Does a trike put me on a collision course with traffic?

Jack May wrote:
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Jack May wrote:
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Pat, an apparent member of the puny human species, wrote:
Billions are being spent by extremely rich, extremely smart people that
think you are wrong.
They are not extremely smart, just cunning, ruthless and greedy.

Obviously you are just ****ed because you are not remotely good enough to
make much money.

Show me justification on how one person can contribute millions of more
times to the betterment of society that other simply by running a for
profit business.

Its a political decision. You only have to have Congress members get
stuck in the cold and dark with no transportation to change the laws.

Congress can change the laws of nature? Wow!

So Tom has no clue about Congress responding when problem personally affect
them. Obviously Tom is totally out of touch with reality

Congress does not have the power to overcome reality. Duh!

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The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

"Jack May" writes:

"Bill Z." wrote in message
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"Jack May" writes:

"Tom Sherman" wrote in message
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Jack May wrote:
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On Apr 11, 11:43 am, Eric Vey wrote:

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Is Jack May a bot created by "Detroit"?

I am a Silicon Valley engineer that lives in the real world. You
apparently
have no concept of the real world.

Care to explain what sort of engineering you actually do if any? Based
on previous posts, I thought you claimed to be a manager or some sort.

I am a project manager on high tech projects. I also work on those same
projects as I am generally considered extremely creative and technically
sophisticated. My main work these days is developing how to build antennas
and optics that are not diffraction limited.

I.e., you are not working as an engineer.

I developed how to remove the diffraction limit with meta-structures of
meta-materials (like negative refractive index materials) funded by the NRO
Director's Innovation Initiative and another intelligence community research
organization.

Project managers typically do not develop anything.

The improvements in resolution and associated gain of two or more orders of
magnitude higher than traditional antennas and optics. Is that technical
enough for you? Just waiting for the Nobel Prize call :-)

Don't hold your breath. On second thought, please do hold your breath. :-)

I also come up with the new ideas, write the proposals, win the contracts
with heavy competition, manage the project and their finances, work on them,
brief the customers, write the reports. All that requires a very heavy dose
of reality working with very sophisticated engineers. I am now starting a
company.

I.e., you are not working as an engineer (which is what you claimed in your
previous post).


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My real name backwards: nemuaZ lliB

Tom Sherman schrieb:
Its a political decision. You only have to have Congress members
get stuck in the cold and dark with no transportation to change the
laws.

Congress can change the laws of nature? Wow!

So Tom has no clue about Congress responding when problem personally
affect them. Obviously Tom is totally out of touch with reality

Congress does not have the power to overcome reality. Duh!

Congress has any power necessary and proper for carrying into Execution
the other powers of government. Overcoming reality might become
necessary, but is probably not proper ...

Jens Müller wrote:
Tom Sherman schrieb:
Its a political decision. You only have to have Congress members
get stuck in the cold and dark with no transportation to change the
laws.

Congress can change the laws of nature? Wow!

So Tom has no clue about Congress responding when problem personally
affect them. Obviously Tom is totally out of touch with reality

Congress does not have the power to overcome reality. Duh!

Congress has any power necessary and proper for carrying into Execution
the other powers of government. Overcoming reality might become
necessary, but is probably not proper ...

And who said people from a certain European country were incapable of
comedy?

Pat and Jack May obviously have the belief that bipedal apes can
overcome any problem through technological development. That is foolish
hubris, since these bipedal apes are not all powerful. It will be
amusing to observe the reaction of the bipedal apes when the ecological
limits of what the Earth can support are exceeded for an extended period.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

On Apr 11, 11:05*pm, Pat wrote:
On Apr 11, 9:02*am, ComandanteBanana
wrote:





On Apr 10, 11:57*pm, Pat wrote:

How can you deny that change is inevitable, constant and
unpredictable?

When did I make a claim to the contrary?

So if you believe that change will occur, why do you think it will
occur in every area of life except energy? *In energy is where is will
MOST likely occur because of it has a high economic motive.

I can see your game clearly through your thinly veiled excuses...

You are part of the problem; you pollute more than your fair share...
What's your best strategy, defense? Nah, discredit others who want to
do something. The best strategy for defense is offense. But your
camouflage is flawed.

Actually, I don't pollute that much ... and probably a lot less than
you do.

I live in a community that's primary electricity is hydro. *I have
wood to supplement that, but it's all off of construction sites that
would have gone to the landfill otherwise -- or would have rotted away
and released its carbon. *So my supplemental heat is carbon neutral.

I work out of my house and don't commute anywhere. *So there's no
commuting pollution. *Plus I don't have A/C, which causes a lot of
pollution.


If you are not hiding a dirty environmental footprint, then you really
must be retarded. Why you insist on critizing others? You do what you
can, where you can. I can't live without A/C where I live, but I could
ride a bike if they made it safe for me. But it ain't safe.

Just yesterday I was almost attacked for doing the right thing. The
guy blew the horn and I gave him the finger. I shouldn't have, but he
didn't have to harass me with the horn. It just happens that at that
particular draw bridge I'm supposed to walk the bike on the sidewalk!
No more biking on that road, or any other road shared with traffic.
I'll drive my girlfriend's Lexus...

