Most people don't have problems dropping $10-20 on a game. They do have problems with paying $60-70 for a game. It's not rocket science here.
If new games cost a third of what they were now I would suspect the used market would not be nearly as big.
They should take a hard look at themselves before whining. Honestly, if the new consoles are going to restrict used games, I won't buy one and find something else to do with my time.
It's not an issue for me personally, but most families I know of cut fruit and vegetables out before meat due to price. Rice has gone up a lot here as well.
I hope that this is a sign that saner heads are starting to prevail now that they no longer have an ego-maniac at the helm.
You mean Apple under Cook may consider allowing Flash on their devices? The most recent complaints I've heard about the iPads from coworkers is that their shiny new toy doesn't seem to be able to show all of the webpages they look at.
That could get interesting, but I'm pretty sure Jobs has starting rolling in his grave already...
While not $1.99, there was a gallon of 2% milk priced at $2.47 in Bellingham. For us just above the border, a gallon of the same costs $4.89+ (I've seen a gallon of milk with a sticker price of $5.99 here.) It's pretty sad.
Not only that, thanks to the dairy lobbyists, we can only bring back $20 of dairy per person on a visit to the US. Anything above that amount is taxed at 300%. I doubt many Canadians know that until they go over the limit...
And does your car really have a fuel cut off? My lanmower does but I've never seen that on any commercial passenger car.
It does, it says in the manual in the event of a collision the fuel cutoff will activate. It says the vehicle may be drivable afterwards, and it shuts off the fuel supply as a precaution and it will not start. In the manual it says to reset it in the passenger side kickpanel.
So basically, if you're involved in a fender-bender and it won't start I'd have to reset the safety cutoff first.
The e-brake is a toy though. Not sure what the "e" stands for.
The "e" is for emergency, but not an emergency like happened to the Lexus. That "emergency" brake is designed to hold the vehicle in the event of a transmission malfunction. (Like popping out of gear in the case of a manual or the pin in the automatic transmission.) Interestingly enough, you're always supposed to use the e-brake in an automatic. I don't know anyone that does, though. You're not supposed to rely on the pin in the transmission to hold the vehicle.
Both of my vehicles are manual transmission, and I always use the e-brake. I know it used to be called the parking brake originally, I wonder when it morphed into the not-so-clear "emergency" brake.
I just went and looked, the Lexus that officer was driving had no actual key... it was one of those fob things with a push-button engine start.
Trick is with those, when the car is in gear and moving, you have to press that button and hold it for 5+ seconds to shut the engine off to prevent accidental engine shutoff while moving. Of course, this doesn't happen when the car is stopped with the transmission in Park, you just tap the button and the engine shuts off.
I have had this experience with a very old Toyota...
I can sort of imagine how it went for him: 1. Car does not show sign of stopping acceleration 2. Driver takes foot off gas pedal 3. Driver looks at gauges, notices car is still accelerating 4. Driver looks at pedal, can't really see anything 5. Driver steps on brakes (not hard enough in the officer's case) 6. Driver tries to shut car off (which is what I did, I have a keyed ignition, I rolled off to the side of the road and stopped here) - officer taps the engine start button and nothing happens 7. Driver goes "Oh shit!", doesn't know what else to do and tries 911.
After I stopped I got out and found the gas pedal was caught on the transmission tunnel mat.
I know when I bought my new truck (not a Toyota) the dealer went through with me emergency procedures like the fuel cutoff and various other things. Maybe Lexus (and other auto dealerships) should make a point of informing customers on how the push-button engine start works if the car is equipped with it. It probably wasn't mentioned, other than here's how to start and stop the car (at a stop.)
I also read the manual for my new vehicle, but maybe some people can't be bothered?
Out of the two, it's far better to put the car in neutral. Shutting off the engine means losing power assist to brakes and steering in most cars. This means you would almost have to stand on the brakes to stop the car, which is not possible if you're not in the driver's seat.
Steering control is affected as well and it gets worse as you slow down as it would require significantly more muscle to turn the wheel.
just remember, the first 'cable' systems were just that: some guy put a good antenna way up on a hill or mountain near town where it could get good reception of the nearest broadcasts, and it would 'redistribute' that signal down to the town. I.e., Community Antenna Television (CATV).
Some cities still do this. I know (as an example) our city still has this. There's an antenna farm (& satellite farm) with the cableco's logos around it in the southwest part of town. Back when I had cable I noticed one day I had 7 or 8 channels missing. Apparently something happened to the antenna farm that was pulling in the stations. This didn't happen all that long ago, perhaps 3 years ago now.
That antenna farm is still there, I would assume they're still using it. That may be a regional farm, as I know the city ~30 km away also lost the channels at the same time I did.
