On 10/11/2012 9:40 PM, Sherry K. Shaw wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>> On 09/11/2012 8:51 PM, Sherry K. Shaw wrote:
>>> Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Also: I'm pretty damned certain that no matter how much of an elite
>>>> computer nerd you are, you *cannot* actually hack traffic lights. You
>>>> know, seeing as they aren't controlled by a computer in the first
>>>> place...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Choreographing the Dance of Traffic Lights
>>> By CATHERINE GREENMAN
>>> Published: September 17, 1998
>>>
>>>
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/17/technology/choreographing-the-dance-of-traffic-lights.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Balderdash and piffle!
>> Can't possibly be so as he who knows everything says it isn't. ;-)
>>
>
> Oddly enough, it appears that Springfield, Missouri, started modernizing
> their traffic control at about the same time:
> http://www.springfieldmo.gov/traffic/tmc.html
>

Nah! I've seen the movie and Homer stopped at traffic lights in it. ;-)


> Also, page 66 of the following document suggests that even some quaint
> and colorful native communities on exotic, mysterious islands are
> beginning to take steps in this direction:
>
http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/transport/documents/Milton_Keynes_LTP3_Main_Report_Final_Draft_V10_JTH.pdf
>
>
> ;)
>

Well at last they are doing something to protect their concrete cows. :-)


-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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