2012-05-27
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Firing room at Complex 39 during the Skylab 4 countdown test, 6 November, 1973 (via Retro Space Images).
2010-06-07
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Countdown (by jamesbrownontheroad). More at his blog:
In North America the countdown ticks away on green, telling you how much longer you have left to cross. But here in Scotland, it ticks down on red, telling you how long you have to wait until you can cross.
In my eyes, it’s the wrong way round, but it suggests an alternative appreciation of the dangers at the crosswalk. It doesn’t warn you that the lights are about to change and that you shouldn’t start to cross… quite the opposite: it placates you by telling you that you don’t have long to wait until the green man reappears.
(via nevali)
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The front cover illustration of Transport for London’s PDF about pedestrian countdowns at traffic lights, which are to be on trial for 18 months in various sites, as detailed on the BBC’s Mind the Gap blog. There’s a more general introduction at BBC News.
