Over the EdgeDan Rosenbaum's take on tech, parenting, politics, search, and pretty much anything elseGawking OKed by Top NY Court- November 20, 2007 In a development sure to annoy natives citywide, New York State's highest court says it's OK for pedestrians to stand obliviously in the middle of busy intersections and force people to walk around them. From the NYTimes: Judge Carmen Beatrice Ciparek later added: Something more than a mere inconvenience of pedestrians is required to support the charge. Otherwise, any person who happens to stop on a sidewalk whether to greet another, to seek directions or simply to regain ones bearings ...http://www.danrosenbaum.com/over-the-edge/2007/11/gawking-oked-by-top-ny-court.html Tesla Wins! Tesla Wins!- November 15, 2007 Infrastructurum Longa, Vita Brevis. Forgive the piggish Latin. The geekier among you know that although Thomas Edison gets all the credit for the light bulb and municipal power and all that -- Consolidated Edison, anyone -- he actually came out the loser on a big standards war: AC vs DC. Edison was a big proponent of direct current. It was Nicola Tesla (and his backer George Westinghouse) who invented alternating current, which allowed electricity to be delivered over distances unimaginable by.http://www.danrosenbaum.com/over-the-edge/2007/11/telsa-wins-tesla-wins.html |