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  1. Re:Not really a quote by esaul · · Score: 1 · on Canadian Bureaucrats Don't "Think Different"

    Editorial opinions aside, why would the city make exceptions to its bylaws for a store?
    On a different note. Did you know that these new parking meters they have actually run on Linux? Made by this company called 8D, and there is already a class action law suit pending against the city in regard to these parking meters. See, these meters allow the city to sell the same period of time two or more times since once you take off, the next person won't know that the spot had already been paid for.
    They don't chalk tires here.

  2. Re:Have a store employee continually feed meters by KJE · · Score: 1 · on Canadian Bureaucrats Don't "Think Different"
    Montrealer (and Mac Jerk) here,

    even though I don't quite understand the comment of feeding the meters, wouldn't people just park for free anyways?, THERE ARE NO METERS!

    They installed these all over downtown a couple of years ago, to much complaining all around.

    You go to a station and pay for your spot number, so if a new person comes to your spot after you paid for 2 hours and left after 5 minutes, they can't know how long has already been paid, so they pay again!

    The city has already hiked the prices a couple of times, you now 5 minutes for a quarter... from a meter!

    Anyways, the new flagship store should be cool, although we have one just off the island, in a mall already.

  3. Where is the soruce code? by David+Hume · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Montreal Parking Meters Run Linux


    The Device Profile states, "The stations run a Linux distribution that 8D developed in-house." Where is the source code? I searched:

    8D

    http://www.8d.com/

    But couldn't find anything. How can we efficiently build on 8D's work to build a better, competitive parking meter without the code?

  4. Where is the soruce code? by David+Hume · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Montreal Parking Meters Run Linux


    The Device Profile states, "The stations run a Linux distribution that 8D developed in-house." Where is the source code? I searched:

    8D

    http://www.8d.com/

    But couldn't find anything. How can we efficiently build on 8D's work to build a better, competitive parking meter without the code?

  5. Where is the soruce code? by David+Hume · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Montreal Parking Meters Run Linux


    The Device Profile states, "The stations run a Linux distribution that 8D developed in-house." Where is the source code? I searched:

    8D

    http://www.8d.com/

    But couldn't find anything. How can we efficiently build on 8D's work to build a better, competitive parking meter without the code?

  6. Press Release From Last Year by bcolflesh · · Score: 3, Informative · on Montreal Parking Meters Run Linux

    Cale Systems and 8D Technologies deliver one of the world's most advanced parking systems - wireless electronic payment and management - to be deployed in a large North-American city