Amazing how not much changes. I guess that's the old adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
You don't need to add an engine noise to the car. Use tires that generate a little more noise, most noise is made by the tires anyway, unless you got the pedal to the metal. When I'm walking around town I always hear the tire noise before the engine (if I hear the engine at all.) Unless it's a pimply-faced kid with a Honda and a fart-can muffler.
My brother has a laptop with a built in webcam. He was using his computer when the camera activated on its own. It's done this a few times. There's no malware that we can find. The only thing installed on it is the software from the laptop manufacturer, most of which was removed.
His laptop just happened to have an indicator that the camera was being used. What about these TVs? It's even worse if you don't know if the things is working or not.
I hate the idea of having something like that on a TV period. If you want to skype or whatever, make the damn camera/mic a factory addon that isn't present in any model as a default option.
(My brother wound up putting a piece of electrical tape over the camera on his laptop, he didn't trust it any more.)
I'm on one of the two main providers here, on the middle plan at 15/1 (~$50/month.) My cap is 250 GB. They must've increased it on me, as I remember it being 125 GB when I signed up...
I replaced my six year old one that had the wonky heat issues, not quite RROD with a new one. The power brick is a lot smaller and it is much quieter than the old one.
The power supplies on the new Xbox have a 115 W power supply.
Sending a text depends on 2 things: A) the receiver had a way to read a text
I just discovered accidentally the other day you can send texts to landlines. Dunno how that works though.
b) You don't mind sending people a bill for a dime.
Versus calling them and costing them minutes/air time?:shrug: Text is more than likely cheaper. Oh, you could always find a provider that doesn't charge for incoming texts. That's what I did. I don't get charged for outgoing texts either...
When it comes to short messages like "I'll be there in 15" it's easier to text. Trying to carry on a conversation via texting is dumb though.
I generally don't use my cell phone where I think you shouldn't. This includes restaurants, theatres, public transit, etc.
If it rings, I may look at it to see who is calling. I won't answer it and sometimes just leave the phone on vibrate.
I don't understand why people think they must be able to talk on the phone everywhere. I find it more annoying now with a cell phone, as people pretty much expect you to answer it as they're calling you directly and not your house.
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The problem here is price. Again.
Most people don't have problems dropping $10-20 on a game. They do have problems with paying $60-70 for a game. It's not rocket science here.
If new games cost a third of what they were now I would suspect the used market would not be nearly as big.
They should take a hard look at themselves before whining. Honestly, if the new consoles are going to restrict used games, I won't buy one and find something else to do with my time.
It's not an issue for me personally, but most families I know of cut fruit and vegetables out before meat due to price. Rice has gone up a lot here as well.
That's all I meant to point out.
Where I am fresh fruits and vegetables cost far more than most meats...
I don't have a TV either. I have a 46" monitor. Problem solved.
You mean Apple under Cook may consider allowing Flash on their devices? The most recent complaints I've heard about the iPads from coworkers is that their shiny new toy doesn't seem to be able to show all of the webpages they look at.
That could get interesting, but I'm pretty sure Jobs has starting rolling in his grave already...
While not $1.99, there was a gallon of 2% milk priced at $2.47 in Bellingham. For us just above the border, a gallon of the same costs $4.89+ (I've seen a gallon of milk with a sticker price of $5.99 here.) It's pretty sad.
Not only that, thanks to the dairy lobbyists, we can only bring back $20 of dairy per person on a visit to the US. Anything above that amount is taxed at 300%. I doubt many Canadians know that until they go over the limit...
It does, it says in the manual in the event of a collision the fuel cutoff will activate. It says the vehicle may be drivable afterwards, and it shuts off the fuel supply as a precaution and it will not start. In the manual it says to reset it in the passenger side kickpanel.
So basically, if you're involved in a fender-bender and it won't start I'd have to reset the safety cutoff first.
The "e" is for emergency, but not an emergency like happened to the Lexus. That "emergency" brake is designed to hold the vehicle in the event of a transmission malfunction. (Like popping out of gear in the case of a manual or the pin in the automatic transmission.) Interestingly enough, you're always supposed to use the e-brake in an automatic. I don't know anyone that does, though. You're not supposed to rely on the pin in the transmission to hold the vehicle.
Both of my vehicles are manual transmission, and I always use the e-brake. I know it used to be called the parking brake originally, I wonder when it morphed into the not-so-clear "emergency" brake.
You're also forgetting that tires that make more noise are generally more "sticky" and have better traction.
I've always opted for the "stickier" tires. They do wear out, but the difference in traction/control in non-dry road situations is quite noticable.
To me safety>replacing tires more often.
I just went and looked, the Lexus that officer was driving had no actual key... it was one of those fob things with a push-button engine start.
Trick is with those, when the car is in gear and moving, you have to press that button and hold it for 5+ seconds to shut the engine off to prevent accidental engine shutoff while moving. Of course, this doesn't happen when the car is stopped with the transmission in Park, you just tap the button and the engine shuts off.
I have had this experience with a very old Toyota...
