is watching builds run better than dogs? do you bet on the winners? On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Conor Boyd <conor.b...@trimble.co.nz>wrote:
> Ouch. > > The only time I've actually been knocked off my bike was by another > cyclist. ;-) > > Using Delphi today? Sure. Although most of today was spent testing on > VPCs and watching builds run. > > C. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] > *On Behalf Of *Kyley Harris > *Sent:* Friday, 29 January 2010 4:04 p.m. > > *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > *Subject:* Re: [DUG] So off-topic it's ridiculous > > haha.. I drooled over the iPad for the time frame of 1 day while chatting.. > now I'll ignore it until I see a price. > > I used to love cycling in Auckland before I had to raise my child alone and > ran out of time. Mission Bay to Mt Albert was always a good ride. Lots of > bad drivers to be careful of, but I use the same mindset as when I ride a > motorcycle and luckily had no accidents on the Cycle. > > on the motorcycle 2 injuries by illegally u-turning Cars that didn't look. > total time in bed 1.2 years. > > Using delphi for at least 7 hours a day.. youtube for at least 1 :D > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Jolyon Smith <jsm...@deltics.co.nz>wrote: > >> Are there any Delphi users on this list actually using Delphi right now >> or are we all too busy drooling over Apple products that Delphi doesn’t >> support and getting our knickers in a twist over road transport issues? >> >> >> >> J >> >> >> >> But since everyone else has chimed in, my contribution on the cycling >> issue… >> >> >> >> >> >> What are the annual registration, licensing, insurance and WOF costs for >> your bicycle? >> >> >> >> “free” – as usual - comes with a price. >> >> >> >> I ride my bicycle **occasionally** for leisure – I would very much like >> the roads to be more bicycle friendly, but I don’t expect that to happen for >> free. In the meantime I ride my bicycle where it is safe and permitted to >> do so. >> >> >> >> I also do not presume to judge someone simply for being alone in their >> vehicle. I do not know how far they have had to travel or how much further >> they have yet to go. Bicycles are simply not practical for long journey’s, >> and not everyone has the benefit of a workplace equipped with shower >> facilities. >> >> >> >> I also do not know what equipment or materiel the driver may be carrying >> in their boot or in the vehicle with them, that may simply be impossible to >> carry on a bicycle or even a moped. >> >> >> >> Even if they do not have far to travel to get to their workplace, I would >> not presume to think that they might not have to make a more substantial >> journey – or be available/capable of making a journey – later in the day, or >> have to be able to travel to a customer site or meeting as quickly as >> legally possible to minimize the impact of travel time on their working day. >> >> >> >> And in Auckland anyone needing to cross the harbour bridge to get to/from >> work or during the course of their working day simply cannot afford the >> planet the luxury of a bicycle, or even a moped under a certain engine >> capacity – the law simply won’t allow it. (should the law change to allow >> it? maybe, but currently it doesn’t). >> >> >> >> >> >> But why let such practical considerations get in the way of a sense of >> moral superiority, eh? >> >> >> >> >> >> If only everyone lived within practical cycling distance of their work and >> nobody had to do a job that involved anything more than staying in one place >> all day waiting to cycle home. >> >> >> >> Of course, that itself would all come at a price too – you would lose >> mobility of labour and much of the choice that you currently enjoy in the >> range of possible workplaces you may be employed or areas that you may >> choose to live. >> >> >> >> >> >> We may dream of a return to the lifestyle of a pastoral society, but it’s >> simply not going to happen, at least not until the oil runs out and we’re >> forced into it. