I saw someone addicted to MUDs at CMU (this was betweeen 1991-1993 (!)) they were in the computer lab, and still there when I returned the next day - they had never left!
I see no evidence for your assertion that high prices bankrupt gas stations, but have seen several articles that say that gas stations are doing very well.
I've seen 3 gas stations close ever since gas prices went over $2/gal, 2 of which are on the same corner (one of which was closed and then had its tank dug out of the ground!), and one on the Las Vegas Strip.
As for gas stations running out of gas, if prices go up fast, the gas station will have to layout a lot more money before it can recover it when selling it at a higher price.
If it doesn't have the cash reserves to do so it won't be able to get the gas.
Even those that can afford such high prices may have to cut back driving.
The gov't quite likely will institute gas rationing (again) to prevent the lower income people from being priced out of driving completely.
Instead everyone will have to cut back.
Of course, you could probably with enough cash get extra gas, at risk of imprisonment.
Also the high prices are bankrupting gas stations (which are usually the victims of high prices, not the perpetrators, except for the crooks of course).
It may very well get to the point where only a few stations will survive per city, there will be a long drive to get to them (so if you are nearly on empty you'll run out of gas), huge lines, and the stations will themselves run out of gas.
Gas stations ran out of gas in the 70s gas crisis, and gas was rationed in WWII, so don't say it can't happen, it already has, and could happen again.
Also, gas rationing could be justified on national security grounds.
Umm, no, you'd burn up over a gallon keeping the engine RPMs up.
Which you'd need to do, or else say good bye to power steering and power brakes (very bad). (*)
Going downhill in drive would work.
On the way to California from Nevada I was going down hill, 75 mph, no foot on the gas and no power from the engine. The car idles at about 1K RPM and it was being turned at about 1.5K RPM by gravity, and the temperature gauge was dropping below the point at which the thermostat was set at.
Infinity mpg. Of course going back over the hill the other way probably used as much extra energy as going down the hill saved.
(*) I read an interesting story, perhaps a post on Slashdot where someone coasted down a hill at over 100 mph in neutral. The engine fuel was cut due to overspeed, and with it in neutral and no gravity backfeeding power to the engine, RPMs dropped to zero, and power steering and brakes were lost. I don't think you can even engage an automatic transmission with no RPMs from the engine. Very dangerous, but the person avoided a crash.
Of course, a proper overspeed prevention system would restore fuel when RPMs were about to go below idle.
Also, in Nevada, coasting in neutral or with the clutch disengaged is illegal.
(they can go 65 but California's excessive regulations [imagine that! I though CA was such a free state!] restricts them to 55 in practice - other than that and the fact it ain't 24/7, their system RULES)
You know your car is too slow when it can be tied by a train.
Even slight damage (like from an accident) can cause a short circuit and thermal runaway in the batteries, resulting in massive smoke, huge flames and even a big explosion.
Fuel is much safer. And quite a bit harder to make burn or especially to make explode than people think.
Slashdot Mirror
More domains for them to have to buy.
.com domains and are making money doing so. .xxx has a lot of downside potential for them.
.com, do you like .info?
.xxx
More domain names for competitors to take if they don't buy them.
They own many of the obvious
If you own a non-porn business and have a
Likely that answer is no.
Same with porn companies and
Simple fix, use a 128 bit randomized/pseudo-random number.
8
(such as the md5 or sha1 of a unique secret string and the uid on the server would work).
Guessing or accidently getting someone else's valid session would be astronomically hard.
page.cfml?uid=5
would be bad
page.cfml?session=f19936b6aefab2ec2d54932b31065c5
would be safe. (2^128 is a huge space of possible session ids!)
They probably will use contacting them to automatically opt you in to their marketing emails, phone calls, etc.
:)
Sorry, I should have said they almost certainly will do so.
All this talk of watermelons and cookies is getting my hungry.
And sometimes tossing your cookies/browser bulimia is useful. :)
Perhaps allowing sessions based on URL parameters will become popular again.
There are no significant drawbacks.
Ironic that you'd post this anonymously.
P.S. Are you from the UK?
(I am guess that based on how your text reads)
Once your game ends, or the company pulls the plug on your virtual world, very little translates back to the real world.
Well you have the real money you made on Ebay selling virtual money to even bigger geeks.
If you keep yourself entertained doing ANY one thing, and neglect other aspects of your life, its called ADDICTION.
Does that include posting to Slashdot?
Use State Farm.
;)
Yes, they aren't the cheapest.
But if you have a claim, they pay a fair amount and are efficient and courteous about it.
That was in France, which is a lot less free than the US when it comes to censorship.
(whether it is advertising, WWII memorabilia, etc).
