Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Thu, 19 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 19/12/2024 09:51, D wrote:

I have contemplated ditching planes for trains, but I don't think the result would be much better. Perhaps less security theater?

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In Europe that works OK - at least city to city.
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I live in E of England, . my sister lives in W Germany near the Moselle. She gave a birthday party for her husbands 80th.
I drove all the way with a ferry crossing
My nephew took the Eurostar from London and hired a car.
My cousin took a plane and hired a car.
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The door to door journey times were almost identical
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OTOH if you want to get from central Glasgow to Central London a plane and train is by far the quickest.
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Not so much security on what is essentially a commuter flight

I once visited a super computing conference in Manchester. I flew in to Ryan airs airport, a small one that I don't remember the name of.
Then I took a train from London to Manchester and it was on time, clean, tidy, and in front of me I had an english man who enjoyed beer and potato chips and was very talkative.
Once I arrived I discovered my mistake.
Actually _my_ train was delayed with 1 hour, and by accident I'd gotten on the previous train that was delayed one hour, and sat in the wrong seat.
Fortunately no one cared, and all was good!
Manchester was nice, but it was raining all the time.