Ask Yourself Why The New York Subway System, Alone Among The Mass Transit Systems Of The World, Has Maps Inside Rather Than Outside The Trains.

Ask Yourself Why The New York Subway System, Alone Among The Mass Transit Systems Of The World, Has Maps Inside Rather Than Outside The Trains.

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Ask yourself why the New York subway system, alone among the mass transit
systems of the world, has maps inside rather than outside the trains. It's
to force you to get on the wrong train in order to find out where you're
going ... You decipher the map to discover that the first step in reaching
your destination is to get off the wrong train at the next stop.
-- Calvin Trillin

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If it's so safe to fly, why do they give you an hour of instructions when you get on the plane?
Have safety instructions where you know it's dangerous to travel--like the New York City subway system....
You spend your whole life believing that you're on the right track, only to discover that you're on the wrong train.
Jacques: First, you must get to know your lane. Feel the slickness, feel the slippery finish.
Caresses it, experience it. Quite smooth, isn't it?...
Where the operating system is concerned, you don't get to ask "Why?
." -- ...understanding Operating Systems......
If you ever want to have a lot of fun, I recommend that you go off and program an imbedded system.
The salient characteristic of an imbedded system is that it cannot be allowed to get into a state from which only direct intervention will suffice to remove it....
Passenger: "When the train stops will you please tell me at which end to get off?
Conductor: "It doesn't matter, lady, both ends stop....
Are you a parent? Do you sometimes find yourself unsure as to what to say in those awkward situations?
Worry no more... When are you going to grow up?...
No matter which train you are waiting for, the wrong one comes first. -- J. R. Meditz
Attention Frankston line passengers. The 4:38pm train to Frankston is running twenty minutes late due to the driver having decided to stop at Armadale and clip his toenails.
Besides which, staff at Metropolitan Train Control felt a bit thirsty and have all gone to Young & Jacksons for drinkies....