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There are three separate conveyor systems-- one for smalls (envelopes), one for parcels (boxes), and one for irregulars. Factor in the complexities with the phy
by joshwa 18y ago
There are three separate conveyor systems-- one for smalls (envelopes), one for parcels (boxes), and one for irregulars. Factor in the complexities with the physical layout (branching), any data cleaning that has to take place (mislabels, etc), the need for queuing/caching when planes are delayed, etc, differing priorities for sorting/routing, and it starts to look like a pretty complex system.
- eru 18y agoI guess your explanation is better informed than mine.
- eru 18y agoI wonder why my innocent, self-deprecating, and not-all-that-interesting comment got modded down and back up to zero so often.
- pg 18y agoThere are starting to be a significant number of users with a hair trigger for downmodding comments. Dealing with this is one of my top priorities for the site at the moment.
- eru 18y agoWar behind the scenes. I was just wondering. I could have lived with a simple downmod - but this turns out to be more interesting (if annoying to you). (I should have done those statistics (and a few more) about news.yc I was talking about some time ago.)