Trouble in Paree-dise

Originally published at "PRT Is A Joke" IS A JOKE v.1
Words written with wildcards (***, !!!, etc.) was the way we originally wrote Ken Avidor, Ken, and Avidor.

CNN:

Hundreds of cars torched
in French riots
Mysterious tourist from Minnesota sought for questioning
Witnesses heard chants of "death to the highway lobby," "No plus Ultra," "Transit riders do it en masse," "PRTers support Polish plumbers"
Unknown "Kenz Army" claims responsibility
Interpol perplexed by Latin pun

Blast (of warm or cool air) from the past

Remember ***'s bizarre claim that PRT doesn't have heaters or air conditioning, seemingly unable to believe it could even be possible?

Well check out the new picture at SoundPRT. Scroll down and put your cursor on the picture of the silver-gray ULTra PRT vehicle. Look under the passenger seat. Why, those look like HVAC vents, don't they!? And look at this photo of the Skyweb interior. Right there, near the floor: another vent!

*** ******'s response to this post is laughably car-based in its thinking: "passengers would get a hotfoot," he writes, because "the heater in a car needs to blast hot air not only at the passengers, but at the windscreen to keep the moisture from condensing and freezing on the surface. A vent placed only at floor level would be very uncomfortable to say the least."

As one commenter observed (comment 3), you don't need to blast hot air at PRT windows, since being able to see out is not a requirement of an automated vehicle. Merely heating the air in the vehicle to 70 or so degrees keeps passengers comfortable; the warmed air will defog the insides of the windows, and keep the outsides defrosted as well.

And why are PRT vents near the floor? Heat rises. Maybe because he can't see air, warmed or otherwise, *** doesn't believe in it.

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Finally, the experts take charge

Originally published at "PRT Is A Joke" IS A JOKE v.1
Words written with wildcards (***, !!!, etc.) was the way we originally wrote Ken Avidor, Ken, and Avidor.

A message from the President of the United States.

My fellow 'mericans.

I come before you this eve'nin' to announce a major new in-I-tia-tive that will change the way your gov-er-mint does bidness.

Some have crit-i-sized our Administration for some of our appointments to policy and leadership pos-I-tions.

Without admittin' any MIS-steps, liability, criminal wrongdoin', high crime or MIS-demean-er, I want to assure the 'merican People that, as Prez'dint, I accept full responsibility for mistakes that were made by Michael Brown, Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, David Safavian, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, John Bolton, Patrick Rhode, Brooks Altshuler, David Addington, Michael Chert-off, Harriet Miers, Julie Myers--well, I could go on all night.

It's in order to clean house and rebuild your trust in gov-er-mint that I announce the followin' reorganization of the highest levels of the Fed'ral gov-er-mint and the Cabinet. Startin' today, I am accepting the resignations of the Vice-Prez'dint, all appointed non-judicial Fed'ral officials and Cabinet members. Taking their places will be capable individg-als who I am selecting from a group long-underrepresented in gov-er-mint: professional cartoonists.

That's right. Cartoonists. Cartoonists have much exper-tise to offer our nation, and because they are so creative on a day-to-day basis, I know they will bring that crea-TIV-ity to the impordant job of gov-er-nance.

My first three appointments I will announce right now. For Secretary of State: Bruce Tinsley. Mr. Tinsley's Mallard Fillmore comic strip always makes me laugh. But he makes me think, too. An' that's what's impordant, because a mind- what a turrible thing it is, to waste- can't get fooled again.

For White House domestic policy advisor: Mr. *** ****** of Minneapolis, Minnehaha. He is a tireless champion of logic and common sense. He has been a staunch defender of mass transit projects in his home state of Minnehaha. Such projects are impordant sources of opportunities that help small, strugglin' businesses I care about, like Bechtel, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Ch2M Hill, Kiewit, Booz-Allen Hamilton, and Herzog Contracting.

For Secretary of Transportation: Andy Singer. He is a true artist, whose No Exit cartoon has given him the specialized technical knowledge that he can use to keep Americans moving. His skepticism toward Personal Rapid Transit, which is something I can't git my mind around, convinced me it is a lib'ral, radical enviro-mintalist scam. I have looked into his heart, and let me assure you he deserves this appointment. His critics say he hasn't done his homework, but that's what you would call an exagger-A-tion.

These have been difficult times. But I know that in the days ahead, I can count on 35% of you for support.

Thank you, and God bless 'merica and King Features Syndicate.





Erratum: 10226 visitors



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Milestone

Originally published at "PRT Is A Joke" IS A JOKE v.1
Words written with wildcards (***, !!!, etc.) was the way we originally wrote Ken Avidor, Ken, and Avidor.

That's milestone, not 'millstone.' A milestone is something like

"Over 10,000 visitors since July 25, 2005"



Whereas an example of a millstone is *** ******.



