Traffic lights are a nuisance. I lived in England for a few years, and traffic circles are far better than intersections. For some reason, we are in LOVE with stop lights in America. I guess we need to think about the children!
You may not notice these problems if you have a little low-to-the-ground coupe, but get in a truck or van, or haul a load, and trust me, you WILL notice.
All the more reason to get rid of giant unnecessary SUVs and trucks. Why drive something like that if you have to slow down to go around a corner (unless you are the 5% of truck/SUV owners who actually NEED a truck/SUV).
BZZZZZ. Illegal. You'll get a ticket as soon as the light turns red and you are still in the intersection because the last two oncoming cars decided to push the length of their yellow. You are not allowed to pull out into the intersection until it is completely clear.
I live in Texas too, and pretty much everything you said defies logic. If by "older" copy of Texas driver handbook you mean "pre-1980" then no, you've never had to stop at a protected green turn arrow. Similarly, yield means yield, not stop, yet most Texans don't seem to comprehend that either.
No, you have no right to drive 65 in a 65 in the left lane. The left lane is labeled as such: "unlawful to use left lane EXCEPT WHEN PASSING". So regardless of how slow or fast you are going, you can't cruise down the left lane.
I lived in San Antonio. "Rubbernecking" on I-10 equals "six lanes of highway come to a dead stop because we all have to looky-loo at the broken down car". Five miles of stopped traffic is far cry from "slowing down 20 mph under the speed limit".
Driving in the far left (or right, in the UK) is actually illegal. If cops would enforce the left lane for passing only rule, traffic flow would improve. Germany do it best, followed closely by the rest of Europe. Why is this? Well, the German police will fine you big time, and you'll get every rude gesture possible (also illegal in Germany, ironically) if you ride in the left lane. The ONLY way to keep traffic flowing, regardless of speed limits or no speed limits is to keep one lane clear except for passing.
Your "hypermilers" are the worst. They take forever to get up to speed, so you go around them. But once you get up to 10 miles per hour over the speed limit, they are suddenly on your ass wanting to go 20 miles per hour over the speed limit. If you let them buy, you just get stuck behind them again at the next light.
If you call for one second or 59 seconds, it still costs you 1 minute. So it really doesn't matter if the "leave a message after the beep" message is 15 seconds or 45 seconds. More importantly, many of us have ridiculously more minutes than we will ever use, so this really is a giant macht nichts.
There has to be some lore. If the game is pure play style without a story, then it's not really a reboot. If you changed the play style, you change the genre, and that's the most defining characteristic of a game. (Would you reboot Guitar Hero as a band sim?)
World of Warcraft. I wouldn't play the game if it weren't for the decade or so I spent playing WarII and III.
I loved Carmageddon, but I see way too many similarities with the GTA series (as in I wouldn't be surprised if the Carmageddon guys all jumped ship to work on GTA games).
Broderbund had a cool football game where you drew up the plays in x's and o's and saved your playbook. You assigned AI to your plays based on situations on the field, then gave your team to other people on disk. They'd take the disk home and play against your team's AI playbook, or you could sit together and call the plays as a coach. It was very cool.
Why do you think Adobe has any responsibility in issuing a speedy patch? As far as I cant tell, the only thing motivating Adobe to make a patch would be to prevent any negative PR that could cost them in profits. In lack of said negative PR, why would they spend a dime fixing it?
I proctored many SATs a few years ago and never understood that cursive acknowledgment block requirement. Maybe they were doing a study to see how many people know how to write in cursive?
I can't even remember the cursive shape for a capital letter J in my own name. And I'm 40! I'm not sure anyone under the age of 60 should be allowed to write in cursive anyway.
If by "rebranded Korean shit" you mean the Astra, than I think you have confused "Korea" with "GM-Europe" and shit with "Better car than what GM-United States can produce".
The reason nobody wants Corvettes is because they are garbage in comparison to other high-end niche super-cars, and the fact you can buy two Camaros for the price of one Corvette, and get similar performance. The reason nobody wants to buy Camaros is because they are terribly engineered, overweight, ugly, POSes, so they buy Australian built Pontiacs that aren't as ugly, run just as fast and cost the same. The reason people don't buy Australian built Pontiacs, is because nearly every other car company in the world makes a better car for the same amount of money. In short, GM doesn't get it.
So in the midst of bankruptcy, what better way to boost the bottom line than to offer a $1000 "visual package" gimmick? Hey GM, how about concentrating on making cars that are AT LEAST as reliable as those from South Korea first, THEN play with your marketing money once you pay back the federal government?
It's easy. Quiet Riot only has two living members left, only did Slade covers, and are completely unheard of anymore. Motley Crue are all alive, still mostly untalented, and doing everything they can to remain relevant (i.e. reality tv shows).
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Traffic lights are a nuisance. I lived in England for a few years, and traffic circles are far better than intersections. For some reason, we are in LOVE with stop lights in America. I guess we need to think about the children!
They have those. They're called "trains".
You may not notice these problems if you have a little low-to-the-ground coupe, but get in a truck or van, or haul a load, and trust me, you WILL notice.
