dont know if it can save the world but im sure it will help. and i do beleive in the future this will be a everyday thing getting crap dleived to you.
I wonder if a taxi service could pull off the same trick with people, effectively cutting the cost of getting around without diminishing the quality of the private vehicle experience significantly. All it would really need to do is come up with an iPhone app that computed the cost of the ride plus tip beforehand and be able to guarantee a fast enough service. I'll bet a lot of folks would give up their cars if they could save a great deal without being too inconvenienced.
@ananiasacts The problem doesn't apply to taxis the same way, because they are constrained to one, point-to-point route at a time. The algorithm's goal is to find the most efficient order in which to visit each point in a multi-point route. It would work for schoolbus routes, though. Probably not as well for city bus routes.
@LokiClock, Maybe it's a better way to spend our bus transportation budget--to phase out the bus system by merging the two services and using a wide variety of different vehicles and a smarter network to move the most people for the least cost. I think we could be rid of bus stops entirely, offer a genuine door to door service that is both a lot faster and maybe even cheaper than the public cost today. I've used buses for much of my life simply because I hate driving so much. We could do better.
@soundscapenyc, because in a grid, going straight followed by three rights equals a left. The computer programs that calculate the optimal route for a given collection of packages are probably a lot easier to write if you can only either go straight or make a right turn. If you take into account the higher rate of accidents, and longer wait times involved in making left turns, this counter-intuitive approach ends up using less resources.
A friend of mine told me that the UPS warehouse in Secaucus, NJ has the road leading out from the warehouse to the NJ Turnpike and they all have to make left turn to get on the on-ramp.
What about the fact that the products are made in China? So we save 1% of impact while we ship products made 10000Km away that have to be shipped to the West before going to the customers house?
Perhaps you didn't get what I was saying or I wasn't clear.
Purchasing the products made in China IS the problem. Getting them posted is window dressing.
You want to be more eco-friendly, buy things you need made locally. In other words, pay more. Yes, I know, sometimes it means it's not available but, most of the time it is.
Great Content, Keep up the Good work
jeremyhall35 3 months ago
nothing can save the environment where the environment has been industrialist.
befranklintoo 1 year ago
dont know if it can save the world but im sure it will help. and i do beleive in the future this will be a everyday thing getting crap dleived to you.
FXThug 1 year ago
No, but technological investments can.
truvelocity 1 year ago
I wonder if a taxi service could pull off the same trick with people, effectively cutting the cost of getting around without diminishing the quality of the private vehicle experience significantly. All it would really need to do is come up with an iPhone app that computed the cost of the ride plus tip beforehand and be able to guarantee a fast enough service. I'll bet a lot of folks would give up their cars if they could save a great deal without being too inconvenienced.
ananiasacts 1 year ago 3
@ananiasacts The problem doesn't apply to taxis the same way, because they are constrained to one, point-to-point route at a time. The algorithm's goal is to find the most efficient order in which to visit each point in a multi-point route. It would work for schoolbus routes, though. Probably not as well for city bus routes.
LokiClock 1 year ago
@LokiClock, Maybe it's a better way to spend our bus transportation budget--to phase out the bus system by merging the two services and using a wide variety of different vehicles and a smarter network to move the most people for the least cost. I think we could be rid of bus stops entirely, offer a genuine door to door service that is both a lot faster and maybe even cheaper than the public cost today. I've used buses for much of my life simply because I hate driving so much. We could do better.
ananiasacts 1 year ago
@ananiasacts Great idea. That would be very ideal.
pocketocrisps 7 months ago
im trying to wrap my mind around how the UPS truck no longer makes left turns??
soundscapenyc 1 year ago
@soundscapenyc, because in a grid, going straight followed by three rights equals a left. The computer programs that calculate the optimal route for a given collection of packages are probably a lot easier to write if you can only either go straight or make a right turn. If you take into account the higher rate of accidents, and longer wait times involved in making left turns, this counter-intuitive approach ends up using less resources.
ananiasacts 1 year ago
The internet will save the world.
salvyy 1 year ago
A friend of mine told me that the UPS warehouse in Secaucus, NJ has the road leading out from the warehouse to the NJ Turnpike and they all have to make left turn to get on the on-ramp.
jskim1 1 year ago
Good news is always nice to hear :D
Mastikator 1 year ago
As a web developer and Internet geek, I support this message :D
patricknelson 1 year ago
Awesome video. Future is glorious.
drealm 1 year ago
I think he made up the left turns thing.
funkalunatic 1 year ago
from now on, no more left turns for me too...
jskim1 1 year ago
jup there goes those jobs and those and those
lllraverslll 1 year ago
What about the fact that the products are made in China? So we save 1% of impact while we ship products made 10000Km away that have to be shipped to the West before going to the customers house?
What am I missing?
drchiodo 1 year ago
@drchiodo What you are missing is "the products are made in china"
kaje01 1 year ago
@kaje01
Perhaps you didn't get what I was saying or I wasn't clear.
Purchasing the products made in China IS the problem. Getting them posted is window dressing.
You want to be more eco-friendly, buy things you need made locally. In other words, pay more. Yes, I know, sometimes it means it's not available but, most of the time it is.
Don't blame others, blame ourselves.
drchiodo 1 year ago 2
I just can't wait for the day when we can actually fax a package.
empacae 1 year ago
Ecofriendly is cheap.
Phelan666 1 year ago
He is so full of SHIT
gasttheplast 1 year ago
@gasttheplast I'm curious as to how he is full of shit?
Th3Wab3 1 year ago
He is a troll; ignore him.
1RadicalOne 1 year ago
@gasttheplast @Th3Wab3 I too want an answer that Th3Wab3's question.
diotecktec2 1 year ago