[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[AEF]

On Dec 1, 8:44 pm, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <d40cb818-565d-4d52-8955-c816e0d71... at m7g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>, AEF <spamsink2... at yahoo.com> writes:
>
> >{...snip...}
> >There's lots of work that needs to be done: repair bridges, roads,
> >etc. Clean up the NYC subway. Hiring people to do these jobs will
> >increase demand.
>
> Boring a hole from the subway tunnels to the Hudson will help to clean
> up the NYC subways!  Last time I was there, the NYC subways cost money

Sorry, I'm missing something here.

> to ride.  Those that ride it should be the ones to see to it that it's
> kept clean.

Hey, mass transit is subsidized probably everywhere.

>
> It's that pour more money down the gov't rathole mentality.  Where has
> all that money gone to that *was* already being collected to maintain
> these bridges, roads, etc?

For the MTA, a portion of the bridge and tunnel tolls are used to
subsidize rail and subways.

For the PA (Port Authority of New York and New Jersey), a portion of
the bridge and tunnel tolls are used to subsidize the PATH trains and
perhaps other things. But it appears the PA gets what it wants. They
recently upped Hudson River toll crossings (and the Goethals Bridge
and Outerbridge Crossing) from $8 to $12! The toll is collected only
for New York bound traffic.

The PA is a huge conglomerate of transportation entities.

>From Wikipedia: "Financially, the Port Authority has no power to tax
and does not receive tax money from any local or state governments.
Instead, it operates on the revenues it makes from its rents, tolls,
fees, and facilities.[24]"

"Finances

Today, as was envisioned in 1921, the Port Authority is a financially
self-supporting entity. It does not receive tax revenue from either
state or from any local jurisdiction and has no power to tax, nor does
it have the power to pledge the credit of either state or any
municipality. The Port Authority relies primarily on revenue generated
from facility operations-tolls from its bridges and tunnels between
New York and New Jersey, user fees from the airports and the bus
terminals, fares on its rail transit system, and rent from facilities,
consumer services and from retail stores.

The agency has a long-standing sound financial record and routinely
receives high ratings for its debt offerings."

You asked.

As for local toll roads, the tolls are used solely for the roads
themselves, as far as I now. I don't know if they pay for themselves.
I'll get back to you if I find anything about it.

As for further detail as to what money goes where, I know not.

> And, what does ANY of this have to do with
> VMS documentation no longer being printed?

I recall reading in this very newsgroup that E-ZPass toll collection
uses computers running VMS. You do the math.

>
> --
> VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker    VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG
>
> All your spirit rack abuses, come to haunt you back by day.
> All your Byzantine excuses, given time, given you away.

AEF