http://dmiessler.com/blog/arbitrary in search of intervals Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:46:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-bleeding http://dmiessler.com/blog/arbitrary#comment-118488 Carl M Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:03:41 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/arbitrary#comment-118488 <p>Beau is exactly right. They're trying to make you NOTICE the sign. It worked.</p> Beau is exactly right. They’re trying to make you NOTICE the sign. It worked.

]]> http://dmiessler.com/blog/arbitrary#comment-118295 Jonathan S. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:46:28 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/arbitrary#comment-118295 <p>You know, I thought my apartment complex in college was bad. It was listed at 8mph! Never seen a half though! Nice.</p> You know, I thought my apartment complex in college was bad. It was listed at 8mph! Never seen a half though! Nice.

]]> http://dmiessler.com/blog/arbitrary#comment-118007 Beau Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:45:10 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/arbitrary#comment-118007 <p>My guess is that they're counting on the novelty of the sign to make people pay attention. I've seen a few odd signs like this around Atlanta - but none with a 1/2. I've also seen a couple of homemade signs that play on the same effect (if they work) to get people to recognize them and pay attention to their speed rather than just blending into the background noise.</p> My guess is that they’re counting on the novelty of the sign to make people pay attention. I’ve seen a few odd signs like this around Atlanta - but none with a 1/2. I’ve also seen a couple of homemade signs that play on the same effect (if they work) to get people to recognize them and pay attention to their speed rather than just blending into the background noise.

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