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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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