And that's why I bought a nice, used Honda Insight.
Less than 6k, new battery (warranty replacement), all aluminum construction, and saves me about $25/week in gas over my old Toyota Paseo (also a tiny car).
I paid about $1500 more than I would have for another low-mileage Honda in this area, but for that kind of savings (at these low gas prices), I'll be positive in just over a year.
Assuming gas prices stay flat (hah!).
I'm planning on driving this thing IN TO THE GROUND.
Sam
PS: The old battery was recycled by the dealership.
I like to mod funny comments underratted for this exact reason. Unless it's just a one-liner, then it's just +1 funny... I figure a joke that took some real thought and composition deserves karma points.
Gets them a +1 and doesn't dilute the funny mod. I tried an insightful on a +4 funny once and it switched to +5 insightful.
The first thing I do when my computer is booted is to fire up a couple of xterms, since that's where I do most of my stuff. I can understand that not everyone wants be fiddling around in "the terminal" all the time, but that's where I feel at home.:-)
Try Yakuake then... man, I feel lost without it now.
F12: instant terminal, tabbed interface between them.
The only thing I'd change about it is the ability to do a vertical split with two terminals side-by-side (or four vert/horiz split with fullscreen, that'd be cool).
Sam
Silly question (and a bit late), but is it possible you're logged on a computer somewhere where the time is set significantly to the future? Like even an hour? Because I think that'd probably cause some significant Link issues.
Sam
I was also annoyed by the lack of flashblock, but somebody above just posted a link to this: On-Demand Plugin
Does the same thing, but for all plugins, plus it looks/works nicer than the old opera-flashblock userjs, and no weird install (copying text files, really?)
Sam
I had a summer job at a small jobs shop in high school... there was an old hand there that could just spit the things out right on the green phosphor screen mounted to the side of that thing.
He was so adept at it that he had NO patience for failure on your part. And there was no sanity checking or error proofing built in, like remembering to initialize tool spinup before moving into position. *Smash* There goes a $300 end mill and a $1000 part!
And then you were REALLY in trouble.
I think that thing had magnetic core memory and 4k or 8k of program storage space.
There were also some Bridgeport mills (3-axis) with punch-tape controls, but we never reprogrammed them, they ran standard parts for the yacht-fitting factory next door.
And this was in 1998!
The most advanced machine was an Omax jetmachining station running a DOS based mini-CAD like environment, but you still had to manually program all the damn tool paths.
My car is showing 68.4 miles/gallon American right now for the average 200 miles into a fresh tank of gas (2000 Honda Insight). So more than the realm of possibility.
And that car is 10 years old and running on regular gas. Albeit it already has lean burn functionality built in.
That's funny, because I've got a 2000 Honda Insight with 105k on it... lean-burn is built into the ECU. It doesn't produce lots of NOX either: the catalyst is specially designed to adsorb NOX emissions then they are burned when it switches to a regular burn mode.
You can feel it switch in and out of lean burn periodically and see it on the fuel economy readout (sudden, significant jump in economy and a drop in available power).
Yet the car classifies as an ULEV. So NOX isn't necessarily a trade off of lean burn.
I have no idea what causes this, but I've seen it several times in pptx files. Additionally, if they reopen the original file on their computer (where it still displays perfectly), then select everything and paste it into a new blank document, THE SAME THING HAPPENS.
WTF. The only solution is to literally remake the slide entirely from scratch. Note: this sucks because the files they're usually sending are posters to be printed.
Interesting that Abe Simpson's rambling there wasn't really as nonsensical as usual.
Wearing an onion on your belt (was was the style at the time) refers to the watch-clocks of the 1500's and 1600's that were pretty useless for actual timekeeping (as they slowed down by hours as the spring ran down). They were instead worn as ornaments by the wealthy around the neck or at the belt.
Check out this link, later pocket watches were also called "oignons" (ie: onions) because of their shape and size.
"replacement gasses that are actually excellent greenhouse gasses."
Because releasing small quantities of greenhouse gases (r134a) is so much worse for the environment than releasing the same quantities of something that spends a nice, long life in the atmosphere catalytically breaking down ozone (r12)?
I often PAY money for entertainment. This "work" would then be worth a negative value to me... ie, getting to do the mod is a value on top of saving the money of not just buying a replacement case.
Now if I was just buying a replacement case, then I would think "how much is it costing me to do this" because then it wouldn't be FUN.
Come on, this is slashdot. How much is your time worth indeed.
Slashdot Mirror
+5 informative, you just gave away how to beat the game.
On that note, favorite game ever.
Sam
Sorry if I wasn't clear, I paid less than six thousand for it ($5,600)... the car had about 100,000 miles on it.
Sam
And that's why I bought a nice, used Honda Insight.
Less than 6k, new battery (warranty replacement), all aluminum construction, and saves me about $25/week in gas over my old Toyota Paseo (also a tiny car).
I paid about $1500 more than I would have for another low-mileage Honda in this area, but for that kind of savings (at these low gas prices), I'll be positive in just over a year.
Assuming gas prices stay flat (hah!).
I'm planning on driving this thing IN TO THE GROUND.
Sam
PS: The old battery was recycled by the dealership.
I like to mod funny comments underratted for this exact reason. Unless it's just a one-liner, then it's just +1 funny... I figure a joke that took some real thought and composition deserves karma points.
