Comments for FORTH GO http://www.forthgo.com/blog Code and Recreations of Xan Gregg Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:29:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Marginal Cost of Driving by Ann Maria http://www.forthgo.com/blog/2007/05/24/marginal-cost-of-driving/comment-page-1/#comment-8091 Ann Maria Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:29:54 +0000 http://www.forthgo.com/blog/2007/05/24/marginal-cost-of-driving/#comment-8091 Thanks so much for this. Exactly the analysis I was looking for. The bottom line is that is that driving from WI to DC is almost twice as expensive as taking the train, even with the actual price of gas without externalities. The train takes about 4-5 hours longer. Thanks so much for this. Exactly the analysis I was looking for. The bottom line is that is that driving from WI to DC is almost twice as expensive as taking the train, even with the actual price of gas without externalities. The train takes about 4-5 hours longer.

]]> Comment on 18 Days of Tie-Dye by Holly Olmsted-Hickey http://www.forthgo.com/blog/2011/07/24/18-days-of-tie-dye/comment-page-1/#comment-7886 Holly Olmsted-Hickey Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:46:32 +0000 http://www.forthgo.com/blog/?p=487#comment-7886 Xan, if you do the tie-dye pants, the fashion statement cannot be completed without a tie-dye hat. You could do a mix & match (well, okay, maybe just mix & mix some more) ensemble. Xan, if you do the tie-dye pants, the fashion statement cannot be completed without a tie-dye hat. You could do a mix & match (well, okay, maybe just mix & mix some more) ensemble.

]]> Comment on Marginal Cost of Driving by xan http://www.forthgo.com/blog/2007/05/24/marginal-cost-of-driving/comment-page-1/#comment-7832 xan Sat, 30 Jul 2011 13:06:53 +0000 http://www.forthgo.com/blog/2007/05/24/marginal-cost-of-driving/#comment-7832 Thanks. It's always better to have actual data. I think the Passat has a bad quality record, so hopefully that number is on the high side of the range. Thanks. It’s always better to have actual data. I think the Passat has a bad quality record, so hopefully that number is on the high side of the range.

]]> Comment on Marginal Cost of Driving by Michael http://www.forthgo.com/blog/2007/05/24/marginal-cost-of-driving/comment-page-1/#comment-7831 Michael Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:15:10 +0000 http://www.forthgo.com/blog/2007/05/24/marginal-cost-of-driving/#comment-7831 I was looking for something like this and hit this site. I like the analysis. But I think the maintenance cost is underestimated. I actually recorded all repair and maintenance for two cars for multiple years. A lightly driven Nissan Xterra (7yr 36K mi), the per mile cost is 5.8c. (This is from 0 miles.) On an older car (2001 Passat), I tracked 8 years, from 40K to 100K mi. The average is 16.8c/mi. For sure, the marginal cost is highly variable and is a function of many things. But 2c/mi is very optimistic. I was looking for something like this and hit this site. I like the analysis. But I think the maintenance cost is underestimated. I actually recorded all repair and maintenance for two cars for multiple years. A lightly driven Nissan Xterra (7yr 36K mi), the per mile cost is 5.8c. (This is from 0 miles.) On an older car (2001 Passat), I tracked 8 years, from 40K to 100K mi. The average is 16.8c/mi.

For sure, the marginal cost is highly variable and is a function of many things. But 2c/mi is very optimistic.

]]> Comment on 18 Days of Tie-Dye by xan http://www.forthgo.com/blog/2011/07/24/18-days-of-tie-dye/comment-page-1/#comment-7823 xan Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:38:56 +0000 http://www.forthgo.com/blog/?p=487#comment-7823 Hadn't thought of that. Looks like Home Depot has white cotton painter's pants... Hadn’t thought of that. Looks like Home Depot has white cotton painter’s pants…

]]> Comment on 18 Days of Tie-Dye by Joe http://www.forthgo.com/blog/2011/07/24/18-days-of-tie-dye/comment-page-1/#comment-7822 Joe Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:05:13 +0000 http://www.forthgo.com/blog/?p=487#comment-7822 Nice. How about, for next year, matching tie-die pants? Nice. How about, for next year, matching tie-die pants?

]]> Comment on Google Code Jam 2011 Round 2 by CitizenWill http://www.forthgo.com/blog/2011/06/04/google-code-jam-2011-round-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7665 CitizenWill Sun, 05 Jun 2011 01:01:04 +0000 http://www.forthgo.com/blog/?p=483#comment-7665 That is awesome! It would take me 2 1/2 hours just to understand what they were asking. That is awesome! It would take me 2 1/2 hours just to understand what they were asking.

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