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<FONT face=verdana,geneva>[quote user="BT CPSO 266"] </FONT><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <P>[quote user="Bucyrus"]</P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=georgia,palatino>What do you mean by <EM>succeed</EM>?</FONT></SPAN></P> <P>[/quote] </P> <P>Prosper, used, provides benefits; this is what I mean and how I look at success.  <BR></P>[/quote] </FONT> <P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>1)<FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      </SPAN>Prosper</FONT></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>2)<FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      </SPAN>Be used</FONT></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>3)<FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">      </SPAN>Provides benefits</FONT></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=verdana,geneva>As an expression of success, items #2 and 3 are so easy to achieve as to be irrelevant to the test of success.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>To have any relevance at all, some minimum quantity of them must be considered as a threshold for the measure of success.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=verdana,geneva>By the most common definition, item #1 implies a return on the investment where the direct use or related benefit makes the financial investment worthwhile.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Certainly the fares paid by riders will not come anywhere close to paying for an HSR installation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></FONT></P> <P mce_keep="true"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>So if success is measured only by items #2 and 3 in any quantity, HSR cannot avoid success.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>However, if you include item #1 in the measure, HSR cannot possibly succeed.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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