Uhhhhhhmmmmmm... The small town I came from had an adaptive control system since roughly 2006, with green wave programming on major thoroughfares.
This info here may be slightly out of date, but here you go: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_light_control_and_coordination On Aug 10, 2016 6:39 AM, "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, re-reading, you meant regular traffic control, not air traffic control > (which is what the thread was about). > > Most of the same applies. Most lights are independent from the rest of the > system. There's no ability for the system to adjust timing based on system > demand. Those systems exist, but they're not deployed (or properly > configured if they are) most places. > > Most traffic lights default to flashing red after a power outage. This is > singly one of the most retarded things they could do. When the power comes > back on, just do what you were already doing. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Josh Luthman" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Tuesday, August 9, 2016 9:47:24 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT Delta failure > > So what makes traffic lights not efficient? > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 10:37 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> You can still make a fire rubbing two sticks together, and that will work >> forever. >> >> It's not efficient though. >> >> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 9:22 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> You put up a light/module and it runs 24/7 for decades. Sounds pretty >>> efficient to me. >>> >>> >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 10:16 PM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> It's a mess, inefficient amazing it still works? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- >>>> Mike Hammett >>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >>>> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >>>> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >>>> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >>>> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >>>> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >>>> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >>>> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >>>> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >>>> >>>> >>>> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *From: *"Josh Luthman" <[email protected]> >>>> *To: *[email protected] >>>> *Sent: *Tuesday, August 9, 2016 9:15:39 PM >>>> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT Delta failure >>>> >>>> Legacy isn't always bad. Look at traffic control. >>>> >>>> Josh Luthman >>>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>>> 1100 Wayne St >>>> Suite 1337 >>>> Troy, OH 45373 >>>> >>>> On Aug 9, 2016 10:12 PM, "Cameron Crum" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have a good buddy who has been a air traffic controller for many >>>>> years. He was one of four guys brought into Baton Rouge after Katrina to >>>>> work 18-20 hours for a month straight. He says you done't even want to >>>>> know >>>>> about the "legacy" equipment in ATC. >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 9:01 PM, Jaime Solorza < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Opps... There we go.. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 9, 2016 8:00 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Salud a todos.... "Yanquis go home, gringas come here, ajuaaa!! " >>>>>>> Rancho El Pino, Bustillos, Chihuahua.... 1966. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Aug 9, 2016 6:12 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Airlines fly around clouds. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *From:* Travis Johnson <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 09, 2016 6:32 PM >>>>>>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Delta failure >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> They keep all their servers in the same central location?? You >>>>>>>> would think someone the size of Delta would know better. They should >>>>>>>> look >>>>>>>> into this new thing called "the cloud"... I've heard it's an >>>>>>>> up-and-coming >>>>>>>> new technology that might really help them. LOL >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Travis >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 8/9/2016 5:18 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> “According to the flight captain of JFK-SLC this morning, a routine >>>>>>>> scheduled switch to the backup generator this morning at 2:30am caused >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> fire that destroyed both the backup and the primary. Firefighters took >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> while to extinguish the fire. Power is now back up and 400 out of the >>>>>>>> 500 >>>>>>>> servers rebooted, still waiting for the last 100 to have the whole >>>>>>>> system >>>>>>>> fully functional” >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Many running on XP I am told. “Server has been up for 6.3 years, >>>>>>>> never reboot this server...” >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > >
