[nikonf4] Re: US -> India
- From: Koichi Mac <nikonf3tmd4@xxxxxxx>
- To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:26:30 -0800
Well, to Africa is pretty much a no-brainer to travel east from any
parts of the U.S. - even from HI. But, yes, traveling westward is easier in
human body.
Koichi Yasutani - a.k.a. Steve + MP
Lakewood, WA U.S.A.
2010 / 11 / 21 19:26 PST
On Nov 21, 2010, at 0716 , Eric Welch wrote:
> When I went to Africa, I went through New York. But to Asia I would always go
> west.
>
> On Nov 21, 2010, at 12:16 AM, Koichi Mac wrote:
>
>> So if the flight originates back east, then flying eastward is somewhat
>> closer. Makes me curious, but I don't have globe with me.
>>
>> On Nov 20, 2010, at 2244 , Eric Welch wrote:
>>
>>> From the West Coast, the shortest route (just barely) is from LAX to Hong
>>> Kong, to Bankok to Mumbai.
>>>
>>> On Nov 20, 2010, at 7:08 PM, Koichi Mac wrote:
>>>
>>>> When we fly to India from U.S., do we fly eastward? Or does it depend
>>>> on origin?
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 20, 2010, at 1556 , Eric Welch wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If you shop around, you can find flights to Mumbai for under $2,500. :-D
>>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 20, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Dave wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I did; just got back. It's restoring now. Lucky thing I didn'r have to
>>>>>> go to the Dell Genius Bar. Air India wanted over eight grand just to get
>>>>>> me there and back. There wasn't even a crowd at the GB; they called me
>>>>>> 25 minutes early, booted it from their network, and ran tests on the
>>>>>> main board, HD and memory. All worked fine. The problem was (by
>>>>>> elimination) corrupted data in the boot sector. It was probably the
>>>>>> result of doing a huge update to the OS over the wireless net. They
>>>>>> suggested using an Ethernet cable when doing updates.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dang! That couldn't happen to a PC, could it?
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