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- theblackgecko, on 10/12/2007, -1/+80Here's to low tech solutions.
- swanny89, on 10/12/2007, -3/+56Who else thought MacGuyver when they read the headline?
- Netmindstorm, on 10/12/2007, -3/+30Digg me as low as you might, but let's see a vegan come up with that solution....here's to beef and football
- Deuterium, on 10/12/2007, -8/+32Wait isn't blender spelled blenda in MA?
- intoflatlines, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24"McHale, 42, said he then noticed that a nearby butcher's head was about the same size as the air intake cover on the failing Orange Line motors."
For some reason, this line makes me laugh. I mean people usually don't see somebody and compare the size of their head to a part of an engine. - kp3469, on 10/12/2007, -6/+26''You don't run your blender in the bathtub," McHale said.
speak for yourself, chief ... - bairy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19That was untrue: http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
- stretch611, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20Its nice to see that the guy was actually recognized and promoted for his cost saving idea. And it happened in a public service job as well. It is so rare now to see a company praise someone like this who actually deserves it. You will also get "A Tip of the Hat" from Colbert...
- mightyb, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18You would think, BUT, these cars are designed to run UNDERGROUND most of the time...yet most run above ground...
- verticalmule, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16I'm an inter at the mbta, my co-workers know him. I'll let him know what diggers think of him.
- Deuterium, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17All animals deserve a place at God's table............. most right next to the gravy.
- mixrecords, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17Good thinking on his part! Whoever designed the motors in the first place should have taken snow into consideration. Thanks Tom for saving us Mass-holes a little cash!
- beejay, on 10/12/2007, -6/+19Haha, I thought he was a sandwich artist and avoided a lawsuit by not getting hair in my Steak Fajita Sub.
- turnlikeawheel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Remove the "tons of money" part in the headline, and you've got a truly Macgyver-esque headline.
- ryllharu, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17Always have to love the simple solutions.
Occam's Razor. - PabloIV, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17This is why vegetarians don't come up with these sorts of things.
- MikeSD34, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Sounds like a poor purchasing decision then
- tapo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10(Local commentary.)
Geez, you'd think if they saved this much money, they wouldn't have raised the fare to $1.70. - roastedbagel, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Awesome job, his promotion he's getting better be a big one at that!
- PhantomZmoove, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11You beat me to it. I'm surprised they even recognized him for it. Let alone rewarded him. Maybe he doesn't work for a bunch of jerks, a rarity today.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12I actually thought it was about a lawsuit dealing with hair falling into Subway sandwiches to be honest. But Dean Anderson did come to mind while reading the story.
"McHale, 42, said he then noticed that a nearby butcher's head was about the same size as the air intake cover on the failing Orange Line motors." Can't you just picture MacGuyver running over and asking the guy for his hat while the guy has a confused look? - Jozer99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8My guess is that the people who designed the motors were not the ones designing the air intakes, or the ones designing the trains. Thats usually how oversights like these pop up, everyone thinks its someone else's problem.
- ahhell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8The updated manual is hilarious!!
Just imagine a new employee being told to use a hair net. I'd be thinking, "Yeah right. You're just trying to jerk me around cause I'm new." - ByteGuerilla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"McHale, 42, said he then noticed that a nearby butcher's head was about the same size as the air intake cover on the failing Orange Line motors."
Yeah this happens to me all the time. Today I noticed my databases lecturer's wrist is exactly the same size as the muffler on the Dodge Charger, but I'm wondering what I can use that observation for. Answers on a postcard. - mzwaterski, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Yeah, but someone had to combine all the parts...That is the person to blame. Wait, there he is...get him!
- kacymartin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6That story is lame and I can't believe that anybody believes it. The US also used pencils in space but they left a mess in the cabin and the lead is conductive and the wood itself extremely flammable in a pure oxygen environment. So when it breaks and gets behind a panel you have a problem on your hands. BTW the pen was developed and created by a company without NASA support at all. NASA paid the 50 bucks per pen same as everyone else.
