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   Message 3,073 of 3,261   
   Mickey to Adam H. Kerman   
   Re: Hoosier State crisis averted   
   20 Apr 15 15:39:24   
   
   From: mickey@manningfire.dyndns.org.remove-slw-this   
      
     To: Adam H. Kerman   
     Re: Re: Hoosier State crisis averted   
     By: Adam H. Kerman to misc.transport.rail.americas on Mon Apr 20 2015 05:55   
   pm   
      
    > What the hell does economy of scale have to do with anything? There are   
    > huge, expensive problems to overcome, like lack of radio spectrum   
    > capacity particularly in Chicago and that FCC is way way behind on   
    > issuing licenses for all the new transmitters and relay stations,   
    > and the complete idiocy of the design that the entire railroad infrastructur   
   e   
    > plan must be downloaded into the locomotive each and every time the   
    > fucking consist changes direction because, you know, somebody installed   
    > a brand-new turnout in the last hour.   
    >   
    > It's one massively stupid fuckup. Economy of scale is mostly irrelevant.   
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   This made ME laugh. I agree most definitely, but I still laughed. :-)   
      
      
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