Well, if everything ran off of USB this might be cool, but it doesn't. I'd be more impressed with 4 USB ports running down the side, but still including the two 110/120V plugs.
- Cristo
"The way a person becomes smart is to store in their brain only the information that they have to know, dismissing the rest. If it’s written down, I don’t need to know it. That’s what Albert Einstein would have you believe. But not Damjan Stanković. In an ideal Damjan Stanković world, you’d know how long you were at that stoplight because it would tell you what it’s up to. Tell me what you’re up to, stoplight! Don’t hold back your secrets, you stoplight you! I would love to know how much time I have before I am able to race to the next copy of you. I want to know how much time I have so I can hurry up and stop again!"
- AJ Batac
from Bookmarklet
Waiting for green with one's foot on the gas, and being able to anticipate that moment more quickly just doesn't sound like good defensive driving to me. IMO, the light turns green and you're still obligated to look both directions before going. This doesn't do anything for safety. It amazes me how impatient people are while driving. It's something I've thought about a bit: http://www.culturesculptor.com/bloghtm...
- SAM
Oh and just realized I wasn't subbed to you AJ... that is now fixed!
- SAM
You could probably design it to be safer: less segments on the red-light countdown so you know if you are minutes or seconds away from getting a green (but far enough apart that you can't accurately predict the change).
- Matt Mastracci
Or you could do what is done in Britain, and other countries no doubt - the light changes from red to orange and then to green.
- Buds
I think SAM's on the mark with this one. It's bad enough having people trying to sneak through the last second of a yellow light, but having them revving the engine to jump the beginning of a green light is a recipe for disaster. Maybe Matt's fix would work (make the timing granularity low), but I think it would have to be unpredictable, or of an extremely low granularity (e.g., 10-30s) to prevent gaming.
- Joel Webber
In Amsterdam the light goes yellow+red a few seconds before it turns green. The downside of this is that people who run yellows (or run reds) are far, far more likely to get hit by someone racing out of the gate on a green light they were ready for. These timers would be nice, but there needs to be a corresponding increase in the pause between one side's new red and the other side's new green.
- Kevin Fox
On a related note, how many drivers here use the pedestrian walk countdown timer as a hint as to whether they need to speed through their green and beat the yellow/red?
- Kevin Fox
I'm less likely to speed through intersections with countdown timers, but I don't know if that's a universal experience. If anything, this design prompts some interesting explorations in psychology and civil engineering. :)
- Matt Mastracci
This is a brilliant idea for those looking to follow the 8 second rule (of thumb). If you're idling for more than 8 seconds, it is more efficient to turn off your vehicle than to stay idling beyond that point.
- Mitch
Kevin, I use that to anticipate the yellow/red (pedestrian walk light) but not to speed through green.
- AJ Batac
Oh what an awesome idea! Perfect for turning city streets full of pedestrians and cross-traffic into a race track.
- April Russo (app103)
When the light changes yellow, I know it will soon be time to cross.
- Vezquex: God of FF
Loading 'bar' or not, people already do what Scott is afraid of. (I'm guilty every now and than) Drivers watch the lights for the other lanes; when those turn yellow they know their light will be green soon and begin to inch forward. Implementing something like this will only cause drivers to continue staring forward rather than looking to the side and watching the wrong light.
- Joshua
Timer lights are common in China and everyone uses them to get a head start, which as you can imagine, leads to a number of accidents as others are racing to catch the other light before it change. While I can understand the value in moving cars along a road, timing/pacing lights (and letting drivers know the appropriate speed) does so as well.
- Andrew Leyden
There is another advantage to non boy racer and more lazy types, myself included, atleast when the timer bar is full, you know can look away and not get honked at, rather than staring wide eyed and giving yourself a bad neck.
- Leighton Gough
I use the pedestrian walk lights all the time, to gauge how much green is left and how quickly it's going to turn from red to green. Doesn't mean you don't still have to pay attention to the cars, though, because everyone in LA turns left on yellow/red.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
there's a gap between lights on the different directions (depending on the intersection's programming) so knowing when one light will turn green does not mean that the other light just turned red... it could have turned red 2 seconds ago... people who will jump the gun and run a light are going to do it with our without this cool countdown red light timer
- Chris Heath
This is clearly not my cat. If this was my cat he's have one arm shoved down into the printer trying to tear up all the internal whirling bits with his bare claws.
- Soup
Too Funny! Reminds me of the San Mateo Cat Shelter where one of the cats loves to sleep on top of the laster printer where the paper comes out...
- Greg Lato
1600+ to beat the FFundercats live chat thread. I think with this real time now on all threads we're going to see some truly epic comment numbers.
- Simon Wicks
Ivan, no the picture speaks for itself. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Petr, I have no idea what you mean, but thank you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
@Kol .. :] that, partially, might have been the purpose.... I don't know it exactly either. :] .. was I reflecting on a cat under the fax, and that it is hard to fax that way ... /?:] ... "underfaxing at its worst" ..
- Petr Buben
there ya have me ! :] .... see, to be honest with you, i saw this pic couple days ago, but i let it go, without posting it ..... what does that make me? :]
- Petr Buben
even a flat cat... faxes just can't handle the hair. You'd have to shave the cat first, else the hair will burn and stick to the drum... a mess! (I am extrapolating from transparencies, mind, i don't have access to a cat to test)
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Hehe, Joelle. This is now tied for the 'likes' top stop. One more then, hehe. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Hehe, Greg. Blimey! Erm, is that not far from 500 likes now? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Bloody marvelous, Kol. Wish I could like it again... too cute (and help u to 500 likes).
- Roberto Bonini
I couldn't believe it when I logged on from the morning over posting it and saw it was at something 200 likes! You all have a strange fetish with cats and fax machines, hehe. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Am I the only one who saw this and their first thought was - My goodness did someone break that cats neck? It still freaks me out a little
- Steve C
Steve, it does look a little out of place, but cats are pretty bendy. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
They fax much better if you flatten them first. What?
- Kevin Pedraja
So we can put this post to rest now. :-) 505 likes final count, wow! :-D Good night all!
- Kol Tregaskes
My like is the last one so far :) - 509 afaik
- getalifejerk
did 3 people really un-like this? now at 506. wtf (edit: uh, oh, yeah, me and 2 + 506 others makes 509. dammit, jim, i'm an artist, not a mathematician)
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
One of the best funny cat pictures I've seen! :-)
- John Collis
Kristian, it appears to be. Hehe, John.
- Kol Tregaskes
ای بابا این پیشول بی خیال نمی شود، بابا پاشو برو دنبال یه بازی دیگه ، از هفته پیش تا حالا تو فکس ولو شدی حوصله ات سر نرفته، پاشو اقلا بپر رو کیبوردی چیزی
- Maryaminaa
It's really only social convention which regards it as inappropriate, same with Xeroxing it, like one does with their b__tocks. Wait are we still talking about cats cats here or...
- sofarsoShawn
OMGosh 700+ likes now!! LOL. Thank you all 702 of you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes