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Re: OpenBSD folklore and share/misc/airport

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Post by bqmjjx0kac »

brynet wrote: post #23
em500 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your reply doesn't seem to answer my question at all. I opened both links, searched for "airport" and "IATA" and nothing relevant came up.

Well then here's a few more keywords for you. 'jet-lag', 'travel'. Hackathons tentatively take place in airport lounges.

Non-sequitur?

I'm reading "hackathons may occur in airports, therefore OpenBSD should maintain a list of all airport codes."

Suppose the list didn't already exist, how would you justify adding it?

Re: OpenBSD folklore and share/misc/airport

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Post by RicardoLuis0 »

sophacles wrote: post #56
justusthane wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There seems to be a conflict here. The author of the linked article interprets the guideline, "New airports can only be added by OpenBSD developers who have visited an airport and thereby have verified its existence," as only requiring that you have been to the airport, not necessarily having flown from: > Once again, the more astute reader will not have missed the fact that the rules do not stipulate any flying requ…

I don't see a requirement that the OpenBSD developer needs to have flown into the railway station. Just that someone survived landing a plane at the railway station for it to count as an airport.

"survived to update the file" implies that the one to add it to the list must be the one to have landed there

Re: OpenBSD folklore and share/misc/airport

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Post by reaperducer »

gspr wrote: post #54
reaperducer wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

See also: NYC for metropolitan New York airport, and HOU for Houston's airports, even though Houston Hobby Airport is also HOU.

> NYC for metropolitan New York airport Sure, but NYC isn't also a specific New York City airport (JFK, EWR, LGA). The problem here is that OSL is apparently used both for the metropolitan area and for one specific airport (in the metropolitan area).

I guess you missed the second half of the sentence you quoted. Where I note that Houston, the city, is HOU; and the Houston airports include IAH, EFD, and HOU.

Re: OpenBSD folklore and share/misc/airport

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Post by bodyfour »

Beltalowda wrote: post #31
mrweasel wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's also share/misc/birthtoken with a list of birth stones and flowers. That's actually much more weird than a list of airport codes. https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/share/misc/birthtoken

Also a list of operator precedence, various phone area codes (country & local), an ASCII table. I guess it's just a "list of databases that was useful/fun to someone, at some point". Harder to "just get it from the internet" back in the 80s.

Some things like the ASCII table have been there (or rather in the original location of /usr/pub) since near the dawn of UNIX itself: https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-history-repo/blob/8cf2a84...

(Also available as "man ascii" from almost as long ago https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-history-repo/blob/Researc... )

OpenBSD seems to like collecting extra items though

Re: OpenBSD folklore and share/misc/airport

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Post by bombcar »

cestith wrote: post #60
mellavora wrote: post #24

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to be pendantic, all (US) ZIP codes are just for routing. Any correspondence to a geographical area is an artifact of this, and subject to change. Also, it is possible for two ZIP codes to overlap geographically.

In particular some numbered zones are entirely contained geographically within others. In some places in the US, there's a ZIP for delivery to private homes and businesses but another for delivery within the Postal Service network, including delivery to post office boxes. The one I remember most readily is Quincy, Illinois. The city is 62301 and the surrounding county 62305, but PO boxes are 62306, located within the…

Almost every single post office has a separate zip code (usually one higher than the city/area it is sitting in).

Some individual buildings have their own zip code, or 12345 for GE, or 20252 for Smokey Bear.

Re: OpenBSD folklore and share/misc/airport

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Post by bombcar »

reaperducer wrote: post #50
traceroute66 wrote: post #9

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My favourite modern intermodal baggage transport is in Japan. They have a small number of specialist baggage couriers called Takuhaibin (宅配便). These couriers will take your bags between any two destinations of your choice (Hotel-Hotel,Hotel-Airport etc.) for a reasonable fee. The pick-up and destination can (basically) be anything in Japan with a postal address. Its not true check-through as you still have to pick up…

These couriers will take your bags between any two destinations of your choice (Hotel-Hotel,Hotel-Airport etc.) for a reasonable fee We have these in America, too. They're call couriers. They'll even pick up your luggage that went to the wrong airport in a different city and bring it to you at your hotel in the right city. (Happened to me with a bicycle.) unlike, say UPS or FedEx, a Takuhaibin will take your baggage,…

I think the key is that you can skip the "pack it up" step - UPS won't ship many things that would survive shipment just fine unless they're wrapped in a box.

UPS and FedEx freight or LTL (less than truckload) is another story entirely.

Re: OpenBSD folklore and share/misc/airport

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Post by [deleted] »

RicardoLuis0 wrote: post #62
sophacles wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't see a requirement that the OpenBSD developer needs to have flown into the railway station. Just that someone survived landing a plane at the railway station for it to count as an airport.

"survived to update the file" implies that the one to add it to the list must be the one to have landed there

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Re: OpenBSD folklore and share/misc/airport

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Post by kmeisthax »

trwired wrote: post #38

"One can say anything about Lublin airport, but they sure do consider IATA codes are serious business. The tone was set right from the parking lot entrance." The reason Lublin's IATA code is so prominently exposed is because the word "luz" in Polish means - among others - the state of being relaxed, chilled out. Just a bit of marketing on the city's part.

"LAX" also is short for "relax", but I don't think it's physically possible to do any such thing within LA city limits.

Re: OpenBSD folklore and share/misc/airport

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Post by jl6 »

em500 wrote: post #10

Ok, I'll ask the obvious. Why is OpenBSD trying to maintain a list of IATA airport codes? (And before you ask why not, try to think of some answers yourself first. I can come up with a few drawbacks, though I'm nowhere close to a subject expert.)

I think it’s nice to have a few small standard data sets that you can use in examples, tutorials, man pages and testing.

Re: OpenBSD folklore and share/misc/airport

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Post by jasomill »

bombcar wrote: post #65
cestith wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In particular some numbered zones are entirely contained geographically within others. In some places in the US, there's a ZIP for delivery to private homes and businesses but another for delivery within the Postal Service network, including delivery to post office boxes. The one I remember most readily is Quincy, Illinois. The city is 62301 and the surrounding county 62305, but PO boxes are 62306, located within the…

Almost every single post office has a separate zip code (usually one higher than the city/area it is sitting in). Some individual buildings have their own zip code, or 12345 for GE, or 20252 for Smokey Bear.

My post office box has its own ZIP+4.
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