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  1. Anyone recently been trying to watch YouTube videos, only to get a black screen instead? It's happened to me on Firefox over the past week or so.

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    2. peacemak3r

      peacemak3r

      Never had a problem like that.

    3. Harry

      Harry

      Firefox 23.0.1 and everything is fine here. Chrome 29.0.1547.62 m and everything is fine here.

    4. B35 via Church

      B35 via Church

      I'm on firefox... I don't have that problem with YT videos either....

  2. NOT a fan of raising the minimum wage to $9.25 per hour. A fan of raising the minimum wage to $20 per hour.

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    2. BM5 via Woodhaven

      BM5 via Woodhaven

      I would settle to raise the minimum wage to $10.00 at best for now

    3. B35 via Church

      B35 via Church

      You think unemployment is high now, outsourcing is at a high, & that some workers have an array of duties that have jack squat to do with the position they're getting paid for now....

       

      ...haha, raise minimum wage to some $10-20 bucks an hour !

    4. MHV9218
  3. www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/topic/42225-french-anti-gay-hashtag-sparks-lawsuit-against-twitter-in-france/ <--- If you remember my comments for the LGBT in response to California's legislature banning reparative therapies, this wouldn't come as a surprise.

  4. Back home from BronyCon! Had a wonderful time! :D

  5. Heading off to BronyCon tomorrow! Anyone who's going, you may see me there. ^__^

  6. Never use audence as an excuse for the product. Any product worth its time trats all audiences into account, including ones you don't market or target.

  7. I believe the n45 and n51 really are needed. We have people coming from all over, in, and out of Nassau (including Bellmore, Merrick, and the areas both routes cover heading to and fro NCC and Roosevelt Field), and it's that college where NICE can rack up plenty of revenue. In the current routing, only a part of NCC is covered. The revision allows these passengers to get on and off at more major points around the campus. The more the bus meanders around the campus, the more passengers and the more choices. For people whose lifelines are the n45 and n51, it may be one less transfer for them, too.
  8. Now with the Supreme Court ruling on DOMA and Proposition 8, until further notice, a new avatar's in order. *points at my logo*

    1. 4P3607

      4P3607

      I forgot the old one...

    2. RTS CNG Command

      RTS CNG Command

      My old avatar was the red equal sign symbol to support same-sex marriage.

  9. Astoria Line is right. This route isn't a good idea at all. 1. The route is just way too long. You have the bus's terminals at both LIC and the Ridgewood terminal. With all of the weaving the bus will have to go to and fro both terminals, this adds a lot of time for the bus. You can literally spend over an hour on only a portion because of all of the traffic in and out of the bus and the constant weaving. 2. There are so several areas where the bus can get jammed in not only traffic, but high overcapacity of passengers, too. a. Woodhaven Boulevard has extremely heavy traffic, and it's extremely common for cars, trucks, and buses to do nothing except crawl down the street. Don't let the estimated time on Google Maps fool you. You could spend a long time on Woodhaven Boulevard, especially at busy intersections and the area where buses turn onto the Long Island Expressway. On a limited, you can cut the time down, but on a local, you can really be up a creek without a paddle. b. I'm not as familiar with Broadway and some others here (especially the portion west of the 74th Street station), but even that street gets heavy with traffic. On the Q53, that bus can literally crawl and get stuck at various intersections due to its size and weaving. c. And then there's Hoffman Drive, which can be a literal hellhole. I've been there a lot, and it's not uncommon for buses to get crammed in that small street, extremely full to the point where not all of the passengers can get on, and sometimes stuck because of all the cars and trucks waiting to get onto Woodhaven Boulevard. Schooldays during the PM rush hour is where buses get hit the worst. The Q53 is long enough already, and it gets constantly stuck in traffic on both ends. The same goes for the Q52, and it doesn't even go to Jackson Heights. Extend either to Astoria, and you can turn that bus route into one congested pain in the ass.
  10. I'm not at all surprised. When the tower posed a huge danger to the people in and around Luna Park, it was only a matter of time before it was gone.
  11. BronyCon 2013 trip official! :D

    1. CDTA

      CDTA

      :D I'll see ya there!
  12. Busfanned all day, and I'm back home! *whew* (Spotted 9871 on the Q53 and 9849 NIS heading south, BTW!)

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    3. RTS CNG Command

      RTS CNG Command

      Didn't get any shots of 9849, however, because it sped ahead while I was on the Q52.

    4. Turbo19

      Turbo19

      All good man. I can't wait dude!

  13. Something tells me the Brooklyn map won't be updated until September when the B67 extension and B32 are included.

  14. >tapping my foot, waiting for the Brooklyn map to be updated

    1. BreeddekalbL

      BreeddekalbL

      and the bronx...

       

  15. Anyone here planning to try the B84?

    1. BM5 via Woodhaven

      BM5 via Woodhaven

      Well I just did, lol...

  16. Do you think it's possible for the Bx46's north terminal to be revised? Like, instead of Westchester Avenue, maybe the Hunts Point Avenue Station instead? Here's the picture of reference (the old Barretto shuttle):
  17. I never rode that route, and I could tell how poor the Bx46 has performed just by the pictures and videos. These buses just look empty. If you were in charge of revising the Bx46, how would you do it? For me, I'd make the bus service more frequent to start. I never used the QM16, but I took the Manhattan-bound QM15. It was rather interesting seeing that bus maneuver in the Woodhaven Boulevard traffic onto the freeway. But one Manhattan-bound from Queens scene never gets old: the Manhattan skyline either at sunset or at night.
  18. A little surprised this forum hasn't discussed DOMA bring struck down and Prop 8 being dismissed.

    1. Turbo19

      Turbo19

      Speaking for myself, before I post anything that controversial I weigh the benefits and the negatives.

       

      Personally I was looking to publish an article, but it slipped my mind. By all means post a topic if you'd like to discuss the matter.

    2. B35 via Church

      B35 via Church

      I don't have much of an opinion on it.....

  19. I'm thinking of creating a game where realistic bus routes would be thought up of and laid out on an MTA-style map, starting with one of the five boroughs and later expanded outward. The only catch: You can't use an existing route unless there's a noticeable change.

    1. B35 via Church

      B35 via Church

      sounds like it would be fun... also sounds mad hard to actually implement...

  20. Back from fanning Nassau. I have a lot of good stuff! Now to be less lazy and actually upload them.
  21. Back from Nassau fanning. A lot of great stuff today.

    1. User

      User

      You went out there again?!

    2. RTS CNG Command

      RTS CNG Command

      Yup, but I got everything I needed early in the morning (within the first twenty minutes of my trip), so I spent the rest of the day relaxing and concentrating on my shots.

       

      Locations today were Hicksville, Levittown, Hempstead, Mineola, Roosevelt Field, Glen Cove, and Rockville Centre.

       

      I thought about stopping in Freeport or Manorhaven, too, but I had no time today.

  22. One step closer to confirming my BronyCon ticket. ^^

  23. I have no idea why, either. The MTA has done this for a long time (back when the MTA replaced the serif numbered font with the condensed Helvetica typeface in the mid-1990s). Then to make it worse, the condensed Helvetica numbers are often poorly aligned and kerned. Even when I was a young kid, it's something that always annoyed me, because it makes the bus's presentations look very sloppy. — And on a different subject, the Queens Bus Map and schedule have been updated! Three changes with the map: 1. The past Howard Beach and are back in service. 2. The shuttle and are no longer on the map. 3. Part-time, summer-only service for the Q22 and Q35 are added. These two routes enter Jacob Riis Park during the summer only, and there's a small caption underneath the part-time symbols.
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