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    New NYC Best Buy to Be Open 24 Hours During the Week, Host Concerts

    More Low-Tech Invisibility Cloaks, This Time in NYC

    New York 'Map Cuts' Aren't for Traveling, But Sure Are Purdy

    NYC Subways Get LCD Screens Showing Every Train in Real Time

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    Image of john144001 john144001
    11/06/09

    In reply to New NYC Best Buy to Be Open 24 Hours During the Week, Host Concerts
    I live in Texas. And this affects me, how? How come people in NY and Washington DC think that every local news story has national import?
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    11/06/09

    @john144001: How about you guys stop electing morons to run your State first? Then we'll talk about whether Texas gets enough airtime in the national media. #bestbuy
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/05/09

    In reply to More Low-Tech Invisibility Cloaks, This Time in NYC
    bad alignment. you'd think he'd try multiple positionings and take multiple shots. #fredlebain
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    11/05/09

    @nutbastard: I think he's going for more of the artsy element of this idea, and less of the creeper element, unlike body paint guy the other day #fredlebain
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    11/05/09

    @nutbastard: actually because of the none perfect alignment I really like these shots, nice idea #fredlebain
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    11/05/09

    In reply to More Low-Tech Invisibility Cloaks, This Time in NYC
    Only in a leap from the lion's head will he prove his worth... #fredlebain
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    Image of maven2k maven2k
    11/05/09

    In reply to More Low-Tech Invisibility Cloaks, This Time in NYC
    This is very cool from an artistic standpoint. I really like how he makes sure there is some flaw that gives it away. Very cool indeed. #fredlebain
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    11/05/09

    In reply to More Low-Tech Invisibility Cloaks, This Time in NYC
    Nothing can match the real time camouflage of the shape shifting octopus. Its hard to believe until you see it with your own eyes. #fredlebain
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    11/05/09

    @StupidSimple: Wow. #fredlebain
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    11/05/09

    In reply to More Low-Tech Invisibility Cloaks, This Time in NYC
    So as to freak out the tourists. #fredlebain
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    11/05/09

    @Curves: Fred Lebain-Going the extra mile to make flashing people a true surprise! #fredlebain
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    11/05/09

    @Xeno: "Do-dee-do, just walking along here in NYC. Oh, hey look there seems to be an alleyway beside me. A totally nondescript alleyway with no people, clothed or otherwise, in it and-OMG! GENITALS!!!" #fredlebain
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    11/05/09

    @Xeno: Well it wasnt in NY, but I got flashed when I was about 18 working in a store. I was so surprised, all I could do was laugh. It made the guy mad and he left. #fredlebain
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    11/05/09

    @Curves: Lol, my friends wife used to manage a gas station and some guy decided that a good way to hit on her would be to plop his unit onto the counter. The police officer filling up outside did not agree. #fredlebain
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    11/01/09

    In reply to New York 'Map Cuts' Aren't for Traveling, But Sure Are Purdy
    Symmetry: Art for We, the overly organized. #maps
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    Image of aek8 aek8
    10/31/09

    In reply to New York 'Map Cuts' Aren't for Traveling, But Sure Are Purdy
    What I really like to see is one of these from a city here in Europe. There is no method to the madness here. #maps
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    Image of Chris Jacob Chris Jacob
    10/31/09


    @aek8: There's one of Paris here: [thejailbreak.com] #maps
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    10/31/09

    @Chris Jacob: Like he said, no method to the madness. #maps
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    10/31/09

    @Chris Jacob: Paris' map looks like it was done by a drunk spider. #maps
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    Image of pixelslave pixelslave
    10/30/09

    In reply to NYC Subways Get LCD Screens Showing Every Train in Real Time
    Before we get the LCD, can we have air condition in all subway station first (I almost passed out once inside Grand Central in summer)? Oh, and get rid of those pee smell, please ... #subway
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    dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! promoted this comment pixelslave was starred pixelslave was unstarred
    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    10/30/09

    @pixelslave: Well at least they have AC in the trains now. When I moved to NYC in 1988 most trains didn't have it. Can you imagine having your face stuck in someone's armpit going to Queens during rush hour in the middle of summer? Yeah it was as awesome as it sounds.

