Its also a matter of management and the drivers. If the manangement is lose, and the drivers don't care. Then the drivers will skip stops or drive faster, arriving early, leaving early- so that they get their round done faster and go home sooner.
Management needs to understand where the people will be and at what times. Then they need to make more busses available at that time. Stick a GPS on a few random busses, and the drivers will fall in line. Maybe even mount video cameras at major bus stops to monitor number of people.
Lastly, I have to differ from your post. If the mass transist, in the past has ran on time, Mussolini made the trains run on time, and thus he won political control of Italy.
OK, then how bout this? how is an industry built on persistently calling people at dinner time "freedom of speech"? Lets sue them for stepping over the line and sue them for harassment? -Grump
We can deal with telemarketers ourselves.
steps to follow:
1. Be very kind to them, waste their time (after all, aren't they paid ocmission?)
2. get his name, supervisor's name and phone number.
4. Ask them silly questions such as:
-Sorry sir. I can't hear you too well. Are you calling from a cell phone? NO! YOU on a cell phone. this is my home phone.
-I'm very intrested in this satellite TV offer. But how many channels of digital porn do I get?
-Is the porn child? Its best if it is. I am a cathloic priest after all.
-So I see your name and number int he white pages. I'll call you at 3am to sell you crap. I apologize in advance if I wake your children.
4. after you are finished with the telemarketer, call up the supervisor and complain. Say he was very rude and used words such as (be creative).
If he hung up at one of your stupid questions, tell the supervisor that ou were intrested, but he hung up. They should seriously consider his employment with the telemarketer firm, considering he was SOOO rude to you. The firm lost a sale because of him.
and for more info:
Telemarketers:
How to deal with them.
-Grump
Agreed. I'm 19 years old, going through college and I txt with my nokia 8290. The learning curve was pretty steep I admit. Its responsiveness isn't the greatest, you have to learn how to pick words. But when its all done and learned with, Its convenient to drive down the freeway at 80 and message someone with "Dang, can't find gas under x.yz...this war is bogus. Lets recall bush like they are doing to davis in calif"
But text messaging is a rip off I believe. Costs network carriers nothing (compared ot a voice call) yet they ding 5-15 cents a message. blows my mind away. thankfully my plan offers 300 free a mo. (and that is down from "unlimited"...makes me think of the comcast post this morn)
Actually I don't think so. Its just the hybrid civic that has the tapereed end.
and for the stuff you can't directly see... The under body has pannels to help control air flow, the suspension is stiffer, tires are harder, and trunk space is lost to battery storage.
Man, Canada is a heaven. I mean, when the draft comes around, move there! When the RIAA comes around, move there! when disease comes around. Thank god for Canada's medical care.
I'm an insight (5 spd man) driver. 25,768 miles @ 58.9 mpg.
True. The pickup isn't great. 0-60 is about 10-12 seconds depending on what octane gas, how aggrasive you are on shifting, and most importantly, battery charge.
Firstly, driving a hybrid isn't like a "normal" car. You gotta learn how to drive. This means keeping the foot relaxed, not reving the engine for fun, and giving extra long braking distances (use the motor to its fullest. doing so raises mileage AND saves on brake jobs.)
City driving is a sinch. First and 2nd gear are farily short (engine spins up quick). The easiest way to drive city is to be hard on the gas at first, then when you are up to speed (30-40 mph) just relax that foot. The mile will go up about 10 mpg. Be patient and the engine will "lean" out and thats when you hit the magic numbers of 50+.
Once you hit the highway, its not hard to get 60+ mpg. Just keep a steady speed, anticipate traffic ahead, and slow down on up hills, and speed up (gain momentuem) on the down grades. Keep a moderate speed (around 60-70), keep the foot relaxed and the high numbers flow right in.
Lastly, raise the tire preassure a bit. I run all tires at 40 psi. use synthetic oil and buy a K&N cotton-mesh filter. Doing so gives you the added convenience of less maintence and higher mileage. Higher tire psi raises mileage. synthetic oil lowers engine friction, increasing engine life, and requires less (to none) changing. K&N cotton mesh filters need be cleaned once every 100k miles, and can be reused for up to 10 times. (that is 1 million miles)
So, from an Insight driver, this is my advice to you. Well, I used to be...until the ford exploder came along.
http://www.convictbob.com/insight/
Now that she's gone. There is a hole inside me.
