This is because bags are not scanned enough as they move around the airport.
Of course they are. How do you think your bag winds up on the cart bound for your aircraft? You think they all just get dumped into a giant pile? The bar code is scanned as the bag moves and it's shunted around. There are lots of YouTube videos you can watch that show this.
It's amazing how 230 people can board in 15 minutes with luggage if 200 don't have to wait for one person blocking the rather narrow path
It's because, outside of North America, people don't try to carry one hundred pounds of crap into the passenger cabin. Stowing the steamer trunk, plus hockey bag, plus giant purse is what slows things down in boarding:
Also add to the mix the general level of fitness in the USA - I fly frequently (67 segments last year) and by the time many passengers get down the jetway, down to row 30, and get all their gear stowed they're turning blue and wheezing like an old vacuum cleaner... Elsewhere in the world people are a little more "spry."
Cite? What's the percentage of loss from the couriers as compared to the airlines?
...and even if it is better for couriers, that would make sense.
a) The label is stuck to (not attached to) the package
b) The couriers, most of the time, own the system end-to-end. Not the case of the airlines. If you fly SEA->ORD->LHR->LIS on United & TAP your bag is handled by many non-United employees.
My current TV (a nice 55" LCD) is used as a monitor only -- my amplifier feeds it a video signal, which it gets from one of several devices. It doesn't participate in channel selection, volume, or anything other than knowing which video signal it needs
Is it wife and grandparent-babysitter user friendly?
But why on Earth would I want my media box built into my television
Convenience. We have Netflix built into our TV. If my wife wants to watch something she just pushes the red button on the remote and starts browsing. Means we don't need yet another box next to the television.
Being rear-ended is never the fault of the person getting rear-ended.
Well, sure, but not being rear-ended is also about driving defensively. If you're in the centre lane on a three-lane freeway, then you should be at least somewhat aware of what's going on in the eight other cars around you. If the person behind you is exhibiting rear-endery behaviours (looking down a lot, doing their makeup, eating chesseburgers, following too close for the conditions [e.g. snow], braking at the last minute) then you need to get out from in front of them. If they rear-end you it may not be your fault, but you've still got a smashed up car and maybe a bad neck.
I've been driving for nearly 30 years and I've only been rear-ended once.
How are phone conversations more annoying than the multiple in-person conversations that would happen if the people didn't have other forms of entertainment?
The absence of sidetone (or the presence of reduced sidetone) on many mobile phones means most people speak much louder than they need to, which makes them annoying. When I talk on my mobile I usually have to consciously modulate myself. Most people lack this skill.
I sure as heck want to see it on my Samsung x86 tablet. If I just want to check my email, open CNN headlines, play a game or watch a video Modern UI (formerly Metro) is perfect.
The desktop is perfect when I dock it and use a keyboard and mouse.
If you make good career decisions, are fiscally responsible and don't have kids, it's pretty easy to have enough money for retirement before the grey hair shows up
It also makes it pretty easy to grow old lonely and alone.
So in the USA, everyone knows someone who was hauled away in the night never to be seen again?
In the USA web sites like YouTube and Twitter are blocked?
In the USA everyone knows of women and girls who have been raped by the police at roadside checkpoints, with no justice ever being handed out to law enforcement?
Sure, the USA could be much better, but calling the USA a police state is an insult to people who actually suffer them.
Stop being so excessive with your rhetoric if you want to be taken seriously.
I'm afraid this is Slashdot. You could be talking about the worst hellhole on earth, free of the rule of law, where you risk your spouse or children disappearing in the middle of the night, never to be seen again, where the even act of posting on Slashdot would result in your torture and the response is ALWAYS required to be "Yeah, but the USA is WAY worse!!!" [Or, insert other Western nation.]
Usually these responses come from people who have never taken the money they would have spent on the lastest 'gaming rig,' to buy a plane ticket to leave their mother's basement and go visit the world.
Some people here seem to be very emotionally invested in the idea that electric cars will fail. I'm unclear as to why, but they will find all manner of bizarre excuses and rare use cases for why electric cars will fail.
I think, by their very nature, tech-minded people are obsessed with edge use-cases. This, coupled with a desperate need to be able to say "I told you so!" results in a visceral hatred for electric cars in some cases even though, for 80% of the use cases, they're fine.
which would not be a problem if the service was as cheaper and more reliable.
No, it would not be a problem if America worked to create an economy where people aren't struggling just to get by. If you can't feed your kids much more than generic Cheerios, a computer and broadband ain't too high on your list of priorities.
Fill the plane with Engineers, Computer Scientists, Scientists, Technicians
I work in a software company with many, many of these types. While they're great, clever people and I consider many of them friends, most of them couldn't build a business case to save their lives. Every one of their great ideas fails two basic questions: How much would it cost to make it, and who would buy it?
Or, to put it another way, when I ask "How can we make money with [insert great idea] I just get blank stares."
Even The Great and Powerful Woz had Steve Jobs....
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This is because bags are not scanned enough as they move around the airport.
Of course they are. How do you think your bag winds up on the cart bound for your aircraft? You think they all just get dumped into a giant pile? The bar code is scanned as the bag moves and it's shunted around. There are lots of YouTube videos you can watch that show this.
It's amazing how 230 people can board in 15 minutes with luggage if 200 don't have to wait for one person blocking the rather narrow path
It's because, outside of North America, people don't try to carry one hundred pounds of crap into the passenger cabin. Stowing the steamer trunk, plus hockey bag, plus giant purse is what slows things down in boarding:
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/files/2013/04/bags.jpg
Also add to the mix the general level of fitness in the USA - I fly frequently (67 segments last year) and by the time many passengers get down the jetway, down to row 30, and get all their gear stowed they're turning blue and wheezing like an old vacuum cleaner... Elsewhere in the world people are a little more "spry."
and lose packages much less frequently
Cite? What's the percentage of loss from the couriers as compared to the airlines?
