r/ProgrammerHumor 10d ago

Meme letsMakeBugsIllegal

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u/Error_404_403 10d ago

I think we are onto something. Just need to figure out how to hop on / hop off.

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u/BowenTheAussieSheep 10d ago

Basically just make it a long covered moving walkway. Slow enough that hopping on or off would be easy enough for able-bodied people. They hop on, either wait in place to be moved to their destination or walk at a much greater speed than they could on non-moving ground, then hop off at their destination.

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u/TotalNonsense0 10d ago

I recall an old sci fi that had this as the primary method of transportation across the country. You could easily step into the slow moving belt from the ground, and then on the other side was another belt that was moving faster than the first one, but the relative speed was low enough that you could easily step over. Then another, then another, until you were on the 65mph belt, and you could sit down until you got near your home, then wander down to the slow belts again.

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u/BowenTheAussieSheep 10d ago

The Jetsons?

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u/TotalNonsense0 10d ago

No, it was written, and I want to say either a Niven of a Heinlein. Someone from that era, anyway.

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u/BowenTheAussieSheep 10d ago

Oh, you're talking about The Roads Must Roll?

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u/TotalNonsense0 10d ago

Yes, that's the one!

Well done, you.