I can sort of imagine how it went for him:
1. Car does not show sign of stopping acceleration
2. Driver takes foot off gas pedal
3. Driver looks at gauges, notices car is still accelerating
4. Driver looks at pedal, can't really see anything
5. Driver steps on brakes (not hard enough in the officer's case)
6. Driver tries to shut car off (which is what I did, I have a keyed ignition, I rolled off to the side of the road and stopped here) - officer taps the engine start button and nothing happens
7. Driver goes "Oh shit!", doesn't know what else to do and tries 911.
After I stopped I got out and found the gas pedal was caught on the transmission tunnel mat.
I know when I bought my new truck (not a Toyota) the dealer went through with me emergency procedures like the fuel cutoff and various other things. Maybe Lexus (and other auto dealerships) should make a point of informing customers on how the push-button engine start works if the car is equipped with it. It probably wasn't mentioned, other than here's how to start and stop the car (at a stop.)
I also read the manual for my new vehicle, but maybe some people can't be bothered?
Out of the two, it's far better to put the car in neutral. Shutting off the engine means losing power assist to brakes and steering in most cars. This means you would almost have to stand on the brakes to stop the car, which is not possible if you're not in the driver's seat.
Steering control is affected as well and it gets worse as you slow down as it would require significantly more muscle to turn the wheel.
Some cities still do this. I know (as an example) our city still has this. There's an antenna farm (& satellite farm) with the cableco's logos around it in the southwest part of town. Back when I had cable I noticed one day I had 7 or 8 channels missing. Apparently something happened to the antenna farm that was pulling in the stations. This didn't happen all that long ago, perhaps 3 years ago now.
That antenna farm is still there, I would assume they're still using it. That may be a regional farm, as I know the city ~30 km away also lost the channels at the same time I did.
Amazing how not much changes. I guess that's the old adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
You don't need to add an engine noise to the car. Use tires that generate a little more noise, most noise is made by the tires anyway, unless you got the pedal to the metal. When I'm walking around town I always hear the tire noise before the engine (if I hear the engine at all.) Unless it's a pimply-faced kid with a Honda and a fart-can muffler.
No, no... a spork!
I'll add to that: apparently if people can't get the crappy music for free they won't pay for it. Who would've thought...
Those execs are probably going "What the hell happened??" right about now.
It's hard to beat your brain.
Better to do it while sleeping - pretty good retention in the subconscious. Besides, all that snoring will definitely annoy everyone else there.
Best part is when you wake up, you'll remember everything, and everyone else there will remember the guy who was snoring and nothing else!
My brother has a laptop with a built in webcam. He was using his computer when the camera activated on its own. It's done this a few times. There's no malware that we can find. The only thing installed on it is the software from the laptop manufacturer, most of which was removed.
His laptop just happened to have an indicator that the camera was being used. What about these TVs? It's even worse if you don't know if the things is working or not.
I hate the idea of having something like that on a TV period. If you want to skype or whatever, make the damn camera/mic a factory addon that isn't present in any model as a default option.
(My brother wound up putting a piece of electrical tape over the camera on his laptop, he didn't trust it any more.)
I'm on one of the two main providers here, on the middle plan at 15/1 (~$50/month.) My cap is 250 GB. They must've increased it on me, as I remember it being 125 GB when I signed up...
I drive with one hand at 12 o'clock, and the other holding a cup of coffee! Oh, my car doesn't have airbags. Or ABS. Or a million other safety items.
When something happens, I'll be in a giant flaming ball of fire, so I'll have other things to worry about.
I was about to post that as well.
I replaced my six year old one that had the wonky heat issues, not quite RROD with a new one. The power brick is a lot smaller and it is much quieter than the old one.
The power supplies on the new Xbox have a 115 W power supply.
It's the other way around, a lot of recent games are developed for consoles and ported to the PC.
Sorry about that, I had thought there were two developers on it.
Strange you should say that, works fine for me.
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It took them a while to add it, but it is there. (No, this wasn't compiled with a patch, like you had to do early on...)
I just discovered accidentally the other day you can send texts to landlines. Dunno how that works though.
Versus calling them and costing them minutes/air time? :shrug: Text is more than likely cheaper. Oh, you could always find a provider that doesn't charge for incoming texts. That's what I did. I don't get charged for outgoing texts either...
When it comes to short messages like "I'll be there in 15" it's easier to text. Trying to carry on a conversation via texting is dumb though.
I wouldn't consider that impolite. But then again, you could always send a text...
I generally don't use my cell phone where I think you shouldn't. This includes restaurants, theatres, public transit, etc.
If it rings, I may look at it to see who is calling. I won't answer it and sometimes just leave the phone on vibrate.
I don't understand why people think they must be able to talk on the phone everywhere. I find it more annoying now with a cell phone, as people pretty much expect you to answer it as they're calling you directly and not your house.