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Article #7942Re: Bush: Pay up - or take the bus
From: DTJ
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 23:19
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 23:19
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On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 08:43:46 +1000, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote: >DTJ <none@nowhere.com> wrote >> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote > >>>> Besides, I bet the incremental cost over the previously-subsidized >>>> fares is negligible -- remember, you won't need to sell tickets or >>>> pay people to make sure that each passenger has one. > >>> Thats completely trivial to automate now so it doesnt cost much. > >> Where do people come up with crap like this? >> Do you think that automation is free? > >Never said it was free, JUST that its a small cost Next time you should at least attempt to hide what you said by snipping the stupidity. >>> Thats completely trivial to automate now so it doesnt cost much. Like I said - do you think automation is free? Of the hardware? Maybe people will just donate their time. Otherwise even a fuckwit like you should be able to calculate that it is far more costly to replace a system like what we have with an automated one. Generally speaking the payback on software/hardware automation has to occur in 12 to 24 months or it is TOO FUCKING EXPENSIVE YOU MORON.
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