[ale] [OT rant] selfishness

Fri Jan 11 15:56:44 EST 2013

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:

> But <rant> and </rant> tags should be included in next HTML 6 standard :)
>

+1 !!!  should format similar to blink tags but use a super bold font that
shifts back and forth between regular and italics instead of blinking.
Maybe a scrolling color from black to red and back.

>
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE)
> <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
> > They've strengthened the requirements to get the license in recent
> years.  They now require formal training or structured documented parental
> training.  Many of the bafoons out there are middle agers who got their
> license when the laws were more lax.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> >
> > Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Is just too easy to get driver license here. For me back in my country
> >>took over full 4 months (whole traffic law + 60 hours driving lessons
> >>+ medical emergency + some car mechanical basics). No wonder why the
> >>roads are full of morons.
> >>
> >>But on other hand I understand here you need car as much as water and
> >>food. So it got to be easy.
> >>
> >>On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE)
> >><atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
> >>> Don't let the squirrel run in front of you and cause you to hit a
> >>tree.
> >>>
> >>> Ron
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Jerald Sheets <questy at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>I am so glad I moved to North Carolina right now.  I believe I saw
> >>two
> >>>>cows and a squirrel on my way in this morning...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>--jer
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>On Jan 11, 2013, at 10:51 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> >>wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> There was a wreck on I-285 that required fire trucks, ambulance and
> >>>>closing down 3 lanes next to the center divider. Of course traffic is
> >>>>backed up for a few miles. As the emergency vehicles are approaching,
> >>>>people were, in general, making NO APPARENT EFFORT to clear a path
> >>for
> >>>>the emergency access. I could see the approaching lights and hear the
> >>>>sirens a full 2 minutes before they were finally adjacent to my car.
> >>>>Finally, as they were nearly adjacent, traffic began to ignore the
> >>lane
> >>>>markers and spread apart to allow an envelope of open road to appear
> >>>>just ahead of the emergency trucks.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> And then the most blatant example of selfishness I've ever seen
> >>>>occurred. The car behind me had not made a single move to clear the
> >>way
> >>>>for the ambulance. From my view, the cell phone call was far more
> >>>>important than the road conditions. So when I was finally able to
> >>>>squeeze left, along with the cars in front and the right side traffic
> >>>>squeezing right, the car behind me took the new hole as an
> >>opportunity
> >>>>to jump in front of the traffic that was making room for the
> >>ambulance
> >>>>and fire rescue trucks.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The driver actually impeded the flow of the emergency crew as she
> >>>>finally tried to merge back into traffic but there was no room. So
> >>she
> >>>>stopped moving, laid on the horn and looked like she was about to ram
> >>a
> >>>>car out of they way when finally some serious other car packing
> >>allowed
> >>>>her to clear the way.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> As a species, we are doomed if that mentality continues. I hope the
> >>>>fire truck got her tag and she loses her license. We need to have
> >>urban
> >>>>transportation that is not propelled by individual interest. The
> >>roads
> >>>>are simply too crowded and people are too distracted to always be
> >>safe
> >>>>drivers. We can't force people to be safe but we can remove
> >>>>opportunities for people to be stupid and selfish. I like the idea of
> >>>>being able to get to work/pub/friends/food without needing to sweat
> >>the
> >>>>details of driving and still make it in less than 2 hours. I
> >>ESPECIALLY
> >>>>want to hit my fav pubs and then get home without endangering
> >>anything
> >>>>but my own liver.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We are close to having the capability but we are light-years from
> >>>>having the social will to make the leap.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> </rant>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> um. duh. The auto2 should have a hardened, real-time Linux system
> >>>>brain.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> James P. Kinney III
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What
> >>you
> >>>>gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
> >>>>own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
> >>>>> - Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
> >>>>>
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> >>>
> >>> Sent from my Android Acer A500 tablet with bluetooth keyboard and K-9
> >>Mail.
> >>> Please excuse my potential brevity.
> >>>
> >>> (To whom it may concern.  My email address has changed.  Replying to
> >>former
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> >>to
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> >>>
> >>> Ron Frazier
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> > --
> >
> > Sent from my Android Acer A500 tablet with bluetooth keyboard and K-9
> Mail.
> > Please excuse my potential brevity.
> >
> > (To whom it may concern.  My email address has changed.  Replying to
> former
> > messages prior to 03/31/12 with my personal address will go to the wrong
> > address.  Please send all personal correspondence to the new address.)
> >
> > (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to
> > call on the phone.  I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy
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> quickly.)
> >
> > Ron Frazier
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> > linuxdude AT techstarship.com
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*Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain
at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail.
It won't fatten the dog.
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