Comments on: 07/25/2012 – One Low, Low Price http://yehudamoon.com/20120725/ Thu, 23 May 2013 07:43:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: riding.in.twilight@gmail.com http://yehudamoon.com/20120725/#comment-55612 riding.in.twilight@gmail.com Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:23:07 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07252012/#comment-55612 VI, wow. It's my favourite when on Linux. Context is my preferred on Window. Wonder what you cruise the Internet on. VI, wow. It’s my favourite when on Linux. Context is my preferred on Window.

Wonder what you cruise the Internet on.

]]> By: Widsith http://yehudamoon.com/20120725/#comment-53244 Widsith Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:30:28 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07252012/#comment-53244 I don't think you have to worry about starting a war.  There probably aren't that many people here who even know what vi or Emacs are, let alone have an opinion about which is better.  :-) I don’t think you have to worry about starting a war.  There probably aren’t that many people here who even know what vi or Emacs are, let alone have an opinion about which is better.  :-)

]]> By: BrianJPugh http://yehudamoon.com/20120725/#comment-53243 BrianJPugh Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:35:29 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07252012/#comment-53243 Widsith, I was going to say the same thing, but we don't need a another war.  Since you started it though, I use Vi too.  I don't want to break my "ctrl" key using the other OS....I mean text editor ;) Widsith, I was going to say the same thing, but we don’t need a another war.  Since you started it though, I use Vi too.  I don’t want to break my “ctrl” key using the other OS….I mean text editor ;)

]]> By: Widsith http://yehudamoon.com/20120725/#comment-53230 Widsith Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:41:28 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07252012/#comment-53230 The "<span>data clearly shows that they do" only if you believe the data is accurate and hasn't been distorted by people with an agenda to push helmet usage.  I don't happen to believe that.  Given a choice between statistics and my own personal experience, I'll choose personal experience every time. </span> The “data clearly shows that they do” only if you believe the data is accurate and hasn’t been distorted by people with an agenda to push helmet usage.  I don’t happen to believe that.  Given a choice between statistics and my own personal experience, I’ll choose personal experience every time.

]]> By: Guest http://yehudamoon.com/20120725/#comment-53229 Guest Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:10:05 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07252012/#comment-53229 I got hit with a school bus's rearview mirror so the irony is rife I admit.   I don't have an issue with folks wearing helmets or not.  When they start pratttling about helmets not making a difference when data clearly shows that they do,  then I'm a little irritated.   Misinformation irritates me and with election season in full swing I'm about to get a good whooping of it. I got hit with a school bus’s rearview mirror so the irony is rife I admit.   I don’t have an issue with folks wearing helmets or not.  When they start pratttling about helmets not making a difference when data clearly shows that they do,  then I’m a little irritated.   Misinformation irritates me and with election season in full swing I’m about to get a good whooping of it.

]]> By: Ben http://yehudamoon.com/20120725/#comment-53228 Ben Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:41:00 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07252012/#comment-53228 I got hit in the head by the front grill of a garbage truck and hit my head on the ground last year.  Just sayin'.  I'm all for helmets, but don't really understand why it's such a heated issue.  If someone feels strongly about it, let them do what they want.   If you have a problem with wearing a helmet because you don't like being told what to do, that's fine.  But chill out about it.  Maybe even consider the advantages and disadvantages without taking the "Safety industrial complex" into account.   I got hit in the head by the front grill of a garbage truck and hit my head on the ground last year.  Just sayin’.  I’m all for helmets, but don’t really understand why it’s such a heated issue.  If someone feels strongly about it, let them do what they want.  

If you have a problem with wearing a helmet because you don’t like being told what to do, that’s fine.  But chill out about it.  Maybe even consider the advantages and disadvantages without taking the “Safety industrial complex” into account.  

