<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks Laurie<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I laugh at the spelling mistakes on building and toilet doors, I can read the bumps on lift well buttons and on the top of the fast food coffee cups .. only in the day light as I am reading this by sight! I learned this when I needed a distraction whilst doing my Dip Ed. I failed miserably as a braille reader but I have oodles of respect for how our brains work and the challenges faced by students with a visual disability.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">What many don’t realise is braille isnt just a 26 x letters for dot conversion, this is called uncontracted braille (or I think of it as uncompressed). To speed things up there are symbols for letter combinations and words or contracted brail .. six full dots represents the word FOR. Cool data compression!) Not bad for a two by three grid of six dots. <a href="http://braillebug.afb.org/braille_deciphering.asp" class="">http://braillebug.afb.org/braille_deciphering.asp</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I guess that builders often ask an apprentice to do the sign construction under the toilet pictograph . The apprentice groans, looks it upon his mobile, hits the wikipedia page and types in the uncompressed code when setting up his engraving machine for room signs etc<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>. Nobody checks this work until the first visually impaired user runs their hand over the toilet door and chuckles.</div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Great to share with students, I use it to explain what it means to compress data to increase the transmission rate.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 25 May 2015, at 1:29 pm, Laurie Savage <<a href="mailto:08327998@pvgc.vic.edu.au" class="">08327998@pvgc.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Sight reading braille! I'm always amused (I'm sorry, this is very non-PC) by the Braille on the toilet doors of my local Cinema.<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Laurie Savage<br class=""><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home" target="_blank" class="">https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home</a><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 May 2015 at 13:01, Roland Gesthuizen <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:rgesthuizen@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">rgesthuizen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class="">Left hand icon for the lads is missing a sporran ;-)<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Actually, there is a quite a community around uni-sex pictograms. (one of my rusty talents is sight-reading braille) <div class=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unisex_public_toilet" target="_blank" class="">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unisex_public_toilet</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">When we get past the obvious giggles and political bias, there is a great learning opportunity for our subject and an chance to have a powerful discussion.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It is easy build a library database using a simple Boolean option of male and female, a simple binary choice </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">.. after leading students towards this trap.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Consider the cultural arrogance if the default entry was “male". </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Why is it better to call this category “Gender” instead of “Sex” (I teach biology </div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">How would a transgender individual feel about only being able to choose M or F?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Was a binary choice the best option? Australian passports now cater for other genders</div><div class=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.passports.gov.au/web/sexgenderapplicants.aspx" target="_blank" class="">https://www.passports.gov.au/web/sexgenderapplicants.aspx</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And lastly. Seriously, why are we collecting this information and how will we intend to use it?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">All this is a great example of how database design can transmit cultural information, reinforce ignorance and bias.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Lassie, only use this power for good and do no evil. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 25 May 2015, at 9:47 am, Laurie Savage <<a href="mailto:08327998@pvgc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank" class="">08327998@pvgc.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Damn those scots!<div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><span class=""><scottishRestrooms.png></span></div></div><div class=""><div class="h5"><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Laurie Savage<br class=""><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home" target="_blank" class="">https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home</a><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 May 2015 at 17:43, ken price <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:kenjprice@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">kenjprice@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">You may have noticed many new toilets marked RH and LH. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Eg <a href="http://www.bronsonsafety.com.au/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/500x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/u/n/unisex-toilet-rh-shower.png" target="_blank" class="">http://www.bronsonsafety.com.au/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/500x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/u/n/unisex-toilet-rh-shower.png</a><div class="">And</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.bronsonsafety.com.au/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/500x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/u/n/unisex-toilet-lh.png" target="_blank" class="">http://www.bronsonsafety.com.au/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/500x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/u/n/unisex-toilet-lh.png</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Conveniently these can be misinterpreted as being for right and left handed people.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It is surprising how gullible some students and staff can be about this, especially if there are more RH than LH, because you can direct right-handers to "their" toilet and they notice nothing irregular.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I leave this as an exercise for the reader.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ken.</div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On Saturday, May 23, 2015, Robert Hind <<a class="">robert@yinnar.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u class=""></u>
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identifiers are still sexist. Perhaps we should work towards toilets that are
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