From: Matthew Russotto on 22 Jul 2010 18:50 In article <6e85aa57-12e6-4528-8df0-7ad1097054ff(a)d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>, gpsman <gpsman(a)driversmail.com> wrote: > > >On Jul 21, 10:07=A0pm, russo...(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) >wrote: >> In article <d847768f-e2a0-43a0-b86c-7c7ed1ae2...(a)w12g2000yqj.googlegroups= >.com>, >> >> >> >> >> >> gpsman =A0<gps...(a)driversmail.com> wrote: >> >> >On Jul 20, 11:39=3DA0pm, russo...(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) >> >wrote: >> >> In article <4355dc71-8f52-43f7-bbc0-4d7c0aeb5...(a)d8g2000yqf.googlegrou= >ps.=3D >> >com>, >> >> >> gpsman =3DA0<gps...(a)driversmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >On Jul 20, 9:18=3D3DA0pm, russo...(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russo= >tto) >> >> >wrote: >> >> >> In article <gc01o.174440$9c1.83361(a)hurricane>, >> >> >> >> Justin Credible <matt.fin...(a)btopenworld.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >"steve robinson" <st...(a)colevalleyinteriors.co.uk> wrote in messag= >e >> >> >> >news:xn0gws8hxbgtqb002(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >> >> >> >> Better to be 5 minutes late in this world than 40 years early in= > th=3D >> >e >> >> >> >> next >> >> >> >> >Or as US pilots put it; "better off late and anonymous than the le= >ad =3D >> >sto=3D3D >> >> >ry >> >> >> >on Fox News at 9". >> >> >> >> I'll take the risk. >> >> >> >That would be fine, if you could. =3DA0Unfortunately, risky maneuvers= > are >> >> >a risk to others. >> >> >> Everything's a risk to others. >> >> >Watch out then, I'm posting this to Usenet, then I'm going to bed. >> >> >> >> Those latenesses here and there add up. >> >> >> >Leave earlier. >> >> >> The time adds up whether I cut an earlier activity short to cover the >> >> longer drive time, or whether I'm late to the later activity. >> >> >If a minor delay makes you late, you need to better schedule. >> >> Adding slack time adds up too. > >Then you're not really interested in ensuring you're on-time. It's an optimization problem. If being on time for the later event were the only criteria, I could camp out the day before. That's obviously ridiculous. -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need.
From: gpsman on 23 Jul 2010 09:55
On Jul 22, 6:50 pm, russo...(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) wrote: > In article <6e85aa57-12e6-4528-8df0-7ad109705...(a)d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>, > > > > > > gpsman <gps...(a)driversmail.com> wrote: > > >On Jul 21, 10:07=A0pm, russo...(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) > >wrote: > >> In article <d847768f-e2a0-43a0-b86c-7c7ed1ae2...(a)w12g2000yqj.googlegroups= > >.com>, > > >> gpsman =A0<gps...(a)driversmail.com> wrote: > > >> >On Jul 20, 11:39=3DA0pm, russo...(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) > >> >wrote: > >> >> In article <4355dc71-8f52-43f7-bbc0-4d7c0aeb5...(a)d8g2000yqf.googlegrou= > >ps.=3D > >> >com>, > > >> >> gpsman =3DA0<gps...(a)driversmail.com> wrote: > > >> >> >On Jul 20, 9:18=3D3DA0pm, russo...(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russo= > >tto) > >> >> >wrote: > >> >> >> In article <gc01o.174440$9c1.83361(a)hurricane>, > > >> >> >> Justin Credible <matt.fin...(a)btopenworld.com> wrote: > > >> >> >> >"steve robinson" <st...(a)colevalleyinteriors.co.uk> wrote in messag= > >e > >> >> >> >news:xn0gws8hxbgtqb002(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > >> >> >> >> Better to be 5 minutes late in this world than 40 years early in= > > th=3D > >> >e > >> >> >> >> next > > >> >> >> >Or as US pilots put it; "better off late and anonymous than the le= > >ad =3D > >> >sto=3D3D > >> >> >ry > >> >> >> >on Fox News at 9". > > >> >> >> I'll take the risk. > > >> >> >That would be fine, if you could. =3DA0Unfortunately, risky maneuvers= > > are > >> >> >a risk to others. > > >> >> Everything's a risk to others. > > >> >Watch out then, I'm posting this to Usenet, then I'm going to bed. > > >> >> >> Those latenesses here and there add up. > > >> >> >Leave earlier. > > >> >> The time adds up whether I cut an earlier activity short to cover the > >> >> longer drive time, or whether I'm late to the later activity. > > >> >If a minor delay makes you late, you need to better schedule. > > >> Adding slack time adds up too. > > >Then you're not really interested in ensuring you're on-time. > > It's an optimization problem. Seems more nitwit and proud of it/nirvana fallacy problem-ish. > If being on time for the later event > were the only criteria, I could camp out the day before. That's > obviously ridiculous. Seems you're out of rational argument. ----- - gpsman |