- clickwir, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Holy crap. Great for him, but that's pretty lame that he had to put an FILTER on an AIR INTAKE. It's so simple it should have been thought of by a 1st grader. It's just a FILTER ON A DAMN AIR INTAKE. There should have been one to begin with. It shouldn't have taken him or anyone who saw that intake more than 3 seconds to realize that should have A DAMN FILTER ON THE AIR INTAKE. One of the most basic designs of any engine.
- sporkwitch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5They'd fix more with Duct Tape ^_^
- cohortq, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6You mean colonel Jack O'Neal
- JimV, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'd agree about poor design...they ought to put a filter over the intake, and then put the end of the intake closer to the engine (for warmth) so it doesn't freeze over.
- mrops, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"Mac"Gyver --"Mc"Hale, Conincidence, i think not!
- Xinareiaz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Same here. I kept looking for refrences to "subway"
- sporkwitch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5No, that's still technically a hack. Hacking isn't just computers, and it's not just on the software end of things.
"hacking
Using something and change it, and make it do what you want with it.
Commonly used in the opensource communety becose every one can (re)use eatch other source code.
Confusing a computer program to give you access to that machine is also a hack. Doing this becose you want to test securety is a white hat
Intendedly useing a hack to take over that pc to do your bidding is a cracker or black hat.
Downloading hacks and try them to gain access to a computer with out knowing that it realy does is a script kiddy
putting linux on the nintendo DS is a good example of hacking.
the DS was not intended to do it but they made it do it."
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Likewise, those changes to hook a PSP up to a normal entertainment system and TV are referred to as hacks, even though it's primarily physical rewiring and such, it's still a hack. - silent, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4thats O'Neill. Two Ls.
(and its General now ;)) - altcountryman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4And they are pretty sweet pens t'boot.
- VorpalK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4That's exactly what I was thinking. that and "Jarred unavailable for comment"
- FlyboyP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4When you've got to rig up something like this just to make it work, I'd say the train engine was poorly designed in the first place.
I once flew on a Pan-Am flight from the UK that whistled around the emergency door - when the cold air started freezing the passengers the stewartess stuffed a blanket into the crack. Instead of giving her an award for ingenuity I think the airline should have invested more in maintenance. - Anechoic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Easier said then done: the traction motors are located under the train in the trucks (bogies for the Euro folks) between the axles. Because of the snow that gets kicked up when the train is moving, there's pretty much no way to locate the intake so that snow doesn't get in.
- Petrarch1603, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4When i saw the title, i thought it was about Subway the restaurant...and i was thinking, I sure hope they normally use hair-nets there anyways!
- skoles, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4If you've ever ridden some of the Boston subways a lot of problems are fixed with electrical tape.
- strictnein, on 10/12/2007, -9/+11I thought "Macgyver"
- raccettura, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Actually that's a myth. The problem with the pencil is the tip can break... and in 0g... that's a big problem (eye injury, inhaled, or short out electrical).
- miah, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Considering I ride the T daily I and get frustrated at the failing trains good job to him for making them work a little better. Unfortunately I have the belief that they used too many solutions like this because these trains fail *alot*, I live 7 miles from work it takes me an hour to take the MBTA.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4That's wicked pissa! And to think, if he bought his meat at the grocery store it never would have happened...........
- KYDS3K, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4i'm just wondering why there's no other material that will work as well as . . . a hair net?
i mean, really. - Vladek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2$126k is a ton of money. Ever watch the show Deal or No Deal?
- bytefoo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Wow, what an awesome hack. Cheers to that dude!
- legopacific, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Kudos to the one guy who figured this out. But you'd think the higher ups would get some clue when they send out a PO for 14 new motors every time it snows. The current fleet was built in 1981. 25 years to figure this out? Who's talking to the suppliers? Who's signing the checks? Have to wonder what would happen if the line was run by Fedex or Southwest Airlines.
- StealthTomato, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Naw, if it was about Subway, it'd be about laziness and poor food quality.
- jasqwerty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2LOL, as a train mechanic? God I'm in the wrong job.
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