Re:Hyperloop
by toble on Monday August 12, 2013 @05:32PM
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I think one advantage of air travel is it's distracting. Busy flight attendants, announcements from pilots, plane moving to the runway, taking off... so there's less reason to concentrate on the lack of space while stuck in the seat.
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I'm sure the seatbacks would all have some net connected display for movies or actual computing.
Re:Hyperloop
by corwinstephen on Monday August 12, 2013 @06:58PM
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Are you? I wouldn't rule it out, but personally I think getting an outside signal into a sealed capsule which is moving so rapidly that it must use battery power rather than a physically connected power source seems more than trivial.
You can yak on your cellphone (or watch movies on your tablet) for the entire 35 minutes of this journey.
Nah, wifi would travel great in a long metal tube.
Re:Hyperloop
by corwinstephen on Friday August 16, 2013 @08:23PM
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For 300 miles? Or are you proposing spacing hubs out along the journey, in which case, wouldn't frequent reconnection be an issue?
Re:Hyperloop
by yaddayadda on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @02:26PM
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His proposal includes "entertainment displays", so there is some sort of built in distraction technology.
In this case it looks like you could have a great view.
What do you mean? Hyperloop capsules have no windows.