dekrazee1 Rai
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Lost, in, Australia
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Travel
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It's been launched, and has been getting rave reviews.
in three words: Virgin America pwns. Here are ten reasons:
(1) Most comfortable coach I've experienced on any domestic carrier. Roomy, well-designed seats, nice leg room, seats sit at a pitch that maximizes stretch space.
(2) Obscenely comfy white leather seats (with "massage" feature) in first class. Pretty reasonable first class fares (I suppose they'll be higher later, but they're comparatively quite low right now).
(3) They're using open source software in every place possible. Linux galore. (Hey, how soon before there's a hack or prank, I wonder? If someone mile-high-goatses a VA plane, there's always a unicorn chaser in the fleet to soothe).
(4) In-flight, seat-to-seat chat. Now you can bitch about babies crying or barf-inducing turbulence -- with emoticons! Or group chat around each TV channel (while you watch TV), or join topic-based chat rooms.
(5) Google Freakin' Maps. I heard details of more add-in features they're planning to integrate with the maps soon -- not bloggable yet, but when they're live, they'll be mindblowing.
(6) In-flight entertainment and info system has a super user-friendly GUI, and it's touchscreen! With little qwerty keyboards! You can also use it to order food.
(7) Games. Including Doom. They're planning an open source game design competition, will feature winning games on the flights.
(8) In-flight text messaging and email are apparently on the way, as are pay-per-download music sales (mostly Virgin artists at launch, I'd guess).
(9) Movies are fairly recent ones you'd actually want to watch. Large selection of international fare for non-English-speaking passengers. Wide TV selections. You can get channels like IFC and Current in-flight. Music videos. Scan TV listings in a programming guide, see what's on when. You can set reminders for yourself for TV shows you want to catch.
(10) Some great internet content on the way. They're doing deals with internet video content producers and other video sources you'd never expect to see on a plane. They plan to have in-flight broadband in place next year (pending FAA approval) for even more frequent video content uploads. Incidentally, they have a smartly designed related method for system software updates. Many cool things about the IT design behind VA.
Posted 09 Aug 07
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Yeah, books are a good idea..... books that don't look like they were picked out of a $1 sale is an even better idea....
I like having a little fridge. I just think they should leave it emptyPosted 29 May 07
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What do you think is the best city in the world?
It's one of my must go/see/experience destinations too!!
Posted 30 Jul 07
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Buying a Car in San Francisco to Travel Across USA
No security checks to contend with when drivingPosted 17 Jul 07
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San Francisco Guy in Australia
hmmmmmm..... I have no idea abt airfares...
There are lots of must see spots, depending on your interests. Care to share any?
Posted 07 May 07
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Many Non-Americans have the same ideas about Australia.... maybe they should change their marketing strategy? It is very focused on nature
Posted 27 Mar 07
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