Basic table of speeds vs mileage (aprox. from memory) 0-60 acceleration, shifting at red line: 25mpg 60mph, 70-80 mpg 70 mph. 70 mpg 80 mph 60 mpg 100 mph ~40 (from msg board) 110 (3rd, red line) 25 mpg (from msg board)
sure! when the power goes out, BPL should also go out. After all, doesn't BPL rely on the power line?
But the main problem that Hams are griping over is that BPL creates alot of interference, thus making it very difficult for them to get HF contacts.
I'm confident that these HAM ops will fight BPL to the end. After all, I am one, I know a few, and unlike me, some take this hobby very seriously. (log every contact they make; and when they make a contact, they send a card to eachother in recognition of the contact happening, Some are involved in emergency response service, where BPL causing interference would be unacceptable to them, and the reasons can go on.)
OK, I wrote the post with a bit of sarcasm. But you will be surprised how many people out there are licensed but don't use their equip.
They get licensed for many reasons, may it be they work for emergency services and it helped them get the job if they were a licensed ham op, or they were once into ham radio, lost intrest but stil has his equip.
Either way, these people can assist in an emergency. -Grump
Being a ham myself... Ever go camping and think.. "I'll bring my cell phone and if an emergency happens, I can call for help."
Well welcome to the world of "modern technology". Cell phones are great. I admit it. My mother can find me pratically any place, anywhere. Car breaks down in the middle of the highway, I can call AAA for a tow truck. Etc.
However, cell phones magically don't work when there is no network.
So if you went camping in the mountains, or your on a remote strip of road and there is no cell network, GOOD LUCK! A ham radio, not being network dependent, you can put out a call for help (and hope that someone is listening on the other end.) Atleast with a HAM, your chances of finding help infinately higher.
Now what else can ham radios do? -Ham radios have great range. using something like 0.5 watts of power, I can talk to a friend a mile away. (go to same high school) Using 5 watts of power (typical for a hand heald), I can talk to someone else 10-15 miles away without trouble.
Also, I can drive around in a car, talk to someone when I'm driving to and from work without running a fatty cell phone bill.
So yes. I, being a HAM op, have moved to something more modern (cell phone), however, I still prefer to use the ham in the car (saves cell phone mins).
Well yes. If this BPL stuff is causing harmful interference, I will not 100% be for the use of it - Partly because I am a ham op myself.
That said, BPL does seem like a promising technology. This way, the electrical utlity can also sell internet, allowing the consumer to benefit from market competition.
For me, I see HAM radio's biggest benefit to society being when disasters strike and nothing works (phone, cell phone, etc) HAM ops are able to get communication going and assist emergency response efforts.
Now, if this BPL is causing HF interference, thats OK! after all, in the event of an emergency and the power is out, NO HF noise caused by BPL!
a man purse! Now I understand why I see guys walking with a purse in the hand. and all this time, I thought they were doing a favor for their wife. Silly me. Now i gotta go buy a purse! Any MEN want to join me?
so what do we need? a pouch for my game loaded cell phone, gameboy, palm, palm charger...
And honestly, when I was in high school, I didn't know ANYONE who had their own mail box. They just used their parent's address. And in college now, I still stick my parent's house as my address. Dorm address is only for temporary things.
Now as for email. even my 9 year old cousin has one. PSH. give me a break.
Because of different levels of accessability, there needs to be different rules when it comes to SPAM and a physical box.
-Grumpy Old man.
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Then the chicken died of autoerotic asphyxiation.
Atleast it died happy and humanely. Now where did I put that KFC coupon...I'm sick of animal rights protesters making me eat soylent green!
-Grump
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Well, I am parinoid of hdd failure. Had a 1 gigger die on me 5 years back, I still feel the pain (tho its gotten better with time.)
