Yes, that's correct. The on airbag deployment, OnStar attempts to talk to the driver to make sure it wasn't a false alarm, or that no one was hurt and no ambulance is needed. If no response is given, or the driver says there are injured occupants, an ambulance is called.
It's really neat. I have it on two Impala's. One has OnStar Safe & Sound activated, and the other does not. The one that doesn't is getting hacked:-)
You are. In order to catch it on fire, you need to hit a parked Crown Vic at 80 MPH, and have police equipment in the trunk to puncture it with (or something like it... dead hookers won't do the trick).
My dead hookers are really sharp though.
I'm not a politician, nor do have connections with ADM Corp. I do live in a farming community where some farmers have converted their tractors to run off alcohol. They now have an ethanol station, which is pretty cool.
Don't the Crown Vics have a problem with catching on fire on rear impact? I may be wrong.
Anyways though, big car power:-) I drive an Impala and I get around 28 mpg. The room and comfort is great, and the convenience is excellent. Insurance is cheap just like you said. To be honest, I wouldn't ever think about driving a hybrid. I think we should be looking at alcohol powered cars. Most vehicles now could be converted (especially easy to do if your engine is carborated (sp?)). It produces very low emissions, and you can still get a fair bit of power. It'd also help revive the farming economy - plant waste material could be sold for fuel use.
Unfortunately my 2001 and 2002 Impala LS's are V6s. Though my 1996 is a V8. If you're interested in more info on Impala's, check NAISSO.
The MVA (Motor Vehicle Administration) was out the other day. So now, I not only have to wait for hours and hours, I turn in the forms and they tell me to come back the next day to actually pick up the license.
Slashdot is really more of an "opinionated news site". Many times, as in this case, I find it giving me heads up to read about this issue,and not actually telling me about it.
No one wants spam, including me. But is it really so much you want to track every company related to him and try to get him kicked off the internet? Come on. Is it really that hard to download a mail content filter, or hit delete?
People whine "but I didn't want to see that", blah blah blah blah blah. Get over it. You see things every day that you don't want to. Get used to it. Life is perfect, neither is the internet
The problem is that everyone on internet is a bully. But you're starting to go out of the internet now. Quit it before you go to far.
In all actuality, dealing with customs is a huge problem. They may not accept it and send it back, charge extra duties, and other good stuff like that. A lot of country's customs services are much more finnacky than you'd expect.
It's also harder to track down credit card fraud in some countries. Let's face it, these places are in business to make money. If they think they're not going to get it, than they won't seel it to you. I'm not saying I support it, but having worked with online merchants, it's a big concern of theirs.
Dealing with international funds is also an issue. Some banks have problems with taking international payments. The vast majority don't now, but I'm sure some still have a problem with it.
Syncing is terrible, and the actual playing of it is quite bugging. Yes, you can "view" it, but I'd say the actual enjoyment level when attempting to is low.
there are a lot of common codecs left out of here, for example Sorenson. (yeah yeah, can't view on Linux, but it's popular and quite good)
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Most of the people here only seem to get news from IndyMedia or some other "hey look at us we're different!" news services.
Just because something is on a big network, or the majority of people think one way does not mean it is wrong. A lot of these anti-war people are just making a scene. I truly think many of of them just want attention. (but not all of them).
I am not pro-war. I am pro-problem solving. Sometimes war is the best solution. And in the long run I think it will be. If there was a way we could do it without deaths or fighting, I'd be all about it. But there isn't.
JonKatz made the remark that a movie will be made years from now about hackers, in the same way. He's absolutely right. Computers have effected millions - so has the skateboard. As both a nerd and skateboarder with friends in the industry, I can say there is a lot in common - you know those 3 a.m. coding sessions trying to kill one bug? Skateboarders do the same thing, trying to land one trick. They'll lose track of time just like we do. They go on a caffeine rush to keep skating like we do coding... the list goes on and on.
I think nerds and skateboarders have the same mental scope - being truely in love with hobby. It's amazing what the love for something can lead you to do.
I urge you all to go pick up a skateboard. You'll thank me for it.:-)
Actually, Apple has a new product for that called QuickTime Broadcaster. It's free, and will be out with QuickTime 6. It seems that it'll replace a need for Sorenson Broadcaster.