]]> By: Guest http://yehudamoon.com/20120725/#comment-53227 Guest Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:38:14 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07252012/#comment-53227 Most of head injuries are incured when the head strikes something after the cyclist becomes dismounted not from cars hitting them.  It is the secondary impact that is the killer not the initial impact (unless of course the car by some strange chance strikes the head in the first impact,  I guess recumbent riders are off the hook by that logic).  Most cars do not strike cyclists on the head.   Car hits cyclist then cyclist loses control and hits head on pavement.   There is disinformation spread on both sides of the fence and folks without evidence to support their viewpoint could be doing more harm than good.   Not ripping on Rick and his assertions,  but I'd like to see some of the stats that show helmets aren't what everyone says they are cracked up to be. So far the stats I have seen are pretty compelling.  Secondly,  do you mean to say that if you knew you were going to be struck on the head that you would rather have nothing than a bike helmet?  Here is a quote from a study I recently read with the link below it- The most careful, conservative estimates from good studies show that the reduction in risk of head injury to a bicyclist as a result of wearing a helmet is in the order of 45 per cent. In other words, at the very minimum a helmet halves the risk of head injury. <a href="http://www.helmets.org/henderso.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.helmets.org/henderso.htm</a> Most of head injuries are incured when the head strikes something after the cyclist becomes dismounted not from cars hitting them.  It is the secondary impact that is the killer not the initial impact (unless of course the car by some strange chance strikes the head in the first impact,  I guess recumbent riders are off the hook by that logic).  Most cars do not strike cyclists on the head.   Car hits cyclist then cyclist loses control and hits head on pavement.   There is disinformation spread on both sides of the fence and folks without evidence to support their viewpoint could be doing more harm than good.   Not ripping on Rick and his assertions,  but I’d like to see some of the stats that show helmets aren’t what everyone says they are cracked up to be. So far the stats I have seen are pretty compelling.  Secondly,  do you mean to say that if you knew you were going to be struck on the head that you would rather have nothing than a bike helmet? 

Here is a quote from a study I recently read with the link below it-
The most careful, conservative estimates from good studies show that the reduction in risk of head injury to a bicyclist as a result of wearing a helmet is in the order of 45 per cent. In other words, at the very minimum a helmet halves the risk of head injury.

http://www.helmets.org/henderso.htm

]]> By: Birch Creek http://yehudamoon.com/20120725/#comment-53234 Birch Creek Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:52:06 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07252012/#comment-53234 I guess that quite a large number of the cycling-related injuries (of various kinds) never make it to the statistics. On the other hand, if a cyclist DOES injure his/her head severely and is taken to the hospital by an ambulance, that, of course, will be recorded most certainly. I guess that quite a large number of the cycling-related injuries (of various kinds) never make it to the statistics. On the other hand, if a cyclist DOES injure his/her head severely and is taken to the hospital by an ambulance, that, of course, will be recorded most certainly.

]]> By: Widsith http://yehudamoon.com/20120725/#comment-53242 Widsith Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:38:34 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07252012/#comment-53242 I use vi for editing almost everything. I use vi for editing almost everything.

]]> By: Zorba http://yehudamoon.com/20120725/#comment-53238 Zorba Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:19:11 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/07252012/#comment-53238 <span>I don't think anyone cares if person "x" wears a helmet - what gets folks riled up, myself included, is the "Liberal establishment cradle-to-grave Nanny state" taking away our Goddess given RIGHT to self-determination. Do NOT make my choices for me - and I won't make yours for you!     FWIW, I wear a helmet on my commute - its a narrow, high speed road that is strewn with junk and potholes. On the rare occasions I ride in a typical surburban neighborhood, I forgo the helmet - its not needed.</span> I don’t think anyone cares if person “x” wears a helmet – what gets folks riled up, myself included, is the “Liberal establishment cradle-to-grave Nanny state” taking away our Goddess given RIGHT to self-determination. Do NOT make my choices for me – and I won’t make yours for you!  
 
FWIW, I wear a helmet on my commute – its a narrow, high speed road that is strewn with junk and potholes. On the rare occasions I ride in a typical surburban neighborhood, I forgo the helmet – its not needed.

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