You are correct, I was thinking of the Quattro A3s, as they are very different under the hood.
And yes I do know that the Jetta, Golf/Rabbit, and Beetle are all based on the same platform, with the TT (not sure about the new TT), A3, and A4. As I have owned a Jetta.
And yes my GTI has EVERYTHING (except leather) that came with the A3 'premium package and cost $5000 less when I bought it.
Yes your VW Golf is an Audi A3. Pretty much identical. But they get nicer shocks, engine, and transmission. Now my GTI the only real difference is under hood configuration, and ride height. Plus mine came with the Audi 'premium package' stock, and cost 5000$ less.
Except your local phone, natural gas and electric companies have to oblige to regualtions. Where your internet and cable providers have to answer to no one.
Yes there are government 'sponsored' monopolies (utilities), but cable and internet aint one of em.
Well the point of my post was to point out that there is not way to quantify (which is required) 'bad driving' but there is a way to quantify BAC (which is NOT a measure of good driving or really imparment) and Speed. These are not indications of bad driving. Even if you belive they are levels of impairment, or excessive risk they do not qualify that person as a large risk. Michael Shumacher could probably drive 75 (5mph off from flow of traffic) in a 55 in Atlanta completly blitzed out of his mind better than half of the drivers on the road. Why should he be put behind bars, while an 90 year old half blind person going 45 in a 55 (about 25mph off from flow of traffic) can continously endanger other people?
And why can a idiot riding a motorcycle drunk get a much stiffer penality (other than of course personal injury) than someone who hasn't slept in 30hours in a 50,000lbs Semi?
Good driving is inclusive of NOT driving 65 on a Residential street.
But choosing an appropriate speed is a very large part of what makes a good driver. Reacting quickly and appropriatly are another part, but useless if your speed is excessive. I tend to drive no more than 10 over EVER on surface streets, and usually closer to the limit. But many speed limits are entirely arbitrary, like on the perimeter and interstates around Atlanta. I also tend to speed excessivly on interstates.
And I know that everyone is better than average driver. This is what is the MAIN problem with driving in the US.
I don't want to say I am a good, or better than average driver. I do practice driving on occasion though, because I believe driving well is important.
What about driving with sunglasses?
What about driving without sunglasses?
What about listening to the radio (rock)?
What about listening to the radio (classical)?
What about listening to the radio (talk)?
What about reading a map?
What about talking on a cell phone?
What about talking on a cell phone (listening to voicemail)?
What about texting?
What about reading texts?
What about eating (burger)?
What about eating (taco?
What about drining water?
What about drinking (coffee)?
What about talking to a passenger (front seat)?
What about talking to a passenger (back seat)?
What about traveling with chaldren which may make distracting sounds?
What about driving when tired (late)?
What about driving when tired (early)?
What about driving an older car (makes noise)?
What about driving a truck (limited visibility close to car)?
What abotu driving a small car (limited visibility around other vehicles)?
What about driving without windexing windows dircetly before driving?
What about driving without washer fluid?
What about driving before checking tire pressure? ...
The point is you CAN NOT drive without impairment. Something will distract you from driving. Who is to say what is and acceptable driving level and what isn't. And WHY IN THE HELL SHOULD IT CHANGE BASED ON THE PERSON.
Why should Michael Schumacher have a different standard than people who suck at driving?
But even if they are experience a 5% to 10% reduction of reaction time they are 'acceptably' able to drive. There are some people who are much better at driving than others. Why should it be illegial for them to be driving at 90% their ability when they are still way better than most?
If there are NO signs of imparment then there should be no testing. Bad driving should be enforced, not arbitrary values like BAC and speed limits. The thing is it is easy to quantfy BAC (not accurately but easy to get a number) and speed limits. So thoes get enforced.
Exactly. I was making my own AA battery cell phone charger. And was looking for a mini-usb male connector. All I got from them was to buy a car charger for my phone. Needless to say I found an old Motorola charger and sacraficed the end. But they did have diodes and a battery clip that worked for me.
But in reality there is only one 'Good' radio shack near me, and it was the one where I was told to buy a car charger when describing my completly unrealated project to them. Plus they wanted $20 for a charger (that didn't even have my phone model, though it would have worked, on the box). All I ever see there are cell phones and GPSs.
Except 10% of the people take the 'longer' and 'more intrusive' test and have their privacy invaded, and miss their flight. Is catching a terrorist worth all that cost?
I am assuming Mike is IE and Moe is FF. I'll accept that.
But this sort of thing isn't like shitting all over the carpet. It is more akin to farting. You shouldn't bash Mike for farting, you should bash him for shitting all over your carpet.
And my story isn't story worthy. I fixed it in 2 seconds. Iam just pointing out that this isn't unusual behavior.
