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Public transportation works well in and around many of the largest cities. However, outside of those, most of the US has very poor public transportation. I commute 66 miles, one way, to and from work each day. My destination is a metropolitan area with about 1/4 million people in it. There is no public transit alternative. The only public transit in my area goes east and west, between a few large towns (although they call themselves "cities"). My commute is to the northeast, taking me far north of the existing public transit routes.
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In addition to the above comment:
Hmmm, be home in 15 mintues or 4 days (possibly)... And no I don't live anywhere particularly remote, there's fantastic road networks, it's just that buses don't use them. The nearest bus to us is an hours (fast) walk away and only comes (at best) twice a week.
I doubt it. If it isn't intuitive then we need to fix it. - Chris Maunder
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Amazing how safety is not in the options.
Seeing that people kill them selves and others by the hundreds of thousand every year, I would think that safety would be the first option on any sane person's mind.
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what does that say about he person who put the poll together??
Guess they don't wear seat belts or look for other safety features in cars.
cheers,
Donsw
My Recent Article : CDC - Change Data Capture
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What does car has to do with programming?
When I interview people, I give them piece of paper and pencil and ask them to build me a house for a set of family having x bedrooms and y bath rooms. The whole exercise is to observe their thinking process and problem solving skills. I don't judge one particular issue, rather I see how they approach the problem at hand, what questions pops up in their head and how do they go about solving them.
The losers are those who draw me a picture of house. That shows me lack of critical thinking and rush to a judgment.
May be my next technique will be asking them to design a car for me.   
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Yusuf wrote: What does car has to do with programming?
just wait, the next poll will be on phone... then clothes. 
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John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
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Just now learning what a foundation is ... ~that~ is interesting... too narrow interests, abilities and rounded knowledge about the world...
I think the best programmers are people who have life experience, have held more than one -type- (read 'type' as NOT more than one type of --programming-- ) of job and have been through life's school of hard knocks, instead of some book smart college grad who is wet behind the ears, but can code retinal scanning image routines in ten minutes. In my opinion, these types continue to make the same fundamental mistakes from a "what is the real purpose of this software" or "how can we solve the bigger picture problem" perspective.
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This kind of open ended question always interests me. What do you consider a winning outcome from this?
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Only Volvo. I believe that these machines combine everything needed for a comfortable driving for me.
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they just lack style.
In the UK, Volvo drivers are a joke.. they can't.
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Volvo body design is not very impressive.
TOMZ_KV
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Most of all this poll tells me the environment still isn't much of a factor in some continents.
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Meh, you can always paint it green if you really want. I prefer silver.
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Steady - that's Back Room material! 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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all you're doing is strengthening my point. 
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Luc Pattyn wrote: Most of all this poll tells me the environment still isn't much of a factor in some continents.
Most of us who do here, get yelled at with guys in Hummers because us having a car that gets 42mpg is the cause of all the gas prices going up. If we had bought one that got 13mpg obviously the gas prices would have gone down. I listen, nod, fill my tank and leave....
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John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
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them Hummer drivers shouldn't complain at all, the gas prices going up can only force Hummer vendors to lower their prices
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El Corazon wrote: Most of us who do here, get yelled at with guys in Hummers because us having a car that gets 42mpg is the cause of all the gas prices going up.
Right, because econ 101 teaches us that lower demand always causes higher prices.
Huh.
I wish I had thought of that when trying to sell my own software a few years back. Let's see, if price is inversely proportional to demand, I could have charged... infinity dollars! Woohoo!
He said, "Boy I'm just old and lonely,
But thank you for your concern,
Here's wishing you a Happy New Year."
I wished him one back in return.
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David Kentley wrote: Right, because econ 101 teaches us that lower demand always causes higher prices.
Huh.
I wish I had thought of that when trying to sell my own software a few years back. Let's see, if price is inversely proportional to demand, I could have charged... infinity dollars! Woohoo!
Since when is logic required when you find someone else to blame.
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John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
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[irony] Yup. Reliability and well engineered would definitely be my top picks. [/irony]
Marc
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I drive a BMW 530D M Sport - so having just been hit with a bill for over £1000 to fix the turbo I have decided that my only requisite for my next car is "cheap" 
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Quite agree.
Just been hit with £1500 for a new ABS unit. This is for the traction control part of it and is a regular failure on most VW / Audi / Skoda plus many others. Not happy 
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I might have said inexpensive and not the word cheap, cheap to me means built poorly.
cheers,
Donsw
My Recent Article : CDC - Change Data Capture
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