Comments on: The Daily Dig: Runaway Train Edition

By: Matthew Pennington

Matthew Pennington — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:24:15 +0000

A femtosecond’s pretty short. 10^-15 if I’m not mistaken. And I’m never mistaken when it comes to unit factor prefixes.

That story reminded me of this one.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-metra-derail-23-oct23,0,2928352.story

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:56:19 +0000

Well, GM was probably pretty inventory-heavy anyway, and I’m sure they have insurance, so…

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:44:48 +0000

Chicago had a four-fold increase in the cost of parking *rates* not *tickets*.

By: Dallas

Dallas — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:09:34 +0000

“What happens when you unhook a set of train cars on a hill, and forget to put on the brakes? Better yet, what happens when there’s a lot full of brand-new cars sitting at the bottom of that hill?”

A: You reach your companies liability deductible in under 3 femtoseconds.