I can't really comment much about Linuux - I don't use it much. but they do NEED to port QuickTime to Linux. it's setting a lot of Linux users back, mostly because Sorenson codec is closed source, and many sites are now using that. mplayer, xine, etc can take care of the rest. but we need Sorenson on Linux. and plus, it'd just be good. Linux is here to stay, and it's a great platform.
Unix people may be interested in this - Apple has been doing lots encourage open source ports to Mac OS X. They've sent things, like the new open source port contest out to there registered developers. Also, they have a new site dedicated to their open source projects (such as Darwin) and other ports to Mac OS X.
I'd look at your phone subscriptions terms. If there's nothing about no compensation on resedential lines, it may be worth taking your phone company to small claims court. though, i'd first recommend reading my next paragraph.
also, multiple letters and phone calls to them may get something done. while it isn't the phone company, i once had several hundred dollars of small electrical stuff (lamps 'n' such - stuff they do not recommend putting surge protectors on) destroyed by an enormous by an enormous power surge (which was a big blunder on there fault, and should have known there work was going to do it). eventually, a high up suit and tie worker called me, and reimbursed the full amount of destroyed items. while that obviously not the same situation as yours, it's worth a shot using the same tactics.
at the school where i used to work on the network, one of the upper level (and some what ignorant) network admins jumped into wireless access. plan it out carefully first; he quickly saturated the main base station, and made all the computers using it attained ridiculously low speeds. due to this, the school heads (principals, etc; not network people) wrote off wireless access as a dead loss, and will not look into expanding it.
so in other words, be careful to make the wireless systems equal to the wired computers. the non-network people don't care how cool & tech it is, just how well it works. if our school had given it a fair chance, it would have been incredible. but they didn't give it that chance...
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...Apple will respond by being glad that the site has been "Slashdotted" for Slashdot and the many other news sites linking to it.
I agree... I think it should be deleted. It's like posting a combination to a bank safe on the lobby door. You're gonna get fucked for it.
...we'll just Slashdot it instead.
Yea? it's possible to do it differently than OnStar... but I think it gets to the point where the convenience of OnStar is worth it.
Yes, that's correct. The on airbag deployment, OnStar attempts to talk to the driver to make sure it wasn't a false alarm, or that no one was hurt and no ambulance is needed. If no response is given, or the driver says there are injured occupants, an ambulance is called.
:-)
It's really neat. I have it on two Impala's. One has OnStar Safe & Sound activated, and the other does not. The one that doesn't is getting hacked
You are. In order to catch it on fire, you need to hit a parked Crown Vic at 80 MPH, and have police equipment in the trunk to puncture it with (or something like it... dead hookers won't do the trick).
My dead hookers are really sharp though.
I'm not a politician, nor do have connections with ADM Corp. I do live in a farming community where some farmers have converted their tractors to run off alcohol. They now have an ethanol station, which is pretty cool.
" but it's safe,"
:-) I drive an Impala and I get around 28 mpg. The room and comfort is great, and the convenience is excellent. Insurance is cheap just like you said. To be honest, I wouldn't ever think about driving a hybrid. I think we should be looking at alcohol powered cars. Most vehicles now could be converted (especially easy to do if your engine is carborated (sp?)). It produces very low emissions, and you can still get a fair bit of power. It'd also help revive the farming economy - plant waste material could be sold for fuel use.
Don't the Crown Vics have a problem with catching on fire on rear impact? I may be wrong.
Anyways though, big car power
Unfortunately my 2001 and 2002 Impala LS's are V6s. Though my 1996 is a V8. If you're interested in more info on Impala's, check NAISSO.
The MVA (Motor Vehicle Administration) was out the other day. So now, I not only have to wait for hours and hours, I turn in the forms and they tell me to come back the next day to actually pick up the license.
I feel so alive...
Thank you.
Slashdot is really more of an "opinionated news site". Many times, as in this case, I find it giving me heads up to read about this issue,and not actually telling me about it.
No one wants spam, including me. But is it really so much you want to track every company related to him and try to get him kicked off the internet? Come on. Is it really that hard to download a mail content filter, or hit delete?
People whine "but I didn't want to see that", blah blah blah blah blah. Get over it. You see things every day that you don't want to. Get used to it. Life is perfect, neither is the internet
The problem is that everyone on internet is a bully. But you're starting to go out of the internet now. Quit it before you go to far.
