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life imitates life
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Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:59 pm   



On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:06:44 -0600, "Tim Williams"
<tmoranwms_at_charter.net> wrote:

Quote:
"life imitates life" <pasticcio_at_thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in
message news:lhc4n5ttk6tatjb2n4vbf617o0mpfpn9r5_at_4ax.com...
Interesting that 100 minus 83, a prime, yields 17, a prime. There are
actually a couple of instances.

I expect there's an infinity of pairs of primes such that p1 + p2 = n, where
n is some number (there isn't anything exceptional about 100). Obviously,
for *any* pair of primes greater than 2 (including p1 = p2), there is a
non-prime number n (which is divisible by 2, since most primes are odd).

Tim

ALL primes, with the exception of 2 are odd numbers, silly man.

"Where n is some number" is ALWAYS going to be true as well.

Charlie E.
Guest

Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:08 pm   



On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:38:28 -0800 (PST), stans4_at_prolynx.com wrote:

Quote:
On Feb 7, 9:08 pm, Sylvia Else <syl...@not.at.this.address> wrote:
On 8/02/2010 12:27 AM, David Billington wrote:





Ed Huntress wrote:
"Sylvia Else" <syl...@not.at.this.address> wrote in message
news:00ea4fb5$0$17131$c3e8da3_at_news.astraweb.com...
On 7/02/2010 5:45 AM, Jon Anderson wrote:
T wrote:

Interesting. A little disorienting, not used to driving on the other
side of the road!
It's not that hard at first, so long as you focus and pay attention.
It's right when you think you've got it, that you'll pull out into the
wrong side of the road...
Or, as seems likely to have happened to a US couple on holiday here
in Australia in a case reported on the news a while back, look the
wrong way before pulling out in front of a truck :(

Sylvia.

Terror for an American driver is a roundabout in Britain. As I
approach one, my palms begin to sweat. Then my head begins to ache.
Traffic diagrams appear in my head. I bite my lip...

What does this do for you then
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/image_galleries/wiltshire_live...
, Swindons "Magic Roundabout". I've not driven it recently but I
understand it can still give drivers used to roundabouts a problem.

Ye Gods! What purpose does that serve? How many accidents a day do they
get there? Reply using scientific notation if necessary.

A particular observation for US readers - from the perspective of
British drivers, they're going the wrong way around the middle circle.

Sylvia.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Noticed that. I guess you get extra points for head-ons at the
"bullseyes".

Had my experience with "rotaries" up in NH. Had to go to the shipyard
up there, so headed up the tollway per instructions, got off at the
last NH exit and immediately hit the rotary. Instructions said that
the hotel was right off Highway 1. There were three Highway 1 exits
from that stinkin' thing! Went around a couple of times seeing if I
could see any sort of signage, finally stopped at the last-chance
liquor store right on the rotary and phoned the joint up( no cells
back then). "Oh, we're right off Highway 1, you can't miss it!".
Yeah, like 1/2 a mile off it, when I found it! Drove past it 3 times
after I got off the rotary.

Not a happy camper when they redid the closed air base here with
multiple rotary/roundabouts on the main drag through the place.
Supposed to keep dragsters out, all it did was make them lean a bit
more when they went around the curves at speed. Fire department with
the ladder trucks hates them, too. Would like to know the accident
statistics, they've built up the centers so you can't see what's
coming at you. Crowned with the usual scrap metal "sculptures" they
stick in open spaces around here.

Stan

Visited Sedonna last year, where they are putting these in on the
major highway through town. They are too tight an angle for a
tractor-trailer, so every one of them have tire tracks along the side
where the trailers just go right over the curbs...

charlie

JosephKK
Guest

Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:13 am   



On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:08:02 -0800, Charlie E. <edmondson_at_ieee.org> wrote:

Quote:
On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:38:28 -0800 (PST), stans4_at_prolynx.com wrote:

On Feb 7, 9:08 pm, Sylvia Else <syl...@not.at.this.address> wrote:
On 8/02/2010 12:27 AM, David Billington wrote:





Ed Huntress wrote:
"Sylvia Else" <syl...@not.at.this.address> wrote in message
news:00ea4fb5$0$17131$c3e8da3_at_news.astraweb.com...
On 7/02/2010 5:45 AM, Jon Anderson wrote:
T wrote:

Interesting. A little disorienting, not used to driving on the other
side of the road!
It's not that hard at first, so long as you focus and pay attention.
It's right when you think you've got it, that you'll pull out into the
wrong side of the road...
Or, as seems likely to have happened to a US couple on holiday here
in Australia in a case reported on the news a while back, look the
wrong way before pulling out in front of a truck :(

Sylvia.

Terror for an American driver is a roundabout in Britain. As I
approach one, my palms begin to sweat. Then my head begins to ache.
Traffic diagrams appear in my head. I bite my lip...

