One helluva commute
I'm currently attending a three day course on ArcGIS so I can learn how to create cool looking maps and what not for my employer. Our first hands on exercise involved manipulating a map of roads, railroads, and donut shops (yes, donut shops) in Redlands, CA (I thought the reference to Redlands was pretty random until I learned that ESRI, the author of ArcGIS, is based in Redlands). Step six was:
"Now you will identify all donut shops that are within 1,000 meters (0.62 miles) of Interstate 10 for all those hungry commuters driving between Palm Springs to Los Angeles."
WTF? Who commutes from Palm Springs to Los Angeles (and has time to stop for donuts)? That's over 200 miles roundtrip.
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ah yes, the good ole "Intro to ArcGIS 1 & 2" courses. Good times!
Posted by: MetroMan | July 7, 2008 11:14 PM
maybe the donuts are worth the 200 mile round trip commute. you know, if they were, like, made with bacon. the battered. then fried. cause, ya know, some people are willing to commute 200 miles for bacon fried items. just sayin'...
Posted by: jamie | July 8, 2008 05:14 PM
200 miles roundtrip for fried bacon items? Hmm...don't know anyone who would do that.
Hmmm chicken fried bacon donuts. I think my arteries just exploded.
Posted by: Lindsay | July 8, 2008 05:23 PM