Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:07:53 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <8316ca74-2c2b-fd49-799d-a881a8c480fa@example.net> References: <45923010-96be-72d0-9ccc-9a43f25f35c4@example.net> <3Nqcncx9-a5sKsL6nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@earthlink.com> <305d5af9-8a24-b375-323e-c250bdc27e94@example.net> <308f34aa-6ce1-f0d0-a31d-7ff5d389237a@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3660203"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62730 On Thu, 19 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:28:55 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote: > >> D wrote: >>> I have contemplated ditching planes for trains, but I don't think the >>> result would be much better. Perhaps less security theater? >> >> Here in the US, what little "train service" we have has zero security >> theater. You arrive, walk in with your luggage rolling behind you, and >> no one checks you over, pats you down, feels you up, or otherwise does >> anything "security check" wise. You show your ticket at the counter (to >> prove you purchased a ticket), go sit and wait, walk out to the train >> with your luggage when it is time, and climb aboard. > > I wondered about that. I haven't taken a train in over 40 years. I would > have to drive 135 miles to get to a passenger train station. > Train stations are for nerds! Real men jump from a moving car to the moving train!