Also using Delphi today - mostly looking for clean ways of parsing/scraping html. Yesterday I was learning Rails however. I'll either continue learning rails tonight or start sanding the toilet. Suffice to say that rails is much more appealing - boy I know how to party on a Friday night.
Alister Christie Computers for People Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 http://www.salespartner.co.nz PO Box 13085 Johnsonville Wellington Conor Boyd wrote: > Ouch. > The only time I've actually been knocked off my bike was by another > cyclist. ;-) > Using Delphi today? Sure. Although most of today was spent testing on > VPCs and watching builds run. > C. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz > [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] *On Behalf Of *Kyley Harris > *Sent:* Friday, 29 January 2010 4:04 p.m. > *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > *Subject:* Re: [DUG] So off-topic it's ridiculous > > haha.. I drooled over the iPad for the time frame of 1 day while > chatting.. now I'll ignore it until I see a price. > > I used to love cycling in Auckland before I had to raise my child > alone and ran out of time. Mission Bay to Mt Albert was always a good > ride. Lots of bad drivers to be careful of, but I use the same mindset > as when I ride a motorcycle and luckily had no accidents on the Cycle. > > on the motorcycle 2 injuries by illegally u-turning Cars that didn't > look. total time in bed 1.2 years. > > Using delphi for at least 7 hours a day.. youtube for at least 1 :D > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Jolyon Smith <jsm...@deltics.co.nz > <mailto:jsm...@deltics.co.nz>> wrote: > > Are there any Delphi users on this list actually using Delphi > right now or are we all too busy drooling over Apple products that > Delphi doesn’t support and getting our knickers in a twist over > road transport issues? > > J > > But since everyone else has chimed in, my contribution on the > cycling issue… > > What are the annual registration, licensing, insurance and WOF > costs for your bicycle? > > “free” – as usual - comes with a price. > > I ride my bicycle **occasionally** for leisure – I would very much > like the roads to be more bicycle friendly, but I don’t expect > that to happen for free. In the meantime I ride my bicycle where > it is safe and permitted to do so. > > I also do not presume to judge someone simply for being alone in > their vehicle. I do not know how far they have had to travel or > how much further they have yet to go. Bicycles are simply not > practical for long journey’s, and not everyone has the benefit of > a workplace equipped with shower facilities. > > I also do not know what equipment or materiel the driver may be > carrying in their boot or in the vehicle with them, that may > simply be impossible to carry on a bicycle or even a moped. > > Even if they do not have far to travel to get to their workplace, > I would not presume to think that they might not have to make a > more substantial journey – or be available/capable of making a > journey – later in the day, or have to be able to travel to a > customer site or meeting as quickly as legally possible to > minimize the impact of travel time on their working day. > > And in Auckland anyone needing to cross the harbour bridge to get > to/from work or during the course of their working day simply > cannot afford the planet the luxury of a bicycle, or even a moped > under a certain engine capacity – the law simply won’t allow it. > (should the law change to allow it? maybe, but currently it doesn’t). > > But why let such practical considerations get in the way of a > sense of moral superiority, eh? > > If only everyone lived within practical cycling distance of their > work and nobody had to do a job that involved anything more than > staying in one place all day waiting to cycle home. > > Of course, that itself would all come at a price too – you would > lose mobility of labour and much of the choice that you currently > enjoy in the range of possible workplaces you may be employed or > areas that you may choose to live. > > We may dream of a return to the lifestyle of a pastoral society, > but it’s simply not going to happen, at least not until the oil > runs out and we’re forced into it. > > *From:* delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz > <mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz> > [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz > <mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz>] *On Behalf Of *Leigh Wanstead > *Sent:* Friday, 29 January 2010 3:35 p.m. > *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > *Subject:* Re: [DUG] Apple iPad - OT > > I ride bicycle in Auckland around 10 years. Auckland road is not > fit for riding bicycle. Most road does not have proper cycle way. > The cycle way is not continuous. And the road suppose to ride > bicycle is only around 20 cm wide and shared with cars. And car > runs very fast. It is so easy to be hit by the car in Auckland. I > guess riding bicycle is far more easy to be killed than driving > car. So to look after myself not to be hit by the car, riding on > pavement is quite acceptable. Anyway the pavement most of the time > is empty. > > I saw most car have four seats and only one driver sitting in the > car which wastes lots of natural resource moving around. Remember > we only have one earth to live. > > *From:* delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz > <mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz> > [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz > <mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz>] *On Behalf Of *Cameron Hart > *Sent:* Friday, 29 January 2010 2:27 p.m. > *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > *Subject:* Re: [DUG] Apple iPad - OT > > Imho it is not getting stuck behind bikes that gets car drivers > irate, but the flaunting of the road rules demonstrated by > cyclists. Car drivers start thinking it is unfair every time they > see one ride through a red light, or fail to indicate, or ride > double/triple, or skip from road to footpath as it suits, and > unless everyones is following the same rules it starts to turn > into two sides – them against us. You start resenting cyclists > because they are not following the rules you are required to. > > Maybe they should address this imbalance by bringing into effect > some things like cycle licenses (so you know they are qualified > and even know the road rules), headlights, brake lights, and > indicators. Maybe they need a WOF and cycle registration. > > Bring us all onto an equal footing and more respect for cyclists > might be found. It is easy to be tolerant of others when it is a > level playing field. > > cameron > > *From:* delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz > <mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz> > [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz > <mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz>] *On Behalf Of *Robert martin > *Sent:* Friday, 29 January 2010 10:23 a.m. > *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > *Subject:* Re: [DUG] Apple iPad - OT > > What an idiot. > I think what most of the nasty drivers forget is that for every > cyclist on the road its one less car for them to get stuck behind. > However I must admit the Dyers pass road is terrible to drive up / > down especially with the Lycra brigade riding two a breast up a > thin winding road. No excuse for nocking people off the road or > for driving a hummer ! > > Rob > > > On 29/01/2010 9:53 a.m., Conor Boyd wrote: > > Basically the need for a bit more tolerance from both cyclists and > car-drivers to sharing the road. > > Exacerbated this week by a guy who lives in Cashmere, drives a > black Hummer (plate WARNIN with a surround that says "does not > play well with others"), and who posted online this week that he > had knocked 2 cyclists into the kerb in the last 6 months and was > quite prepared to do the same again, but who subsequently > half-heartedly apologised after he realised that he was easily > identifiable as Richard Freeman, the co-owner of the Sign of the > Takahe cafe/restaurant and a number of other businesses who look > like they will be taking a bit of a dent in patronage from now on. > > Front page news in the Press on Wednesday I think it was. > > Following by an alleged case of car-passenger assault on a cyclist > at the bottom of Dyers Pass Road yesterday morning. > > Neither side are completely blameless, and it's a small minority > on either side who make it seem more of a car/cyclist war than it > actually is, or than it should be. > > Personally, I'm glad I've got a commute that mostly sticks to > quieter roads than the main arteries. > > C. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz > <mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz> > [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] *On Behalf Of *Robert martin > > I come in from the other side (St Albans). Whats happening in > Cashmere? I'm obviously out of the loop :) > > On 29/01/2010 9:23 a.m., Conor Boyd wrote: > > Likewise. > > Although we won't mention the current Cashmere-based shenanigans. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz <mailto:delphi@delphi.org.nz> > > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz > <mailto:delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz> with Subject: unsubscribe > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz <mailto:delphi@delphi.org.nz> > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz > <mailto:delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz> with Subject: unsubscribe > > > > > -- > Kyley Harris > Harris Software > +64-21-671-821 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe
