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My experience with suburbia was that there was always yard equipment going, plus dogs and teenagers. These loud, punctuated sounds always bothered me much more than the regular, low din of a city. Moreover, most of the noise in cities in from automobiles, which are mainly a problem inflicted upon us by suburban development.

I take it none of the creator's loved ones have been hit by a reckless driver. This device exists solely to let dangerous child-men go on with no accountability for their actions.

Queue reckless endangerment suit in 5... 4...

That's funny, I always thought the term "geek" was diluted to include mere WoW and Magic players, and wanted a term that was stricter than "geek" but more widely understood than "hacker".

But we agree, silicon valley ain't what it used to be.

Helmets can safely be left on the bike, because used helmets have no resale value.

I have left my helmet unattended for 8-10 hours a day in downtown Portland for four years, no thefts, even with fancy helmets.

Actually, since the recession, unemployment increased by the same proportion in all sectors of the economy. That is, software engineering unemployment is about twice what it was before; construction unemployment is about twice what it was before; etc. etc. etc. This indicates that the problem is not structural (i.e. not due to people having the wrong skills), but due to a shortfall in demand: everybody tightened their spending at the same time.

Sources can be dug up if desired.

Yep. People used to call it that.

Allan Jacobs' book Great Streets contains dozens of this type of map, not chopped up, but showing the street systems all at the same scale. It's absolutely fascinating to compare 'Cisco to Houston to Paris to Venice. A highly recommended book. http://www.amazon.com/Great-Streets-Allan-B-Jacobs/dp/026260...

Wow... I've been working for a month on an app that does exactly this. Great job, guys! I'd love to know about your algorithm.