From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,4feb499c05063194 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.megapath.net!news.megapath.net.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 17:41:16 -0500 From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <2m2j9gFhf4cpU1@uni-berlin.de> <1090263815.244230@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <2m4ttiFil1v0U1@uni-berlin.de> <7MdLc.9515$Qu5.3023@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Artistically creative expression has no role in software design Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 17:41:55 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.32.209.38 X-Trace: sv3-X7i3Z3bPy7IgcFh6/7c3I4A25kxY1UIDuoD29snUzzAE9V+xsA0NMwc9aXA2+i6Sc9XyFY907gGnK/i!9vgyKo8f/INvOfUQ1NCbh11KUTwbOFcum9n8n+BYfkac/83fNnf0psPi47oR+B2xHhqIpmmfAeHe X-Complaints-To: abuse@megapath.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@megapath.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.1 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2294 Date: 2004-07-20T17:41:55-05:00 List-Id: "Jeffrey Carter" wrote in message news:7MdLc.9515$Qu5.3023@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... > Marc A. Criley wrote: > > > E.g., freeway overpasses. I strongly suspect that the overpasses built > > within a given state, conforming to specific industry and state > > requirements, and on similar terrain will all be virtually identical, with > > only functionally-derived differences in length, clearance, and approach > > angle. > > Not necessarily. A new interchange between 2 freeways (1 existing, the > other being constructed) near my home has sculptures based on the art of > the aboriginal people of this part of North America molded into the > supports, and is being painted a terra-cotta color. That's a relatively recent innovation, and it seems to be mostly limited to urban areas. Here in Wisconsin, you can tell within a couple of years which year a freeway was constructed by the style of the overpasses (at least for freeways constructed between 1960 and 1980, which is the majority of them). That seems to hold in other midwestern states as well (although I don't know the actual dates of construction well enough to be sure). In recent years, upgrades and replacements have had that somewhat harder (because the new bridges obscure the date of original construction) - but they're easy to pick out. Randy.