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Fail Rail by brhefele.
When the train stops working, they should just put this sucker up instead of incessantly repeating "Due to mechanical difficulties..." "There is a disruption..." and so on...

(Yiying Lu's Fail Whale is one of my favorite illustrations to ever happen to the internet. A big tip of the hat!) 

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Daniel.Techie {TCP/IP} @ 127.0.0.1  Pro User  says:

Indeed.
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unsuck says:

This is really good.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

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Samer Farha  Pro User  says:

This is too funny. Thanks for releasing it under a CC license!
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brhefele  Pro User  says:

Thanks, folks!

And I'm a firm believer in CC… It's pretty exciting to me to see how lately, more and more people are embracing the model and (as a result of efforts like CC) our ideas re: sharing, remixing, &c. keep shifting and a lot more 'open' art is being put out there...
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jesserker  Pro User  says:

this is hysterical - thank you :)
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tickytickybowwow says:

Love it! Great job.
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Nivad  Pro User  says:

That's fantastic!
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evoque  Pro User  says:

If/when they switch the PIDs out in the stations with LCD screens, this is exactly what I hope to see on screen whenever a train is delayed.
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scott*eric  Pro User  says:

sometimes a fail isn't a fail.
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kloppervok!  Pro User  says:

I'm sorry but this is so cute I can't pay attention to what any of you are saying
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njudahchronicles.com  Pro User  says:

can I commission you to do one for SF's Muni system?
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brhefele  Pro User  says:

Thanks all :)

@njudahchronicles.com, I'm sure I could find the time, though I've never ridden Muni, so I won't have as much frustration to fuel me… :)
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Daniel M Laenker says:

Is it all right if I can use this as a background image on my Twitter account? I'll give you full credit.
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brhefele  Pro User  says:

Absolutely, Daniel!
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Daniel M Laenker says:

Yay! I'm also making it into an LJ icon.
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william couch  Pro User  says:

amazing.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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DottieboBottie  Pro User  says:

Yes! Please do on for MUNI. It's so bad that I long for METRO some days.

This is fantastic.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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chrisbachmann  Pro User  says:

So will we start seeing these on t-shirts? hint hint hint...
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brhefele  Pro User  says:

Two people explicitly requesting Muni? Okay, I'll find the time for sure. As far as t-shirts, I'll mull over that soon…
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hackhelios says:

T-shirts--yes please! A possible design: www.flickr.com/photos/hackhelios/3750450248/
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