Out of touch w/the world

[oosik]

"No land line, only sketchy cell phone service" . I have learned to uses a "work around" and I rather enjoy a quiet life. I do most of my communication via email. I have HughesNet for that. I DO have TV - I have Dish for that.

It's a long story but - the power company ABSOLUTELY refuses to allow any type of communication lines to be hung on their power poles. End of that story.

The lowest estimate for phone service - 1982 estimate - $25,000. I really doubt its got any cheaper with time.

 

[Diggin It]

Another difference between now and '87 is general transportation.

How many traffic lights now have computer control boxes at intersections?

 

[Streetcar]

How many traffic lights now have computer control boxes at intersections?

Any that were installed in past 25 years

 

[3930dave]

Given what happened to something as anvil-simple as telegraph systems in the Carrington Event, I wouldn't even count on old completely relay-based systems to work.

A Perfect Solar Superstorm: The 1859 Carrington Event - HISTORY

Rgds, D.

 

[Jstpssng]

How many traffic lights now have computer control boxes at intersections?

I remember sitting at a red light years ago on my little 175 Honda, watching it skip me for several cycles because I didn't weigh enough to trip the sensor under the pavement. Finally I grew tired of waiting went through the red...then saw the the blue lights come on behind me. I explained why I had done it and he let me go, it would have saved me time if I had just waited for a car to come up behind me to trip the switch.

 

[widefat]

Recommended reading-
"Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath
by Ted Koppel."

This is my chief concern these days.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I remember sitting at a red light years ago on my little 175 Honda, watching it skip me for several cycles because I didn't weigh enough to trip the sensor under the pavement. Finally I grew tired of waiting went through the red...then saw the the blue lights come on behind me. I explained why I had done it and he let me go, it would have saved me time if I had just waited for a car to come up behind me to trip the switch.

Had a crop sprayer 2 cars ahead of me that couldnt trip the light, the guy in sprayer pulled as far up as he could, and motioned the car behind to pull up close. Now they have replaced a lot of the pavement sensers with motion senser up on the light.

 

[Streetcar]

I remember sitting at a red light years ago on my little 175 Honda, watching it skip me for several cycles because I didn't weigh enough to trip the sensor under the pavement. Finally I grew tired of waiting went through the red...then saw the the blue lights come on behind me. I explained why I had done it and he let me go, it would have saved me time if I had just waited for a car to come up behind me to trip the switch.

Pull motorcycle into the corner of the loop cut into the pavement

 

[orezok]

There is a restaurant in a town near me that had poor ratings when they first opened. After a while they told patrons that if they would give them a 5 star review they would reduce their bill by $5.

Take about scum. Ive never eaten there and never will.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

There is a restaurant in a town near me that had poor ratings when they first opened. After a while they told patrons that if they would give them a 5 star review they would reduce their bill by $5.

Take about scum. Ive never eaten there and never will.

Dont think i ever looked at a restaurant review to determine where to eat. New places is word of mouth..