Well you can't have 911 operators refuse to respond to a call because it originates out of state.
I'm curious: do they decide if the call is local because of the area code or because of some telemetry location data, like a cell tower's location? If it's area code, then that's just stupid. I've moved from one coast to the other in the past 3 years and I still have an area code from the midwest.
If they use actual location data, then that's a little more reasonable, but I can still imagine a scenario where someone from outside the area would be making a 911 call. For example, if a mother is talking long-distance to her neo-nazi gamer son who tells her he's going to go shoot up a school because they're not real people, only crisis actors, then I would expect the mother to call 911 for the area where her son lives. I'm pretty sure the local 911 operator would put her right through. She might end up saving some lives, though hopefully not her son's.
a) You better NOT be anywhere near in a hurry to get to your destination. I've looked at this train to get from LA to Davis, CA (have to make a connecting stop) and it took WAY WAY longer than just driving there. Did I forget to mention WAY longer?
You're in California. Why be in such a hurry? Geez, man, you've got to learn to relax or you'll die young from stress-related illness. If you want to be in a hurry to get somewhere, go to Kansas. Oh wait, I'm sorry, there's nowhere worth going in Kansas.
Took the Surfliner multiple times from Santa Barbara to San Diego area. Took much longer on the train than driving by night (don't even try driving in LA area during the day to get anywhere in a hurry). Wifi sucked.
I did LA to the Central Coast back in January. The wi-fi was good enough to stream video and it didn't take me any longer than driving would have (note: I drive like a fucking old lady, so YMMV).
c) Big problem with trains is that unless someone is there to pick you up, 90% of the stops do not have any decent transportation options such as rental cars.
In my sleepy little coastal town, there is a nice bus that can take me home or I can leave my bike at the train station and pedal home in about 20 minutes.
d) Do they have food on the Surfliner? Don't think so.
e) I'm going to be long gone before I get on a CA HSR ride, if it's ever built.
I hate to be the one to break it to you, but you're going to be long gone before there are ubiquitous autonomous cars and "smart roads", too.
As an aside, the Coast Starlight may partially go along the ocean, but CA HSR is going through the scenic San Joaquin valley, so you're not going to see much here except cows and almond trees.
I have to say that if you don't like cows or almond trees, you may be too cranky to live in California. Maybe scenic Arizona would be more your speed.
Except there was no research involved. Nothing but a set of assumptions made by a person and then conclusions made based upon those assumptions with absolutely no data involved. Read your article again, Hal.
"Here I run some extrapolations based upon the estimates for other elections from my coauthored 2014 paper on non-citizen voting. You can access that paper on the journal website here and Judicial Watch has also posted a PDF. "
Even President Trump's much-vaunted super-special commission on illegal voting in the 2016 election which was headed by Kris Kobach was abruptly disbanded in shame when they found zero evidence that there had been any illegal voting.
Bullshit. All the polls say that Hispanics are much more likely to vote Democrat than Republican.
Did you know there are quite a lot of Russian illegal immigrants in Texas? I'm serious. If you go to most construction sites in Houston, Dallas, Ft Worth, you will meet some of them.
How do you know the "100" illegal votes that were supposedly cast by immigrants according to your fake article weren't all cast by Russian immigrants voting Republican? You don't, and you know why? Because the State of Texas didn't prosecute those 100 for voting illegally. And by the way, did I mention that the "empowered texas" site is fake news?
The only person prosecuted in the recent past for voting illegally in Texas was a green card holder who supported Republicans and voted for Trump.
A brief survey of four Texas counties found that in just the past two years, 165 unlawfully registered non-citizens were removed from those counties' voter rolls -- but only after they self-identified as non-citizens in the process of recusing themselves from jury duty. Those non-citizens cast 100 illegal votes.
What can I say? Illegal voting is the only way Republicans can win in Texas.
Except that for political reasons, the newer, faster replacement is going to run through the distinctly not so scenic central valley rather than along the coast
Since it's high-speed, it doesn't really matter too much. Better to run through the Central Valley where nobody wants to live than displace or disrupt the lives of those of us near the coast.
And it's presumably going to cost a lot more than the Coast Daylight if they hope to ever recover construction costs.