Currenetly, I have 2 60 gig maxtors sitting in my desktop. To keep them happy happy, I have them mounted in the 5.25 inch bays, with a fan blowing cool air over them. The temp? I know not. but im sure they are fine.
My laptop however, 66 deg hdd. Its kinda high. Am I worried? nah. I'm sure dell warranty covers hdd breakage. Elese, I've been fancying a 5400 rpm laptop hdd (and I thought 7200s were coming out this spring...humph!) faster, larger! and when those start pooping out. its time for a 10k drive anyway.
no, i'm not sure about POwE (power over wireless ethernet) but maybe you can get some tesla coils to power the laptop while away from the outlet. http://www.pupman.com/coil.htm -Grump
Here is a solution. Get a 2nd machine to sniff out the packets from the game server and draw a real-time map of the players.
Thus, the cheater (without using active cheats) looks over at his 2nd monitor and has the unfair advantage.
I remember playing Age of Empires LAN games with my cousin. What we would do is get an extra computer to join our LAN game, then immedietly quit. When the computer was winning and we got desperate, we would use the 3rd machine to see what was happening on the map.
Lame, definately. But then, it was me and my cousin. cheating a computer...Computers have no feelings (unless its name is HAL 9000)
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Its also a matter of management and the drivers.
If the manangement is lose, and the drivers don't care. Then the drivers will skip stops or drive faster, arriving early, leaving early- so that they get their round done faster and go home sooner.
Management needs to understand where the people will be and at what times. Then they need to make more busses available at that time. Stick a GPS on a few random busses, and the drivers will fall in line. Maybe even mount video cameras at major bus stops to monitor number of people.
Lastly, I have to differ from your post.
If the mass transist, in the past has ran on time, Mussolini made the trains run on time, and thus he won political control of Italy.
OK, then how bout this?
how is an industry built on persistently calling people at dinner time "freedom of speech"?
Lets sue them for stepping over the line and sue them for harassment?
-Grump
We can deal with telemarketers ourselves. steps to follow:
1. Be very kind to them, waste their time (after all, aren't they paid ocmission?)
2. get his name, supervisor's name and phone number.
4. Ask them silly questions such as:
-Sorry sir. I can't hear you too well. Are you calling from a cell phone? NO! YOU on a cell phone. this is my home phone.
-I'm very intrested in this satellite TV offer. But how many channels of digital porn do I get? -Is the porn child? Its best if it is. I am a cathloic priest after all.
-So I see your name and number int he white pages. I'll call you at 3am to sell you crap. I apologize in advance if I wake your children.
4. after you are finished with the telemarketer, call up the supervisor and complain. Say he was very rude and used words such as (be creative). If he hung up at one of your stupid questions, tell the supervisor that ou were intrested, but he hung up. They should seriously consider his employment with the telemarketer firm, considering he was SOOO rude to you. The firm lost a sale because of him.
and for more info: Telemarketers: How to deal with them.
-Grump
Agreed.
I'm 19 years old, going through college and I txt with my nokia 8290.
The learning curve was pretty steep I admit. Its responsiveness isn't the greatest, you have to learn how to pick words. But when its all done and learned with, Its convenient to drive down the freeway at 80 and message someone with "Dang, can't find gas under x.yz...this war is bogus. Lets recall bush like they are doing to davis in calif"
But text messaging is a rip off I believe. Costs network carriers nothing (compared ot a voice call) yet they ding 5-15 cents a message.
blows my mind away.
thankfully my plan offers 300 free a mo. (and that is down from "unlimited"...makes me think of the comcast post this morn)
-Grump.
Actually I don't think so.
Its just the hybrid civic that has the tapereed end.
and for the stuff you can't directly see...
The under body has pannels to help control air flow, the suspension is stiffer, tires are harder, and trunk space is lost to battery storage.
-Grump.
humm I didnt read it.
just trolling as a first post.
Man, Canada is a heaven.
I mean, when the draft comes around, move there!
When the RIAA comes around, move there!
when disease comes around. Thank god for Canada's medical care.
