colonel@gloria.UUCP (05/08/84)
[hold the russian!] Not only is it non-Euclidean, but I suspect that it's non-orientable. The first time I went downtown, I found myself at an unpromising intersection. I then walked left 1 block right 1 block left 1 block and found myself back at the same intersection. -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...seismo!rochester!rocksvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel
brad@ut-sally.UUCP (05/09/84)
<-\|/->/|\ which way ?
More Boston topology.
Boston roads were designed by cows. The reason Mass Ave does
a right angle through Harvard Square is that there was a really
juicy patch of grass right over there. If two roads intersect
at right angles anywhere in Mass., state law requires:
1. All four branches are one-way going into the intesection.
2. A one-lane feeder is constructed (only takes a couple
of years) to channel traffic out of the intersection.
3. Both roads change names as they pass through the intersection.
(or better, only one road changes names; the other makes a right
angle turn and continues).
4. All identifying road signs *MUST* be removed. These are
major roads. You should know where you are.
Next week: How to drive rotaries, and how to get to the
(* gasp *)
Airport !
--
Brad Blumenthal {No reasonable request refused}
{ihnp4,ctvax,seismo}!brad@ut-sally