...and even if it is better for couriers, that would make sense.
a) The label is stuck to (not attached to) the package
b) The couriers, most of the time, own the system end-to-end. Not the case of the airlines. If you fly SEA->ORD->LHR->LIS on United & TAP your bag is handled by many non-United employees.
"I for one welcome our new..."
Ah, nevermind.
My current TV (a nice 55" LCD) is used as a monitor only -- my amplifier feeds it a video signal, which it gets from one of several devices. It doesn't participate in channel selection, volume, or anything other than knowing which video signal it needs
Is it wife and grandparent-babysitter user friendly?
But why on Earth would I want my media box built into my television
Convenience. We have Netflix built into our TV. If my wife wants to watch something she just pushes the red button on the remote and starts browsing. Means we don't need yet another box next to the television.
at least there is a formidable power in Egypt that leans toward secular sanity and against Islamist lunacy
Yep. Same deal with the army in Turkey. Any time a leader drifts too far from secularism they slap them down.
Being rear-ended is never the fault of the person getting rear-ended.
Well, sure, but not being rear-ended is also about driving defensively. If you're in the centre lane on a three-lane freeway, then you should be at least somewhat aware of what's going on in the eight other cars around you. If the person behind you is exhibiting rear-endery behaviours (looking down a lot, doing their makeup, eating chesseburgers, following too close for the conditions [e.g. snow], braking at the last minute) then you need to get out from in front of them. If they rear-end you it may not be your fault, but you've still got a smashed up car and maybe a bad neck.
I've been driving for nearly 30 years and I've only been rear-ended once.
drives a vehicle until it doesn't move under its own power any more
Try refilling the gas tank.
How are phone conversations more annoying than the multiple in-person conversations that would happen if the people didn't have other forms of entertainment?
The absence of sidetone (or the presence of reduced sidetone) on many mobile phones means most people speak much louder than they need to, which makes them annoying. When I talk on my mobile I usually have to consciously modulate myself. Most people lack this skill.
Everyone should know at least HTML5 or stay off the web.
That the one with the blink tag?
There are no borders, anywhere - END OF STORY
Except for oceans, great lakes, raging rivers, mountain ranges, ice sheets, impassible jungles & deserts and rivers of lava....
No one wants to see Metro, ever.
I sure as heck want to see it on my Samsung x86 tablet. If I just want to check my email, open CNN headlines, play a game or watch a video Modern UI (formerly Metro) is perfect.
The desktop is perfect when I dock it and use a keyboard and mouse.
If you make good career decisions, are fiscally responsible and don't have kids, it's pretty easy to have enough money for retirement before the grey hair shows up
It also makes it pretty easy to grow old lonely and alone.
So in the USA, everyone knows someone who was hauled away in the night never to be seen again?
In the USA web sites like YouTube and Twitter are blocked?
In the USA everyone knows of women and girls who have been raped by the police at roadside checkpoints, with no justice ever being handed out to law enforcement?
Sure, the USA could be much better, but calling the USA a police state is an insult to people who actually suffer them.
Stop being so excessive with your rhetoric if you want to be taken seriously.
I'm afraid this is Slashdot. You could be talking about the worst hellhole on earth, free of the rule of law, where you risk your spouse or children disappearing in the middle of the night, never to be seen again, where the even act of posting on Slashdot would result in your torture and the response is ALWAYS required to be "Yeah, but the USA is WAY worse!!!" [Or, insert other Western nation.]
Usually these responses come from people who have never taken the money they would have spent on the lastest 'gaming rig,' to buy a plane ticket to leave their mother's basement and go visit the world.
see if that helps change their tune
I doubt it will - The counter argument is almost always "I don't care if the government is listening. I've got nothing to hide."
Some people here seem to be very emotionally invested in the idea that electric cars will fail. I'm unclear as to why, but they will find all manner of bizarre excuses and rare use cases for why electric cars will fail.
I think, by their very nature, tech-minded people are obsessed with edge use-cases. This, coupled with a desperate need to be able to say "I told you so!" results in a visceral hatred for electric cars in some cases even though, for 80% of the use cases, they're fine.
If they didn't get the huge subsidy they got, they'd be forced to consolidate the floors and rent out the half of the floors in those buildings
Who is subsidizing their rent?
Yeah, and HTML 5!
However if it's noticable and annoying enough like a low quality OCR scan, a lot of readers will turn to other copies of the work that are cleaned up.
I highly doubt it will be garbled text, or even noticeable.
I highly doubt it will be garbled text - Or even noticeable.
Frankly, I think it's a good idea. Ensures people will be less likely to share their books, without them being burdened with DRM.
*Two* HFT stories on Slashdot's home page? Well played editors, well played -
This a pet topic for these guys?
http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/06/18/0257224/have-we-hit-peak-hft
which would not be a problem if the service was as cheaper and more reliable.
No, it would not be a problem if America worked to create an economy where people aren't struggling just to get by. If you can't feed your kids much more than generic Cheerios, a computer and broadband ain't too high on your list of priorities.
Yup, I'm on the same 1.5 Mbps, I've been on for years. It just costs more now. This guy needs a lashing.
Yeah, this guy is totally wrong because [insert my own personal anecdote here] !!!
Fill the plane with Engineers, Computer Scientists, Scientists, Technicians
I work in a software company with many, many of these types. While they're great, clever people and I consider many of them friends, most of them couldn't build a business case to save their lives. Every one of their great ideas fails two basic questions: How much would it cost to make it, and who would buy it?
Or, to put it another way, when I ask "How can we make money with [insert great idea] I just get blank stares."
Even The Great and Powerful Woz had Steve Jobs....