Not until it's all part of an international campaign under the banner
of the revolution...

http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution

"Tom Sherman" wrote in message
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Jack May wrote:
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On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:48:17 -0700, "Jack May"
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Sheesh! What is important is the total expenditure on transportation, not
merely what a regional government agency spends.

Governments have a budget they must live with. The question is do they
spend their limited fund wisely or foolishly. Transit is typically very
foolish spending by Governments.

When the costs of private vehicle operation are considered, transit
spending is a drop in the bucket.

99% of transportation in the US is with cars and other road vehicles. Less
than 1% is transit. The questions are cost per person and the economic
consequences of the mode transportation. Total cost does not affect
people. They are only affected by their cost. Just doing a total is not
rational.

Transit cost 10 to 100 times more per user than cars. That is major money
and not a drop in the bucket. There is also an extremely high cost of
transit in the lost opportunity to have a highly productive job in a highly
efficient economy to have a good standard of living.

Lack of mobility with transit is an extremely high cost to the economy as is
really apparent in third world economies. The cost of transit is also
extremely high to Governments which leads to major problems funding other
parts of Government.

"Tom Sherman" wrote in message
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Jack May wrote:
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On Apr 12, 12:48 am, "Jack May" wrote:


No, you were implying that transit spending is much higher than that of
individualized private motorized transport, which is silly when total
expenditures are compared.

As I said above total cost has no affect on people. Individual cost is what
is important.

"Tom Sherman" wrote in message
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Jens Müller wrote:
Tom Sherman schrieb:

Pat and Jack May obviously have the belief that bipedal apes can overcome
any problem through technological development. That is foolish hubris,
since these bipedal apes are not all powerful. It will be amusing to
observe the reaction of the bipedal apes when the ecological limits of
what the Earth can support are exceeded for an extended period.

Well we bipedal apes have a long track record of solving problems. Since
problem solving with technology grows exponentially over time, there is a
very good chance we can continue to solve problems.

Again you are just ****ed because nobody probably considers you part of the
solution and will pay you for solutions.

Pat wrote:


Why do you persist to be such an egocentric and arrogant snot. The
whole world does live like you do, doesn't want to live like you do,
and won't ever live like you do. Just because a bike is good for you,
it doesn't mean it's good for everyone. You live in some hell-hole
city that you like, but lots and lots of people don't. It's a big
world out there. Look up and realize that the whole world isn't
paved. The whole would is urban. The whole world is bikable. The
whole world isn't compact. I drove 500 miles to a meeting and back,
yesterday. You'd still be on your bike.

Geez. Wake up and realize that you're not the only person on the
planet and that you don't have "the best" lifestyle.

Back at you.

"Look up and realize that the whole world isn't
[un]paved."

You choose to live in the boondocks where 500 mile trips are routine for
you. That is your choice, but realize that MOST people do not choose to
do what you do. Yet, you persist in reminding us of this choice you made
and making a big stink against people that only want to improve their
own locality.

"Geez. Wake up and realize that you're not the only person on the
planet and that you don't have "the best" lifestyle."

BTW, next time you drive past a "dead" dairy farm in the boondocks,
reflect upon the farmer and what ever happened to his sons. You know,
the sons that replied, "I'll do anything and go anywhere as long as I
don't have to smell cow ****!" when asked the usual questions boys are
asked.

Where did they all go?

Jack May wrote:
"Tom Sherman" wrote in message
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Jack May wrote:
"Tom Sherman" wrote in message
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Jack May wrote:
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On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:48:17 -0700, "Jack May"
wrote:


Sheesh! What is important is the total expenditure on transportation, not
merely what a regional government agency spends.

Governments have a budget they must live with. The question is do they
spend their limited fund wisely or foolishly. Transit is typically very
foolish spending by Governments.
When the costs of private vehicle operation are considered, transit
spending is a drop in the bucket.

99% of transportation in the US is with cars and other road vehicles. Less
than 1% is transit. The questions are cost per person and the economic
consequences of the mode transportation. Total cost does not affect
people. They are only affected by their cost. Just doing a total is not
rational.

Depending on an unsustainable system is not rational.

And if the government stopped subsidizing individualized motorized
transport, transit or cycling would be a lot more attractive to those
same individuals.

Transit cost 10 to 100 times more per user than cars.

Citation?

That is major money
and not a drop in the bucket. There is also an extremely high cost of
transit in the lost opportunity to have a highly productive job in a highly
efficient economy to have a good standard of living.

Most of those jobs in the US have been eliminated by the corporate
elite. Most of the technical jobs will also soon be exported to southern
Asia in the near future. Have an individualized motorized transportation
system that will allow commuting to those job?

Lack of mobility with transit is an extremely high cost to the economy as is
really apparent in third world economies. The cost of transit is also
extremely high to Governments which leads to major problems funding other
parts of Government.

Is that why the economies of northern and western Europe with highly
developed transit systems are currently doing better than the US
economy, and why the people in those countries have a higher quality of
life?

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful