...*IF* there were true photographic memory, then the prizes at these world memory championships would be scooped up by people that have it. But they're not. They're won by ordinary people with pretty average memories who dedicate their spare time to mastering memory techniques.
"Photographic memory" is the stuff of magicians, hucksters and B movie thrillers.
Back in my college days, the music history professor had an interesting story of the memory of the great conductor Zubin Mehta. While in rehearsal of a Beethoven symphony, he stopped and said that the note one of the players was incorrect and named the note it should be. The printed copy and the note played by the musician were correct per the copy. Apparently some time earlier, ZM was in Germany and had looked at the original manuscript. His memory of the note in question was validated when the original was re-consulted. It had been transcribed incorrectly all those years.
Give the railroads a tax incentive to install an additional line alongside their respective main lines complete with their own sidings. Only a single line - this will force the passenger trains to run on time in order to use the sidings to pass one another. No crossovers from freight to the passenger rails. The HSR agency would have to handle the metropolitan areas: building terminals, approaches and flyovers as needed. Done.
Amtrak trains have to wait for right of way because they share the line with freight trains, which are often behind schedule, as they don't have customers on board to pressure them into keeping to their schedule. Building a dedicated high speed line would mean only passenger trains sharing that line, so delays would be much less frequent.
That is not true for all trains. Some loads have guaranteed delivery windows; the customers can and do track the progress of their loads. Of these guaranteed loads, the penalties can be as high as one-million dollars per hour of delay.
...Third choice - actually fund Amtrak appropriately so that it can pay the freight companies a bonus for on time arrivals for passenger trains. If freight companies make money when Amtrak is on time, they will give Amtrak priority.
At least at my company this is the case. We strive to keep Amtrak on-time performance as high above 90% as possible. I can't remember the last time it dipped below 90. We even get updates and graphics in our bi-weekly corporate newsletter in this regard.
... The rail connection between San Diego and Los Angeles is also just a single track for part (most?) of the way. Two major cities not far apart and they can't even put in two tracks....
The California Coastal Commission is the agency you can contact in regards to the (now old)San Diego subdivision.
... If a passenger train has to traverse the same route as a freight train, freight gets priority and the passenger train sits. Any high speed rail system has to come with a new right of way or it's doomed to failure....
Passenger trains have priority over all except "guaranteed" loaded trains. It's like 1 or 2 out of 10 that are guaranteed loads, double that for the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas. At my company anyway...
Even if it is much safer, the lawyers will be salivating while they wait for the first death.
There is a good reason why this project is sponsored by the EU and not the US.
While not perfect, the legal systems in most of Europe aren't not quite as broken as in the US.
There were tests of this in California in the 1991 timeframe but I don't know if it was the State or the Feds. A train of 5 white cars would assemble at speed on interstate 15 between Palm Springs and San Diego. With only inches in between, the train would travel back and forth on the freeway . Perhaps another can find a record of this as my Google-fu is not adequate.
In the rail industry, we are not allowed to get closer than four feet of the nearest rail on the right-of-way. Perhaps DOT's should explore a similar requirement.
The first (and only) time I've seen the text in the sig you replied to was from "Mr/Mrs Garrison" (if I've spelled that correctly) in South Park. I believe it was from an episode called "Bloody Mary", but I could be wrong. I tried to search for a clip (in English!) on youtube, but my search skills have failed me.
Here's the audio. It's from the movie: South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut (Animated)
You appear to be the kind of person that is afraid of their own shadow. So, you don't like the casual use of AP? Gonna legislate it away? Oh darn, among what's left to the rocketeer is hydrogen peroxide and there isn't squat you can do about us using that. As a monopropellant, you'll wish you hadn't voiced such dribble about the small amount of AP contained in a solid-fuelled model rocket engine.
So just go hide away and hope the sun comes out tomorrow.
Passenger trains have priority over freight on BNSF rail. The only exceptions are the guaranteed loads we carry between Thanksgiving and Christmas. UP on the other hand...
I posted a question to Slashdot about Low Tech Toys last Christmas. I sure got the runaround at the stores. But I did find them online thanks to the post.
This exaggeration is common when the cops bust the drug rings. Why is it so surprising? Whether it's street-value or bytes, the sensationalism is used to wow the public.
Offtopic slightly, I've recently wondered why most HDs sold today are 3.5 inch, one-half-height HDs, but the case will accept a 5.25 inch full height drive in each bay. Did they just throw away the tooling? Why not start producing full size drives and up the capacity?
From an old/. post; does it actually work? I haven't tried this:
"... hmmm I wonder how that works. I've had no trouble on my mac ever copying cd's. I usually just use cat. As in cat/dev/disk1 >>/User/..../file.iso ( i usually umount the cd first though). and then burn the iso. Has worked every time for me. I do the same thing with dvds, but the macrovision kicks in if i just use the dvd player that comes with osx. so i just use mplayer, which handles it fine."
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...*IF* there were true photographic memory, then the prizes at these world memory championships would be scooped up by people that have it. But they're not. They're won by ordinary people with pretty average memories who dedicate their spare time to mastering memory techniques.
"Photographic memory" is the stuff of magicians, hucksters and B movie thrillers.
