Shoot, forgot to mention, my Xbox is a 1.6b, which as far as I know is the final hardware/firmware version. All I used was the Action Replay + Splinter Cell hack so it only cost me $30 for the AR and I was in business.
I just recently soft modded my Xbox and put XBMC, and I wish I hadn't waited so long. It truly is an awesome little $150 box now. Check http://www.xbox-scene.org/ and look up some info on Krayzie's NDURE soft mod kit. It really is a fairly painless procedure. Chipping is more involved and has more expense involved, but you can do some things the soft mod won't allow.
Even if you include your $1000 oil changes, that's still not $14,000 and that is the COMPLETE cost of fuel and oil for the Camry.
Are you saying your hybrid will use ZERO FUEL AND ZERO OIL? Are you just trying to save face now that I've shown you're lying about these supposed savings, or are you actually that fucking stupid to believe your own bullshit?
Old homes like mine which were built in the 1920s have interior walls of plaster, and use torn up newspapers and straw for insulation. Those are the homes that need insulation, and you're not doing it in one day for $700.
I call bullshit. Did you even do any math or are you pulling numbers out of your ass?
Let's assume a worst case scenario. Let's assume that a driver drives more than the average American and is on the road 20,000 miles per year. We'll also say he drives the 6cyl Camry, rated at 22MPG city and he never gets above the minimum rated mileage. That's about 910 gallons of gas. At $2.50/gal, that's $2275/yr. That's still only $11,375 fuel costs over five years. So unless not only does the Prius use absolutely no fuel of any kind, but someone sends you a check for an additional $2625, you are not saving $14,000 over 5 years.
People like you are the reason nobody takes energy conservation seriously. You spew lies and spread as much misinformation as the opposing side.
The dipshit probably looked at the cost of insulation down at his local Home Depot and never even stopped to consider there's more to insulating an old home than just buying sheets of pink fiberglass.
I live in a 1920s home in Minneapolis. I know my insulation is terrible, and my energy bills show it. I've been thinking of updating it, and proper insulation plus new windows would run $20K easily. As you said, in most cities any construction of that level would require updating completely to meet new building codes and adds significantly to the cost.
"Atheism is a religion like not collecting stamps is a hobby."
If somebody made a point of vigorously telling everyone they met that they didn't collect stamps, and tried to convince everyone they met who did collect stamps that they should stop collecting stamps, I would indeed call their not collecting stamps a hobby.
It might sound witty, but it really just proves that atheism is a religion.
The LP platform is laid out on the party website for anybody to see. I fail to see the need to reiterate it verbatim every time a moron such as yourself can't figure out how to use Google. If you lack the intelligence to find it, I'm hardly worried about being considered "fringe" by a fool like you.
And what damning facts did you present us with? All I see is slogans out of your mouth. Until you have some proof that's what a libertarian society would be like, kindly shut the fuck up.
Does anybody honestly believe that if Apple wants their systems to continue playing new media such as HDDVD or Blu Ray that they won't have to add the exact same DRM that Microsoft has? Microsoft is not the bad guy here, they're just doing what they have to do to keep the media playing on their systems. Apple will do the same, or be shut out by the media giants.
You missed the point completely. The poster wasn't talking about a company that doesn't hire people because of their personal lives, he was talking about potential frivolous lawsuits.
If a woman is asked in an interview about her children, and she states that she has none but is thinking about having some soon, then even if a company chooses not to hire because she's unqualified, she still has grounds to file a lawsuit stating they didn't hire her for familial reasons.
Anyone who has kids knows how quickly modern toys break. Parents are also well aware of the fact that toys rarely last on the shelf for more than a season and trying to get a manufacturer to send spare parts is damn near impossible. The possibility of open source toys, or at the very least replacement parts for closed source toys, is enticing. If these things can come down to a reasonable price (they also need some advances as far as color output) I think they could become quite popular.
PS A cookie to the first person who can tell me what movie the subject of my post is from.:)
Really? Are nude photos of a 17 year old taken by her boyfriend wrong? Considering the age of consent is less than 17 some places, it seems a bit over the top to say the child pornography is universally and unarguably wrong. But then again, you don't sound like you want facts get in the way of a perfectly good emotional argument.
We now return you to your previously scheduled thinking of the children.
Just a suggestion, but maybe consider getting a big hard drive and ripping all your kids DVDs, then set up a cheap player such as a modded Xbox with XBMC? No more worries with DVDs wearing out.
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Shoot, forgot to mention, my Xbox is a 1.6b, which as far as I know is the final hardware/firmware version. All I used was the Action Replay + Splinter Cell hack so it only cost me $30 for the AR and I was in business.
I just recently soft modded my Xbox and put XBMC, and I wish I hadn't waited so long. It truly is an awesome little $150 box now. Check http://www.xbox-scene.org/ and look up some info on Krayzie's NDURE soft mod kit. It really is a fairly painless procedure. Chipping is more involved and has more expense involved, but you can do some things the soft mod won't allow.
