Build Your Own LCD Bus Schedule

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Build Your Own LCD Bus Schedule

Posted by michael on Sunday February 9, 2003 @12:40PM from the mass-transit dept.

MikeLRoy writes "An engineering student in Winnipeg, tired of missing his bus to school (and waiting in the cold) created an LCD bus stop. It displays the next bus times for several stops and routes, all from the heated comfort of his kitchen. And yes, there are pics and code on the site."

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frist prost by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-09 12:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

board this bus mofoz....
1. Re:frist prost by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-09 12:51 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Let's all run to the kitchen
  
  and have our selves a snack!
  
  A tastsy hotdog, a refreshing soda
  
  MMMMMMMMMMMMMM
  
  We'll keep the install going for YOU!
Linux? by Amsterdam+Vallon · 2003-02-09 12:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Why not use LInux in this situation? Its free Software (as in 'hope') and usually works great.

THink before you act. Think different.

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1. Re:Linux? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-09 12:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  wtf? is this a bot or something?
2. Re:Linux? by miketang16 · 2003-02-09 12:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Seriously... what the heck? Do you read articles or do you just spam?
  
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3. Re:Linux? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-09 12:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  CHeck CApitilization BEfore YOu POst
4. Re:Linux? by Billly+Gates · 2003-02-09 14:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Agreed. I switched back to WIndows2k for my desktop. I needed to go to school and learn some web programming quickly. Spending several weekends customizing apache and installing all the right tools is unacceptable. I needed gcc 3.2 and perl 5.6x. Every distro has gcc 2.x and perl 5.6x or gcc 3.2x and perl 5.8. It fucking sucks and NO PERL 5.8 IS NOT SOURCE COMPATIBLE WITH PERL 5.6 CODE. I do not care what slashdotters, the perl mongers, or even what perl.com says. I tested programs for my course on a cd and over %70 would not run with perl 5.8 due to changes in scoping. Not to mention distros with apache 2.x don;'t support mod-perl (redhat cough cough).
  
  With WIndows I just point and click and everything is setup and no dependencies to worry about. I can use the right versions of my software and not have to worry about conflicts or dependencies.
  
  For a server thats a different story and FreeBSD is my first choice even though it takes awhile to configure everything. The port system is years ahead of rpm and even apt-get. FreeBSD also has it right in being cautious about integrating things like apache 2.x and perl 5.8 because they are new. However gcc 3.2x is including which is nice for c++ programming. Its too late however since my system with Windows is already setup. But no os is perfect and putting a nice desktop and installer does not make an os ready for the general consumer.
  
  However thanks to opensource products like perl it doesn't matter which os is used to run the script. The script that uses the bus system is truly cross platform so it does not make sense to promote linux here since it runs on any platform that perl supports.
  
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5. Re:Linux? by Billly+Gates · 2003-02-09 15:58 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Well to answer your rude post.
  
  The book I use teaches perl 5.6 scoping as well as 5.6 style threads. My instructor told me not to use it and yes %70 of the programs on the cd with my book would not even run or would run with serious bugs.
  
  Since I use "How to program in Perl" by Dietel and Dietel which are both MIT professors, I doubt your argument to your rude comment holds much water.
  
  That is unless you think you are more qualified and can code better then them.
  
  If you need to change your code then its surely not source compatible. There are many other changes besides scoping rules that effect portability like the module that deals with threading. In other words Linux distro's should not be so quick to believe everything on the perl.com's website and ditch perl 5.6x. This will break hundreds if not thousands of apps.
  
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FP by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-09 12:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

first post?
1. Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-09 12:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  no, bitch i'm sorry but you are not the first fucking poster. too bad. but we do have a runner's up prize, and here it is www.goatse.cx (click for prize)
2. Re:FP by miketang16 · 2003-02-09 12:50 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  No.
  
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In SOVIET RUSSIA, LCD's BUILD YOU tsarkon by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-09 12:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic

In Soviet Russia, Bus Schedule LCD build YOU.
1. Re:In SOVIET RUSSIA, LCD's BUILD YOU tsarkon by ickyfreak · 2003-02-09 12:49 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  could someone tell me how this all started?
  
  things like "in soviet russia macos carbonises YOU" etc etc
  
  help :)
  
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2. Re:In SOVIET RUSSIA, LCD's BUILD YOU tsarkon by d3kk · 2003-02-09 12:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Originated from a russian comedian named Yakov Smirnov who did these kinds of jokes in the early 80's. People have been beating the dead horse for awhile now.
3. Re:In SOVIET RUSSIA, LCD's BUILD YOU tsarkon by ickyfreak · 2003-02-09 12:56 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  but why has it popped up on /. in the last couple of months :)
  
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4. Re:In SOVIET RUSSIA, LCD's BUILD YOU tsarkon by damien_kane · 2003-02-09 14:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I think it may have something to do with a family guy episode which some /.'er must have seen recently...
  In it, Peter gets a new car after the mob steals his junker for insurance money.
  While showing the car to his neighbors, he displays the talking navigation system, and how it can speak in English, Spanish, and Russian. In Russian, the directions were 'In Soviet Russia... car drives you'...
  
  Of course I could be talking out my ass... but that's my theory... makes sense tome...
In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-09 12:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic

ALL topics of discussion were trivial and uninteresting! And this was because they were invariably hand-chosen by autocratic, petty people with difficult-to-pronounce names! Dissenters who pointed out the weaknesses in the system were slapped down and rarely heard from again!

After a while, we WELCOMED THE DUPES!!! OH, THE HUMANITY!!!

It's true! It was that bad!

Fortunately the system was eventually destroyed!
In SOVIET RUSSIA... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-09 12:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

dead horse BEATS YOU!
Back to the source... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-09 13:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

http://www.yakov.com/default.html
mmmk by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-09 13:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Just so you know, the original poster posts for exactly this kind of response. We'd all be better off if we just realized that he's a fucktard and ignored him.
Galileo's Space Flight to End Soon by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-09 14:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I submitted this story to /. but was ignored so here it is for you :

Galileo's Space Flight to End Soon

As NASA temporarily grounds its shuttle fleet following the Columbia disaster, an unmanned spacecraft that has been exploring the solar system for 14 years is nearing the end of its mission - and still revealing the secrets of a planet hundreds of millions of miles from Earth.

It took the Galileo probe five years to reach Jupiter. It photographed asteroids, and the stormy red spot, and then turned its cameras on the giant planet's moons, each a world in its own right.

The photos and measurements sent back to Earth have provided tantalizing clues suggesting three of those moons - Callisto, Europa and Ganymede - have liquid oceans, an idea that has fueled the imagination of scientists who speculate the salty water could harbor extraterrestrial life.

Read the full story here
In Soviet Russia... by chevybowtie · 2003-02-09 16:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

you didn't need a bus schedule. The bus driver kicked in your door and took you away when HE was ready!
IN SOVIET RUSSIA by trotski · 2003-02-09 19:16 · Score: -1, Offtopic

The bus schedule reports on YOU!!!!

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