Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-16 Thread shalimr9
o.com Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:31:45 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement In message <2867F1FA0E254465AF8CA85C85ED0C79@narvik>, "David J Ta

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-16 Thread Jim Lux
On 1/16/12 6:47 AM, Timeok wrote: please, before write look in your home than respect other people. thanks Luciano Luciano's point is well taken. Every place has it's idiosyncratic driving things. Some are more different than others. I found Rome to be fairly well disciplined for a big

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-16 Thread ehydra
d.sei...@comcast.net schrieb: could write tickets when you had enough hits on your car... Worst offenders? BMW and Audi drivers... Here in Germany too. The worst drivers are the ones with license plates beginning with "LB-" AND driving Audi or BMW. LB means Ludwigsburg - a city near Stuttgart

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-16 Thread Timeok
Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement Date: Jan 16, 2012 01:01 PM > Hehe - try driving in Napoli some day - makes Roma seem positively sane, and Torino is civilised compared to Roma! > > D. > > > ___ > time-nuts mailing

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-16 Thread Erno Peres
This is why the North-Italy territory wants to be separeted the rest of Italy..hihi EP. -Original Message- From: David C. Partridge To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Sent: Mon, Jan 16, 2012 12:59 pm Subject: Re: [time-nuts] New un

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-16 Thread David C. Partridge
Hehe - try driving in Napoli some day - makes Roma seem positively sane, and Torino is civilised compared to Roma! D. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and fo

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-16 Thread d . seiter
o: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 10:31:45 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement In message <2867F1FA0E254465AF8CA85C85ED0C79@narvik>, "David J Taylor" writes: >> In China I've see

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-15 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <2867F1FA0E254465AF8CA85C85ED0C79@narvik>, "David J Taylor" writes: >> In China I've seen down-counting LED displays for the red sign. But this >> is just to simple for Europe. Badly. > >I've certainly seen countdown display for pedestrians in several European >cities. They are not u

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-15 Thread David J Taylor
In Germany hand-used phones during drive are banned for several years now. I think it makes sense. Well, humanoids should think on it DIY but the reality is another. Yes, that does make complete sense, along with anything which may distract the driver. In China I've seen down-counting LED di

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-15 Thread ehydra
In Germany hand-used phones during drive are banned for several years now. I think it makes sense. Well, humanoids should think on it DIY but the reality is another. In China I've seen down-counting LED displays for the red sign. But this is just to simple for Europe. Badly. - Henry Mark J

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-15 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 01/16/2012 02:13 AM, Tom Harris wrote: Actually a friend who lived in Rome proposed a new European definition of the nanosecond as the time between the lights going green and the sound of the horn of the car behind you. I still remember driving in the rushhour in Rome, now _that_ was scary.

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-15 Thread Tom Harris
Actually a friend who lived in Rome proposed a new European definition of the nanosecond as the time between the lights going green and the sound of the horn of the car behind you. I still remember driving in the rushhour in Rome, now _that_ was scary. On 15 January 2012 14:40, Skip Withrow wrote

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-15 Thread Mark J. Blair
On Jan 14, 2012, at 23:12 , Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > You are not the first researcher of this interesting phenomena: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/cellphone-ban-would-be-a-distraction/2011/12/16/gIQAdv2GyO_story.html Article states: "Upon arriving at a red light, drivers apply th

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-14 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message , Skip Withrow writes: >I would like to propose a new unit of time, the 'textsecond'. This is >the interval of time from the time the signal light turns green to >when the driver behind the idiot texting driver honks their horn. >Still collecting data on its exact length, but seeing a