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.gov to Monitor Bus Conversations
« on: December 11, 2012, 11:26:10 PM »
Well, my avoidance of public transportation seems to be looking like a better and better philosophy:

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-plans-audio-surveillance-on-buses-2012-12
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Re: .gov to Monitor Bus Conversations
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2012, 11:33:37 PM »
Here's to you Mister Orwell, a man before your time. Cheers.
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« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2012, 12:22:22 AM »
This actually tempts me to spend time on public buses, discussing possible terrorist targets and how they might be attacked...
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Re: .gov to Monitor Bus Conversations
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2012, 02:52:26 AM »
Quote from: Strings on December 12, 2012, 12:22:22 AM
This actually tempts me to spend time on public buses, discussing possible terrorist targets and how they might be attacked...

Do you mind if I have pretend cell phone calls with you about this?  The lulz when THEY put the two conversations together ought to be awesome.

The only drawback I see to this plan is that I'd have to actually get on a public transit bus.  That means waiting an hour or more so I can catch the bus that supposedly runs every 40 minutes.  And the wait times if I transfer from one route to another are just as bad, if not worse.

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Re: .gov to Monitor Bus Conversations
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2012, 03:06:55 AM »
I was thinking more of spending a day, going from bus to bus. Maybe talking on the phone about terrorist attacks... and have a "working manuscript" on a sterile laptop for a novel which features such an attack...
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Re: .gov to Monitor Bus Conversations
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2012, 06:39:26 AM »
This will not work out well for them.  The conversations/soliloquys that they hear will rot their minds and drive them crazy.

How I wish that I could transcribe some of the everyday *expletive deleted*it that I hear for you all....
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Re: .gov to Monitor Bus Conversations
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2012, 07:31:22 AM »
Over 300 buses in San Fran alone.  Limit this to the big 20 cities, and you're  talking 6,000+ cameras to monitor.  And on public buses...not too often I say this but I feel sorry for the low level types stuck  having to watch/listen to all of that feed.  Oh  what they will hear...
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« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2012, 09:08:19 AM »
It's been well over 30 years since I last "enjoyed" US public transportation. Do buses still smell bad?
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Re: .gov to Monitor Bus Conversations
« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2012, 10:43:52 AM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on December 12, 2012, 09:08:19 AM
It's been well over 30 years since I last "enjoyed" US public transportation. Do buses still smell bad?

No.  It's most of the people on the buses that stink, not the buses.  ;)
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Re: .gov to Monitor Bus Conversations
« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2012, 12:12:04 PM »
Yep, that's exactly what they have to have.   Smell-O-Vision !!!


And yes, I've taken the bus a couple of times while downtown.  Just listening to the conversations will suck IQ points right out through your ears.
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« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2012, 01:14:03 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on December 12, 2012, 12:12:04 PM
Yep, that's exactly what they to have.   Smell-O-Vision !!!


And yes, I've taken the bus a couple of times while downtown.  Just listening to the conversations will suck IQ points right out through your ears.

When I've rode the bus I've learned quickly the value of keeping my ipod running.
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« Reply #11 on: December 12, 2012, 02:49:54 PM »
Gotta wear this t-shirt aytime you're on a bus.
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« Reply #13 on: December 12, 2012, 04:27:29 PM »
Quote from: Chris on December 12, 2012, 07:31:22 AM
Over 300 buses in San Fran alone.  Limit this to the big 20 cities, and you're  talking 6,000+ cameras to monitor.  And on public buses...not too often I say this but I feel sorry for the low level types stuck  having to watch/listen to all of that feed.  Oh  what they will hear...

You miss the point. 

It's not about feasibility.  It's about precedent.



Sigh.  I hate buses.

I'm thinking about a petition drive here in AZ to prohibit buses from stopping at that annoying place 50 feet past a stoplight-controlled intersection where they don't have a bus cutout for the stop there.  It always causes accidents and traffic jams.  It'd be nice if everyone in AZ collectively said via referendum:

1. No bus stops, without cutouts that remove the bus from interfering with the flow of traffic, within 100 feet of intersections with stoplights.
2. No public funds to pay for requisite cutouts or refurbishment of routes to comply with the law.

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