The Coast Daylight hasn't run since 1974. I assume you're talking about the Coast Starlight. And there are other ways besides high fares to recover construction costs. One of the reasons California has a $2.5 trillion economy is that there is good transportation connecting the cities North and South. So yeah, I expect the fares to be higher, but not prohibitive. And there will always be the other trains if you aren't in a big hurry.
Except for right in either LA or SF, the traffic on the coast is light. I ride my bicycle on HWY 1 and HWY 101, even at midday, and sometimes there will be minutes without me seeing a car. Although the other day I saw my first McLaren 12C on the Pacific Coast Hwy. It was like seeing a visitation from heaven.
Your quake is over due , go watch CSU vids. Your Fukled 5 miles in , if tsunami don't kill you the gas lines on fire will burn you, if not that , then the millions of Mexicans will loot and rape you.
That's just what we tell people like you to keep you from moving to California.
All my life. I take the Coast Starlight that rolls right along the stunningly beautiful California coast. You can see the ocean almost all the way. It has good wi-fi and comfortable seats that can recline almost completely. It''ll take you from L.A. to Seattle and everwhere in between. The food is even good. Do they serve food and fresh coffee in your self-driving econobox? Oh wait, I'm sorry, your self-driving econobox doesn't exist yet. Does it, Goofus?
The train exists today. It has existed for the past half-century. It's going to be replaced by a fancier, faster model. But it can do today what your autonomous vehicle of the future with its "smart road" will not do in your lifetime.
Gallant is still waiting years later for a train that still hasn't come, and is paying ever more from his wallet for that never-ending construction to make a train - sometime in the future.
There's already a train. This is just a faster, fancier train, because this is California and we have nice things.
Gallant gets a nap on the train, gets some work done, arrives refreshed. Gallant's self-driving, no steering wheel car was bricked in an OS update, like his Oculus Rift. It's still sitting in his garage as he calls for a "ridesharing" service, who are not responding because all their self-driving cars have also been bricked in an OS update.
AT&T and Comcast can just fuck right off. Lower your goddamn prices and improve customer service and then maybe we can talk. And please stop trying to contact me. When I want to talk to you, I'll let you know.
after a single day of working as a cook at a Caliburger location in Pasadena this week, Flippy the burger-flipping robot has stopped flipping.
Just so you all know, Caliburger is a shit place. It's an overpriced version of In and Out. When we moved to California, we stopped at the Caliburger in Bakersfield and the fries are frozen like McDonalds and the burgers are tiny and mushy. We had driven in from the Mojave and we were hungry and it was really a disappointment.
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I'm curious: do they decide if the call is local because of the area code or because of some telemetry location data, like a cell tower's location? If it's area code, then that's just stupid. I've moved from one coast to the other in the past 3 years and I still have an area code from the midwest.
If they use actual location data, then that's a little more reasonable, but I can still imagine a scenario where someone from outside the area would be making a 911 call. For example, if a mother is talking long-distance to her neo-nazi gamer son who tells her he's going to go shoot up a school because they're not real people, only crisis actors, then I would expect the mother to call 911 for the area where her son lives. I'm pretty sure the local 911 operator would put her right through. She might end up saving some lives, though hopefully not her son's.
I think I understand your sentiment. Roads would be much nicer and more efficient if we just got rid of all the human beings.
If you can drive, then what's the point of a SELF-DRIVING car?
Even the author of your research says that Judicial Watch's interpretation (and math) are wrong.
https://www.wired.com/2017/01/...
Also, remember this entire research is based on an opt-in online survey. In other words, as evidence of voter fraud, it's pretty much horseshit.
You're in California. Why be in such a hurry? Geez, man, you've got to learn to relax or you'll die young from stress-related illness. If you want to be in a hurry to get somewhere, go to Kansas. Oh wait, I'm sorry, there's nowhere worth going in Kansas.
I did LA to the Central Coast back in January. The wi-fi was good enough to stream video and it didn't take me any longer than driving would have (note: I drive like a fucking old lady, so YMMV).
In my sleepy little coastal town, there is a nice bus that can take me home or I can leave my bike at the train station and pedal home in about 20 minutes.
Here is the menu for the Coast Starlight
https://www.amtrak.com/content...
and here is the menu for the Surfliner:
https://www.amtrak.com/content...
I hate to be the one to break it to you, but you're going to be long gone before there are ubiquitous autonomous cars and "smart roads", too.
