Does uber gaurentee that a certain percentage of their fleet will be handicapped or disabled accessible? I know that this is always a consideration when designing "public" transportation systems, what promises of accessibility could uber possibly make about cars that they don't own?
Putting in the infrastructure early is always easier than retrofitting.... uber is just a "cheap" way out of our current situation that is going to cost us the future of our public transportation system. By the time the town outgrows this stop-gap solution, it is going to cost us multiple times as much to put in the infrastructure that we should be investing in today.
I live in Innisfil, what can I say.... Mayor Gord Wauchope is totally out of touch with his community. This is a horrible solution to the town needing to invest in public transit. At the end of this little experiment, our monies that are currently allocated to "public transit" will be depleted and we won't have anything to show for it.
Another reader points out that when we get up to $5 for a ride, that is expensive compared to public transportation, and they're not wrong. The distances that most residents will be traveling, nobody is ever going to see a fare as cheap as $3.
But hey, we're used to poor decisions here in Innisfil. This year (almost in opposition to our provincial leadership which announced 18% cuts to electrical rates) our local power utility has announced their intention in INCREASE our electrical rates by almost 12%.
If Mac wants their product to become popular they should look at it this way.
Yes, graphics design is difficult and sure, the OS LOOKS nifty. I do not however associate appearance with functionality. If it works well people will use it. That good old linux command propmt doesn't have much going for it graphics wise.... there's my proof.
The fact the apple does dumb stuff like this is probably not the deciding factor for not using the OS, but you have to admit that it just stacks one more reason onto the pile of blinding idoicy that convinces people not to use the Mac OS.
Be it the original Mac OS or the new OS X it'll be a cold day in hell for me before i own a Mac running anything other than Linux PPC. 8)
heh, I just about fell off my chair laughing when i read that one..... i even had to set up an account so i could reply. Ahh good ol' M$. the quote that got me was "and Microsoft has stated repeatedly that it does not lie or cheat or mislead." what more can i say? I mean microsoft has NEVER led me astray have they?
..... but then if you believe that then you really should go on believing microsoft is right.
Slashdot Mirror
Does uber gaurentee that a certain percentage of their fleet will be handicapped or disabled accessible? I know that this is always a consideration when designing "public" transportation systems, what promises of accessibility could uber possibly make about cars that they don't own?
Putting in the infrastructure early is always easier than retrofitting.... uber is just a "cheap" way out of our current situation that is going to cost us the future of our public transportation system. By the time the town outgrows this stop-gap solution, it is going to cost us multiple times as much to put in the infrastructure that we should be investing in today.
I live in Innisfil, what can I say.... Mayor Gord Wauchope is totally out of touch with his community. This is a horrible solution to the town needing to invest in public transit. At the end of this little experiment, our monies that are currently allocated to "public transit" will be depleted and we won't have anything to show for it.
Another reader points out that when we get up to $5 for a ride, that is expensive compared to public transportation, and they're not wrong. The distances that most residents will be traveling, nobody is ever going to see a fare as cheap as $3.
But hey, we're used to poor decisions here in Innisfil. This year (almost in opposition to our provincial leadership which announced 18% cuts to electrical rates) our local power utility has announced their intention in INCREASE our electrical rates by almost 12%.
If Mac wants their product to become popular they should look at it this way. Yes, graphics design is difficult and sure, the OS LOOKS nifty. I do not however associate appearance with functionality. If it works well people will use it. That good old linux command propmt doesn't have much going for it graphics wise.... there's my proof.
The fact the apple does dumb stuff like this is probably not the deciding factor for not using the OS, but you have to admit that it just stacks one more reason onto the pile of blinding idoicy that convinces people not to use the Mac OS.
Be it the original Mac OS or the new OS X it'll be a cold day in hell for me before i own a Mac running anything other than Linux PPC. 8)
heh, I just about fell off my chair laughing when i read that one..... i even had to set up an account so i could reply. Ahh good ol' M$. the quote that got me was "and Microsoft has stated repeatedly that it does not lie or cheat or mislead." what more can i say? I mean microsoft has NEVER led me astray have they?
..... but then if you believe that then you really should go on believing microsoft is right.
Long live open source!