[ale] LUG at GT Meeting - 2010.10.06 - Video Encoding

[Tom Freeman]

You know - if a campus is a "couple miles" across, and the
powers that be want people to access it, the powers that be
really need to consider a jitney/shuttle bus/automated bumper car
service for those with largish loads etc. I really am all for
people walking to and from, but after 20 minutes mechanical
assistance is appreciated when in a hurry!

On Mon, 4 Oct 2010, Jerald Sheets wrote:

> Same thing is happening at LSU.  They're closing the center of the
> campus (there's a huge ring around the middle of the quad-area that
> is now completely closed off) and forcing in their "master plan"
> for it to become an all-walking campus.
> 
> For a campus that's a couple miles from end-to-end, that's a little
> odd to me.
> 
> --jms
> 
> 
> On Oct 4, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> 
> 
>
>       On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Ryan Curtin
>       <ryan at igglybob.com> wrote:
>
>             And yes, it should be noted that while I
>             did say "the parking situation
>             at Tech has never been easy" I meant maybe
>             in the last ten or fifteen
>             years.
> 
> Ryan
> 
> The parking sucked in 1980 when I first attended GT. Then
> they build "the flood lot" under the tennis courts and the
> first heavy rain drowned 40 cars on the bottom floor. Parking
> pass then was around $20/quarter.
> 
> "Walking campuses" are the current craze in college planning.
> They do leave access roads for delivery and police but want
> all else closed. Then they wonder why the big meetings get
> held off campus.
> 
> At least Tech has the buses.
> 
> --
> --
> James P. Kinney III
> I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk
> effortlessly in chains.
> 
> 
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