12/16/2002: Paki passenger train

Undertoad · 12-16-2002, 12:31 PM

I always love these shots of tremendous numbers of people getting from point A to point B. IIRC, the IotD has had this sort of shot of cars, trucks, bikes. This is the first IotD shot of a train overloaded with humanity. These folks are Pakistani, returning home from an Islamic conference in Bangladesh. They had a long way to go like that! I guess mass transit works if we are all willing to do our part.

headsplice · 12-16-2002, 12:41 PM

wow. that is the only statement that I can make about that image.
on another note: has anyone heard if train service is restored between India and Pakistan?

Leus · 12-16-2002, 01:25 PM

That's a lot of people. Impressive. Some of them seems precariously gripped. A train, lot's of people, a bridge. That's my kind of combination

xoxoxoBruce · 12-16-2002, 02:37 PM

Oh, they'll never return.
No, they'll never return.
And their fate is still unlearned.
Pooooooor old Paki's....

Cochese · 12-16-2002, 02:55 PM

How the hell does the engineer know when to stop?

Cam · 12-16-2002, 03:43 PM

I think this is a great example of the failings of the phrase "safety in numbers"

Torrere · 12-16-2002, 06:33 PM

Probably only when people start banging on the windshield and shouting at him.

slang · 12-16-2002, 08:14 PM

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Originally posted by Cochese
How the hell does the engineer know when to stop?

When my login stops working. Or when I stop receiving checks.

wolf · 12-16-2002, 08:26 PM

Unfortunately there's no such thing as a quick stop (unless it hits something) for a train ... imagine the fun of an experiment in inertia as the train comes to a sudden halt and all those guys clinging to the outside continue to hurtle forward at the former speed of the train.

Yes, I am a sick puppy, but well aware of it. (See "Dude on Fire" if you have any questions in this regard)

slang · 12-16-2002, 08:40 PM

(Pakistani train word problems)

If a Paki train is travelling at 60 miles per hour due west at 2 pm, with 250 people clinging to the outter chassis, and there is a camel walking due east at 6 miles per hour Paralell to the train track at 2:15, how many of the chassis riders wear American T-shirts and drink Coke?

At what point does the track contract under the shadow of the camel to allow a McGoat meal to be digested by the lefthanded riders?

Torrere · 12-16-2002, 08:58 PM

There is not enough information to solve either problem.

Cam · 12-16-2002, 09:01 PM

Quote:

If a Paki train is travelling at 60 miles per hour due west at 2 pm, with 250 people clinging to the outter chassis, and there is a camel walking due east at 6 miles per hour Paralell to the train track at 2:15, how many of the chassis riders wear American T-shirts and drink Coke?

255, the other five had to go piss off the side of the train from drinking too much Coke.

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At what point does the track contract under the shadow of the camel to allow a McGoat meal to be digested by the lefthanded riders?

2:45:33 CST

slang · 12-16-2002, 09:02 PM

Cam. Did you look in the back of the textbook for the answers?

I always wanted to use that , so here you go.

slang · 12-16-2002, 09:05 PM

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Originally posted by Torrere
There is not enough information to solve either problem.

Cam got it right (but he had to look it up in the answer key).

Cam · 12-16-2002, 09:06 PM

Me no, that would be cheating, and against my standards. It's a simple matter of solving for the mass of the camels hump after 2 hours of walking. You plug that into (250X-3.443)/33 = Y and walla you have the answer to the first question. And the second question is just common sense.

12-16-2002, 12:31 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	12/16/2002: Paki passenger train I always love these shots of tremendous numbers of people getting from point A to point B. IIRC, the IotD has had this sort of shot of cars, trucks, bikes. This is the first IotD shot of a train overloaded with humanity. These folks are Pakistani, returning home from an Islamic conference in Bangladesh. They had a long way to go like that! I guess mass transit works if we are all willing to do our part.

12-16-2002, 12:41 PM	#2
headsplice Relaxed Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 676	wow. that is the only statement that I can make about that image. on another note: has anyone heard if train service is restored between India and Pakistan? __________________ Don't Panic

12-16-2002, 03:43 PM	#6
Cam dripping with ignorance Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grand Forks ND Posts: 642	I think this is a great example of the failings of the phrase "safety in numbers" __________________ After the seventh beer I generally try and stay away from the keyboard, I apologize for what happens when I fail.

12-16-2002, 06:33 PM	#7
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Probably only when people start banging on the windshield and shouting at him. Last edited by Torrere; 12-16-2002 at 06:37 PM.

12-16-2002, 08:26 PM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Unfortunately there's no such thing as a quick stop (unless it hits something) for a train ... imagine the fun of an experiment in inertia as the train comes to a sudden halt and all those guys clinging to the outside continue to hurtle forward at the former speed of the train. Yes, I am a sick puppy, but well aware of it. (See "Dude on Fire" if you have any questions in this regard) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-16-2002, 01:25 PM	#3
Leus Abecedarian Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chile Posts: 179	That's a lot of people. Impressive. Some of them seems precariously gripped. A train, lot's of people, a bridge. That's my kind of combination

12-16-2002, 02:37 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh, they'll never return. No, they'll never return. And their fate is still unlearned. Pooooooor old Paki's....

12-16-2002, 02:55 PM	#5
Cochese Disorderly Orderly Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 54	How the hell does the engineer know when to stop?

12-16-2002, 08:40 PM	#10
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	(Pakistani train word problems) If a Paki train is travelling at 60 miles per hour due west at 2 pm, with 250 people clinging to the outter chassis, and there is a camel walking due east at 6 miles per hour Paralell to the train track at 2:15, how many of the chassis riders wear American T-shirts and drink Coke? At what point does the track contract under the shadow of the camel to allow a McGoat meal to be digested by the lefthanded riders?

12-16-2002, 08:58 PM	#11
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	There is not enough information to solve either problem.

12-16-2002, 09:02 PM	#13
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	Cam. Did you look in the back of the textbook for the answers? I always wanted to use that , so here you go.

12-16-2002, 09:06 PM	#15
Cam dripping with ignorance Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grand Forks ND Posts: 642	Me no, that would be cheating, and against my standards. It's a simple matter of solving for the mass of the camels hump after 2 hours of walking. You plug that into (250X-3.443)/33 = Y and walla you have the answer to the first question. And the second question is just common sense. __________________ After the seventh beer I generally try and stay away from the keyboard, I apologize for what happens when I fail.

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