"Ari Silversteinn" wrote in message
...
On 9 Oct 2005 21:04:30 -0700, wrote:

It struck me from the very beginning as a solution looking for a
problem..

Hummmm...I haven't read any of this thread, and after seeing
the initial page, decided it wasn't worth my time..."Not related
to any certain post". I was just curious , as the thread title started
to remind me of a old "Jethro Tull" song... Resume...
MK

"Locomotive Breath"

In the shuffling madness
Of the locomotive breath,
Runs the all-time loser,
Headlong to his death.
He feels the piston scraping --
Steam breaking on his brow --
Old Charlie stole the handle and
The train won't stop going --
No way to slow down.
He sees his children jumping off
At the stations -- one by one.
His woman and his best friend --
In bed and having fun.
He's crawling down the corridor
On his hands and knees --
Old Charlie stole the handle and
The train won't stop going --
No way to slow down.
He hears the silence howling --
Catches angels as they fall.
And the all-time winner
Has got him by the balls.
He picks up Gideon's Bible --
Open at page one --
God stole the handle and
The train won't stop going --
No way to slow down.

--
I don't like the project, but I like the messenger. :-)

Cheers.

Ken

Ari Silversteinn wrote:
On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:40:18 -0400, Mike Coslo wrote:


The Republicans are going to take care of all those problems! Darned
Democrats anyhow!

- Mike KB3EIA -


I won't deny it!

Now, if you want my honest assessment, I find the whole thing fraught
with ethical questions.

What if someone isn't listening to the radio when the message is
broadcast? What about the people who don't live near railroad tracks?

If this thing is to *actually* work, it would have to be space based.
Work with a database of the frequencies in use in the affected areas.
broadcast on them as the need arises. FM will be easy. AM will be some
more work. Of course you'll still have to deal with the people who
aren't listening at the moment!

Of course if it just a research project to burn up some money, then
*that* is a different subject altogether!

- Mike KB3EIA -

I've got an idea.
How about installing flashing lights at rail road crossing, and maybe some
bells.
Ace - WH2T


"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
...
Ari Silversteinn wrote:
On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:40:18 -0400, Mike Coslo wrote:


The Republicans are going to take care of all those problems! Darned
Democrats anyhow!

- Mike KB3EIA -


I won't deny it!

Now, if you want my honest assessment, I find the whole thing fraught with
ethical questions.

What if someone isn't listening to the radio when the message is
broadcast? What about the people who don't live near railroad tracks?

If this thing is to *actually* work, it would have to be space based. Work
with a database of the frequencies in use in the affected areas. broadcast
on them as the need arises. FM will be easy. AM will be some more work. Of
course you'll still have to deal with the people who aren't listening at
the moment!

Of course if it just a research project to burn up some money, then *that*
is a different subject altogether!

- Mike KB3EIA -

"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
...
Ari Silversteinn wrote:
On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:40:18 -0400, Mike Coslo wrote:


The Republicans are going to take care of all those problems! Darned
Democrats anyhow!

- Mike KB3EIA -


I won't deny it!

Now, if you want my honest assessment, I find the whole thing fraught with
ethical questions.

What if someone isn't listening to the radio when the message is
broadcast? What about the people who don't live near railroad tracks?

If this thing is to *actually* work, it would have to be space based. Work
with a database of the frequencies in use in the affected areas. broadcast
on them as the need arises. FM will be easy. AM will be some more work. Of
course you'll still have to deal with the people who aren't listening at
the moment!

Of course if it just a research project to burn up some money, then *that*
is a different subject altogether!

- Mike KB3EIA -

Space-based wouldn't work. You can't get a spot footprint small enough on
the earth's surface to make this do-able. Iridium comes about the closest,
but would you put up a constellation to provide the footprints and not use
it 99.999999999% of the time? :-)

Cheers.

Ken

If you want to see an unpolite newsgroup, post a home owner message at
alt.hvac and watch it fly.

Stretch

Jim Richardson wrote:

"Primarily two things, alerting pre-evac and at grade crossing alerts
that a high speed locomotive is approaching."

Trains are a big part of successful evacuation. When Rita approached
Texas, officials asked for more Amtrack trains and got them , though not
enough, to evacuate Galveson and surrounding areas. No reports pf
injuries to evacuees on trains, but many in autos and aboard busses died
in traffic jams on highways.
The nation needs a rail system especially in emergencies.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:36:05 -0500,
Richard Harrison wrote:
Jim Richardson wrote:

"Primarily two things, alerting pre-evac and at grade crossing alerts
that a high speed locomotive is approaching."

Trains are a big part of successful evacuation. When Rita approached
Texas, officials asked for more Amtrack trains and got them , though not
enough, to evacuate Galveson and surrounding areas. No reports pf
injuries to evacuees on trains, but many in autos and aboard busses died
in traffic jams on highways.
The nation needs a rail system especially in emergencies.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI



please have a care with your attributions, I wrote none of the bits you
quoted.

--
Jim Richardson http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock
To believe in gun control, one has to believe that guns are not an
effective means of self-defense, which is why police carry them.