MeFi post: World's Biggest and Most Expensive Ship

spiderwire: per capita, the larger cruise ships are indeed more fuel efficient. I can't offer a physics explanation, but from practical observation of the financials, they are.

ROU_Xenophobe: the ship definitely maxes out the outside balconies, too. The inside ones are at least an improvement over the alternative -- looking at a wall. =)

On the Star Trek thing, I am currently about as geeky about cruise ships as I was about Star Trek when The... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CruiseSavvy at 4:26 PM on June 24, 2008

MeFi post: Phony airline ads and website almost too close to reality

Rather than a direct weight charge I suspect airlines will take more indirect measures to further discourage larger people from flying.

Here's why: Apart from the publicity / legal costs of an NAAFA uproar, there's just too much hassle involved in weighing each person and charging them accordingly. Can you imagine the lines?

Even skinny, short, Asian people -- who would probably get hypoglycemic and faint in the queue --... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CruiseSavvy at 11:27 AM on June 12, 2008

> on a per-pound basis the numbers just don't justify being super-exact

Sorry, I should've been more specific -- definitely worth being super-exact for things that are already weighed anyway (cargo) or under the airline's control (carts, flight manuals). Not worth being super-exact when you have to build in a whole new process ... that will also anger a lot of people ... when you can get a lot of the same result from simpler, Southwest-like policies.
posted to MetaFilter by CruiseSavvy at 11:30 AM on June 12, 2008

MeFi post: Dave Sim is not... no, wait... actually he is.

Good grief ... this dead horse again? In my humble opinion, Sim's work is far more significant than his feelings about women, however one may interpret them.

As for the term "misogynist", it's too inflammatory, over-used, and unspecific to be helpful in a meaningful conversation. It's a little too close to pointing at someone and shouting "Communist!!"

Moreover, we're talking about an artist, not a politician or... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CruiseSavvy at 1:46 PM on May 6, 2008