Eric B Posted January 25, 2009 Share #1 Posted January 25, 2009 Nice! Myrtle/Bway. Platform only. Was surprised. No idea when it would be on. It seemed the black plastic bag had been pulled down from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted January 25, 2009 Share #2 Posted January 25, 2009 Can't see it. EDIT: Now I see it. What is it? CBTC-type thingy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted January 25, 2009 Share #3 Posted January 25, 2009 Nice catch!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
via White Plains Road Posted January 25, 2009 Share #4 Posted January 25, 2009 Wonderful catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted January 25, 2009 Share #5 Posted January 25, 2009 Um, sorry if this is a dumb question, what is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
error46146 Posted January 25, 2009 Share #6 Posted January 25, 2009 Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5G77a Safari/525.20) Hmm wonder how long until that gets a BSOD =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Julio Posted January 25, 2009 Share #7 Posted January 25, 2009 Can't see it. EDIT: Now I see it. What is it? CBTC-type thingy? Um, sorry if this is a dumb question, what is it? It's a train tracker for the public. It shows you how far the train is from the station you are at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maserati7200 Posted January 25, 2009 Share #8 Posted January 25, 2009 Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5G77a Safari/525.20) Hmm wonder how long until that gets a BSOD =P lol! F*ucking Windows 98! hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted January 25, 2009 Share #9 Posted January 25, 2009 Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol! F*ucking Windows 98! hahahaha Oh come on, the MTA could afford a train tracker, yet it would not spend money for a XP or VISTA for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3348 Posted January 25, 2009 Share #10 Posted January 25, 2009 Great find! I was wondering when they would get these to be working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTrainExp Posted January 26, 2009 Share #11 Posted January 26, 2009 Looks like MTA is really trying to revolutionize the . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grenavitar Posted January 26, 2009 Share #12 Posted January 26, 2009 That's beautiful... as long as it is accurate. I know where I am in Bordeaux you'll have 7 minutes... and then in 3 minutes it goes down to 6 minutes and then you skip two minutes and it ends up being a 9 minute wait or something. But, by showing where the train is that's nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYtransit Posted January 27, 2009 Share #13 Posted January 27, 2009 Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5G77a Safari/525.20) Hmm wonder how long until that gets a BSOD =P you have no faith in these things,lol. as if microsoft made these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share #14 Posted January 27, 2009 Today, from a distance, it looked like it was wrapped back up. Probably still in testing phase, though it seemed accurate, as the Manhattan bound train was coming in then. It's supposed to be real-time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave160 Posted January 27, 2009 Share #15 Posted January 27, 2009 Nice catch. I wonder what would be better for it. Windows or Mac. Mac would probably be un-compatible with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted January 27, 2009 Share #16 Posted January 27, 2009 lol! F*ucking Windows 98! hahahaha South Park movie reference? I hope so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipaclansite Posted January 27, 2009 Share #17 Posted January 27, 2009 They're supposed to use Linux, but apparently most of the MTA appears to be computer incompetent anyway. Linux provides them with a cheap platform to develop on, in addition to being secure, unlike Windows. The top government agencies use Linux why doesn't the MTA use it? As for the train tracker itself, What do the red trains stand for? I couldn't quite see it I'm guessing it means stopped train or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
error46146 Posted January 27, 2009 Share #18 Posted January 27, 2009 isn't linux free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 27, 2009 Share #19 Posted January 27, 2009 Yeah, I don't see why it running Windows is such a big problem... To those of you who say Windows is insecure...maybe you're an idiot and don't know how to properly configure a system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted January 27, 2009 Share #20 Posted January 27, 2009 lol! F*cking Windows 98! hahahaha Do not bypass the characters to replace censored words. They are there for a reason. Use your head bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Julio Posted January 27, 2009 Share #21 Posted January 27, 2009 To those of you who say Windows is insecure...maybe you're an idiot and don't know how to properly configure a system? Amen my brother! Amen!! I run windows without any AVG and only my router firewall and my motherboard firewall, why? because I know what I'm doing. I keep my ports closed unless I need to use them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted January 28, 2009 Share #22 Posted January 28, 2009 Today, from a distance, it looked like it was wrapped back up. Probably still in testping phase, though it seemed accurate, as the Manhattan bound train was coming in then. It's supposed to be real-time. As for the train tracker itself, What do the red trains stand for? I couldn't quite see it I'm guessing it means stopped train or something Green-Revenue service train running normally Red-Revenue service train being held Yellow-Work train/non-revenue service train. The display should refresh every 15 seconds. I love how it tracks work trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share #23 Posted January 28, 2009 They're supposed to use Linux, but apparently most of the MTA appears to be computer incompetent anyway. Linux provides them with a cheap platform to develop on, in addition to being secure, unlike Windows. The top government agencies use Linux why doesn't the MTA use it? As for the train tracker itself, What do the red trains stand for? I couldn't quite see it B) I'm guessing it means stopped train or something Probably out of service. See; they also have another one you can barely make out: 'work train'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted January 28, 2009 Share #24 Posted January 28, 2009 Green-Revenue service train running normallyRed-Revenue service train being held Yellow-Work train/non-revenue service train. The display should refresh every 15 seconds. I love how it tracks work trains. Yeah they should flash the words WORK TRAIN on there constantly when it is so that passengers do not get excited when they see something moving towards their station only to look down the tunnel, see the low lights of a diesel and hear the horn blaring and then become pissed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share #25 Posted February 5, 2009 So apparently they've unwrapped these to the public today. They were in the news just now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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