Always capitalize Coke when referring to the soft drink.
:)
Otherwise you may be considered to be misuing the trademark, and/or be considered to be using cocaine.
In about 5 to 10 years, Google will be big enough to control the US economy. :)
(I can always hope)
I saw someone addicted to MUDs at CMU (this was betweeen 1991-1993 (!)) they were in the computer lab, and still there when I returned the next day - they had never left!
Yeah, they had the Internet back then.
You've got some serious relationship issues.
I see no evidence for your assertion that high prices bankrupt gas stations, but have seen several articles that say that gas stations are doing very well.
I've seen 3 gas stations close ever since gas prices went over $2/gal, 2 of which are on the same corner (one of which was closed and then had its tank dug out of the ground!), and one on the Las Vegas Strip.
As for gas stations running out of gas, if prices go up fast, the gas station will have to layout a lot more money before it can recover it when selling it at a higher price.
If it doesn't have the cash reserves to do so it won't be able to get the gas.
The single largest problem with the Prius is that it is so quiet that pedestrians and bicyclists don't hear it.
:)
Not a problem if you blast some rap music at 110 decibels.
(not that I'd do such a thing, that might be illegal)
18 seconds is a very short amount of time in that context!
Even those that can afford such high prices may have to cut back driving.
The gov't quite likely will institute gas rationing (again) to prevent the lower income people from being priced out of driving completely.
Instead everyone will have to cut back.
Of course, you could probably with enough cash get extra gas, at risk of imprisonment.
Also the high prices are bankrupting gas stations (which are usually the victims of high prices, not the perpetrators, except for the crooks of course).
It may very well get to the point where only a few stations will survive per city, there will be a long drive to get to them (so if you are nearly on empty you'll run out of gas), huge lines, and the stations will themselves run out of gas.
Gas stations ran out of gas in the 70s gas crisis, and gas was rationed in WWII, so don't say it can't happen, it already has, and could happen again.
Also, gas rationing could be justified on national security grounds.
Umm, no, you'd burn up over a gallon keeping the engine RPMs up.
4 Sec459
Which you'd need to do, or else say good bye to power steering and power brakes (very bad). (*)
Going downhill in drive would work.
On the way to California from Nevada I was going down hill, 75 mph, no foot on the gas and no power from the engine. The car idles at about 1K RPM and it was being turned at about 1.5K RPM by gravity, and the temperature gauge was dropping below the point at which the thermostat was set at.
Infinity mpg. Of course going back over the hill the other way probably used as much extra energy as going down the hill saved.
(*) I read an interesting story, perhaps a post on Slashdot where someone coasted down a hill at over 100 mph in neutral. The engine fuel was cut due to overspeed, and with it in neutral and no gravity backfeeding power to the engine, RPMs dropped to zero, and power steering and brakes were lost. I don't think you can even engage an automatic transmission with no RPMs from the engine. Very dangerous, but the person avoided a crash.
Of course, a proper overspeed prevention system would restore fuel when RPMs were about to go below idle.
Also, in Nevada, coasting in neutral or with the clutch disengaged is illegal.
NRS 484.459 http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-484.html#NRS48
Firefox ignores the anchor, so you have to scroll down manually. Should file a bug report I guess.
That loss of 3 mpg for automatic transmission is a bad thing.
Why, oh why don't they use a manual transmission with a computer controlled gear shift and clutch instead of that awful torque converter?
That really should be easy with today's technology.
With its wimpy 50-horsepower engine, the Fortwo takes 20 seconds to get from zero to 60.
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Goodness gracious, that just outright sucks!
The light rail TRAINS in San Jose can tie that performance.
http://www.lightrail.com/carspecpages/sjspecs.htm
(they can go 65 but California's excessive regulations [imagine that! I though CA was such a free state!] restricts them to 55 in practice - other than that and the fact it ain't 24/7, their system RULES)
You know your car is too slow when it can be tied by a train.
Lithium Ion, in a car?!?
DANGEROUS!
Even slight damage (like from an accident) can cause a short circuit and thermal runaway in the batteries, resulting in massive smoke, huge flames and even a big explosion.
Fuel is much safer. And quite a bit harder to make burn or especially to make explode than people think.
Just like whatthe railroad industry did when they were threatened with new technology?
What the heck are you talking about?
There isn't any technology which can replace rail.
And the sooner we realize this the better.
P.S. The Union Pacific trains still run in Las Vegas, and one day, we'll get Amtrak back.
You must be using kilometers per hour in your post. :)
You'd be better off physically stealing the books.
You'd get in far less trouble.
Federal felony vs state/local misdemeanor.
Of course, buying the books used is ethical and (currently, as of my writing this post) legal and will save you quite a bit.