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Mick wrote: |
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> Since this is the gentoo-user mailing list I better explain that routing of |
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> parcels is performed so as to minimise journeys (hence fuel and driver costs) |
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> for the company, rather than minimise delivery time for the end customer. |
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> Usually they may delay a journey to make sure that the lorries always run full |
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> of goods back and forth. Service level agreements may mean that they will on |
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> occasion run less full than they would like to so as to not exceed maximum |
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> delivery timescales. |
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> I am led to believe that this is the case even when the goods are to be used |
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> on a PC running Gentoo Linux ... ;-) |
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I'm aware of the way they do things and it can even make it look weird. |
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Thing is, it went probably a thousand miles to end up across town if |
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even across town. For all I know, newegg and the Post Office could be |
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within blocks of each other. How they could argue that would be cost |
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efficient is beyond me. I could see one out of the way hop to their |
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main hub but with them, it appears that they have many main hubs. |
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I have to say tho, this is not just DHL. This is a package that is on |
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the way here now. This is so weird. lol |
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Memphis, TN, United States 02/18/2011 4:30 A.M. Departure Scan |
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02/18/2011 4:16 A.M. Arrival Scan |
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Louisville, KY, United States 02/18/2011 4:15 A.M. Departure Scan |
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Louisville, KY, United States 02/17/2011 11:55 P.M. Arrival Scan |
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DFW Airport, TX, United States 02/17/2011 9:13 P.M. Departure Scan |
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DFW Airport, TX, United States 02/16/2011 10:35 A.M. Arrival Scan |
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Newark, NJ, United States 02/16/2011 7:51 A.M. Departure Scan |
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02/16/2011 3:21 A.M. Arrival Scan |
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Secaucus, NJ, United States 02/16/2011 2:30 A.M. Departure Scan |
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Secaucus, NJ, United States 02/15/2011 10:14 P.M. Arrival Scan |
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Edison, NJ, United States 02/15/2011 9:29 P.M. Departure Scan |
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02/15/2011 6:54 P.M. Origin Scan |
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United States 02/15/2011 12:06 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS |
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It left the east coast area, went to Texas, went back to Kentucky, then |
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back to Memphis and is on the way here. Me, I would have put a |
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parachute on the thing and dropped it off at Kentucky when I flew over |
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it the first time. lol If they sort of flew to the right a bit, they |
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could have dropped it in Memphis. |
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Oh, It left Kentucky and was in Memphis in ONE MINUTE. If UPS has a |
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plane that fast, they bought the SR-71 or something. By my math, that's |
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moving about 20,000 miles a hour. O_O |
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My other package that went by DHL, no record of it being shipped yet. |
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I'll start worrying tomorrow I think. |
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With what I got ordered and sort of on the way, I'll be maxed out at |
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16Gbs and have a nice battery charger. The memory is for Gentoo Linux |
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and no idea if the charger has a OS at all. Heck, it may. There is a |
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guitar that runs Gentoo remember? |
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Weird days. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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