2841: Sign Combo - Revision history

CalibansCreations: /* Transcript */ it's complete enough to me

2024-10-17T11:43:31Z

‎Transcript: it's complete enough to me

172.70.134.55 at 02:20, 17 December 2023

2023-12-17T02:20:05Z

SomeoneIGuess: Safe to assume completed

2023-11-22T18:25:03Z

Safe to assume completed

162.158.155.6 at 08:18, 17 October 2023

2023-10-17T08:18:06Z

Ianrbibtitlht: /* Transcript */ Add background colors to 2nd and 3rd signs

2023-10-16T18:57:27Z

‎Transcript: Add background colors to 2nd and 3rd signs

172.70.143.165 at 05:19, 16 October 2023

2023-10-16T05:19:49Z

SomeoneIGuess: in all honesty, Axiom of Choice is a set theory and doesnt refer to things like this, plus it's a blatantly obvious statement that is valid for {{citation needed}}

2023-10-15T19:30:55Z

in all honesty, Axiom of Choice is a set theory and doesnt refer to things like this, plus it's a blatantly obvious statement that is valid for {{citation needed}}

Umnikos: AoC is not needed to prove 45∈65

2023-10-15T19:27:20Z

AoC is not needed to prove 45∈65

SomeoneIGuess at 19:22, 15 October 2023

2023-10-15T19:22:03Z

172.71.26.14: lole

2023-10-15T18:50:38Z

lole

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 ==Transcript==
 :[A two-lane highway stretching out to the horizon, with the lanes separated by a double solid white line in the foreground which becomes a partially solid, partially dotted double white line as it approaches the horizon. To the right of the highway is a pole with three traffic signs.]
 :[Top sign, featuring a white rectangle on a red circle on a white background:]

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 The title text adds even more to the dilemma, posting a 45 miles-per-hour maximum speed limit, but also a ''minimum'' required speed of 65 MPH. Since 45 is lower than 65,{{citation needed}} this is quite the perplexing contradiction.
-For another of Randall's adventures in road signage (he does live in the Greater Boston area, after all), see [[1116: Traffic Lights]].
+For another of Randall's adventures in road signage (he does live in the Greater Boston area, after all), see [[1116: Traffic Lights]]. For a similar contradiction, see the title text of [[2179: NWS Warnings]].
 ==Transcript==

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	This comic depicts a trio of road signs that provide legal instructions that are, in combination, impossible to follow: "Do not enter" precludes passing the point of the sign, the No U-Turn sign precludes turning around, and the "No Stopping Any Time" sign precludes both halting before the sign as well as reversing back (even ignoring that this is usually already illegal with or without signs explicitly forbidding it). A driver approaching this sign combo would seemingly be forced to violate at least one of the three, probably leading to the caption's concern expressed as "Oh no".		This comic depicts a trio of road signs that provide legal instructions that are, in combination, impossible to follow: "Do not enter" precludes passing the point of the sign, the No U-Turn sign precludes turning around, and the "No Stopping Any Time" sign precludes both halting before the sign as well as reversing back (even ignoring that this is usually already illegal with or without signs explicitly forbidding it). A driver approaching this sign combo would seemingly be forced to violate at least one of the three, probably leading to the caption's concern expressed as "Oh no".

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 ==Explanation==
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+{{incomplete|Created by a LITERAL SPEED TRAP - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
 This comic depicts a trio of road signs that provide legal instructions that are, in combination, impossible to follow: "Do not enter" precludes passing the point of the sign, the No U-Turn sign precludes turning around, and the "No Stopping Any Time" sign precludes both halting before the sign as well as reversing back (even ignoring that this is usually already illegal with or without signs explicitly forbidding it).  A driver approaching this sign combo would seemingly be forced to violate at least one of the three, probably leading to the caption's concern expressed as "Oh no".

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 :DO NOT
 :ENTER
-:[Middle sign is the No U-Turn symbol, a U-turning arrow with the red prohibition circle symbol.]
+:[Middle sign is the No U-Turn symbol, a U-turning arrow with the red prohibition circle symbol on a white background.]
-:[Bottom sign with red text:]
+:[Bottom sign with red text on a white background:]
 :NO
 :STOPPING

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 {{incomplete|Created by a TRAPPED DRIVER - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
-This comic depicts a trio of road signs that provide legal instructions that are, in combination, impossible to follow: "Do not enter" precludes passing the point of the sign, the No U-Turn sign precludes turning around, and the "No Stopping Any Time" sign precludes both halting before the sign as well as reversing back (even ignoring that this is usually already illegal with or without signs explicitly forbidding it).  A driver approaching this sign combo would seemingly be forced to violate at least one of the three.
+This comic depicts a trio of road signs that provide legal instructions that are, in combination, impossible to follow: "Do not enter" precludes passing the point of the sign, the No U-Turn sign precludes turning around, and the "No Stopping Any Time" sign precludes both halting before the sign as well as reversing back (even ignoring that this is usually already illegal with or without signs explicitly forbidding it).  A driver approaching this sign combo would seemingly be forced to violate at least one of the three, probably leading to the caption's concern expressed as "Oh no".
 Of the three, "No U-Turn" is the one with the largest wiggle room, as it can be defined more narrowly/specifically as driving in a U-shape; thus, a driver might be able to get around it by [[207|drawing a more elaborate path.]] However, since the lane dividers on the road are solid until the signs, this potential loophole is preemptively closed.

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 This no-escape scenario could be done more easily with just "Stop" and "No Stopping Any Time" signs. But by combining 3 signs, the joke is presumably that it was done accidentally, without noticing the contradictions.
-The title text adds even more to the dilemma, posting a 45 miles-per-hour maximum speed limit, but also a ''minimum'' required speed of 65 MPH. Since 45 is lower than 65 (as can be proven using the Axiom of Choice, with the exact proof left as an exercise to the reader), this is quite the perplexing contradiction.
+The title text adds even more to the dilemma, posting a 45 miles-per-hour maximum speed limit, but also a ''minimum'' required speed of 65 MPH. Since 45 is lower than 65 (as can be proven without using the Axiom of Choice, with the exact proof left as an exercise to the reader), this is quite the perplexing contradiction.
 For another of Randall's adventures in road signage (he does live in the Greater Boston area, after all), see [[1116: Traffic Lights]].