My wife is somewhat geeky and spent all of college and grad school working in retail jewelry. I'll let her say what she's come up with:
I know you like the Ir as a symbol of permanence, but remember that a ring was first used (as opposed to say a necklace) because it never begins and never ends. That said if you'd still like to do Ir see if you can have an infinity symbol fashioned from it and then inlay it in another softer metal, this allows for minor resizing and emergency removal.
If you want to stick with a band, I distinctly recall one wedding band company that sent us materials that would cast your ring with the DNA bar things (what ever they're called) from your genes, it looked like a rather abstract pattern, but has meaning for the two of you.
If you want a man made diamond, LifeGem can make a diamond out of human hair, it actually has more carbon than ashes do, so you can usually make one from less material. But you'll probably want to save hair clippings for a bit, and it'll take 3-4 months to make, so this may not be in your time frame.
If you'd like to have a more traditional diamond; I'd suggest getting one of the specialty cuts. Many of them are specially engineered for light, brilliance, and even shape. They also have reports, certifications, and laser inscriptions on the diamond (personalized laser inscription is also something you might consider having done)
What ever you pick just keep in mind that if you get a set the wedding and engagement rings must be of the same metal or the softer metal will be worn away by the harder.
I personally enjoyed adventure mode. Melees got boring after several thousand or so, but the adventure was enough of a challenge, especially on the higher difficulties, that it kept me amused, and still does.
My standard commute is 15 miles each way, start in residential area for about 3 miles, then highway for about 8 miles, and city roads for 4 miles, reverse coming home. Traffic usually moves along well, not busy enough to get many traffic jams. As for hills, I go over climbs of about 600 or so feet at some of the hills I drive over, with about a 5-6% grade, but my standard commute isn't all that bad. Driving up to Lake Tahoe is approximately a 2500 ft. climb, and going up only drops my mileage to around 45 MPG average.
As an owner of a 2005 Prius, I think they're full of crap. I regularly get an average (city/highway mix) of about 55 MPG. In the summer, it goes over 60 MPG for the AVERAGE, not just the city. If I only did city driving, it would be even higher. I'm not driving very conservatively, my driving habits are about the same as they were when I started driving. I keep up with the traffic around me, and sometimes go a little faster.
Of course, when they lower the estimates, I'll just be beating their estimates by that much more.
You're pretty close. One of the biggest advantages hybrids have is that you can drive them just like a typical ICE car and get better mileage. However, if you start adding in prediction of driving conditions, your mileage will go even higher. I drive a Prius, and when I drive it like everyone else drives, I get around 50-55 MPG. When I predict what's ahead of me and plan for it to save gas, I get around 60-63 MPG. If I drove like a true hypermiler, I could get much better.
The regenerative braking only recovers a portion of the energy you've already used. It's better to use less in the first place. But even when "coasting", the Prius is still recovering a small amount of energy. The only real way to get it to coast is to actually put the car in neutral or deadband the engine (there is a point at which the engine stops regenerating, but still isn't providing motive force, depending on conditions it can be REALLY difficult to hit).
But either way, the intelligent car won't do any good if the driver can override it, because very few people want to drive conservatively.
On the rare occasion that I actually watch TV, I change channels or get up and go do something else when a commercial comes on. Commercials are one of the primary reasons I stopped watching TV. If I want to see ads, I'll watch them on my own time.
Oh do I remember that one! I could get through all the way to stage 11, the one where you're racing the disc through the maze. I only managed to get through that once, and then the stupid disc killed me at the end.
Of course it will be expensive for the early adopters. But as solar panels mature, and more energy independence options become available, it will be much more economically feasible. The first people to do this don't do it for the monetary savings (or if they do, they're wrong), they do it to make a statement that it can be done.
More often than not, Flash is a horrible bandwidth hog and slows page loading drastically. And if someone is on a dial-up connection (which still exists in many places due to no high-speed being available, and satellite being far too expensive), any slower page loading means less likelihood of a resource being used. Plus, not everyone will have a Flash player available, especially if you're using the latest version. So do you want to alienate your customers?
Why couldn't they have just done this in the first place? Then there would have been minimal objection and none of this PR nightmare.
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Seriously, I wish there'd been some exit polls where I voted. I was highly insulted that only the large cities get them. I know why, but it's still frustrating.
On the topic of stealing elections. It would have been pathetically easy to do. And it may very well be that there was election fraud. But at this point, I'm tired of hearing about it. We've got a better Congress in (though I'm not happy with our particular congressmen who were elected this time, Sen. Ensign and Rep. Heller) and hopefully we're looking at a good future.
So he's the one I can blame when I get voice recognition systems that respond to someone else in the room breathing.
"Ok, everyone leave the room, I have to call a voice recognition system."
I'd rather they take a little more time and "fix" it the first time, rather than having to issue multiple patches to fix it, each one opening up more glaring holes.
Of course, I'd prefer it wasn't there to begin with, but hey, the world isn't perfect.
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My wife is somewhat geeky and spent all of college and grad school working in retail jewelry. I'll let her say what she's come up with:
I know you like the Ir as a symbol of permanence, but remember that a ring was first used (as opposed to say a necklace) because it never begins and never ends. That said if you'd still like to do Ir see if you can have an infinity symbol fashioned from it and then inlay it in another softer metal, this allows for minor resizing and emergency removal.
