On 5/8/07, John H. Robinson, IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Bob La Quey wrote:
> On 5/8/07, John H. Robinson, IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Bob La Quey wrote:
> >> On 5/8/07, John H. Robinson, IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket_sort#Postman.27s_Sort
> >> >
> >> >A zipcode is not a destination, but it does tell you how to get there.
> >>
> >> Sounds like a false dichotomy to me. A zip code certainly is
> >> a destination; one that tells you how to get there.
> >
> >If you want to look at it like that, you can. But that destnation would
> >be an *area*.
>
> Exactly. An area can be a destination.
But not for a letter, which is where ZIP codes are (primarily) used.
About the only time I can see a ZIP code being a useful destination is
for an intertial-guided missle: ``aim for 92101.''
-john
A lot of census data is given by zip code. Very useful also for
all kinds of demographic and marketing data. See
http://wealth.mongabay.com/
BobLQ
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