Putting in a roundabout uses a lot more space for intersections that rarely have more than 2 cars meet. It also is a lot more costly than just adding 4 signs.
Uh, you do realize that, in situations like that in Europe, they just paint a circle on the road and put up roundabout signs, right?
So, I've never been to Europe, so I wasn't aware of that. In a few intersections near me that might work.
For most in my area though, that isn't a workable solution. The intersections are small enough that some larger cars can't do a 360 turn with out either jumping a curb or backing up and making it at least a 3-point turn. A large truck (think moving truck or school bus) would have no chance. Moving the curbs to expand the intersection requires moving utility lines and in some cases getting dangerously close to existing structures. For low-traffic roads it's just not worth it.
It does raise another interesting point though. What is it that US road designers have with four way stops? They place them everywhere, while the rest of the world happily gives bigger roads priority and use yields to allow traffic from side roads to merge. If the roads are very similar in traffic volume, use a roundabout.
In the US, a lot of roads in residential areas were built with no signage whatsoever. The rule at an intersection with no signs is equivalent to a 4-way yield. Basically the right-of-way rules of a 4-way stop with out the requirement to stop even when nobody else is around. However, that leads to accident-prone behavior. People tend to just drive through assuming anyone from the other directions is yielding to them.
With out a clear "main" and "side" street, a lot of cities then added 4-way stop signs. They are relatively cheap and solve the problem effectively. Putting in a roundabout uses a lot more space for intersections that rarely have more than 2 cars meet. It also is a lot more costly than just adding 4 signs.
I will grant you that seeing a 4-way stop at an intersection that regularly sees a lot of traffic is a problem. So is a 4-way stop where each direction has two through lanes and a turn lane for each left and right. Many areas of the US are in fact replacing 4-way stops in high-traffic intersections with roundabouts or lights.
Then fulfill your responsibility for your child's education and quit outsourcing it to someone you find unsatisfactory.
Note that I say the same to anyone on any side of this debate (and a few others). If you don't find your child's current teachers/school/curriculum satisfactory than get up off your ass and give them the education you deem proper.
Exactly. 13 years is half my life and I've used a computer nearly every day of the last 13 years. For the last 9, I've been on the computer more than half the day.
Granted, the AC does have a point. Find what interface you like and use it. Most of my computers have different interfaces due to the different tasks they are used for.
As I am from the USA (Missouri) I am well aware of the state of our primary and secondary education systems. Fixing our High Schools would be one of those other changes that are necessary. When I see people entering an Electrical Engineering department that can't do basic algebra, it is quite clear that we have a problem.
In a lot of ways, they do inflate the cost of education. However, the quality is also going down. The bigger problem is that the demand is being artificially inflated at the same time. Nearly every job requires a BS or BA...even if they don't care which subject. A University should be a place of higher learning and research, not a factory for just the next step in education.
I agree that eliminating the student loan program will help. However, there need to be a lot more changes then that.
As a casual gamer, I am quite pleased with WoW over most MMORPGs. I can play and enjoy storyline and mechanics with out the pressure of focusing on the absolute optimum gear/rotation/etc. The grind is a lot less painful than it appears to be in most other games...until the top tier. However, if you want to get top tier in a week, don't play any MMORPG.
Would, you call the software engineer working on a product intended to be sold an "IT Professional"? After all, he does work with Information Technology.
I think the phrase correctly identifies those fields where creativity is the core of their job rather than a very useful side skill.
That's one thing the magnet attachment system is really handy for. Bought a brand new Dell and the power cord is slightly loose out of the box. Only complaint I have about the system, but it's annoying when it works itself just barely loose. I leave it sit and come back to a dead battery.
Never mind the fact that the 10000 dead was the earthquake, not the reactor. Sensationalist media is the biggest contributor to stupidity in this world.
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Putting in a roundabout uses a lot more space for intersections that rarely have more than 2 cars meet. It also is a lot more costly than just adding 4 signs.
Uh, you do realize that, in situations like that in Europe, they just paint a circle on the road and put up roundabout signs, right?
So, I've never been to Europe, so I wasn't aware of that. In a few intersections near me that might work.
For most in my area though, that isn't a workable solution. The intersections are small enough that some larger cars can't do a 360 turn with out either jumping a curb or backing up and making it at least a 3-point turn. A large truck (think moving truck or school bus) would have no chance. Moving the curbs to expand the intersection requires moving utility lines and in some cases getting dangerously close to existing structures. For low-traffic roads it's just not worth it.
