On 2011-06-03, Chris Torek <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> The definition is entirely arbitrary.
>>
>>I don't agree, but even if was entirely arbitrary, that doesn't make
>>the decision meaningless. IEEE-754 says it's True, and standards
>>compliance is valuable. Each country's decision to drive on the
>>right/left side of the road is entire arbitrary, but once decided
>>there's a huge benefit to everybody following the rule.
>
> This analogy perhaps works better than expected. Whenever I swap
> between Oz or NZ and the US-of-A, I have a brief mental clash that,
> if I am not careful, could result in various bad things. :-)
I find that I do mostly OK driving "on the wrong side of the road"
[except for the constant windshield/turn-signal mixups], but I have a
horrible time as a pedestrian.
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