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] >> *On Behalf Of *Leigh Wanstead >> *Sent:* Friday, 29 January 2010 3:35 p.m. >> *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List >> *Subject:* Re: [DUG] Apple iPad - OT >> >> >> >> I ride bicycle in Auckland around 10 years. Auckland road is not fit for >> riding bicycle. Most road does not have proper cycle way. The cycle way is >> not continuous. And the road suppose to ride bicycle is only around 20 cm >> wide and shared with cars. And car runs very fast. It is so easy to be hit >> by the car in Auckland. I guess riding bicycle is far more easy to be killed >> than driving car. So to look after myself not to be hit by the car, riding >> on pavement is quite acceptable. Anyway the pavement most of the time is >> empty. >> >> >> >> I saw most car have four seats and only one driver sitting in the car >> which wastes lots of natural resource moving around. Remember we only have >> one earth to live. >> >> >> >> *From:* delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] >> *On Behalf Of *Cameron Hart >> *Sent:* Friday, 29 January 2010 2:27 p.m. >> *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List >> *Subject:* Re: [DUG] Apple iPad - OT >> >> >> >> Imho it is not getting stuck behind bikes that gets car drivers irate, but >> the flaunting of the road rules demonstrated by cyclists. Car drivers start >> thinking it is unfair every time they see one ride through a red light, or >> fail to indicate, or ride double/triple, or skip from road to footpath as it >> suits, and unless everyones is following the same rules it starts to turn >> into two sides – them against us. You start resenting cyclists because they >> are not following the rules you are required to. >> >> >> >> Maybe they should address this imbalance by bringing into effect some >> things like cycle licenses (so you know they are qualified and even know the >> road rules), headlights, brake lights, and indicators. Maybe they need a >> WOF and cycle registration. >> >> >> >> Bring us all onto an equal footing and more respect for cyclists might be >> found. It is easy to be tolerant of others when it is a level playing >> field. >> >> >> >> cameron >> >> >> >> *From:* delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] >> *On Behalf Of *Robert martin >> *Sent:* Friday, 29 January 2010 10:23 a.m. >> *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List >> *Subject:* Re: [DUG] Apple iPad - OT >> >> >> >> What an idiot. >> I think what most of the nasty drivers forget is that for every cyclist on >> the road its one less car for them to get stuck behind. However I must >> admit the Dyers pass road is terrible to drive up / down especially with the >> Lycra brigade riding two a breast up a thin winding road. No excuse for >> nocking people off the road or for driving a hummer ! >> >> Rob >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 29/01/2010 9:53 a.m., Conor Boyd wrote: >> >> Basically the need for a bit more tolerance from both cyclists and >> car-drivers to sharing the road. >> >> >> >> Exacerbated this week by a guy who lives in Cashmere, drives a black >> Hummer (plate WARNIN with a surround that says "does not play well with >> others"), and who posted online this week that he had knocked 2 cyclists >> into the kerb in the last 6 months and was quite prepared to do the same >> again, but who subsequently half-heartedly apologised after he realised that >> he was easily identifiable as Richard Freeman, the co-owner of the Sign of >> the Takahe cafe/restaurant and a number of other businesses who look like >> they will be taking a bit of a dent in patronage from now on. >> >> >> >> Front page news in the Press on Wednesday I think it was. >> >> >> >> Following by an alleged case of car-passenger assault on a cyclist at the >> bottom of Dyers Pass Road yesterday morning. >> >> >> >> Neither side are completely blameless, and it's a small minority on either >> side who make it seem more of a car/cyclist war than it actually is, or than >> it should be. >> >> >> >> Personally, I'm glad I've got a commute that mostly sticks to quieter >> roads than the main arteries. >> >> >> >> C. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz >> [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz<delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz>] >> *On Behalf Of *Robert martin >> >> >> I come in from the other side (St Albans). Whats happening in Cashmere? >> I'm obviously out of the loop :) >> >> On 29/01/2010 9:23 a.m., Conor Boyd wrote: >> >> Likewise. >> >> >> >> Although we won't mention the current Cashmere-based shenanigans. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >> >> Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz >> >> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >> >> Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: >> unsubscribe >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >> Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz >> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >> Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: >> unsubscribe >> > > > > -- > Kyley Harris > Harris Software > +64-21-671-821 > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe > -- Kyley Harris Harris Software +64-21-671-821
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