It does raise another interesting point though. What is it that US road designers have with four way stops? They place them everywhere, while the rest of the world happily gives bigger roads priority and use yields to allow traffic from side roads to merge. If the roads are very similar in traffic volume, use a roundabout.
In the US, a lot of roads in residential areas were built with no signage whatsoever. The rule at an intersection with no signs is equivalent to a 4-way yield. Basically the right-of-way rules of a 4-way stop with out the requirement to stop even when nobody else is around. However, that leads to accident-prone behavior. People tend to just drive through assuming anyone from the other directions is yielding to them.
With out a clear "main" and "side" street, a lot of cities then added 4-way stop signs. They are relatively cheap and solve the problem effectively. Putting in a roundabout uses a lot more space for intersections that rarely have more than 2 cars meet. It also is a lot more costly than just adding 4 signs.
I will grant you that seeing a 4-way stop at an intersection that regularly sees a lot of traffic is a problem. So is a 4-way stop where each direction has two through lanes and a turn lane for each left and right. Many areas of the US are in fact replacing 4-way stops in high-traffic intersections with roundabouts or lights.
I've actually looked for one of these for use in my home office. Anyone have a brand or model that they have found good?
I've heard you referred to as a modern-day Tom Lehrer. What is your take on that comparison?
Well, normally, it is editors who can helps us with grammar.
But this is Slashdot... so I guess Google is our only hope.
Help me, Larry Page! You're my only hope!
Because Vegans like breakfast too?
Then fulfill your responsibility for your child's education and quit outsourcing it to someone you find unsatisfactory.
Note that I say the same to anyone on any side of this debate (and a few others). If you don't find your child's current teachers/school/curriculum satisfactory than get up off your ass and give them the education you deem proper.
This line of thought should be translated into an XKCD strip.
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Correct. In fact, Accident is the wrong word. World's worst nuclear _incident_, maybe?
How about banning hydrogen dioxide too? It is extremely dangerous when in liquid form and kills a lot more people (kids and adults) when inhaled.
Did you by chance mean dihydrogen-monoxide? http://www.dhmo.org/
Exactly. 13 years is half my life and I've used a computer nearly every day of the last 13 years. For the last 9, I've been on the computer more than half the day.
Granted, the AC does have a point. Find what interface you like and use it. Most of my computers have different interfaces due to the different tasks they are used for.
You've got 2n flips, but you haven't accounted for determining the location of the next pancake. Granted, I still think that can be done in n^2 time.
I should have noted that most of my family are teachers. I am the odd-ball in that I am a Software Engineer.
As I am from the USA (Missouri) I am well aware of the state of our primary and secondary education systems. Fixing our High Schools would be one of those other changes that are necessary. When I see people entering an Electrical Engineering department that can't do basic algebra, it is quite clear that we have a problem.
In a lot of ways, they do inflate the cost of education. However, the quality is also going down. The bigger problem is that the demand is being artificially inflated at the same time. Nearly every job requires a BS or BA...even if they don't care which subject. A University should be a place of higher learning and research, not a factory for just the next step in education.
I agree that eliminating the student loan program will help. However, there need to be a lot more changes then that.
As a casual gamer, I am quite pleased with WoW over most MMORPGs. I can play and enjoy storyline and mechanics with out the pressure of focusing on the absolute optimum gear/rotation/etc. The grind is a lot less painful than it appears to be in most other games...until the top tier. However, if you want to get top tier in a week, don't play any MMORPG.
Of course there is. It's a new type called an air-lock.
Would, you call the software engineer working on a product intended to be sold an "IT Professional"? After all, he does work with Information Technology.
I think the phrase correctly identifies those fields where creativity is the core of their job rather than a very useful side skill.
Mac Mini anyone? Admittedly, only one display port, but maybe the next version?
Isn't this about 3 and a half months too late?
The thing is plugged in when I leave it. However, a few hours (and probably a few nudges from the cat) later, it's too loose and out of power.
That's one thing the magnet attachment system is really handy for. Bought a brand new Dell and the power cord is slightly loose out of the box. Only complaint I have about the system, but it's annoying when it works itself just barely loose. I leave it sit and come back to a dead battery.
Never mind the fact that the 10000 dead was the earthquake, not the reactor. Sensationalist media is the biggest contributor to stupidity in this world.
Not identical. Yours matches "iCaL". His doesn't.