From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jul 16 12:19:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA27145 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 12:19:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from garion.hq.ferg.com (pm1-20.wmbg.widomaker.com [204.17.220.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA27134 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 12:19:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.hq.ferg.com (localhost.hq.ferg.com [127.0.0.1]) by garion.hq.ferg.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA16307 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 15:19:50 -0400 Message-Id: <199607161919.PAA16307@garion.hq.ferg.com> X-Authentication-Warning: garion.hq.ferg.com: Host localhost.hq.ferg.com didn't use HELO protocol From: Branson Matheson To: FreeBSD-chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD keyboard In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 16 Jul 1996 13:13:20 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 15:19:49 -0400 Sender: owner-chat@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk -------- > an exit. As I > > So how would you rework the signing so that a driver would be able > to comfortably recognize the desired sign and its meanin g? Would > it be possible to redo the whole road naming scheme so that each > road is named by a picture? The exit for the highway denoted by th > e icon with something that looks like a cherry would have a great > big sign with a cherry-like icon on it? :) Ahhh.. but there are things like this... for instance, here in Virginia, the Interstate signs are all shields with Red and blue background with white letters, Routes are black and white sheilds with black letters... it ain't so bad here... Steep grade looks like a truck going down a hill, Deer ahead looks like a jumping buck, Pedestrian Target zone looks like a mommy with her purse and a female child ( sexisim? mabey.. ) What I hate is playing "find the street sign" sometimes it is on the cross wire/bar, sometimes it is on the corner, sometimes the opposite corner... etc... -branson ============================================================================= Branson Matheson | Ferguson Enterprises | If Pete and Repeat were System Administrator | W: (804) 874-7795 | sittin on a fence and Pete Unix, Perl, WWW | branson@widomaker.com | fell off, who is left?