What does this do for you then
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/image_galleries/wiltshire_live...
, Swindons "Magic Roundabout". I've not driven it recently but I
understand it can still give drivers used to roundabouts a problem.

Ye Gods! What purpose does that serve? How many accidents a day do they
get there? Reply using scientific notation if necessary.

A particular observation for US readers - from the perspective of
British drivers, they're going the wrong way around the middle circle.

Sylvia.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Noticed that. I guess you get extra points for head-ons at the
"bullseyes".

Had my experience with "rotaries" up in NH. Had to go to the shipyard
up there, so headed up the tollway per instructions, got off at the
last NH exit and immediately hit the rotary. Instructions said that
the hotel was right off Highway 1. There were three Highway 1 exits
from that stinkin' thing! Went around a couple of times seeing if I
could see any sort of signage, finally stopped at the last-chance
liquor store right on the rotary and phoned the joint up( no cells
back then). "Oh, we're right off Highway 1, you can't miss it!".
Yeah, like 1/2 a mile off it, when I found it! Drove past it 3 times
after I got off the rotary.

Not a happy camper when they redid the closed air base here with
multiple rotary/roundabouts on the main drag through the place.
Supposed to keep dragsters out, all it did was make them lean a bit
more when they went around the curves at speed. Fire department with
the ladder trucks hates them, too. Would like to know the accident
statistics, they've built up the centers so you can't see what's
coming at you. Crowned with the usual scrap metal "sculptures" they
stick in open spaces around here.

Stan

Visited Sedonna last year, where they are putting these in on the
major highway through town. They are too tight an angle for a
tractor-trailer, so every one of them have tire tracks along the side
where the trailers just go right over the curbs...

charlie

Disgusting, it is soooo easy to avoid that problem using nothing more
advanced than standard pencil and paper drafting methods. It actually
seems to be harder to do with current CAD tools than with pencil and
paper. Most likely it is just young punks (under 35) that can't think.

JosephKK
Guest

Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:16 am   



On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:18:51 +0000, Terry Casey <k.type_at_example.invalid> wrote:

Quote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
On 8/02/2010 12:27 AM, David Billington wrote:
Ed Huntress wrote:
"Sylvia Else" <sylvia_at_not.at.this.address> wrote in message
Terror for an American driver is a roundabout in Britain. As I
approach one, my palms begin to sweat. Then my head begins to ache.
Traffic diagrams appear in my head. I bite my lip...

What does this do for you then
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/image_galleries/wiltshire_live_search_gallery.shtml?15

, Swindons "Magic Roundabout". I've not driven it recently but I
understand it can still give drivers used to roundabouts a problem.

Ye Gods! What purpose does that serve? How many accidents a day do they
get there? Reply using scientific notation if necessary.

A particular observation for US readers - from the perspective of
British drivers, they're going the wrong way around the middle circle.


No! Look again! You can go round the centre in EITHER direction!

Look carefully and you'll see either physical or painted central
reservations between the opposing lanes.

These 'Magic Roundabouts are usually spread out over a much wider areas
- look at this one:

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&t=k&ll=51.56683,0.542053&spn=0..001491,0.004823&z=18

If that wraps, use http://tinyurl.com/yf8of3n

The dual carriageways interconnecting the individual mini-roundabouts
are clearly obvious here.

The idea is that you travel in the direction that suits you best - the
shortest distance to your exit - but it doesn't matter which way you go ....

... so long as you keep on the right side of the road which, of course,
is the left ...!

It may be interesting to see what happens when they run articulated trucks
through it. Then again maybe such cannot even get there.

Terry Casey
Guest

Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:34 am   



JosephKK wrote:
Quote:
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:18:51 +0000, Terry Casey <k.type_at_example.invalid> wrote:

Sylvia Else wrote:
On 8/02/2010 12:27 AM, David Billington wrote:
Ed Huntress wrote:
"Sylvia Else" <sylvia_at_not.at.this.address> wrote in message
Terror for an American driver is a roundabout in Britain. As I
approach one, my palms begin to sweat. Then my head begins to ache.
Traffic diagrams appear in my head. I bite my lip...

What does this do for you then
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/image_galleries/wiltshire_live_search_gallery.shtml?15

, Swindons "Magic Roundabout". I've not driven it recently but I
understand it can still give drivers used to roundabouts a problem.
Ye Gods! What purpose does that serve? How many accidents a day do they
get there? Reply using scientific notation if necessary.

A particular observation for US readers - from the perspective of
British drivers, they're going the wrong way around the middle circle.

No! Look again! You can go round the centre in EITHER direction!

Look carefully and you'll see either physical or painted central
reservations between the opposing lanes.