You're probably a terrorist ;-)
In all actuality, dealing with customs is a huge problem. They may not accept it and send it back, charge extra duties, and other good stuff like that. A lot of country's customs services are much more finnacky than you'd expect.
It's also harder to track down credit card fraud in some countries. Let's face it, these places are in business to make money. If they think they're not going to get it, than they won't seel it to you. I'm not saying I support it, but having worked with online merchants, it's a big concern of theirs.
Dealing with international funds is also an issue. Some banks have problems with taking international payments. The vast majority don't now, but I'm sure some still have a problem with it.
yeah, call every other country that does this too while you're at it.
Syncing is terrible, and the actual playing of it is quite bugging. Yes, you can "view" it, but I'd say the actual enjoyment level when attempting to is low.
there are a lot of common codecs left out of here, for example Sorenson. (yeah yeah, can't view on Linux, but it's popular and quite good)
Most of the people here only seem to get news from IndyMedia or some other "hey look at us we're different!" news services.
Just because something is on a big network, or the majority of people think one way does not mean it is wrong. A lot of these anti-war people are just making a scene. I truly think many of of them just want attention. (but not all of them).
I am not pro-war. I am pro-problem solving. Sometimes war is the best solution. And in the long run I think it will be. If there was a way we could do it without deaths or fighting, I'd be all about it. But there isn't.
If you really want to try it, pop into any computer store that sells Macs and give it a whirl. CompUSA, Apple Store, etc etc.
JonKatz made the remark that a movie will be made years from now about hackers, in the same way. He's absolutely right. Computers have effected millions - so has the skateboard. As both a nerd and skateboarder with friends in the industry, I can say there is a lot in common - you know those 3 a.m. coding sessions trying to kill one bug? Skateboarders do the same thing, trying to land one trick. They'll lose track of time just like we do. They go on a caffeine rush to keep skating like we do coding... the list goes on and on.
:-)
I think nerds and skateboarders have the same mental scope - being truely in love with hobby. It's amazing what the love for something can lead you to do.
I urge you all to go pick up a skateboard. You'll thank me for it.
what ISP are you using?
Actually, Apple has a new product for that called QuickTime Broadcaster. It's free, and will be out with QuickTime 6. It seems that it'll replace a need for Sorenson Broadcaster.
Here's a link to the CNN article, supplied by Reuters. Less specific on scientific details, but a very good summary and potential description.
I can't really comment much about Linuux - I don't use it much. but they do NEED to port QuickTime to Linux. it's setting a lot of Linux users back, mostly because Sorenson codec is closed source, and many sites are now using that. mplayer, xine, etc can take care of the rest. but we need Sorenson on Linux. and plus, it'd just be good. Linux is here to stay, and it's a great platform.
Unix people may be interested in this - Apple has been doing lots encourage open source ports to Mac OS X. They've sent things, like the new open source port contest out to there registered developers. Also, they have a new site dedicated to their open source projects (such as Darwin) and other ports to Mac OS X.
I'd look at your phone subscriptions terms. If there's nothing about no compensation on resedential lines, it may be worth taking your phone company to small claims court. though, i'd first recommend reading my next paragraph.
also, multiple letters and phone calls to them may get something done. while it isn't the phone company, i once had several hundred dollars of small electrical stuff (lamps 'n' such - stuff they do not recommend putting surge protectors on) destroyed by an enormous by an enormous power surge (which was a big blunder on there fault, and should have known there work was going to do it). eventually, a high up suit and tie worker called me, and reimbursed the full amount of destroyed items. while that obviously not the same situation as yours, it's worth a shot using the same tactics.
Remember that MPEG4 is based on QuickTime. It'd be possible to use QuickTime instead, which has no fees.
Also, this article is quite dated. Does anyone know if there are any updates to the proposed fee, that are known?
a word of warning:
at the school where i used to work on the network, one of the upper level (and some what ignorant) network admins jumped into wireless access. plan it out carefully first; he quickly saturated the main base station, and made all the computers using it attained ridiculously low speeds. due to this, the school heads (principals, etc; not network people) wrote off wireless access as a dead loss, and will not look into expanding it.
so in other words, be careful to make the wireless systems equal to the wired computers. the non-network people don't care how cool & tech it is, just how well it works. if our school had given it a fair chance, it would have been incredible. but they didn't give it that chance...