takes is power on Fuel Cells From Nanomaterials Made From Human Urine · · Score: 1

    If you drink a lot of alcohol first it will boost the octane level for better performance.

  21. Technology Making Drivers Dumber on New Car Can Lean Into Curves, Literally · · Score: 1

    Learn how to drive, not how to crash.

  22. Re:Of course they have no concerns, they don't tes on Mad Cow Disease Blamed For Patient's Death In Texas · · Score: 1

    "they obviously lobby tooth & nail against doing so" Shouldn't that be "they obviously lobby hoof and mouth against doing so"???

  23. LLC? on GM Names and Fires Engineers Involved In Faulty Ignition Switch · · Score: 1

    Isn't GM an LLC? Which means management and owners are protected from liability for any wrongdoing?

  24. Re:Obligatory FORD Acronym Jokes on Inside Ford's 3D Printing Center Where More Than 20K Parts Are Made Each Year · · Score: 1

    F'd Over Rebuilt Dishwasher

  25. A lottery pick program in Basic for a TRS-80, it had to be under 64k memory. Wrote it in my head, the scary thing is it actually worked good when I typed it in the TRS-80.