Credits:
Cityrail Corporation: http://www.cityrail.info/stations/pdf/CityRail_network_map.pdf
John Shadbolt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sydney_railway_map.gif
Map vs Reality on Cityrail network (Sydney)
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Credits:
Cityrail Corporation: http://www.cityrail.info/stations/pdf/CityRail_network_map.pdf
Credits:
Cityrail Corporation: http://www.cityrail.info/stations/pdf/CityRail_network_map.pdf
Seeing the world with four eyes
Glasses can signify a number of things. Intellectualism, geekiness, extra vulnerability to being punched in the face, and - last of all - poor eyesight.
As the proud owner of a pair of spiffy spectacles for about a week now, I offer the pros and cons of this wonderful piece of technology.
PROS:
As the proud owner of a pair of spiffy spectacles for about a week now, I offer the pros and cons of this wonderful piece of technology.
PROS:
- Being able to read the newspaper over someone's shoulder on the train without leaning forward and looking totally suspicious.
- Having people (rightly or wrongly) believe I'm intelligent.
- Being able to see bus route numbers from halfway down the street, not when they're so close that I barely have time to signal the driver.
- Being told I look like Liz Lemon.
- Needing to take them on and off depending on how far away the desired object of looking is.
- Needing to clean them.
- Having yet another daily item to accidentally leave at home.
- Not being able to wear my sunglasses at the same time.
Word of the Day
Decimate
dec·i·mate/ˈdesəˌmāt/
To kill one man chosen by lot out of every ten in a legion or other military group; to reduce anything by one in ten, or ten percent.
This word is annoyingly misapplied - people use the word as a synonymn of "destroy" or "annihilate", whereas the true meaning is to destroy just 10 percent of something (hence the 'dec' which always means ten -- except December, which should have been the tenth month instead of October, which should have been the eight month, but I digress).
The Ancient Romans used decimation to punish their soldiers if they misbehaved - by killing one random in ten. That's fairly strict. It is, however, the only real application of the word. It's also another, less nice word for tithe. So if you give ten percent of their income to your church, you could say you decimate your income. Although, that's a bit weird to say. People might think you mean you're horrible at saving.
dec·i·mate/ˈdesəˌmāt/
To kill one man chosen by lot out of every ten in a legion or other military group; to reduce anything by one in ten, or ten percent.
This word is annoyingly misapplied - people use the word as a synonymn of "destroy" or "annihilate", whereas the true meaning is to destroy just 10 percent of something (hence the 'dec' which always means ten -- except December, which should have been the tenth month instead of October, which should have been the eight month, but I digress).
The Ancient Romans used decimation to punish their soldiers if they misbehaved - by killing one random in ten. That's fairly strict. It is, however, the only real application of the word. It's also another, less nice word for tithe. So if you give ten percent of their income to your church, you could say you decimate your income. Although, that's a bit weird to say. People might think you mean you're horrible at saving.
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