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12 years ago @ Moonwolf's Lair - Infamous Viral 'Goblin... · 0 replies · +1 points

They're just Streisand-effecting themselves into looking like they have even more to hide - which I'm sure a prosecutor in Utah is gonna dig into if these smegheads ain't careful!

14 years ago @ Moonwolf's Lair - Contact Moonwolf · 0 replies · +1 points

Well hello there stranger ... first you sic Stig on me, and now come visit my site?! I iz happy :) Welcome to mine lair :)

14 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - GM Sarles Reacts to Wa... · 1 reply · +10 points

In WMATA speak, they get that 90% through "reconciling" the statistics.

14 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - GM Sarles Reacts to Wa... · 2 replies · +20 points

This is the problem with data and #WMATA

*IF* Sarles is right, *IF* bad data was used in the original article, it's not doing us, the PAX, any favors because it simply gives WMATA ammunition when asked about things - they can turn around and say "This is how inaccurate people are complaining about Metro".

It's about perception, and if we're going to make changes that benefit the PAX and the taxpayers, we have to avoid situations that give WMATA any sort of "out" claiming we're just ranting nonsense.

On the other hand, Sarles didn't say what "facts" WMATA provided that were ignored - where is that data located so we can check ourselves?

Also, he says the article used out of date information - does that mean the situation described in the article *did* exist at some point? When?

14 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - Lies or Incompetence? · 0 replies · +1 points

Easy solution, go follow @kytja on Twitter ... Not a Robo-Journo on WMATA by any stretch

14 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - Lies or Incompetence? · 0 replies · +2 points

“Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation. Stupidity is not a sin, the victim can't help being stupid. But stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.”

-- Lazarus Long

14 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - Dupont Project Hits Snag · 0 replies · +5 points

Isn't that a Capitol Crime? :)

14 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - If you Think Metro is ... · 0 replies · +1 points

MetroAccess vans have DriveCams, pointing inside and out.

I asked MetroAccess for a little more about it, and they responded that the cams are always recording but they don't *save* unless certain conditions occur (g-force from an accident, driver initiated).

My guess is that when something triggers the "save", it'll save the past x time before it was triggered and from then onwards until reset by a road supervisor or something.

It makes sense that a driver could refer back to a DriveCam's recording to back up their judgement that they needed to deviate from The Plan - there shouldn't be any reason why the DriveCams can't be used to protect/back-up the drivers as well as the passengers.

Just don't ask me if such a logical thing could be put into practice by MetroAccess :)

14 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - If you Think Metro is ... · 0 replies · +2 points

This is one place where policy and practice disconnect. Drivers are supposed to be able to use their best judgement in such things - but by *practice* it takes one very determined driver to deviate from the schedule and route and manifest handed down to them by The Computer™.

There *are* such drivers out there, but again it's back to institutional

14 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - If you Think Metro is ... · 0 replies · +4 points

We (DC Paratransit) have been asking WMATA to make the complaints/compliments process more transparent when it comes to MetroAccess - Trapeze, the software behind the operation, has a complaints module that plugs into the web that *could* let people keep track of their complaints as they're processed.

WMATA said no.

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