-Grump
link.
sorry, posting as POT just doesnt do links.
http://www.convictbob.com/insight/
I'm an insight (5 spd man) driver.
25,768 miles @ 58.9 mpg.
True. The pickup isn't great. 0-60 is about 10-12 seconds depending on what octane gas, how aggrasive you are on shifting, and most importantly, battery charge.
Firstly, driving a hybrid isn't like a "normal" car. You gotta learn how to drive. This means keeping the foot relaxed, not reving the engine for fun, and giving extra long braking distances (use the motor to its fullest. doing so raises mileage AND saves on brake jobs.)
City driving is a sinch. First and 2nd gear are farily short (engine spins up quick). The easiest way to drive city is to be hard on the gas at first, then when you are up to speed (30-40 mph) just relax that foot. The mile will go up about 10 mpg. Be patient and the engine will "lean" out and thats when you hit the magic numbers of 50+.
Once you hit the highway, its not hard to get 60+ mpg. Just keep a steady speed, anticipate traffic ahead, and slow down on up hills, and speed up (gain momentuem) on the down grades. Keep a moderate speed (around 60-70), keep the foot relaxed and the high numbers flow right in.
Lastly, raise the tire preassure a bit. I run all tires at 40 psi. use synthetic oil and buy a K&N cotton-mesh filter. Doing so gives you the added convenience of less maintence and higher mileage.
Higher tire psi raises mileage.
synthetic oil lowers engine friction, increasing engine life, and requires less (to none) changing.
K&N cotton mesh filters need be cleaned once every 100k miles, and can be reused for up to 10 times. (that is 1 million miles)
So, from an Insight driver, this is my advice to you.
Well, I used to be...until the ford exploder came along.
http://www.convictbob.com/insight/
Now that she's gone. There is a hole inside me.
Basic table of speeds vs mileage (aprox. from memory)
0-60 acceleration, shifting at red line: 25mpg
60mph, 70-80 mpg
70 mph. 70 mpg
80 mph 60 mpg
100 mph ~40 (from msg board)
110 (3rd, red line) 25 mpg (from msg board)
Grump
and yet this guy is a 2?
what is this world coming to?
First my car gets totaled courtsey of a ford exploder.
now mr "Gay. Gay. Gay." gets a 2!
I can take this no more!
Good bye world. I'm off to the woods to live in a cave like bin ladey.
-Grump.
Working on a project right now.
I consist of the entire QA team.
and that is my testing method.
play with the features until I go insane.
-Grumpy old tester.
oh sorry, I totally missed the point you were trying to make.
The main problem is that BPL causes constant interference. That is the problem they have.
Grump
sure! when the power goes out, BPL should also go out. After all, doesn't BPL rely on the power line?
But the main problem that Hams are griping over is that BPL creates alot of interference, thus making it very difficult for them to get HF contacts.
I'm confident that these HAM ops will fight BPL to the end. After all, I am one, I know a few, and unlike me, some take this hobby very seriously.
(log every contact they make; and when they make a contact, they send a card to eachother in recognition of the contact happening, Some are involved in emergency response service, where BPL causing interference would be unacceptable to them, and the reasons can go on.)
Ok i gotta put a new air filter in the car.
73s.
KG6...
-Grump
OK, I wrote the post with a bit of sarcasm. But you will be surprised how many people out there are licensed but don't use their equip.
They get licensed for many reasons, may it be they work for emergency services and it helped them get the job if they were a licensed ham op, or they were once into ham radio, lost intrest but stil has his equip.
Either way, these people can assist in an emergency.
-Grump
Being a ham myself...
Ever go camping and think..
"I'll bring my cell phone and if an emergency happens, I can call for help."
Well welcome to the world of "modern technology". Cell phones are great. I admit it. My mother can find me pratically any place, anywhere. Car breaks down in the middle of the highway, I can call AAA for a tow truck. Etc.
However, cell phones magically don't work when there is no network.
So if you went camping in the mountains, or your on a remote strip of road and there is no cell network, GOOD LUCK!
A ham radio, not being network dependent, you can put out a call for help (and hope that someone is listening on the other end.) Atleast with a HAM, your chances of finding help infinately higher.
