I like what I do. I enjoy working with computers. As long as one is compensated in a relatively fair manner, I think that 24x7 support is reasonable. The nice thing about IT jobs is you're free to take a long lunch here and there, come in late sometimes, go home early sometimes, and not be treated like a little child. But in exchange, you're expected to make a good faith effort.
I LOVE all of this. In fact, it's one of the best things about IT -- other than getting to work on computers.
I'm working 7 days a week for the next 6 weeks (self-induced; two jobs), and got a call from a friend on July 5, my last day off. He asked me if I was working that day, to which I replied no, and then said they had been hoping I could look at a system for them (as part of my job).. I almost volunteered to come in, because I was looking forward to the challenge.
oh well, it takes all kinds.. Just kind of tired of reading stories by bitter slashdotters who claim that you don't owe your employer any more than the 40.00000 hours you signed up for. Must be a crappy life. Frankly, I'd rather be able to do 30 sometimes, 50 others, and enjoy what I do.
"In short... you seem quite ignorant on many fronts."
This from the guy who is too ignorant to realize that wider tires don't give you a bigger contact patch, and thus don't help to prevent your tires from smoking?
And 275mm wide tires are pretty freaking big for a sedan.
I would assume you were speaking about track use, as the early E46 M3 had a rash of engine failures that is still being investigated. All cars with affected engines now have 6 year/100,000 mile powertrain warranties (not to say that the owners didn't have to fight the company for it).
I bet you take glee in others misfortune. You seem like that kind of person.
Mind telling me which BMWs come with spoilers from hell, are "lowered" from the factory (I believe lowering refers to setting a car lower than STOCK.. so it's not possible to 'lower' as part of a specific model)... and yes, the BMW neon-lighting option.
Bentley = overpriced, MG = not available in the US, not too reliable, Ford = crap, Volvo = decent cars, but front wheel drive or AWD only, Alfa = wtf, Aston Martin = massively overpriced. Hell, the only reasonable car you mention here is Mazda. Credit to Mazda for coming out with some decent cars these days, the new 3 and 6 are awesome! I love the styling, although I'd think your hyperbole meter would go off the charts with the new ricer-style taillights that come stock with them...... feel free to continue mocking others.
Oh, forgot to add, you can pick up a nice 95 M3 for 14k these days. An absolute steal. Overpriced, huh?
Good point, but I didn't buy my M3 to SHOW that I had taste, I bought it to drive it. I said "don't discount those of us who actually have taste," saying that I, in fact, believe I have taste. Not that I BOUGHT the car to point that out to the world, merely that my purchase was a result of my (perceived) taste for quality.
Had I done so, then I would have fallen prey to what you pointed out.
Anyway, if you're buying a Powerbook you should be buying the extended warranty. I wouldn't advocate warranties on desktop systems or displays, but on a laptop it's just a must-have... Laptops in general have far, far worse reliability track records than desktops.. check consumer reports.
I always know of at least 5 people that are futzing with laptop problems at any given time.. mostly Dell, but that's because most people I know have Dells (oh, and Dell service SUCKS now).
My iBook has been trouble-free for the two and a half years I've owned it, but I cannot say the same of the batteries.... and at $130 a pop, it's not hard to imagine applecare being worthwhile over the span of 3 years... Hate to say it, but odds are a laptop extended warranty will pay for itself, assuming you keep your gear for long enough.
Ever used an iPod? Then you know why it's the better product. Even my non-Apple friends have come to see how paying for quality can actually count. This from the PC-world that gives you bargain basement beige boxes. Apple is showing the world consumer electronics (and computers and such) can be pleasant to use experiences, not commodities.
Ever driven a BMW? Then you know why it's a great product that's worth the money.
1995 M3 -- best car I've ever driven in my life. Sad I had to sell it after 3 years, 40,000 miles, zero problems; happy about the good resale value.
I can't say every person who buys an Apple product is 100% pleased with it, nor can I say every BMW purchase is a happy one. But both companies are shining examples of how, with a little bit of extra attention to detail and engineering, a superior product can usually be produced. And yes, it will cost you a little bit more.
About the only thing dumber than assuming that more expensive == better, is assuming that more expensive == worse. Sure, there are plenty who buy iPods and Bimmers as status symbols, but don't discount those of us who have actually have taste. Do you listen to crappy music nobody's ever heard of, and then the day they get airplay claim they've "sold out" and then refuse to listen to them? Same principle, pal.
