On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:39:01 -0500, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 09:59, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 02:39:28 -0700, > > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 07:23:43PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > Just in case you *aren't* being sarcastic, or there are people > > > > on the list from places that are far, far from subway trains: > > > > yes, subways have their own dedicated tracks. Of course, when > > > > the power goes out, the Amtrak control stations go dead, so > > > > there is a slightly higher possibility of 2 passenger trains > > > > plowing into each other. > > > > > > Not really. Every railroad out there, including subway and > > > commuter systems, stops and proceeds slowly for signals. > > > > ...in exactly the same fasion airliners lands smoothly on their > > destination runway, instead of swatting down high rises. > > Don't be an idiot. There are no steering wheels on railroad engines. .. ;-) ..correct, ... > They run down tracks. That's all they can do, unless the tracks are > damaged, somehow. And then, the whole train doesn't "jump" to another > track, and keep on going... ...correct, they get shifted from track to track useing track-shifter (spelling?), and _can_ be forced thru these, even without wintendo viruses in the control box, and a freight train going off track at full bore in a tunnel, will traverse _quite_ a bit of tunnel, if left at full bore. ..seen those funny J-end track bumpers? Designed to help _park_ a train at the dead end of a track, say, at a station. At a walking pace. ..now, just how much law enforcement and military manpower is wasting time in the futile chase of wintendo vira, instead of working on national and "Homeland" security? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
