Tracking A Package

[crokett]

I am tracking my new work laptop. Somewhat anxiously awaiting its arrival since my old one was/is dying. I am temporarily using a slower one. Work decided to give me an upgrade, rather than just replace the old one. Anyway, thought it was interesting on how quickly it got from Korea to Alaska.

ANCHORAGE, AK, US 03/29/2010 5:51 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
03/29/2010 12:42 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
INCHEON, KR 03/29/2010 10:02 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
03/29/2010 8:02 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN

[LCHIEN]

did it cross the date line?

[Uncle Cracker]

did it cross the date line?

It certainly would have, coming from Korea to North America. (Just west of the Aleutians, if I recall correctly)

[Mr__Bill]

That's one fast computer. You should be able to get your work done before you start with it. More shop time if you keep it under your hat!


Bill
BTW, it should be passing by here about now on it's way to Mexico City... then Dallas, Denver, Calgary and Toronto and then Atalanta and a truck to your house

[steve-norrell]

Anchorage has become a shipping hub for both FedEx and United Parcel. About as many cargo planes from the Orient land each day as passenger planes from the lower 48. The cargo planes are either 747s or DC-10s modified for cargo. There is a large sorting center for redistributing cargo to appropriate other hubs, both in the states and in Europe. A recent news article said that UPS had 400 pilots living in Anchorage, an indication of the size of the logistics operations. Also, FedEx has one of its flight simulators for training in Anchorage.

The speedy service is in both direction; its not unusual for items shipped from the smaller states to get here in 48 hours.

Regards, Steve

[cabinetman]

That's quicker than some local deliveries.
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[crokett]

That's quicker than some local deliveries.
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It surely is. The system notified me that it got to Durham this morning.

[cabinetman]

I've had items take 5 days to go 200 miles -USPS.
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[crokett]

Of course the irony here is if it does get to the office today I am WFH so won't get it till tomorrow. I am also dying a slow painful death. At home all I do is basic web, email, quicken etc with very occasional video editing. At work at any given time I will have my email client, problem management, web, trace analysis SW, half a dozen or more 30MB+ text files plus several PDF files and assorted other stuff all open at once. My old laptop had 2GBM RAM and that wasn't enough. New has 4 and that probably won't be. Temporary one I am on now is 1GB and that is almost but not quite useless.

[billwmeyer]

I once had a package delivered to me in Chanute, Ks from Wichita, Ks., a distance of probably 130 miles. From Wichita it went to Oklahoma City, to Tulsa, Ok, to Kansas City, MO, to Joplin, MO, to Pittsburg, Ks. and finally to Chanute. All of this was by truckline. It took over a week. The shipment I received prior to that went on a different truckline and was delivered direct the next day. This was CB equipment and a few years back, like around 1975.
Bill