These 'Magic Roundabouts are usually spread out over a much wider areas
- look at this one:

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&t=k&ll=51.56683,0.542053&spn=0.001491,0.004823&z=18

If that wraps, use http://tinyurl.com/yf8of3n

The dual carriageways interconnecting the individual mini-roundabouts
are clearly obvious here.

The idea is that you travel in the direction that suits you best - the
shortest distance to your exit - but it doesn't matter which way you go ...

... so long as you keep on the right side of the road which, of course,
is the left ...!

It may be interesting to see what happens when they run articulated trucks
through it. Then again maybe such cannot even get there.

They can - and do!

Bing got a shot of it when there was a bit more traffic around - look here:

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=skv09fh1bmhv&scene=7722468&lvl=2&sty=o

http://tinyurl.com/yls7c8c

You can see the artics quite clearly. You can also move this view around
to get a better idea of what it is really like at ground level.

Strange thing is, I don't know when they take these pictures but, on the
rare occasions I drive round this one, it's usually crammed full of
vehicles in all directions!

--

Terry

TerryKing
Guest

Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:20 pm   



Lived near HongKong in China recently for 2 years. HongKong now has
BIG lettering "Look Right", or "Look Left" on almost every
intersection. A GOOD idea other countries should adopt! Works really
well on a long crosswalk that crosses 3 parts of an intersection with
turn-lanes...

Now I'm living in Saudi Arabia where it's every Camel for himself.

Nothing is like getting Passed By A Price on the Medina road at 1AM. I
was in the left lane at 130 KM/H, passing trucks, when I saw the
flashing headlights behind me. Nowhere to go, truck on my right. He
passed me on the dirt to my left, going about 200+ Km/H (Say 110 MPH,
maybe). BigBlackMercedes of course.

Legend has it you never get stopped by the Police if you drive a BBM,
because "Hey, It might be a Prince"!

Regards, Terry King ..On the Red Sea at KAUST
terry_at_terryking.us

JosephKK
Guest

Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:43 am   



On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:34:43 +0000, Terry Casey <k.type_at_example.invalid> wrote:

Quote:
JosephKK wrote:
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:18:51 +0000, Terry Casey <k.type_at_example.invalid> wrote:

Sylvia Else wrote:
On 8/02/2010 12:27 AM, David Billington wrote:
Ed Huntress wrote:
"Sylvia Else" <sylvia_at_not.at.this.address> wrote in message
Terror for an American driver is a roundabout in Britain. As I
approach one, my palms begin to sweat. Then my head begins to ache.
Traffic diagrams appear in my head. I bite my lip...

What does this do for you then
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/image_galleries/wiltshire_live_search_gallery.shtml?15

, Swindons "Magic Roundabout". I've not driven it recently but I
understand it can still give drivers used to roundabouts a problem.
Ye Gods! What purpose does that serve? How many accidents a day do they
get there? Reply using scientific notation if necessary.

A particular observation for US readers - from the perspective of
British drivers, they're going the wrong way around the middle circle.

No! Look again! You can go round the centre in EITHER direction!

Look carefully and you'll see either physical or painted central
reservations between the opposing lanes.

These 'Magic Roundabouts are usually spread out over a much wider areas
- look at this one:

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&t=k&ll=51.56683,0.542053&spn=0.001491,0.004823&z=18

If that wraps, use http://tinyurl.com/yf8of3n

The dual carriageways interconnecting the individual mini-roundabouts
are clearly obvious here.

The idea is that you travel in the direction that suits you best - the
shortest distance to your exit - but it doesn't matter which way you go ...

... so long as you keep on the right side of the road which, of course,
is the left ...!

It may be interesting to see what happens when they run articulated trucks
through it. Then again maybe such cannot even get there.

They can - and do!

Bing got a shot of it when there was a bit more traffic around - look here:

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=skv09fh1bmhv&scene=7722468&lvl=2&sty=o

http://tinyurl.com/yls7c8c

You can see the artics quite clearly. You can also move this view around
to get a better idea of what it is really like at ground level.

Strange thing is, I don't know when they take these pictures but, on the
rare occasions I drive round this one, it's usually crammed full of
vehicles in all directions!

Must be doing it at tea time. Wink

John Doe
Guest

Sun Jun 06, 2010 3:13 pm   



Abbey Somebody <abnormal castlefrankenstein.org> wrote:

Quote:
On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:55:58 -0800, Winston <Winston bigbrother.net
wrote:

On 2/6/2010 7:30 AM, Howard Eisenhauer wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9XAC-BvUyo&feature=player_embedded

H. :)

That is brilliant!
Now all I need is a tilting car seat that makes me feel as
if I'm really accelerating.

:)

--Winston

Hallucinogens work. Smile

And I thought your retardation was hereditary...
--



















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So do delusions. After all... that is all that this is.



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