Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eric Sosman Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 12:49:22 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <137a4648-a4a2-42f9-929e-129787f79650@googlegroups.com> <284544a2-9e8a-4150-a048-c8eb30ddda6a@googlegroups.com> <16abd112-1910-42fa-b2ee-c378b9a74ce6@googlegroups.com> <3faa5b20-604d-4b18-b46b-564029238d5e@googlegroups.com> <54d15d3f-f4be-4de8-b0b9-fa2d36ac93dc@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 16:49:25 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="a79dbed47c7e610be66658730dd4237b"; logging-data="22662"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/qoGdqnq7ulgmOC72BJJOW" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.3.0 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Content-Language: en-US X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 170912-12, 09/12/2017), Outbound message Cancel-Lock: sha1:gL0yGRgyWjp9N9yETu1zu99vuQM= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:37409 On 9/13/2017 8:21 AM, Eric Douglas wrote: > On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 5:08:29 PM UTC-4, Eric Sosman wrote: >>> Actual cube meaning the cube that is used to measure all truck trailers. I'm guessing that means cubic feet. >> >> Good guess. Completely wrong, but hey -- for a guess, pretty good. >> >> http://www.tis-gdv.de/tis_e/containe/arten/highcube/highcube.htm >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermodal_container#Specifications >> http://www.oocl.com/eng/ourservices/containers/containerspecifications/Pages/highcube.aspx >> > > Well your link shows cube is cubic feet (imperial). No, it shows that "high cube" is a standardized multi-modal shipping container designation. "High cube" containers come in a few different (standardized) lengths. > I don't know exactly how traffic determines now what fits on a truck, just something with a spreadsheet.. Then you're probably not the right person to computerize the calculation. -- esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid Twelve hundred twenty-five days to go.