User: bobbozzo

Re:Huge construction project.. recession..

On: Transportation Bill Sets Aside $45 Million For MagLev Train

$45M is the budget for the environmental study. If the track is built, it will cost many billions.

Re:Huge construction project.. recession..

On: Transportation Bill Sets Aside $45 Million For MagLev Train

The direct route, up the coast, is on some premium "sightseeing" train, which costs a fortune.

The asses really should add some 3rd class cars to those trains instead of bussing people to Bakersfield.

The other problem with the bus/San Joaquin route is that it overshoots the bay area and has to loop back down. It ends up taking over 11 hours to get from LA to Berkeley (400 miles).
You can drive it in under 6 hours, at reasonable speeds.

The one time I took the train, when I got to Union Station in LA, the price ended up being DOUBLE what I had been quoted, because it was a holiday weekend. Even though it was a THURSDAY, and I wasn't coming back on the weekend or the holiday!
At that rate, flying to Oakland + a taxi to Berkeley would have been cheaper. Asses!

Re:Derided by me too

On: Transportation Bill Sets Aside $45 Million For MagLev Train

The route to Vegas is uphill and not always straight. The existing tracks are surely not banked for speeds over 60-70mph. Nor are they electric.

Re:Critics

On: Transportation Bill Sets Aside $45 Million For MagLev Train

Amtrak's prices often suck, which might explain the 'low ridership'.

Proximity to Disneyland should help the new route as well.

The drive from SoCal to Vegas sucks... heat, severe weekend traffic on I15, ... It takes 4-7 hours to go 270 miles.

I've given up on driving and now fly to Vegas for conventions, etc. from ONT airport. I'd gladly take a train if it's cheaper and/or more convenient than flying.

Re:Critics

On: Transportation Bill Sets Aside $45 Million For MagLev Train

The mountains can be largely avoided by following the route of US 101.

Re:3.5 inch floppy

On: HyperCard Comes Back From the Dead to the Web

Check your cabling, and possibly jumpers on the drives. A floppy cable should have a twist near the A: drive connector.

Re:Maybe OT... probably not

On: Mozilla Experiments With Site Security Policy

IIRC, the key (license) fees end up being over $100/user (per year?).

Re:Should be criminal anyway

On: Graphics Advances Make Identifying Real Images Difficult

It can still be a felony, but not a federal felony. Felony just means the sentence can be > 1 year.

Re:Hmm.

On: Bye Bye Bananas — the Return of Panama Disease

The fungus may be able to grow on things other than bananas.

Re:monoculture is a problem

On: Bye Bye Bananas — the Return of Panama Disease

Same here.

Re:Truecrypt

On: Nominations Open For "Most Likely to be Shut Down By Government"

Like Perot? I'm not sure how much effect that had, other than taking votes away from HW.

Re:Ahh, the days..

On: The Original mcom.com Revived

Funny how much all the new mobile sites look like these sites from 10 years ago.

Re:Non-Owners

On: Rubik's Cube Proof Cut To 25 Moves

Mine was given away by my parents after I moved out (15 years ago).

But, I think my wife has one around here somewhere.

Re:"God's Algorithm"

On: Rubik's Cube Proof Cut To 25 Moves

If we build a large enough computer to process that graph, I'm sure it will find the answer to be forty-two.

Re:global warming

On: Reactor Shutdown Darkens South Florida

If you lose your load on a nuclear reactor

LOL

Re:Finally!!

On: New Robot Can Help You Find Your Way

You obviously didn't get the joke...

I'm all lost in the supermarket
I can no longer shop happily
I came in here for that special offer
A guaranteed personality

I wasn't born so much as I fell out
Nobody seemed to notice me
We had a hedge back home in the suburbs
Over which I never could see

I heard the people who lived on the ceiling
Scream and fight most scarily
Hearing that noise was my first ever feeling
That's how it's been all around me

CHORUS

I'm all tuned in, I see all the programmes
I save coupons from packets of tea
I've got my giant hit discoteque album
I empty a bottle and I feel a bit free

The kids in the halls and the pipes in the walls
Make me noises for company
Long distance callers make long distance calls
And the silence makes me lonely

CHORUS

And it's not hear
It disappear

Re:So, here's your answer:

On: How Would You Make a Distributed Office System?

Nor are civets.

Re:So, here's your answer:

On: How Would You Make a Distributed Office System?

Ocelots aren't rodents.

Re:hmm

On: Alienware's Curved Monitor

.66ms responce time on the mirror.. now if you double the color wheel options you must increase the responce time.. by the same factor.. 6 color wheel = .33ms responce time 12 color wheel = .166ms response time..

FWIW, your numbers seem to be going the wrong direction.

Re:hmm

On: Alienware's Curved Monitor

And the LED 'bulbs' are very expensive, as are the TVs. The LEDs supposedly last 10,000 - 20,000 hours but are (currently) about $800 to replace.

Re:Loudness War

On: The Death of High Fidelity

Not sure what you're looking for, but there is an "ABX Comparator" plugin for Foobar 2000 so you can do your own comparisons between CDAudio(WAV) and various codecs, or compare an old recording with a new, "remastered", one.

Re:Loudness War

On: The Death of High Fidelity

This may be their official rationalization for the loudness war

That doesn't work... the loudness war started in the 90's, before MP3 and way before iPods.
Not that facts would get in their way.

Re:This sucker's electrical...

On: DeLorean to Come Back (Sorta)

I guess we'll have to wait 'til 2015 or so to find out :p

Re:This sucker's electrical...

On: DeLorean to Come Back (Sorta)

What about the flying version at the end of one of the movies?

Re:Hopefully...

On: DeLorean to Come Back (Sorta)

Mr. Fusion and the Flux Capacitor are both listed at $0.00