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Late to the party, but best wishes.
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If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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https://9gag.com/gag/amPwdR6[^]
Yikes.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Does Anyone Want Any Toast?[^]
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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At least Talkie Toaster was doing what he was designed for, unlike far too many "smart" devices these days.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I've come to realise that anything with the word 'smart' in front of it, is to be avoided!
In the UK, some bright spark came up with 'smart motorways'. Yeh, let's take a motorway; make it a whole lot more dangerous; and call it 'smart'.
Even though I lost my faith in humanity a long time ago, I am still shocked by it's stupidity.
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For non-UKians, a Motorway is called an Interstate in the US.
And a "Smart Motorway" takes the emergency lane (or "hard shoulder" in the UK) and uses it as a regular traffic lane to increase traffic flow - ignoring that it's there to provide a "safe(ish) refuge" when you break down, and to allow emergency services quicker access to the accident that was caused by using the emergency lane but forgetting that it doesn't exist when you go under bridges, through tunnels, ...
People who live and work in big cities and use public transport / walk / cycle everywhere shouldn't be allowed to create traffic policy ...
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Boston MA does this as well. It may not be the stupidest idea for traffic policy, but it's certainly a contender for the title.
Here's a visual -- speed limit is 55, most traffic is doing 65, my exit is coming up, and an idiot is riding the shoulder doing 85 and he flies across the exit lane. If I hadn't seen him in my right side mirror, it would have been really ugly.
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Basically, it's like countries with the word Democratic in their name?
If the word's there, the concept isn't.
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Precisely. Nail, meet Mr PIEBALDconsult and a Hammer.
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But if they have great in them, then they must be great, right?
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As in large or good?
Anyhow, the answer is the same.
That's a yes!
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5teveH wrote: I've come to realise that anything with the word 'smart' in front of it, is to be avoided!
Smartass.
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Shocking...no mask!
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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Pah! In Darwin we (I mean they, I left many years ago now ) got crocodiles!!
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Also watch out for Drop Bears...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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"Darling? Yes, I've decided to shop in Tesco today ..."
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Sydney's full of snakes. Even more in the nearby bush too.
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Maybe it was looking for something to eat, and got lost.
Probably a nice juicy rat!
In Louisiana we have alligators that get into people's swimming pools. Also CottonMouth snakes on golf courses.
Nanny Ogg
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Sad.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I hadn't heard either. One of the few C&W performers that I enjoyed.
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Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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