I have to say that if you don't like cows or almond trees, you may be too cranky to live in California. Maybe scenic Arizona would be more your speed.
Except there was no research involved. Nothing but a set of assumptions made by a person and then conclusions made based upon those assumptions with absolutely no data involved. Read your article again, Hal.
Even President Trump's much-vaunted super-special commission on illegal voting in the 2016 election which was headed by Kris Kobach was abruptly disbanded in shame when they found zero evidence that there had been any illegal voting.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/0...
I've lived in Texas. And the only immigrant who has been prosecuted for illegal voting in Texas has been a Trump supporting Republican.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0...
Did you know there are quite a lot of Russian illegal immigrants in Texas? I'm serious. If you go to most construction sites in Houston, Dallas, Ft Worth, you will meet some of them.
How do you know the "100" illegal votes that were supposedly cast by immigrants according to your fake article weren't all cast by Russian immigrants voting Republican? You don't, and you know why? Because the State of Texas didn't prosecute those 100 for voting illegally. And by the way, did I mention that the "empowered texas" site is fake news?
The only person prosecuted in the recent past for voting illegally in Texas was a green card holder who supported Republicans and voted for Trump.
http://www.star-telegram.com/n...
I come for the girls and the free food.
What can I say? Illegal voting is the only way Republicans can win in Texas.
Since it's high-speed, it doesn't really matter too much. Better to run through the Central Valley where nobody wants to live than displace or disrupt the lives of those of us near the coast.
The Coast Daylight hasn't run since 1974. I assume you're talking about the Coast Starlight. And there are other ways besides high fares to recover construction costs. One of the reasons California has a $2.5 trillion economy is that there is good transportation connecting the cities North and South. So yeah, I expect the fares to be higher, but not prohibitive. And there will always be the other trains if you aren't in a big hurry.
Except for right in either LA or SF, the traffic on the coast is light. I ride my bicycle on HWY 1 and HWY 101, even at midday, and sometimes there will be minutes without me seeing a car. Although the other day I saw my first McLaren 12C on the Pacific Coast Hwy. It was like seeing a visitation from heaven.
That's just what we tell people like you to keep you from moving to California.
Do you have any idea how many times we have heard "This is the end of Motorola!" over the past decades?
The rest of the US will collapse long before California. And Detroit doesn't have surfing.
I taught three generations in higher education. This generation does not have a shorter attention span.
And I am referring to the cultural (or societal) generation, not the biological generation.
http://gregladen.com/blog/2017...
I would tell you which generation has the shortest attention span, but I'm bored with this discussion and there are Archer reruns on TV.
https://goo.gl/images/JtmScY
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All my life. I take the Coast Starlight that rolls right along the stunningly beautiful California coast. You can see the ocean almost all the way. It has good wi-fi and comfortable seats that can recline almost completely. It''ll take you from L.A. to Seattle and everwhere in between. The food is even good. Do they serve food and fresh coffee in your self-driving econobox? Oh wait, I'm sorry, your self-driving econobox doesn't exist yet. Does it, Goofus?
The train exists today. It has existed for the past half-century. It's going to be replaced by a fancier, faster model. But it can do today what your autonomous vehicle of the future with its "smart road" will not do in your lifetime.
There's already a train. This is just a faster, fancier train, because this is California and we have nice things.
Or, just use that $6.1 billion budget surplus to pay it off.
Gallant gets a nap on the train, gets some work done, arrives refreshed. Gallant's self-driving, no steering wheel car was bricked in an OS update, like his Oculus Rift. It's still sitting in his garage as he calls for a "ridesharing" service, who are not responding because all their self-driving cars have also been bricked in an OS update.
AT&T and Comcast can just fuck right off. Lower your goddamn prices and improve customer service and then maybe we can talk. And please stop trying to contact me. When I want to talk to you, I'll let you know.
Just so you all know, Caliburger is a shit place. It's an overpriced version of In and Out. When we moved to California, we stopped at the Caliburger in Bakersfield and the fries are frozen like McDonalds and the burgers are tiny and mushy. We had driven in from the Mojave and we were hungry and it was really a disappointment.
There are much better burger places around here.
What does Tim Berners-Lee know about the internet, anyway?
You sound like my mother.