I chose to update to Firefox 3.5, but I still wanted my IE8 as my default browser, but FF3.5 decided to take over the role. I wasn't asked, it just assumed. I don't see how this is any different. People you have to just stop bashing EVERYTHING Microsoft does. They do enough that is cause for alarm, but this just isn't one of them.
I realize that if everyone is using it i wont get 5MB, but I also don't expect certain people to go slower because they use it more. That is stupid, phone companies don't kick off the people with the most talk time off of towers when they get saturated. And only once have I had a problem with a saturated tower. In Tampa the night before the Super Bowl, and that was because all the temporary towers that were supposed to go up didn't because of some nasty weather.
Sounds like the ISPs problem. Not mine. I bought a 6MB connection so they should give me a 6MB connection. If they are oversaturated then the ISP fucked up I shoudn't have to suffer.
I am in the same boat. But I opted for an antenna. But I don't have to deal with my internet not being there. I don't have to every reset my modem. And most importantly I don't have the pelasure of dealing with Comcastic customer serivce, or their prompt contractor installers.
Actully about 5 years ago I made the decision never to give Comcast another dime, and so far it has paid off. I chose an apartment complex based largely on their use of Charter cable. And decided against getting cable in my current apartment. My next apartment is going to be Charter. Because of their horrible customer service and spotty at best internet uptime.
And don't get me wrong ATT is not great, but they are the better of the duopoly controlling all of my internets.
I don't think you got my whole post. I knew probably 30-50 people at tech, about 25 that graduated in engineering, and only 2 were close to a 3.5 GPA. That is 10%. And they took 5 years to graduate. I traded GPA for fun and time. I know of NO ONE who graduated with me (in engineering) who did it in 8 semesters. And that is my point. I got AVERAGE grades, how is the average ABOVE a 3.0!!!
Yeah I could have worked harder on my GPA at Tech; I could have achieved a 3.5 or higher. But I didn't want to pay for another 2 or 3 semesters, and so took huge course loads that lowered my GPA. I also don't really value GPA (personally, thus the no homework) but value knowledge, so spent my time understanding the subject matter. And I did bust my ass in college. I spent 20+ hours a week, and most weekends, riding my bike (for Tech), and took a semester where I was IN CLASS 36 hours a week (and another one where I was above 30 hours of CLASS TIME).
I skipped probably a TOTAL of 15 classes in my first 3 years at Tech. And about HALF were for early vacation, or showing up Monday (when school started the Thursday before) because it was way harder to get there not on a weekend. Senior year I skipped quite a few classes, but my GPA those two semesters was about a 3.1. Those classes were project based, and lab based. Class attendance was really to help understand the prelab (if you didn't get it reading) or guidance on projects.
And don't forget class isn't everything you learn in college. I organized many a party, which is a good skill to have. College isn't all classes.
Those GPAs are ALL above 'Dean's List' at Georgia Tech. I didn't use facebook at all during college (GT got it my freshman year, first expansion I think) and still didn't come close to a 3.5, or even a 3.0. I can't see how colleges give out an average GPA above a B. Are colleges turning into public schools and just giving people 'A's?
I busted my ass at Georgia Tech, took an average of 18+ hours, and graduated in 8 semesters in mechanical engineering (which is virtually unheard of, it is a defacto 5 year program for all engineering degrees) with a 2.2ish GPA. Which is really more of a testament of the classes I failed because I didn't have to pass them that semester to stay on track (and I didn't drop anything) and my NO HOMEWORK policy (which basically started me at a 'B' or 'C' in every single class I took). I also spent almost every weekend racing bicycles for Georgia Tech, and drinking copious amounts of beer.
But out of all the people I know who took engineering at Tech, I can only think of 2 who were even close to the 3.5 mark. And those are the only people who I know were above the 3.0 mark.
Maybe I just went to the wrong school. But everyone CAN'T get 'A's can they?
You are arguing that the hole matches the screws almost perfectly. The hole surely was designed around the screws.
But there is the opposing arguement: The screws matches the hole perfectly. The screws were surely designed around the hole.
I tend to think thet whatever universe [hole] is out there, some sort of lifeform [screw] would come to populate it. Or nothing populates it, and such does it even exist?
Humankind's ability to precieve non-human like life is astonishing to me. Of course the universe is particularly suited to our life. There is NO other situation available, thus a worthless arguement. It is saying 1=1, oh there must be a designer.
Slashdot Mirror
But it isn't a search engine, it is the world's first decision enigne.
Obviously it decided that OSX is too expensive.
You are correct, I was thinking of the Quattro A3s, as they are very different under the hood.
And yes I do know that the Jetta, Golf/Rabbit, and Beetle are all based on the same platform, with the TT (not sure about the new TT), A3, and A4. As I have owned a Jetta.
And yes my GTI has EVERYTHING (except leather) that came with the A3 'premium package and cost $5000 less when I bought it.