If you want to stick with a band, I distinctly recall one wedding band company that sent us materials that would cast your ring with the DNA bar things (what ever they're called) from your genes, it looked like a rather abstract pattern, but has meaning for the two of you.
If you want a man made diamond, LifeGem can make a diamond out of human hair, it actually has more carbon than ashes do, so you can usually make one from less material. But you'll probably want to save hair clippings for a bit, and it'll take 3-4 months to make, so this may not be in your time frame.
If you'd like to have a more traditional diamond; I'd suggest getting one of the specialty cuts. Many of them are specially engineered for light, brilliance, and even shape. They also have reports, certifications, and laser inscriptions on the diamond (personalized laser inscription is also something you might consider having done)
What ever you pick just keep in mind that if you get a set the wedding and engagement rings must be of the same metal or the softer metal will be worn away by the harder.
I personally enjoyed adventure mode. Melees got boring after several thousand or so, but the adventure was enough of a challenge, especially on the higher difficulties, that it kept me amused, and still does.
My standard commute is 15 miles each way, start in residential area for about 3 miles, then highway for about 8 miles, and city roads for 4 miles, reverse coming home. Traffic usually moves along well, not busy enough to get many traffic jams. As for hills, I go over climbs of about 600 or so feet at some of the hills I drive over, with about a 5-6% grade, but my standard commute isn't all that bad. Driving up to Lake Tahoe is approximately a 2500 ft. climb, and going up only drops my mileage to around 45 MPG average.
I live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas, so yes, I am accounting for hilly terrain.
As an owner of a 2005 Prius, I think they're full of crap. I regularly get an average (city/highway mix) of about 55 MPG. In the summer, it goes over 60 MPG for the AVERAGE, not just the city. If I only did city driving, it would be even higher. I'm not driving very conservatively, my driving habits are about the same as they were when I started driving. I keep up with the traffic around me, and sometimes go a little faster.
Of course, when they lower the estimates, I'll just be beating their estimates by that much more.
You're pretty close. One of the biggest advantages hybrids have is that you can drive them just like a typical ICE car and get better mileage. However, if you start adding in prediction of driving conditions, your mileage will go even higher. I drive a Prius, and when I drive it like everyone else drives, I get around 50-55 MPG. When I predict what's ahead of me and plan for it to save gas, I get around 60-63 MPG. If I drove like a true hypermiler, I could get much better. The regenerative braking only recovers a portion of the energy you've already used. It's better to use less in the first place. But even when "coasting", the Prius is still recovering a small amount of energy. The only real way to get it to coast is to actually put the car in neutral or deadband the engine (there is a point at which the engine stops regenerating, but still isn't providing motive force, depending on conditions it can be REALLY difficult to hit). But either way, the intelligent car won't do any good if the driver can override it, because very few people want to drive conservatively.
On the rare occasion that I actually watch TV, I change channels or get up and go do something else when a commercial comes on. Commercials are one of the primary reasons I stopped watching TV. If I want to see ads, I'll watch them on my own time.
Oh do I remember that one! I could get through all the way to stage 11, the one where you're racing the disc through the maze. I only managed to get through that once, and then the stupid disc killed me at the end.
Of course it will be expensive for the early adopters. But as solar panels mature, and more energy independence options become available, it will be much more economically feasible. The first people to do this don't do it for the monetary savings (or if they do, they're wrong), they do it to make a statement that it can be done.
More often than not, Flash is a horrible bandwidth hog and slows page loading drastically. And if someone is on a dial-up connection (which still exists in many places due to no high-speed being available, and satellite being far too expensive), any slower page loading means less likelihood of a resource being used. Plus, not everyone will have a Flash player available, especially if you're using the latest version. So do you want to alienate your customers?
Why couldn't they have just done this in the first place? Then there would have been minimal objection and none of this PR nightmare.
Seriously, I wish there'd been some exit polls where I voted. I was highly insulted that only the large cities get them. I know why, but it's still frustrating. On the topic of stealing elections. It would have been pathetically easy to do. And it may very well be that there was election fraud. But at this point, I'm tired of hearing about it. We've got a better Congress in (though I'm not happy with our particular congressmen who were elected this time, Sen. Ensign and Rep. Heller) and hopefully we're looking at a good future.
Put it on the GameCube (or the Wii, I'll get one eventually) and I'll consider it. Maybe for the PS2, but I don't have an XBOX and don't want one yet.
So he's the one I can blame when I get voice recognition systems that respond to someone else in the room breathing. "Ok, everyone leave the room, I have to call a voice recognition system."
Hopefully we'll get decently up-to-date satellite photos for Google Earth now. I'm tired of seeing my town as some vaguely greenish-brown blur.
I'd rather they take a little more time and "fix" it the first time, rather than having to issue multiple patches to fix it, each one opening up more glaring holes. Of course, I'd prefer it wasn't there to begin with, but hey, the world isn't perfect.
The GameCube version will be out on the 12th. I'll personally be waiting until I can afford the Wii and get it then.