Fighting the machine...

[threaded]

Isn't that a plan b?

Can it be automated?

I'm sure there's a market.


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Yeah, he was called Thomas Cook. You might of heard of him.

[Tingles]

Yeah, he was called Thomas Cook. You might of heard of him.

He's dead now - not sure how good he was at online businesses?

[cojak]

Yes. But I've only to change seats once on the longest leg. So Peterborough to Newcastle - change seat - then to Edinburgh. But usually after the Newcastle the train is near empty so I'll probably not have to move.

Ah, but could you be accused of legalised fare dodging?

[RichardCranium]

Edit: * What ScooterScot did is kosher. See NF's link below. *

Ah, but could you be accused of legalised fare dodging?

Probably. Stinky linky:

Break of journey

You may not start, break and resume, or end your journey at any intermediate station except to change to/from connecting trains as shown on the ticket(s) or other valid travel itinerary.

They could legimately claim that "ScooterScot failed to change to a connecting train at each intermediate station".

[Doggy Styles]

Probably. Stinky linky:

They could legimately claim that "ScooterScot failed to change to a connecting train at each intermediate station".

If this takes off I foresee trains pulling into a station, and dozens of people getting off then straight back on again.

[scooterscot]

Probably. Stinky linky:

They could legimately claim that "ScooterScot failed to change to a connecting train at each intermediate station".

That's just nuts. It's the same train?!!


As for a plan B - I can't be ar£$D it took me 3 hours to suss out one route alone, how many possible journeys are there in the UK???

[threaded]

That's just nuts. It's the same train?!!


As for a plan B - I can't be ar£$D it took me 3 hours to suss out one route alone, how many possible journeys are there in the UK???

Or you could write a small perl script and let it do it for you.

It's this new thing called programming.

Apparently, well, what I was reading over on slashdot a guy taught this novice how to functional program in minutes.

So a script will be dead easy.

[cojak]

If this takes off I foresee trains pulling into a station, and dozens of people getting off then straight back on again.

That's what I would do. Get onto another carriage...

[threaded]

That's what I would do. Get onto another carriage...

They do that over here. Them that are really good at it, don't even need a ticket!

[RichardCranium]

Apparently, well, what I was reading over on slashdot a guy taught this novice how to functional program in minutes.

That source does not quite say minutes...

For example, I greatly enjoyed working with a high-school student, who learned F#. After a few days she was accurately modifying a solar system simulator, despite the fact she’d never programmed before.

But I would hope any reasonably intelligent, logically-minded student to pick up the rudiments of a simple functional language in a just a couple of hours, if being taught by a good teacher.