Back in my college days, the music history professor had an interesting story of the memory of the great conductor Zubin Mehta. While in rehearsal of a Beethoven symphony, he stopped and said that the note one of the players was incorrect and named the note it should be. The printed copy and the note played by the musician were correct per the copy. Apparently some time earlier, ZM was in Germany and had looked at the original manuscript. His memory of the note in question was validated when the original was re-consulted. It had been transcribed incorrectly all those years.
Give the railroads a tax incentive to install an additional line alongside their respective main lines complete with their own sidings. Only a single line - this will force the passenger trains to run on time in order to use the sidings to pass one another. No crossovers from freight to the passenger rails. The HSR agency would have to handle the metropolitan areas: building terminals, approaches and flyovers as needed. Done.
Amtrak trains have to wait for right of way because they share the line with freight trains, which are often behind schedule, as they don't have customers on board to pressure them into keeping to their schedule. Building a dedicated high speed line would mean only passenger trains sharing that line, so delays would be much less frequent.
That is not true for all trains. Some loads have guaranteed delivery windows; the customers can and do track the progress of their loads. Of these guaranteed loads, the penalties can be as high as one-million dollars per hour of delay.
...Third choice - actually fund Amtrak appropriately so that it can pay the freight companies a bonus for on time arrivals for passenger trains. If freight companies make money when Amtrak is on time, they will give Amtrak priority.
At least at my company this is the case. We strive to keep Amtrak on-time performance as high above 90% as possible. I can't remember the last time it dipped below 90. We even get updates and graphics in our bi-weekly corporate newsletter in this regard.
... The rail connection between San Diego and Los Angeles is also just a single track for part (most?) of the way. Two major cities not far apart and they can't even put in two tracks....
The California Coastal Commission is the agency you can contact in regards to the (now old)San Diego subdivision.
... If a passenger train has to traverse the same route as a freight train, freight gets priority and the passenger train sits. Any high speed rail system has to come with a new right of way or it's doomed to failure....
Passenger trains have priority over all except "guaranteed" loaded trains. It's like 1 or 2 out of 10 that are guaranteed loads, double that for the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas. At my company anyway...
dit dit dah, big boy -- dit dit dah DIT.....
CW _is_ the original digital mode
blindness must be setting in, this is mentioned several posts above. At least I wasn't dreaming this memory up.
Even if it is much safer, the lawyers will be salivating while they wait for the first death.
There is a good reason why this project is sponsored by the EU and not the US.
While not perfect, the legal systems in most of Europe aren't not quite as broken as in the US.
There were tests of this in California in the 1991 timeframe but I don't know if it was the State or the Feds. A train of 5 white cars would assemble at speed on interstate 15 between Palm Springs and San Diego. With only inches in between, the train would travel back and forth on the freeway . Perhaps another can find a record of this as my Google-fu is not adequate.
If I remember correctly, Enterprise,CVN-65 not NCC-1701, has six reactors on board.
Silly rabbit, get a ham license! No problem having a mobile beacon. The receivers on radar guns are as wide as well, barn doors.
Can you say Gunnplexer?
In the rail industry, we are not allowed to get closer than four feet of the nearest rail on the right-of-way. Perhaps DOT's should explore a similar requirement.
To further test the discovery, a new study challenged an age old rivalry.
Here's the audio. It's from the movie: South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut (Animated)
Let's not forget the programs Doc broadcast in the Bay area in 1909 albeit these are now ham frequencies.
See:Setting The Stage for KMPX & KSAN
You appear to be the kind of person that is afraid of their own shadow. So, you don't like the casual use of AP? Gonna legislate it away? Oh darn, among what's left to the rocketeer is hydrogen peroxide and there isn't squat you can do about us using that. As a monopropellant, you'll wish you hadn't voiced such dribble about the small amount of AP contained in a solid-fuelled model rocket engine.
So just go hide away and hope the sun comes out tomorrow.
H2O2 is a great oxidizer and won't go "high order" like AP
Passenger trains have priority over freight on BNSF rail. The only exceptions are the guaranteed loads we carry between Thanksgiving and Christmas. UP on the other hand...
IR cameras, huh? Give them plenty by heating the plate! Most alternators put out at least 65 amps DC, just don't melt the paint
I posted a question to Slashdot about Low Tech Toys last Christmas. I sure got the runaround at the stores. But I did find them online thanks to the post.
... plus tax today in California. Saw the same drive at Fry's for $159_after_rebates. Now to find some of that 16x media on the cheap.
This exaggeration is common when the cops bust the drug rings. Why is it so surprising? Whether it's street-value or bytes, the sensationalism is used to wow the public.
Bring back shuttles
Now that would be a backup! Capacity guesses?
Offtopic slightly, I've recently wondered why most HDs sold today are 3.5 inch, one-half-height HDs, but the case will accept a 5.25 inch full height drive in each bay. Did they just throw away the tooling? Why not start producing full size drives and up the capacity?
From an old /. post; does it actually work? I haven't tried this:
/dev/disk1 >> /User/..../file.iso ( i usually umount the cd first though). and then burn the iso. Has worked every time for me. I do the same thing with dvds, but the macrovision kicks in if i just use the dvd player that comes with osx. so i just use mplayer, which handles it fine."
"... hmmm I wonder how that works. I've had no trouble on my mac ever copying cd's. I usually just use cat. As in cat