Random, impulsive from-the-hip...facts

[Scott5114]

Here's a random, impulsive, from-the-hip fact: it's against the forum guidelines to talk about politics! You guys are doing fine right now, but let's get back to random facts lest this end up taking a turn that offends someone and starts an argument.

[Scott5114]

I wonder what ever became of the original TheAlan who posted the thread.  does he realize what awesomeness it has, and/or has not, reached?

He reverted to his former identity, Carl Rogers.

He actually mentioned in another thread that he was offended by what the thread had turned into... and threatened to call the police.

According to his profile, his last login was a couple days after that, back in November.

This user is currently affected by the following bans:
User cannot access forum as a result of ban: "TheAlan360"

[Grzrd]

Since the TheAlan360 is banned, he cannot lurk in Fictional Highways and see the evolution of Alanland?

... and that's punishment?

[Scott5114]

He saw it, he didn't like it, he complained about it, and therefore he is a heretic and must be separated from the forum. He was neither grand nor unified enough.

(In all seriousness, he was threatening to call the Eureka, CA cops on us–which is laughable, but still not acceptable conduct–and claiming that AARoads was his website. We don't need users like that around.)

[J N Winkler]

Infinity divided by infinity is not one.  But it's not infinity, either.  At least, it's probably not one.

This gets into transfinite numbers.  Aleph-null, anyone?

No it doesn't. Transfinites are "larger" infinities. Infinity divided by infinity is indeterminate because infinity is usually defined as shorthand for a limit, and it depends how one approaches that limit. The 2x variant of infinity divided by the x variant of infinity is 2. The aleph-null variant divided by any countable variant is infinity. I'm probably mixing metaphors here and don't care to work it all out.

Kphoger's original "fact" did not say whether a limit was involved--"infinity divided by infinity" could very well have been an attempt to divide the cardinality of the set of real numbers (aleph-one, if you believe the continuum hypothesis) by the cardinality of the set of natural numbers (aleph-null).

[1995hoo]

Here's a random, impulsive, from-the-hip fact: it's against the forum guidelines to talk about politics! You guys are doing fine right now, but let's get back to random facts lest this end up taking a turn that offends someone and starts an argument.

Frankly I forgot about that when I posted my reply about Moran. Sorry about that.

[Grzrd]

A recent signage advertisement in Texas indicates that a section of US 83 in the lower Rio Grande Valley will be also be designated as I-169 and have interchanges with I-69E and I-69C.

The "Laredo prong" of I-69 is statutorily designated as I-69; US 83 overlaps with I-35 in Laredo and has an interchange with Loop 20, the future I-69.

In sum, US 83 will have an interchange with I-69 as I-35, but will also have interchanges with I-69C and I-69E as I-169.

Make sense?

[NE2]

The "Laredo prong" of I-69 is statutorily designated as I-69

So are the other branches (and I-94 east of Chicago): "The routes referred to in subsections (c)(18) and (c)(20) shall be designated as Interstate Route I-69." The US 77 and US 281 branches are, in addition, separately designated as I-69 East and I-69 Central (note the full words spelled out).

[Grzrd]

The "Laredo prong" of I-69 is statutorily designated as I-69

So are the other branches (and I-94 east of Chicago): "The routes referred to in subsections (c)(18) and (c)(20) shall be designated as Interstate Route I-69." The US 77 and US 281 branches are, in addition, separately designated as I-69 East and I-69 Central (note the full words spelled out).

Does this lead to the hypothesis that US 83 is the Alanland of highways: i.e. it does and does not have an interchange with Interstate Route I-69 as I-35?

[empirestate]

I've visited 49 of the 50 states plus DC, and furthermore I've stayed overnight at least once in each. Somewhat surprisingly (to myself), I've personally driven in at least 38 of them, plus DC. And I've flown into or out of at least 29...but not DC. 

[1995hoo]

Good luck flying out of DC!

[hm insulators]

The Big Island of Hawaii is still growing because of Kilauea Volcano.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Bielefeld (German city) exists, despite the posts all over the Internet claiming it doesn't exist.

[Molandfreak]

He saw it, he didn't like it, he complained about it, and therefore he is a heretic and must be separated from the forum. He was neither grand nor unified enough.

