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On 11/3/2015 3:22 PM, Fabian Russell wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Nov 2015 15:00:01 -0600, Odd Bodkin wrote:
>
>>
>> I think one pervasive problem on this newsgroup is that lots of people
>> think that their posts are interesting and should draw lots of
>> attention. It's the attention that's really craved, not that the problem
>> is really all that interesting.
>>
>
> Who cares about the reason, Oddball.  We all have our reasons, perverted
> or otherwise.  To a genuine physicist, all problems, irrespective of the
> source, should be an interesting challenge.  Else you are just a phony.

Oh, but that's just not true, Fabian. Old, solved, and pedestrian 
applications just aren't the kind of thing that get physicists 
interested, unless they're specifically teaching beginning students.

>
> But *you* certainly seem intent on showing off your supposed powers of
> psychological inference.
>
> (Need I remind you that psychology is a pussy profession.)
>
>>
>> Mile-for-mile you are correct.
>> But trains are less efficient than a container ship,
>>
>
> I specified "land," which excludes ships.
>
> But another question, energy for energy, would be more efficient
> to offload a container ship in LA, transfer to rail, and then
> transport to NYC.  Or would it be better to sail the same ship
> from LA to NYC through the Strait of Magellan.  (This ship is
> much bigger than Panamax.)

If it's coming from Asia, I would sail around Cape of Good Hope instead.
In a few years, the widening of the Panama Canal or the Nicaraguan canal 
will also address the same issue.

Keep in mind that offloading a container ship means transfer to multiple 
trains.


-- 
Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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      Re: Train Physics Problem Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-11-03 15:00 -0600
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