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Re:Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Becomes Reality as Agreements Secur... by mikeash on Monday June 08, 2015 @10:52AM (#9679430)
So what? France has an extensive high-speed rail network which even a cursory glance would reveal if one wasn't already aware.
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Re:Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Becomes Reality as Agreements Secur... by IanCal on Monday June 08, 2015 @11:01AM (#9679509)
People seemed to be talking rather angrily at each other without actually reading what they said.

> So what?

Call me old fashioned, but I think it's worth responding to what's actually been said.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Becomes Reality as Agreements Secur... by mikeash on Monday June 08, 2015 @11:07AM (#9679548)
What was said up there was that the longest high-speed rail link in France is 106km long. This is obviously absurd and wrong, which even the most cursory investigation would reveal.

What did I fail to read, exactly? Is it that seszett didn't explicitly specify "high speed" in that one sentence? As I said in my reply, so what? The overall point, that the 106km figure is ridiculous, stands regardless.

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