Would you ride the "Sin Express"? - Page 2

BarTopDancer · 02-23-2009, 04:00 PM

Pricing is a factor, but it is a good alternative. I still don't think we're going to see it. I wonder where it would let out in Vegas.

Andrew · 02-23-2009, 04:01 PM

Also, Boehner is (as usual) talking out his ass. There is no LA-LV high-speed rail in ARRA. There was discussion of adding existing LA-LV high-speed rail plans to ARRA but it did not happen.

Capt Jack · 02-23-2009, 04:04 PM

Im game, but it should start from san diego, not LA.

innerSpaceman · 02-23-2009, 04:04 PM

Emminent Domain.

Works like a charm.

Or should.

Alex · 02-23-2009, 04:10 PM

Building efficient high speed trains will take the steam out of research into teleportation technology.

Therefore I can not support it.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-23-2009, 04:11 PM

I don't think I'd trust any teleportation technology that relied on steam anyway, so I'm okay with that.

JWBear · 02-23-2009, 04:21 PM

SciFi writer Larry Niven wrote a series of short stories (in the 80’s IIRC) about a future where cheap, reliable teleportation is commonplace. His predictions of how it would change our culture are very interesting (“flash mobs” anyone?).

alphabassettgrrl · 02-23-2009, 06:08 PM

Absolutely I'd ride the train to Vegas. I love Vegas, but I despise that drive.

Alex · 02-23-2009, 06:18 PM

I love the drive and I love Vegas (gambling being my only vice).

But if a fast train were available for less than the cost of two tanks of gas (the current fare from the Bay Area and back) I'd probably take it most of the time.

Kevy Baby · 02-23-2009, 07:36 PM

I hope to ride the Sin Express tonight when I get home.

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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	Pricing is a factor, but it is a good alternative. I still don't think we're going to see it. I wonder where it would let out in Vegas. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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Andrew Making Good Girls Go Bad Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 734	Also, Boehner is (as usual) talking out his ass. There is no LA-LV high-speed rail in ARRA. There was discussion of adding existing LA-LV high-speed rail plans to ARRA but it did not happen. __________________ -- Andrew Just Andrew. Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -- Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"
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Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	Im game, but it should start from san diego, not LA. __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Emminent Domain. Works like a charm. Or should.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Building efficient high speed trains will take the steam out of research into teleportation technology. Therefore I can not support it.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I don't think I'd trust any teleportation technology that relied on steam anyway, so I'm okay with that. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	SciFi writer Larry Niven wrote a series of short stories (in the 80’s IIRC) about a future where cheap, reliable teleportation is commonplace. His predictions of how it would change our culture are very interesting (“flash mobs” anyone?). __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Absolutely I'd ride the train to Vegas. I love Vegas, but I despise that drive. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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02-23-2009, 06:18 PM	#9
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I love the drive and I love Vegas (gambling being my only vice). But if a fast train were available for less than the cost of two tanks of gas (the current fare from the Bay Area and back) I'd probably take it most of the time.
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	I hope to ride the Sin Express tonight when I get home. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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