Oh, and this would not have worked in my 95 M3, nor would it work with my 1st gen 5gb iPod (still chugging away on original battery after almost 3 years!)
But I'll be buying a new iPod this year to have bigger capacity, and will be buying another (if not new-new) BMW in a year or so.
Worst thing about this new system, to me, is that you have to set up special BMW playlists, and then only access by track number. How hard would it have been to actually show track names, christ. Aftermarket companies have figured out how to integrate Valentine 1 alerts into the 5-series computer, which is a much bigger technical feat than hacking the cd changer into assigning track numbers to iPod playlists.. I think the Alpine system coming out soon will be better.
(By the way, if you wanted the status symbol thing to hold true, it should have been Mercedes of maybe Lexus. Sure Mercedes used to make decent cars, but not any longer -- Mercedes is the ultimate status symbol, not a driver's car. Tell me, how big is the Mercedes club's track or club racing program? Yeah, nowhere near as large as BMW, which is probably second biggest behind Porsche in the nation).
Sorry, but I don't want to buy a new computer every 6 months to keep playing WMV. Files are nice and small, quality is good, but framerate sucks nuts unless you have a massively fast computer. What a waste.
DivX is better in this regard, but not as good as QT. I have a huge pipe, I don't care about download speed.
Wait a second. Has anybody figured out why we need batteries for our wireless keyboards and mice? Is it a conspiracy? I mean, seriously. You can't convince me that wireless mice -- which use all of 1 AA battery that lasts for, well, months I imagine.. couldn't be powered by some kind of capacity setup and a wheel that generated power from the mouse ball. Of course, this is different with optical mice, but there's no reason there couldn't be some kind of ball for generating power, and then optical sensors for the tracking, so as to avoid the traditional problem with conventional mice where the pickups get dirty..
And keyboards? Give me a break! Don't tell me there isn't enough energy coming from my typing, to transmit that information to my computer...
Funny. Almost everybody in Seattle uses their turn signals, the lack of which is my main gripe about drivers in California.
Everything else about driving in Seattle is worse than the bay, though:
* Everybody driving below the speed limit in all lanes, making any kind of progress impossible.
* Passive-aggressive jerks that can't stand someone who *gasp* breaks the law by speeding
* Complete inability to merge whatsoever (40mph is not freeway speed, people)
* Pretending like your lane isn't ending, and expecting people to make room for you to merge.. made worse by crappy Seattle road design.
Come to think of it, this is the one time people in Seattle do not signal -- when their lane on the freeway ends. They just hug the shoulder line and force their way in. Odd, since they're considerate about everything else. Considerate, but completely unskilled dolts.
So often merging turns into a braking contest.. one guy merging at 40mph brakes because he can't find a hole when there is a 20mph speed differential... and then the guy coming up on the freeway brakes to give the merging moron a space... and they keep trying to out-brake each other until they come to a stop.
Don't even get me started on people who can't figure out to just PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC when someone stops for 30 seconds to leave them space and they can't figure it out...
Reminds me of xringd for dialup connections. Call the modem's phone #, let it ring the correct number of times, do it the proper number of times (iirc), and then hang up. The modem will dial the pre-set number. cool!
I think perhaps that's a pre-Panther complaint. I was really proficient at using the dock in Jaguar, but it's gotten way better since they changed the apple-tab behavior in Panther.
Anyway, I find it funny that people hate the dock so much -- I love it, and find Panther to be, by far, the easiest, quickest and smoothest OS to use, and I've been all over the Windows/Unix universe.
I would not have touched a Mac with a 10 foot pole before X, and now it's all I want to use.
My iPod is 2 years old. 5gb. Dropped a number of times. Works flawlessly. Put it on shuffle the other day, at 7/8 volume (yes I like it loud) and it lasted 9 hours. Not sure if shuffle takes more battery than continuous -- probably not. But anyway, 9 hours is pretty damn good IMO. When my battery finally dies I will happily buy a bigger, newer, improved model. Gotta love all the iPod-haters here who don't realize the reason there are so many iPod/Apple articles on slashdot -- it's because your geeky peers all think the stuff KICKS ASS.
I used to be on an iBook mailing list, and the few people that had to send their units in to be repaired, got a prepaid fedex box to their door the next day, and often had their computer back 3 or 4 DAYS from the day it shipped out.. I was absolutely astounded. can't believe you have to pay for ipod shipping...