You can microwave it. The RFID antenna collects to much power and fries the circuit. Should take a second or two.
Yes your VW Golf is an Audi A3. Pretty much identical. But they get nicer shocks, engine, and transmission. Now my GTI the only real difference is under hood configuration, and ride height. Plus mine came with the Audi 'premium package' stock, and cost 5000$ less.
Except your local phone, natural gas and electric companies have to oblige to regualtions. Where your internet and cable providers have to answer to no one.
Yes there are government 'sponsored' monopolies (utilities), but cable and internet aint one of em.
Well the point of my post was to point out that there is not way to quantify (which is required) 'bad driving' but there is a way to quantify BAC (which is NOT a measure of good driving or really imparment) and Speed. These are not indications of bad driving. Even if you belive they are levels of impairment, or excessive risk they do not qualify that person as a large risk. Michael Shumacher could probably drive 75 (5mph off from flow of traffic) in a 55 in Atlanta completly blitzed out of his mind better than half of the drivers on the road. Why should he be put behind bars, while an 90 year old half blind person going 45 in a 55 (about 25mph off from flow of traffic) can continously endanger other people?
And why can a idiot riding a motorcycle drunk get a much stiffer penality (other than of course personal injury) than someone who hasn't slept in 30hours in a 50,000lbs Semi?
Good driving is inclusive of NOT driving 65 on a Residential street.
But choosing an appropriate speed is a very large part of what makes a good driver. Reacting quickly and appropriatly are another part, but useless if your speed is excessive. I tend to drive no more than 10 over EVER on surface streets, and usually closer to the limit. But many speed limits are entirely arbitrary, like on the perimeter and interstates around Atlanta. I also tend to speed excessivly on interstates.
And I know that everyone is better than average driver. This is what is the MAIN problem with driving in the US.
I don't want to say I am a good, or better than average driver. I do practice driving on occasion though, because I believe driving well is important.
And so is there a level of acceptable impairment?
...
What about driving with sunglasses?
What about driving without sunglasses?
What about listening to the radio (rock)?
What about listening to the radio (classical)?
What about listening to the radio (talk)?
What about reading a map?
What about talking on a cell phone?
What about talking on a cell phone (listening to voicemail)?
What about texting?
What about reading texts?
What about eating (burger)?
What about eating (taco?
What about drining water?
What about drinking (coffee)?
What about talking to a passenger (front seat)?
What about talking to a passenger (back seat)?
What about traveling with chaldren which may make distracting sounds?
What about driving when tired (late)?
What about driving when tired (early)?
What about driving an older car (makes noise)?
What about driving a truck (limited visibility close to car)?
What abotu driving a small car (limited visibility around other vehicles)?
What about driving without windexing windows dircetly before driving?
What about driving without washer fluid?
What about driving before checking tire pressure?
The point is you CAN NOT drive without impairment. Something will distract you from driving. Who is to say what is and acceptable driving level and what isn't. And WHY IN THE HELL SHOULD IT CHANGE BASED ON THE PERSON.
Why should Michael Schumacher have a different standard than people who suck at driving?
But even if they are experience a 5% to 10% reduction of reaction time they are 'acceptably' able to drive. There are some people who are much better at driving than others. Why should it be illegial for them to be driving at 90% their ability when they are still way better than most?
If there are NO signs of imparment then there should be no testing. Bad driving should be enforced, not arbitrary values like BAC and speed limits. The thing is it is easy to quantfy BAC (not accurately but easy to get a number) and speed limits. So thoes get enforced.
Exactly. I was making my own AA battery cell phone charger. And was looking for a mini-usb male connector. All I got from them was to buy a car charger for my phone. Needless to say I found an old Motorola charger and sacraficed the end. But they did have diodes and a battery clip that worked for me.
But in reality there is only one 'Good' radio shack near me, and it was the one where I was told to buy a car charger when describing my completly unrealated project to them. Plus they wanted $20 for a charger (that didn't even have my phone model, though it would have worked, on the box). All I ever see there are cell phones and GPSs.
Yes you get 0.5L glasses, which are bigger! What is not to love?
I prefer bicycle crit racing myself.
Except 10% of the people take the 'longer' and 'more intrusive' test and have their privacy invaded, and miss their flight. Is catching a terrorist worth all that cost?
I am assuming Mike is IE and Moe is FF. I'll accept that.
But this sort of thing isn't like shitting all over the carpet. It is more akin to farting. You shouldn't bash Mike for farting, you should bash him for shitting all over your carpet.
And my story isn't story worthy. I fixed it in 2 seconds. Iam just pointing out that this isn't unusual behavior.
