Slashdot is powered by your submissions, so send in your scoop

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror
×

Comment Re:Seems like they don't have a "leg" to stand on (Score 1) 502

They also price by terms.

I've looked up flights to Bermuda from Baltimore that uses the exact same flight from Philly as if I left from Philly, but by leaving out of Baltimore with that layover I would save $150.

Sometimes it just comes down to folks seeing "direct" or "non-stop" and are willing to pay more for that "perk"

Comment Re:No (Score 2) 107

No kidding. Ever pull the pressure relief valve on a compressor tank with ~130 psi in it? Even if it's a horizontal tank with wheels on one end and rubber feet on the other, with the vavle sending air that "would direct" the tank towards the wheels, it doesn't move an inch and is loud. I guess the only places this could be used would be drag strip or track days

Comment Re:so one more lane, solves the traffic problem? (Score 1) 186

The elevator stations. And the tunnels are straight shots. Watch the interview with him. Basically this allows you to drive an electric car potentially of any make/model at 150 MPH and then take an "off ramp" to exit.

See the bottle neck there? The elevators are slow, the "off ramps" will get congested and backed up, then the main flow will as well. (Or if a car breaks down). Hopefully there aren't many if any bends or that 150mph car may not see the backup in time.

Sure this may help with extremely long straight stretches for a while, until it becomes popular that use increases. It has the same issues as current roadways. And when repairs need to be made, then what? You'll have a ton of people backed up in a single line in a tunnel, blocking off ramps etc because no one knows how to use two lanes and zipper to not make the backup even worse.

Comment Re:HAM is important (Score 1) 183

Wikipedia states:

Ham radio Edit
Main article: Etymology of ham radio
The term "ham" was first a pejorative term used in professional wired telegraphy during the 19th century, to mock operators with poor Morse code sending skills ("ham-fisted").[10][11][12][13] This term continued to be used after the invention of radio and the proliferation of amateur experimentation with wireless telegraphy; among land- and sea-based professional radio operators, "ham" amateurs were considered a nuisance. The use of "ham" meaning "amateurish or unskilled" survives today in other disciplines ("ham actor").

The amateur radio community subsequently began to reclaim the word as a label of pride,[14] and by the mid-20th century it had lost its pejorative meaning. Although not an acronym, it is often mistakenly written as "HAM" in capital letters.

Comment Or.. They just Googled it (Score 1) 130

Granted I don't know the number called, but the Facebook system may have just asked Google and parsed the results, nothing shadow about it..

I mean I asked Google and one of the many pages I received was https://www.ccis.northeastern.edu/people/alan-mislove/ which contains a phone number...

Comment Re:I don't have an "app" (Score 3, Informative) 95

Many places do it because of the typical purchase amounts compared to the fees the processor charge.

I know that's not true for all companies/businesses, but around here a lot of smaller ones operate this way.

As a consumer, it tends to be easier to monitor spending when you have a physical representation of dollars in a wallet vs a piece of plastic for a lot of folks

Slashdot Top Deals

I'd rather just believe that it's done by little elves running around.

Working...