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Re: smaller E-ZPass transponders arrive

nore...@example.com (richard) — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:31:31 UT

As a trucker, I loved the damn things.
No more could the DOT cops harass truckers over matching ticket times and
log book records.
"Well driver, your log book shows you were sound asleep when you went
through the toll booth. How did you manage that?"
One company I worked for, I asked to see the billing records e-zpass sent

Re: smaller E-ZPass transponders arrive

jo...@iecc.com (John Levine) — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:37 UT

Actually, all E-ZPass transponders are replaced when the batteries
wear out. I think I'm on my third set now.

Although E-ZPass doesn't use an open standard, the Mark IV
transponders are very widely used. It is my impression that the bars
to interoperation are far more political than technical. For example,

Re: NRDC Report: Federal Government Spent More Taxpayer Money on 2012 Extreme Weather Cleanup than on Schools or Roads

lfshel...@gmail.com (Larry Sheldon) — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:02:51 UT

I don't actually look to the talkies for moral guidance.

--
Idioten aangeboden. Gratis af te halen.
h/t Dagelijkse Standaard

Re: NRDC Report: Federal Government Spent More Taxpayer Money on 2012 Extreme Weather Cleanup than on Schools or Roads

hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com — Tue, 21 May 2013 02:51:30 UT

You'll be able to take guns away from people before you'll take their
big fat SUVs.

Remember the ending of Three Days of the Condor: Cliff Robertson
reminding Robert Redford that the people will DEMAND the government
get them oil, no matter how they do it.

smaller E-ZPass transponders arrive

jimmygeldb...@mailinator.com (Jimmy) — Tue, 21 May 2013 02:18:50 UT

My friend just signed up for E-ZPass, and received a new, smaller
style of transponder I hadn't heard of.

[link]

It costs toll agencies about half as much as the older style. That's
good, and maybe some day they'll pass the savings on to you.

Re: 1961--Automated Parking Garage

jimmygeldb...@mailinator.com (Jimmy) — Tue, 21 May 2013 02:09:37 UT

I'm sure it wasn't as automated, but something similar existed in the
30s: [link]

NYC still has plenty of garages from the very early days of cars, and
a few that are converted stables.

Jimmy

US 202 Parkway, Pennsylvania

spam-o...@saucci.local (Andrew M. Saucci, Jr.) — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:32:41 UT

I happened to be driving around Doylestown, Pennsylvania yesterday
(my previous visit was a few years ago) when I noticed that the stub end of
the US 202 freeway that terminated at PA 611 has finally been connected to
something. It isn't a freeway, but a brand-new 2-lane parkway with bicycle

Re: 1961--Automated Parking Garage

joel-ga...@home.com (jgar the jorrible) — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:36:14 UT

[link]

jg
--
@home.com is bogus.
[link]

Re: 1961--Automated Parking Garage

nore...@example.com (richard) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:45:57 UT

My guess would be primarily hydraulics.
I've seen some modern ones that use a central lifting device, then that
rotates as needed and slips the car into the proper open space.
And I've seen some old time photos on the net of systems that were around
before 1961.

Re: 1961--Automated Parking Garage

otterpo...@xhotmail.com (Sancho Panza) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:05:16 UT

When it worked, it worked well. As it aged, and apparently as
maintenance slackened and maybe parts etc. were difficult to obtain,
breakdowns occurred with growing frequency. At first it was
odd/interesting to see the attendant climb up the structure and then
lower the car with obviously manual override controls. But with the

1961--Automated Parking Garage

hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:28:59 UT

The following is an article extracted from Computers & Automation,
January 1961. I have no idea how the following automated garage
worked out in actual service or if the concept was repeated. Anyone
familiar with such projects?

(I've used some expensive parking lots where payment is fully
automated--one inserts the entry ticket into a machine and pays the

NRDC Report: Federal Government Spent More Taxpayer Money on 2012 Extreme Weather Cleanup than on Schools or Roads

gps...@driversmail.com (gpsman) — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:02:32 UT

Try to ignore the correlation = causation "climate change" aspects/
conclusions.

NRDC Report: Federal Government Spent More Taxpayer Money on 2012
Extreme Weather Cleanup than on Schools or Roads
Taxpayers Outspend Private Insurers 3:1 on Climate Disruption Costs

WASHINGTON (May 14, 2013) – U.S. taxpayers paid nearly $100 billion

Re: would you tour the countryside in a steamer?

nilknoc...@earthlink.net (conklin) — Sun, 19 May 2013 15:22:08 UT

He has posted on his Stanley Steamers before. I've ridden in one at the
museum in DE and saw an early model steam up from scratch. It was not
really dramatic at all...no flashes of flame. Leno just reveals he is not
at all sure of how to handle his own car. And yes, they ran quietly and

Re: Bay Bridge rod troubles extend to base

walter_mun...@unforgiven.com (ATP) — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:31:41 UT

Sounds like a design problem to me. Apparently skipping the acid bath didn't
help the rods that cracked:

Re: Feds recommend lower DWI limit

marav...@prodigy.net (Michael Angelo Ravera) — Sun, 19 May 2013 07:21:53 UT

Whether by ordinance or "gentleman's agreement" or good marketing, virtually all bars in San Luis Obispo had alcohol testers back in the late 1980s. I remember getting pretty inappropriate and blowing a 0.055%. I did not think of myself as impaired, but I was certainly loose with my judgement.