I know for a fact that United Parcel Service, has been using a maglev system in their Pacific, WA Hub for almost two years now. There is also plans to build one in Montana even bigger. What does the maglev system do for UPS you ask? It automaticly sorts the packages using all those bar codes and dots they put on the labels.
I work for UPS for almost a year and I can honestly say that I have seen many broken items come through.
9 times out of ten the broken item isn't our fault, it is the fault of the shipper. For instances Compaq, which they not particularly bright in the first place, decided that they would ship their montiors and machines in the same box, which amounts to about 110lbs. anything over 70lbs in the ups system requires two people to handle. As me and another person lifted the package on one of the belts the all so high quailty tape of the bottom of the box gave and computer pieces everywhere. We then put everything back in the box and sent back to compaq with a nice note:)...
Good shippers: Dell, Micron, people with common sense
bad shippers: Compaq, tiny, people in a hurry and stupid.
A linux pda would kick butt. And of course I would be the first one to pick up the credit card and get one. But will it still be open source. Imagine being able to update and remake the kernel on a PDA. It would make a hardware up grade a snap and any hardware made for it you just rebuild the kernel and your on the way. And imagine the power consumtion, or lack there of rather...
Although there is the problem, typing in a make command would take for ever...
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I know for a fact that United Parcel Service, has been using a maglev system in their Pacific, WA Hub for almost two years now. There is also plans to build one in Montana even bigger. What does the maglev system do for UPS you ask? It automaticly sorts the packages using all those bar codes and dots they put on the labels.
I work for UPS for almost a year and I can honestly say that I have seen many broken items come through. :) ...
9 times out of ten the broken item isn't our fault, it is the fault of the shipper. For instances Compaq, which they not particularly bright in the first place, decided that they would ship their montiors and machines in the same box, which amounts to about 110lbs. anything over 70lbs in the ups system requires two people to handle. As me and another person lifted the package on one of the belts the all so high quailty tape of the bottom of the box gave and computer pieces everywhere. We then put everything back in the box and sent back to compaq with a nice note
Good shippers: Dell, Micron, people with common sense
bad shippers: Compaq, tiny, people in a hurry and stupid.
A linux pda would kick butt. And of course I would be the first one to pick up the credit card and get one. But will it still be open source. Imagine being able to update and remake the kernel on a PDA. It would make a hardware up grade a snap and any hardware made for it you just rebuild the kernel and your on the way. And imagine the power consumtion, or lack there of rather... Although there is the problem, typing in a make command would take for ever...