You may think I'm just promoting the site, but it is relevant to the topic at hand. That's what the internet and hyperlinks are for. To connect you to further sources of information. But I guess Slashdot is filled with pretentious people? Would it be different if I linked to a third party news article? Does my affiliation with the site really have anything to do with it?
The fact that I've been personally involved with this Robotic Parking situation, AND have my car parked in there, I guess I'm a bit more of an expert on this issue than you are.
What do you call someone who just has an opinion about everything? A loudmouth.
My Slashdot user ID has nothing to do with the topic discussed. Yeah, I just signed up to Slashdot because there finally happens to be something relevant to my community (other than pure tech/geek talk). You may want to call the blog random, but there is nothing like it in Hoboken. It's a place where people can go to discuss anything they want to about Hoboken, plus a crime map where they can see what is happening in their neighborhood.
Yeah some people replied more than once. That's the point of a discussion. There were more like 17-18 commenters on it, fyi. We live in a small mile-square town. What do you want? We get 50,000 visitors a month, and the site is only about 4 months old.
The funny thing is, this whole Slashdot discussion about the Robotic Garage pretty much overlooked the real reason there were problems. It wasn't OSS or anything of that caliber, much to your disappointment. Not everything can be accessible via the internet, nor can it be downloaded and developed for free. You can't apply your "knowledge" of technology to each and every custom application worldwide. Automated and specialized installations require special tools and software.
Our town just screwed it up. There were PERSONALITY differences between the government and the application supplier/operator. If we had more sensible officials, they'd keep the original developers on board, especially since it's a very new kind of technology. The taxpayers now have to suffer both from the convenience factor of a less-than optimally running garage AND more cost. A lose-lose end result for sure.
What's your blog by the way Derek?
Read over 50 comments from local Hoboken residents on http://hoboken411.com/archives/3524/
This debacle continues and despite the heroic statements from our inept town government, it still stinks.
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You may think I'm just promoting the site, but it is relevant to the topic at hand. That's what the internet and hyperlinks are for. To connect you to further sources of information. But I guess Slashdot is filled with pretentious people? Would it be different if I linked to a third party news article? Does my affiliation with the site really have anything to do with it? The fact that I've been personally involved with this Robotic Parking situation, AND have my car parked in there, I guess I'm a bit more of an expert on this issue than you are. What do you call someone who just has an opinion about everything? A loudmouth.
My Slashdot user ID has nothing to do with the topic discussed. Yeah, I just signed up to Slashdot because there finally happens to be something relevant to my community (other than pure tech/geek talk). You may want to call the blog random, but there is nothing like it in Hoboken. It's a place where people can go to discuss anything they want to about Hoboken, plus a crime map where they can see what is happening in their neighborhood. Yeah some people replied more than once. That's the point of a discussion. There were more like 17-18 commenters on it, fyi. We live in a small mile-square town. What do you want? We get 50,000 visitors a month, and the site is only about 4 months old. The funny thing is, this whole Slashdot discussion about the Robotic Garage pretty much overlooked the real reason there were problems. It wasn't OSS or anything of that caliber, much to your disappointment. Not everything can be accessible via the internet, nor can it be downloaded and developed for free. You can't apply your "knowledge" of technology to each and every custom application worldwide. Automated and specialized installations require special tools and software. Our town just screwed it up. There were PERSONALITY differences between the government and the application supplier/operator. If we had more sensible officials, they'd keep the original developers on board, especially since it's a very new kind of technology. The taxpayers now have to suffer both from the convenience factor of a less-than optimally running garage AND more cost. A lose-lose end result for sure. What's your blog by the way Derek?
Read over 50 comments from local Hoboken residents on http://hoboken411.com/archives/3524/ This debacle continues and despite the heroic statements from our inept town government, it still stinks.