All the more reason to get rid of giant unnecessary SUVs and trucks. Why drive something like that if you have to slow down to go around a corner (unless you are the 5% of truck/SUV owners who actually NEED a truck/SUV).
BZZZZZ. Illegal. You'll get a ticket as soon as the light turns red and you are still in the intersection because the last two oncoming cars decided to push the length of their yellow. You are not allowed to pull out into the intersection until it is completely clear.
I live in Texas too, and pretty much everything you said defies logic. If by "older" copy of Texas driver handbook you mean "pre-1980" then no, you've never had to stop at a protected green turn arrow. Similarly, yield means yield, not stop, yet most Texans don't seem to comprehend that either.
No, you have no right to drive 65 in a 65 in the left lane. The left lane is labeled as such: "unlawful to use left lane EXCEPT WHEN PASSING". So regardless of how slow or fast you are going, you can't cruise down the left lane.
I lived in San Antonio. "Rubbernecking" on I-10 equals "six lanes of highway come to a dead stop because we all have to looky-loo at the broken down car". Five miles of stopped traffic is far cry from "slowing down 20 mph under the speed limit".
Driving in the far left (or right, in the UK) is actually illegal. If cops would enforce the left lane for passing only rule, traffic flow would improve. Germany do it best, followed closely by the rest of Europe. Why is this? Well, the German police will fine you big time, and you'll get every rude gesture possible (also illegal in Germany, ironically) if you ride in the left lane. The ONLY way to keep traffic flowing, regardless of speed limits or no speed limits is to keep one lane clear except for passing.
Your "hypermilers" are the worst. They take forever to get up to speed, so you go around them. But once you get up to 10 miles per hour over the speed limit, they are suddenly on your ass wanting to go 20 miles per hour over the speed limit. If you let them buy, you just get stuck behind them again at the next light.
If you call for one second or 59 seconds, it still costs you 1 minute. So it really doesn't matter if the "leave a message after the beep" message is 15 seconds or 45 seconds. More importantly, many of us have ridiculously more minutes than we will ever use, so this really is a giant macht nichts.
Bare arms is funny, but "shoot things and talk of shit" is even more funny.
There has to be some lore. If the game is pure play style without a story, then it's not really a reboot. If you changed the play style, you change the genre, and that's the most defining characteristic of a game. (Would you reboot Guitar Hero as a band sim?)
World of Warcraft. I wouldn't play the game if it weren't for the decade or so I spent playing WarII and III.
I loved Carmageddon, but I see way too many similarities with the GTA series (as in I wouldn't be surprised if the Carmageddon guys all jumped ship to work on GTA games).
I thought "Bungie" was now known as "Microsoft". But yeah, they made great games. Did they ever make a PC version of Marathon?
Broderbund had a cool football game where you drew up the plays in x's and o's and saved your playbook. You assigned AI to your plays based on situations on the field, then gave your team to other people on disk. They'd take the disk home and play against your team's AI playbook, or you could sit together and call the plays as a coach. It was very cool.
I would pay to play in a Zork World MMO.
M.U.L.E.
Most revolutionary game ever...needs to be rebooted.
Why do you think Adobe has any responsibility in issuing a speedy patch? As far as I cant tell, the only thing motivating Adobe to make a patch would be to prevent any negative PR that could cost them in profits. In lack of said negative PR, why would they spend a dime fixing it?
As any decent psychologist will tell you that character is inborn and cannot be changed or "worked on".
Did I really just read this on slashdot, or did I get whisked away to some lunatic-fringe-Sarah-Palin fansite?
I proctored many SATs a few years ago and never understood that cursive acknowledgment block requirement. Maybe they were doing a study to see how many people know how to write in cursive?
I can't even remember the cursive shape for a capital letter J in my own name. And I'm 40! I'm not sure anyone under the age of 60 should be allowed to write in cursive anyway.
If by "rebranded Korean shit" you mean the Astra, than I think you have confused "Korea" with "GM-Europe" and shit with "Better car than what GM-United States can produce".
The reason nobody wants Corvettes is because they are garbage in comparison to other high-end niche super-cars, and the fact you can buy two Camaros for the price of one Corvette, and get similar performance. The reason nobody wants to buy Camaros is because they are terribly engineered, overweight, ugly, POSes, so they buy Australian built Pontiacs that aren't as ugly, run just as fast and cost the same. The reason people don't buy Australian built Pontiacs, is because nearly every other car company in the world makes a better car for the same amount of money. In short, GM doesn't get it.
How many years of mediocrity does it take for something to stop being iconic? Mustangs and Camaros have been crap since about 1970.
So in the midst of bankruptcy, what better way to boost the bottom line than to offer a $1000 "visual package" gimmick? Hey GM, how about concentrating on making cars that are AT LEAST as reliable as those from South Korea first, THEN play with your marketing money once you pay back the federal government?
It's easy. Quiet Riot only has two living members left, only did Slade covers, and are completely unheard of anymore. Motley Crue are all alive, still mostly untalented, and doing everything they can to remain relevant (i.e. reality tv shows).
Well that's because I child was involved, and we all know we must protect the children!
It was actually Motley Crue that covered Smokin' in the Boys' Room, not Quiet Riot.