Even if you include your $1000 oil changes, that's still not $14,000 and that is the COMPLETE cost of fuel and oil for the Camry.
Are you saying your hybrid will use ZERO FUEL AND ZERO OIL? Are you just trying to save face now that I've shown you're lying about these supposed savings, or are you actually that fucking stupid to believe your own bullshit?
Quite right, those things should all be done away with as well.
What did you insulate for $700? Your attic?
Old homes like mine which were built in the 1920s have interior walls of plaster, and use torn up newspapers and straw for insulation. Those are the homes that need insulation, and you're not doing it in one day for $700.
I call bullshit. Did you even do any math or are you pulling numbers out of your ass?
Let's assume a worst case scenario. Let's assume that a driver drives more than the average American and is on the road 20,000 miles per year. We'll also say he drives the 6cyl Camry, rated at 22MPG city and he never gets above the minimum rated mileage. That's about 910 gallons of gas. At $2.50/gal, that's $2275/yr. That's still only $11,375 fuel costs over five years. So unless not only does the Prius use absolutely no fuel of any kind, but someone sends you a check for an additional $2625, you are not saving $14,000 over 5 years.
People like you are the reason nobody takes energy conservation seriously. You spew lies and spread as much misinformation as the opposing side.
The dipshit probably looked at the cost of insulation down at his local Home Depot and never even stopped to consider there's more to insulating an old home than just buying sheets of pink fiberglass.
I live in a 1920s home in Minneapolis. I know my insulation is terrible, and my energy bills show it. I've been thinking of updating it, and proper insulation plus new windows would run $20K easily. As you said, in most cities any construction of that level would require updating completely to meet new building codes and adds significantly to the cost.
In review, AC GP, go fuck yourself.
"Atheism is a religion like not collecting stamps is a hobby."
If somebody made a point of vigorously telling everyone they met that they didn't collect stamps, and tried to convince everyone they met who did collect stamps that they should stop collecting stamps, I would indeed call their not collecting stamps a hobby.
It might sound witty, but it really just proves that atheism is a religion.
The LP platform is laid out on the party website for anybody to see. I fail to see the need to reiterate it verbatim every time a moron such as yourself can't figure out how to use Google. If you lack the intelligence to find it, I'm hardly worried about being considered "fringe" by a fool like you.
Still spouting slogans with no facts to back yourself up? What a tool.
Which libertarians supported the Iraq war? I want solid references, otherwise you're just full of shit.
And what damning facts did you present us with? All I see is slogans out of your mouth. Until you have some proof that's what a libertarian society would be like, kindly shut the fuck up.
Is this kind of bi-partisan bullshit what you consider standstill?
Please explain how libertarians support businesses "trampling" on anybody's rights. I challenge you to defend your accusation.
So many people think libertarian's are pro-business, but they're not. They're anti-coercion.
This is old news. At least two days old: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/13/07 55256
Because the Tesla costs $100,000?
Does anybody honestly believe that if Apple wants their systems to continue playing new media such as HDDVD or Blu Ray that they won't have to add the exact same DRM that Microsoft has? Microsoft is not the bad guy here, they're just doing what they have to do to keep the media playing on their systems. Apple will do the same, or be shut out by the media giants.
You missed the point completely. The poster wasn't talking about a company that doesn't hire people because of their personal lives, he was talking about potential frivolous lawsuits.
If a woman is asked in an interview about her children, and she states that she has none but is thinking about having some soon, then even if a company chooses not to hire because she's unqualified, she still has grounds to file a lawsuit stating they didn't hire her for familial reasons.
Hmmm, yeah don't ask me where I got the B out of it. Brain fart.
Still, I rarely see MM used for millions, but rather the K, M, B notation.
You're assuming that the basis is Roman numerals. If the basis for the shorthand is metric units than K is thousand, M is million, and B is billion.
You're thinking small.
You have to nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Anyone who has kids knows how quickly modern toys break. Parents are also well aware of the fact that toys rarely last on the shelf for more than a season and trying to get a manufacturer to send spare parts is damn near impossible. The possibility of open source toys, or at the very least replacement parts for closed source toys, is enticing. If these things can come down to a reasonable price (they also need some advances as far as color output) I think they could become quite popular.
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PS A cookie to the first person who can tell me what movie the subject of my post is from.
Really? Are nude photos of a 17 year old taken by her boyfriend wrong? Considering the age of consent is less than 17 some places, it seems a bit over the top to say the child pornography is universally and unarguably wrong. But then again, you don't sound like you want facts get in the way of a perfectly good emotional argument.
We now return you to your previously scheduled thinking of the children.
Just a suggestion, but maybe consider getting a big hard drive and ripping all your kids DVDs, then set up a cheap player such as a modded Xbox with XBMC? No more worries with DVDs wearing out.
If he is buried with half the salt that a cup of instant ramen has, the body will be well preserved for centuries.