[DUG] So off-topic it's ridiculous
Alister Christie
alister at salespartner.co.nz
Fri Jan 29 16:33:46 NZDT 2010
Also using Delphi today - mostly looking for clean ways of
parsing/scraping html. Yesterday I was learning Rails however. I'll
either continue learning rails tonight or start sanding the toilet.
Suffice to say that rails is much more appealing - boy I know how to
party on a Friday night.
Alister Christie
Computers for People
Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266
http://www.salespartner.co.nz
PO Box 13085
Johnsonville
Wellington
Conor Boyd 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.
>
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> *From:* delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
> [mailto:delphi-bounces at 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 <jsmith at deltics.co.nz
> <mailto:jsmith at 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-bounces at delphi.org.nz
> <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>
> [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
> <mailto:delphi-bounces at 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-bounces at delphi.org.nz
> <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>
> [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
> <mailto:delphi-bounces at 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-bounces at delphi.org.nz
> <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>
> [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
> <mailto:delphi-bounces at 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.
>
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> *From:* delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
> <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>
> [mailto:delphi-bounces at 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.
>
>
>
>
>
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