Now what else can ham radios do?
-Ham radios have great range. using something like 0.5 watts of power, I can talk to a friend a mile away. (go to same high school) Using 5 watts of power (typical for a hand heald), I can talk to someone else 10-15 miles away without trouble.
Also, I can drive around in a car, talk to someone when I'm driving to and from work without running a fatty cell phone bill.
So yes. I, being a HAM op, have moved to something more modern (cell phone), however, I still prefer to use the ham in the car (saves cell phone mins).
HOpe this post helps.
-Grump.
Well yes. If this BPL stuff is causing harmful interference, I will not 100% be for the use of it - Partly because I am a ham op myself.
That said, BPL does seem like a promising technology. This way, the electrical utlity can also sell internet, allowing the consumer to benefit from market competition.
For me, I see HAM radio's biggest benefit to society being when disasters strike and nothing works (phone, cell phone, etc) HAM ops are able to get communication going and assist emergency response efforts.
Now, if this BPL is causing HF interference, thats OK! after all, in the event of an emergency and the power is out, NO HF noise caused by BPL!
-Grump.
Yea, I could lose 50 pounds.
hook me up!
But seriously, scrubbing plaque off my arterial wall is not a killer app. Its a life saver!
Your right about 11a.
A few months ago, my trusty 802.11b nic died on me. I was out looking for a replacement when I found one for $50 after rebate.
I figured it wouldn't be too bad. After all, I would have compatability with 11a, 11b and 11g.
Unfortunately, I have yet to find someone that uses 11a.
In short, I could of saved about 35 dollars if I went for a straight 11b nic.
-Grumpy Consumer, Forest Grump
a man purse!
Now I understand why I see guys walking with a purse in the hand.
and all this time, I thought they were doing a favor for their wife.
Silly me.
Now i gotta go buy a purse!
Any MEN want to join me?
so what do we need?
a pouch for my game loaded cell phone, gameboy, palm, palm charger...
-Grump
How many kids have a mail box?
I didn't get one till I went to college
And honestly, when I was in high school, I didn't know ANYONE who had their own mail box. They just used their parent's address. And in college now, I still stick my parent's house as my address. Dorm address is only for temporary things.
Now as for email. even my 9 year old cousin has one.
PSH.
give me a break.
Because of different levels of accessability, there needs to be different rules when it comes to SPAM and a physical box.
-Grumpy Old man.
Then the chicken died of autoerotic asphyxiation.
Atleast it died happy and humanely.
Now where did I put that KFC coupon...I'm sick of animal rights protesters making me eat soylent green!
-Grump
or a pelter to freeze the packs?
-Grump
Well, I am parinoid of hdd failure. Had a 1 gigger die on me 5 years back, I still feel the pain (tho its gotten better with time.)
Currenetly, I have 2 60 gig maxtors sitting in my desktop. To keep them happy happy, I have them mounted in the 5.25 inch bays, with a fan blowing cool air over them. The temp? I know not. but im sure they are fine.
My laptop however, 66 deg hdd. Its kinda high. Am I worried? nah. I'm sure dell warranty covers hdd breakage. Elese, I've been fancying a 5400 rpm laptop hdd (and I thought 7200s were coming out this spring...humph!)
faster, larger! and when those start pooping out. its time for a 10k drive anyway.
-Grump
no, i'm not sure about POwE (power over wireless ethernet) but maybe you can get some tesla coils to power the laptop while away from the outlet.
http://www.pupman.com/coil.htm
-Grump
Here is a solution.
Get a 2nd machine to sniff out the packets from the game server and draw a real-time map of the players.
Thus, the cheater (without using active cheats) looks over at his 2nd monitor and has the unfair advantage.
I remember playing Age of Empires LAN games with my cousin.
What we would do is get an extra computer to join our LAN game, then immedietly quit. When the computer was winning and we got desperate, we would use the 3rd machine to see what was happening on the map.
Lame, definately. But then, it was me and my cousin. cheating a computer...Computers have no feelings (unless its name is HAL 9000)
-Grump