{"id":701,"date":"2008-12-13T00:39:11","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T07:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stardel.com\/eg\/?p=701"},"modified":"2008-12-13T11:07:14","modified_gmt":"2008-12-13T18:07:14","slug":"11-equals-whatever-you-want-it-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stardel.com\/eg\/2008\/12\/11-equals-whatever-you-want-it-to\/","title":{"rendered":"1+1 equals whatever you want it to"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is what happened:<\/p>\n

On September 3, 1967, at 04.50 in the morning, the traffic everywhere in
\nSweden was directed over to the right side of the road and stopped. Everything
\nstood absolutely still for 10 minutes, and at 05.00, when it started again,
\nall road users in Sweden from heavy trucks to cyclists were already on the
\nright side of the road, and they have stayed there since.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

from<\/a><\/small><\/small><\/p>\n

And this is how Dvorak starts a rant on the Digital TV conversion<\/a> (coming Feb 17, 2009):<\/p>\n

\n
\n
By John C. Dvorak<\/div>\n
Last update: 3:46 p.m. EST Dec. 12, 2008<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
BERKELEY,
\nCalif. (MarketWatch) — There is a story about how Sweden changed from
\ndriving on the left-hand side of the road to the right side back in
\n1967. The Swedes, being orderly, decided to let the trucks and buses
\nswitch to the right side of the road for the first week of the
\ntransition, and then cars switched on the second week.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Is there a story about Sweden changing the way he says? I don’t know, I never heard of it. But it sort of defeats the purpose of his rant to start off with a lie. If it is supposed to be a joke then it doesn’t seem appropriate since the digital TV cut over is being done in one fell swoop.\u00a0 Of course it might defeat the purpose of his rant if he mentioned that the Swedish car accident rate reached a low point at the time of the cut over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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