    One time I was on a train that got stuck for an hour in the tunnel and people were seriously freaking out. Somebody bashed a window out with his bare hands just to get some air. I was next to the door between cars, so I went between cars with the few other smart people on the train. #subway
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    Image of pixelslave pixelslave
    10/30/09

    @dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!: Oh, I still remember the days when many AC equipped trains (notably, the 7) have at least one cart that had no or mal-functioned AC. If you could bear the heat, those carts weren't a bad deal -- there were always seats in them.

    That said, I still don't know how the real time tracking could help. Besides knowing for sure that your train is late (which, you don't need a tracker to find out 'cause 9 out of 10 times, it IS late) and exactly how late it will be, what good can it do? #subway
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    10/30/09

    @pixelslave: The pee smell is tourist deterrent, it is an essential part of the system for New Yorker's to get to work on time. #subway
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    10/30/09

    In reply to NYC Subways Get LCD Screens Showing Every Train in Real Time
    This is only on the L right now because only the L line has an automated system called communication-based train control (CBTC), which took several years to implement. The MTA will have to implement CBTC on the other train lines for them to get the LCD screens. Bottom line: it won't be anytime soon. #subway
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    Image of imwithadd imwithadd
    10/30/09

    In reply to NYC Subways Get LCD Screens Showing Every Train in Real Time
    this isnt new, it was at the Myrtle Wycoff station all summer. I think its the least they could do after raising the subway fair #subway
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    10/30/09

    @imwithadd: And it doesn't work there that well either.

    And not to complain, because Myrtle-Wyckoff is my stop, but why Myrtle-Wyckoff? It's such a middle of nowhere stop that takes 45 minutes to get anywhere in the first place, so knowing the train is 6 minutes away doesn't really help. #subway
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    10/30/09

    @Hiphopopotamus: exactly what i thought, however knowing how long the train was going to take would let me know if i was going to be angry or happy at the mta as soon as i walked into the station #subway
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    10/30/09

    In reply to NYC Subways Get LCD Screens Showing Every Train in Real Time
    Adam

    let's work on getting express service back on the B/Q. Then we can get shiny things.

    (not that it matters to me any more. Plus I didn't realize you were on the Q) #subway
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    10/30/09

    In reply to NYC Subways Get LCD Screens Showing Every Train in Real Time
    What a great idea! I can't wait for this to be adopted by the San Francisco Muni. Oh wait, we're bankrupt.
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    Image of Robusto68 Robusto68
    10/30/09

    In reply to NYC Subways Get LCD Screens Showing Every Train in Real Time
    Nice but my question is, for the money spent how does this actually help? I mean, knowing where the train is, and how long it might be doesn't really impact your travel time any.

    Except for the cases where you have a choice of trains on a platform to take. Maybe you'll take the local instead of waiting for the express cause their is no express train coming for a long time.

    So I guess I answered my own question. #subway
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    10/30/09

    @Robusto68: You'll be waiting a long time for the express train. Both B and Q are local in Brooklyn until "Fall 2011" (read "Summer 2012"). #subway
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    10/30/09

    In reply to NYC Subways Get LCD Screens Showing Every Train in Real Time
    Boston's MBTA is in the stone age compared to the MTA. We are lucky that the trains don't run into each other....much.

    Being $8 billion in debt also does not help either. #subway
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    Image of bornonbord bornonbord
    10/30/09

    @Dr. H. F. Danger: Come to Chicago and you'll be begging for your quiet MTA cars #subway
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    Image of Austin Wonderly Austin Wonderly
    10/30/09

    @Dr. H. F. Danger: I know, we went to DC over the summer and there metro system was 100 times better then boston's #subway
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    10/30/09

    @Austin Wonderly: I know, I like how they tell you the next three trains and when to expect them. Only thing about DC I don't like is their entirely too complicated fare system. #subway
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    10/30/09

    @Austin Wonderly: DC's transportation system is pristine compared to those in most other states. #subway
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    10/30/09

    @bornonbord: WHAT? #subway
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    Image of im.thatoneguy2 im.thatoneguy2
    10/30/09

    @elementary: Just be happy you have a metro system. *Grumble *grumble *seattle. #subway
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