Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:08:47 -0500 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> Cc: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Subject: Re: How do hackers drive? Message-ID: <20031031190847.GA13529@online.fr> In-Reply-To: <3FA29783.8060804@potentialtech.com>
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Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > This is usually modified by the desire to choose a route that includes the > > fewest number of left turns possible (since right turns are cheaper than > > left turns, time-wise, and complexity-wise - you can make a right turn on > > red for crying out loud) > > Not in .uk, .hk, or .au (or any other country where people drive on the > left side of the road). :-) And not in New York either, even though people drive on the right (also applies to many places in Europe, I think) I do plan out my trips, including short walks to the water fountain. But I probably don't calculate in detail: I tend to take the nearest turn each way, so in a situation like this --------W-- | | | | | | --O-------- to go from office (O) to water (W) and back, I do a clockwise circuit rather than judge which route is shorter and retrace the same route back Rahul
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