I chose to update to Firefox 3.5, but I still wanted my IE8 as my default browser, but FF3.5 decided to take over the role. I wasn't asked, it just assumed. I don't see how this is any different. People you have to just stop bashing EVERYTHING Microsoft does. They do enough that is cause for alarm, but this just isn't one of them.
Ok I sell you a money tree that spits out 6$ a minute.
I realize that if everyone is using it i wont get 5MB, but I also don't expect certain people to go slower because they use it more. That is stupid, phone companies don't kick off the people with the most talk time off of towers when they get saturated. And only once have I had a problem with a saturated tower. In Tampa the night before the Super Bowl, and that was because all the temporary towers that were supposed to go up didn't because of some nasty weather.
Sounds like the ISPs problem. Not mine. I bought a 6MB connection so they should give me a 6MB connection. If they are oversaturated then the ISP fucked up I shoudn't have to suffer.
I am in the same boat. But I opted for an antenna. But I don't have to deal with my internet not being there. I don't have to every reset my modem. And most importantly I don't have the pelasure of dealing with Comcastic customer serivce, or their prompt contractor installers.
Actully about 5 years ago I made the decision never to give Comcast another dime, and so far it has paid off. I chose an apartment complex based largely on their use of Charter cable. And decided against getting cable in my current apartment. My next apartment is going to be Charter. Because of their horrible customer service and spotty at best internet uptime.
And don't get me wrong ATT is not great, but they are the better of the duopoly controlling all of my internets.
My car was totaled when it was going ZERO. Granted the other guy was going 65 but.
For the last time it isn't theft. It's copyright infringement.
I don't think you got my whole post. I knew probably 30-50 people at tech, about 25 that graduated in engineering, and only 2 were close to a 3.5 GPA. That is 10%. And they took 5 years to graduate. I traded GPA for fun and time. I know of NO ONE who graduated with me (in engineering) who did it in 8 semesters. And that is my point. I got AVERAGE grades, how is the average ABOVE a 3.0!!!
Yeah I could have worked harder on my GPA at Tech; I could have achieved a 3.5 or higher. But I didn't want to pay for another 2 or 3 semesters, and so took huge course loads that lowered my GPA. I also don't really value GPA (personally, thus the no homework) but value knowledge, so spent my time understanding the subject matter. And I did bust my ass in college. I spent 20+ hours a week, and most weekends, riding my bike (for Tech), and took a semester where I was IN CLASS 36 hours a week (and another one where I was above 30 hours of CLASS TIME).
I skipped probably a TOTAL of 15 classes in my first 3 years at Tech. And about HALF were for early vacation, or showing up Monday (when school started the Thursday before) because it was way harder to get there not on a weekend. Senior year I skipped quite a few classes, but my GPA those two semesters was about a 3.1. Those classes were project based, and lab based. Class attendance was really to help understand the prelab (if you didn't get it reading) or guidance on projects.
And don't forget class isn't everything you learn in college. I organized many a party, which is a good skill to have. College isn't all classes.
Those GPAs are ALL above 'Dean's List' at Georgia Tech. I didn't use facebook at all during college (GT got it my freshman year, first expansion I think) and still didn't come close to a 3.5, or even a 3.0. I can't see how colleges give out an average GPA above a B. Are colleges turning into public schools and just giving people 'A's?
I busted my ass at Georgia Tech, took an average of 18+ hours, and graduated in 8 semesters in mechanical engineering (which is virtually unheard of, it is a defacto 5 year program for all engineering degrees) with a 2.2ish GPA. Which is really more of a testament of the classes I failed because I didn't have to pass them that semester to stay on track (and I didn't drop anything) and my NO HOMEWORK policy (which basically started me at a 'B' or 'C' in every single class I took). I also spent almost every weekend racing bicycles for Georgia Tech, and drinking copious amounts of beer.
But out of all the people I know who took engineering at Tech, I can only think of 2 who were even close to the 3.5 mark. And those are the only people who I know were above the 3.0 mark.
Maybe I just went to the wrong school. But everyone CAN'T get 'A's can they?
Yeah my tethering app (this one actually) I got from his website. It was actually easier than the app store since I already had the website open.
And T-Mobile won't ever be able to tell I am tethering, unless I start downloading movies or running a bit torrent app on my 3G connection.
Now all I need is a 'WiFi Hotspot' sticker for my car. So you can catch the 80mph internet.
No not really. It is just a really really developed fetus.
You are arguing that the hole matches the screws almost perfectly. The hole surely was designed around the screws.
But there is the opposing arguement: The screws matches the hole perfectly. The screws were surely designed around the hole.
I tend to think thet whatever universe [hole] is out there, some sort of lifeform [screw] would come to populate it. Or nothing populates it, and such does it even exist?
Humankind's ability to precieve non-human like life is astonishing to me. Of course the universe is particularly suited to our life. There is NO other situation available, thus a worthless arguement. It is saying 1=1, oh there must be a designer.