Gets them a +1 and doesn't dilute the funny mod. I tried an insightful on a +4 funny once and it switched to +5 insightful.
Sam
The first thing I do when my computer is booted is to fire up a couple of xterms, since that's where I do most of my stuff. I can understand that not everyone wants be fiddling around in "the terminal" all the time, but that's where I feel at home. :-)
Try Yakuake then... man, I feel lost without it now.
F12: instant terminal, tabbed interface between them.
The only thing I'd change about it is the ability to do a vertical split with two terminals side-by-side (or four vert/horiz split with fullscreen, that'd be cool).
Sam
Silly question (and a bit late), but is it possible you're logged on a computer somewhere where the time is set significantly to the future? Like even an hour? Because I think that'd probably cause some significant Link issues. Sam
I can, but that's because I'm not a penniless hippie. GET A JOB Sam
I was also annoyed by the lack of flashblock, but somebody above just posted a link to this: On-Demand Plugin
Does the same thing, but for all plugins, plus it looks/works nicer than the old opera-flashblock userjs, and no weird install (copying text files, really?)
Sam
Oh, because the wealthiest people produce so much more than those in the 30k class? Really? That's going to be your arguement?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2010/may/03/usa-dickcheney There you go.
Bah! Just give them a NIOSH approved respirator and they're set.
I'm sure bar patrons would be perfectly comfortable being served by someone dressed like this.
Sam
Oh god... those damn G-codes...
I had a summer job at a small jobs shop in high school... there was an old hand there that could just spit the things out right on the green phosphor screen mounted to the side of that thing.
He was so adept at it that he had NO patience for failure on your part. And there was no sanity checking or error proofing built in, like remembering to initialize tool spinup before moving into position. *Smash* There goes a $300 end mill and a $1000 part!
And then you were REALLY in trouble.
I think that thing had magnetic core memory and 4k or 8k of program storage space.
There were also some Bridgeport mills (3-axis) with punch-tape controls, but we never reprogrammed them, they ran standard parts for the yacht-fitting factory next door.
And this was in 1998!
The most advanced machine was an Omax jetmachining station running a DOS based mini-CAD like environment, but you still had to manually program all the damn tool paths.
Sam
My car is showing 68.4 miles/gallon American right now for the average 200 miles into a fresh tank of gas (2000 Honda Insight). So more than the realm of possibility.
And that car is 10 years old and running on regular gas. Albeit it already has lean burn functionality built in.
Sam
That's funny, because I've got a 2000 Honda Insight with 105k on it... lean-burn is built into the ECU. It doesn't produce lots of NOX either: the catalyst is specially designed to adsorb NOX emissions then they are burned when it switches to a regular burn mode.
You can feel it switch in and out of lean burn periodically and see it on the fuel economy readout (sudden, significant jump in economy and a drop in available power).
Yet the car classifies as an ULEV. So NOX isn't necessarily a trade off of lean burn.
Sam
Just because the story is apocryphal doesn't mean it can't contain wisdom.
Truth: old standards never die.
*goes out and paces transects in chains and rods* = yes, I do this
I have no idea what causes this, but I've seen it several times in pptx files. Additionally, if they reopen the original file on their computer (where it still displays perfectly), then select everything and paste it into a new blank document, THE SAME THING HAPPENS.
WTF. The only solution is to literally remake the slide entirely from scratch. Note: this sucks because the files they're usually sending are posters to be printed.
And I bought World of Goo.
Let me count the DRMed games I've bought in the last 5 years:
1) ...
Oops.
Funny, I'm using a set of Z560s right now as my home theater setup. They sound great... tons of bass for the explosions, nice and crisp for the highs.
Been using them almost 10 years now and I've never heard anything compellingly better anywhere else I've been.
But feel free to look down your nose at this setup, after all it only cost $150 all in. It must be shit.
Bah! When I was there it was 1.5 GB.
Pain!
I also hear they work pretty well on the T-800 Terminators. Though this was fixed with the 1000 series.
Sam
Interesting that Abe Simpson's rambling there wasn't really as nonsensical as usual.
Wearing an onion on your belt (was was the style at the time) refers to the watch-clocks of the 1500's and 1600's that were pretty useless for actual timekeeping (as they slowed down by hours as the spring ran down). They were instead worn as ornaments by the wealthy around the neck or at the belt.
Check out this link, later pocket watches were also called "oignons" (ie: onions) because of their shape and size.
http://www.antiquorum.com/html/vox/september2005/passionforcollectingwatches.pdf
A decent example here:
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/rare-pocket-watch-oignon
Sam
I think I just threw up a little bit in the back of my mouth.
"replacement gasses that are actually excellent greenhouse gasses."
Because releasing small quantities of greenhouse gases (r134a) is so much worse for the environment than releasing the same quantities of something that spends a nice, long life in the atmosphere catalytically breaking down ozone (r12)?
Well, since I'm a nerd...
I often PAY money for entertainment. This "work" would then be worth a negative value to me... ie, getting to do the mod is a value on top of saving the money of not just buying a replacement case.
Now if I was just buying a replacement case, then I would think "how much is it costing me to do this" because then it wouldn't be FUN.
Come on, this is slashdot. How much is your time worth indeed.
Sam
No no, the US is Canada's Chesterfield
There, fixed that for you!
Sam