Erratum: 10070 visitors since July 25, 2005

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Never Mind The ***, Here's PRT

Originally published at "PRT Is A Joke" IS A JOKE v.1
Words written with wildcards (***, !!!, etc.) was the way we originally wrote Ken Avidor, Ken, and Avidor.

A Mr. Jonathan Rotten of the United Kingdom (actually reader Ryan Kennedy) contributes these lyrics, to the tune of everyone's favorite punk anthem (sorry, certain bad words are BLEEPed):

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PRT in the UK Rrright.... NOWWW! hahahaha, He thinks it's the anti-christ. He thinks it's anti-trans-iite He thinks it's all a bunch of sh-iite. He don't know what he wants but he knows it ain't gadgetbahn He wanna DESTROY passer-by. But I..... I wanna be... PRT In the city! PRT for the UK, it's coming sometime maybe Get there the wrong time it don't stop the traffic line... unlike LRT Your future dream is a beam above the street Cos I... I wanna beeee PRT! In the city! It's the only way to be! How many ways to get where you want? I use the best, BLEEPuse's the rest that's second best. I use BLEEP's enemy, I use... P! R! T! cos I..... I wanna BE... PRT In the city! Follow me! Is this the ATRA? Or is this the U.L.T.R.A.? Or is this the T2C? I thought it was the UK, or just.... another country..... another council tendency And III wanna beee....PRT! And IIII wanna beeeeeee......PRT! And IIIIIII wanna beeeeeee........PRT! It's the only way to be! And I wanna beeee gadgetist! Get this? Employ!

original lyrics



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Huge Embarassment for ***

Originally published at "PRT Is A Joke" IS A JOKE v.1
Words written with wildcards (***, !!!, etc.) was the way we originally wrote Ken Avidor, Ken, and Avidor.

"And there is no PRT project at London's Heathrow airport either.
...
The PRTers are always saying there's a PRT project in the works somewhere. It's all bogus.

I suspect this recent batch of PRT misinformation is being put out there to help Dean Zimmermann." -***, 10/18/2005

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Check it out:


Advanced Transport Systems announces deal with UK airports agency for Heathrow PRT

Driverless pods to get airport users off to a flying start

Well ***, I hope you enjoyed your losing battle to forestall the future.



Erratum: 9507 visitors



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Because PRT has air conditioning!

Originally published at "PRT Is A Joke" IS A JOKE v.1
Words written with wildcards (***, !!!, etc.) was the way we originally wrote Ken Avidor, Ken, and Avidor.

*** is fond of bandying about a study performed by Parsons Brinckerhoff for OKI (Cincinnati), "proving" that PRT is unsound from an engineering standpoint. Nevermind that Parsons's study was itself unsound (2nd item in table).

So you gotta laugh your ass off at this article, published last June in the Arab Times, in which a Parsons rep promotes PRT as a transit solution for Kuwait City. All is forgiven, PB-- kiss kiss.

More: Transit's high frontier
Background: *** claims PRT doesn't have AC


Errata: 8218 visitors
Fun with Google Images
Is this ***?



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Let's Be Disruptive!

Originally published at "PRT Is A Joke" IS A JOKE v.1
Words written with wildcards (***, !!!, etc.) was the way we originally wrote Ken Avidor, Ken, and Avidor.

One of *** ******'s Talking Points is that PRT is

an excuse by pro-highway/anti-transit Republicans... to block funding for [conventional transit]. This is why, perhaps, Taxi 2000/Skyweb Corporation's leader, Ed Anderson, refers to PRT as a "disruptive technology". Source

He thinks "disruptive" means destructive. But it's been well documented, here and elsewhere, how *** doesn't understand what the term means -- basically, enter the market at a low level, then move 'up'.

And here's another example of someone who DOES understand it: National Geographic--

If prices continued to drop, solar cells might change the whole idea of energy by making it cheap and easy for individuals to gather for themselves. That's what techies call a "disruptive technology."

"Automobiles were disruptive to the horse and buggy business," [PowerLight Corp.'s] Dan Shugar says. "PCs were disruptive to the typewriter industry. We believe solar electric systems will be disruptive to the energy industry." Source: "Future Power," National Geographic, Aug. 2005

We can find a parallel in ***'s position in Google. He's been so busy cruising the internet, posting links to his own web pages in blogs and discussion forums, that if you Google "PRT," *** is in the first page of results. That is a strong 'market' position. So, PRT supporters, let's practice some disruption of our own, and move the targets of ***'s hate 'up market.' Do it by visiting these PRT-friendly sites and URLs as much as you can, every day:

:: "PRT Is a Joke" Is a Joke!
:: Skyweb Express
:: Citizens For PRT
:: ULTra
:: Councilman Dean Zimmermann
:: Dean Zimmermann Fact Sheet
:: Dean Zimmermann on Minnesota Public Radio
:: Interview with David Tilsen of Zimmermann For Justice (.rm)
:: Get There Fast Seattle PRT site
:: Get On Board! PRT Seattle PRT site

Erratum: 7004 visitors

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