(In all seriousness, he was threatening to call the Eureka, CA cops on us–which is laughable, but still not acceptable conduct–and claiming that AARoads was his website. We don't need users like that around.)

Did you guys seriously ban John Madden (the thirteen-year-old from a month ago) for being new and not knowing how to use the forum? As far as I can see, the only things he did that were wrong were PMing people too much and not posting in the correct categories (which were challengeable). Both were a result of him being new, and maybe also a little young to fully understand how the internet works. But neither of these mistakes really constitute a ban in my opinion...

[Scott5114]

He saw it, he didn't like it, he complained about it, and therefore he is a heretic and must be separated from the forum. He was neither grand nor unified enough.

(In all seriousness, he was threatening to call the Eureka, CA cops on us–which is laughable, but still not acceptable conduct–and claiming that AARoads was his website. We don't need users like that around.)

Did you guys seriously ban John Madden (the thirteen-year-old from a month ago) for being new and not knowing how to use the forum? As far as I can see, the only things he did that were wrong were PMing people too much and not posting in the correct categories (which were challengeable). Both were a result of him being new, and maybe also a little young to fully understand how the internet works. But neither of these mistakes really constitute a ban in my opinion...

The PMs were reaching the level that constitutes harassment even after being warned for it. He also had "his dad" email the staff. After the ban, he attempted a DDOS by attempting to register 50 times in the span of ten seconds.

[corco]

Holy shit

[Molandfreak]

The PMs were reaching the level that constitutes harassment even after being warned for it. He also had "his dad" email the staff. After the ban, he attempted a DDOS by attempting to register 50 times in the span of ten seconds.

Good to know. Thank you!

Holy shit

I couldn't agree more!

[BigMattFromTexas]

Four comes after three. Unless you're counting down.. Then three comes after four... Unless you're in Alanland, then three and four don't exist, and mentioning them results in death.
BigMatt

[CNGL-Leudimin]

I actually believe Alanland is and isn't Northwest California.

Canada actually extends further south than 49ºN, the Southernmost point is in the middle of Lake Erie at 41º 40' 35'' N, which is sightly South of my favourite spot of Zaragoza (Spain) at 41º 40' 42'' N (And of course, West of that spot).

[kkt]

I actually believe Alanland is and isn't Northwest California.

Canada actually extends further south than 49ºN, the Southernmost point is in the middle of Lake Erie at 41º 40' 35'' N, which is sightly South of my favourite spot of Zaragoza (Spain) at 41º 40' 42'' N (And of course, West of that spot).

Canada also extends further south than the 49th parallel by including all of Vancouver Island, including the provincial capital of B.C., Victoria.  Victoria is at 48 degrees 25 minutes north.

[Alps]

British grid discussion is getting involved, so it has been moved to its own subject in Off-Topic.

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=9026.0

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Okay, so now I put a new random fact:

Europe is further North than you thought

[MDOTFanFB]

Just found this random, impulsive, from-the-hip fact: Alanland is and isn't Detroit. Also, practicing the Nazi religion is legal and illegal in Alanland.

[Dr Frankenstein]

By Québec's numbering system, 100s are primary highways, and 200s and 300s are secondaries. The rest are autoroutes. You'd think the construction and maintenance standards follow these rules; however, this no longer applies since 1993. In an effort to reclassify some 25-30 year-old highway stretches without renumbering them, they came up with 8 highway classes: Autoroute, National, Regional, Collector, Resource Access, Local 1, Local 2 and Local 3. Those are separate from the numbering, except for autoroutes (although there is at least one unsigned autoroute, and it's probably not the one you're thinking about;) and are reproduced as different line styles on the official highway map:
Yellow & Red: Autoroute;
Red: National;
Orange & Black: Regional;
Orange: Collector;
Gray or black: Local;
White & Gray: Resource Access.

Not unlike what happened in Ontario, most of the Local 1/2/3 network has been downloaded to municipalities in the late 1990s or early 2000s. However, unlike the other province, those local roads that were numbered retained their number.

[mgk920]

With its series and serial number, every banknote is unique.

Mike