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People have been performing stunts for attention for hundreds of years. Technology made it faster and easier to gain an audience.All wanting their million views on tiktok.
People have been performing stunts for attention for hundreds of years. Technology made it faster and easier to gain an audience.All wanting their million views on tiktok.
And we could ague that is also lowered the threshold for 'entertainment'....People have been performing stunts for attention for hundreds of years. Technology made it faster and easier to gain an audience.
A couple of years ago we visited the Grand Canyon, and stopped at the overlooks to admire the view. There were a couple of tourist groups on busses, comprised of young adult Asian people, touring at the same time.
There were several times, that we observed several of them climb over the safety rails, onto frightening ledges, to get a photo of themselves there.
I assumed it was the trending thing to show how brave and stupid you can be, to the friends back home, in whatever country they were from.
Many countries have electric trains where AC from the power grid (about 15 kV) is delivered to a moving train via bare wires suspended above the tracks. The locomotive has a device called a pantograph to make contact with the wires and accomodate for varying height.
If they let people ride on top of the train there will be locals selling guide books to where all the bridges and tunnels are.
A couple of years ago we visited the Grand Canyon, and stopped at the overlooks to admire the view. There were a couple of tourist groups on busses, comprised of young adult Asian people, touring at the same time.
There were several times, that we observed several of them climb over the safety rails, onto frightening ledges, to get a photo of themselves there.
I assumed it was the trending thing to show how brave and stupid you can be, to the friends back home, in whatever country they were from.
The local electric bus drivers refer to the current collector as "overhead" as in "The overhead just fell off." It's a much simplified version of the pantograph found on an E-locomotive. The name pantograph is shared with the drawing/ copying instrument that was used before the invention of the mimeograph and the photocopier.Many countries have electric trains where AC from the power grid (about 15 kV) is delivered to a moving train via bare wires suspended above the tracks. The locomotive has a device called a pantograph to make contact with the wires and accomodate for varying height.
Always look forward!If they let people ride on top of the train there will be locals selling guide books to where all the bridges and tunnels are.
The local electric bus drivers refer to the current collector as "overhead" as in "The overhead just fell off." It's a much simplified version of the pantograph found on an E-locomotive. The name pantograph is shared with the drawing/ copying instrument that was used before the invention of the mimeograph and the photocopier.
Was the bush harmed?
I was only talking about the design of the pickup mechanism that is named after the pentagraph and which is much simplified on buses and trams. It's merely a pole with a U-shaped pickup that fallows the overhead until it pops out.Buses need two lines though. In San Francisco, MUNI runs on/off of them with batteries. I'm guessing they're also charging the batteries while connected to the lines. The 30 Stockton runs all the way to the Presidio where there are no lines.
I was only talking about the design of the pickup mechanism that is named after the pentagraph and which is much simplified on buses and trams. It's merely a pole with a U-shaped pickup that fallows the overhead until it pops out.
Sure but idiocy and circumstance can overcome 18" without any problem.Sure. But two overhead lines spaced about 18" apart and avoiding them crossing is way harder than a single overhead line where the rails are part of the electrical connection.
Sure but idiocy and circumstance can overcome 18" without any problem.
I blame lawyersThe worst thing that ever happened to humanity was when we conquered natural selection
I've said this before. I used to joke that striving to make things more 'idiot proof' will drive the evolution of a better idiot. Doesn't seem as funny anymore...The worst thing that ever happened to humanity was when we conquered natural selection