Yeah, I'm looking forward to getting screwed as an Apple fan, as all non-windows users should be. Let's see:
1. Hollywood allows Apple to do cool stuff 2. Hollywood ends up making similar agreements with PC software companies 3. Apple's system gets cracked. 4. Probably others, too. 5. RIAA becomes unhappy. 6. Microsoft/Intel provide new "trusted computing" platform. 7. End users get screwed. 8. Profit!
Can anybody explain what's with Windows fanboys? I mean, seriously. It's one thing that fans of an "underdog" OS such as OS X or Linux promote their systems.. but who in their right mind thinks a mainstream OS used by 95% of the population needs a cheerleader? Or that Microsoft doesn't do a good enough job promoting their own products? I mean, really. Get a life. Not even the Cult of the Mac spends its time speculating about an OS that's 4+ years out. Hell, the most the Mac crowd does is speculate on the next release, and nobody's even chomping at the bit about 10.4 yet. Who seriously thinks it's important to see Longhorn screenshots in 2002 or 2003? Is there nothing else for these people to get excited about?
I almost wrote a nasty email to the moron who writes that column, but didn't even know where to start!
If you're a huge Windows fanatic, OK, maybe you're looking forward to the next release. I can accept that. But honestly, PROMOTING Palladium and other nonsense? This is like music fans helping the RIAA to find people who illegally share music, and then bragging about it!
This is why I have a 12" iBook and am working on getting a 12" Powerbook. One of the smallest laptops on the market, and i never get tired of the small screen.
But hey, there is a market for 17" laptops, so why bother them? I don't like the PC laptop tanks though.. heavy as hell, but if you try to pick them up with one hand they flex and creak like an old house. Cheap plastic poorly fitted together. Gotta love the Apple hardware, built like someone actually considered the users.
Biggest problem with 17" laptops on tray tables, seems to me, is the screen HEIGHT. Hell, even with my ibook I have to slide my tray out so the screen can open far enough. And the ibooks have the screen that drop DOWN when you open them, so they should be about the easiest to fit on a tray table.. oh well.
Seriously. I was happy with Linux when I ran that on my desktop for 7 years. I was even happier when I bought my ibook (my first Mac ever) last March.
I've used my roommate's Inspiron 8200 with XP a few times. It's an expensive laptop -- probably cost a pretty penny more than my ibook.
It's crap. I mean, I think Dell does an OK job, and I know their support (at least for servers) is quite good.. If I were to buy a PC rather than build it, Dell would be the way to go... But XP is just a joke. I think not using Windows for so long led me to believe that it was probably catching up to the rest of the world, just not quite for me.. Well, it's not. The Mac really has spoiled me, to the point where I can't even imagine why someone would buy an ugly, heavy PC notebook running a clunky, kludge of an OS like Windows. At least when I used Linux, I could use a Windows box, and say "hey, at least it has some worthwhile apps." Now I can't even say that about Windows anymore, it's just a nightmare experience.
The article says iSync can sync contacts with GPRS phones. What does GPRS have to do with it? Isn't this pure bluetooth?
The reason I ask is this -- I am about to buy an Ericsson T39, which DOES have bluetooth and GPRS, but my provider (Cingular) has not been able to get GPRS to work on this specific phone (actually, they don't technically sell the phone for this reason). Will I be able to sync with it, or would I need GPRS support?
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Gee, sorry you hate your job so much.
I like what I do. I enjoy working with computers. As long as one is compensated in a relatively fair manner, I think that 24x7 support is reasonable. The nice thing about IT jobs is you're free to take a long lunch here and there, come in late sometimes, go home early sometimes, and not be treated like a little child. But in exchange, you're expected to make a good faith effort.
I LOVE all of this. In fact, it's one of the best things about IT -- other than getting to work on computers.
I'm working 7 days a week for the next 6 weeks (self-induced; two jobs), and got a call from a friend on July 5, my last day off. He asked me if I was working that day, to which I replied no, and then said they had been hoping I could look at a system for them (as part of my job).. I almost volunteered to come in, because I was looking forward to the challenge.
oh well, it takes all kinds.. Just kind of tired of reading stories by bitter slashdotters who claim that you don't owe your employer any more than the 40.00000 hours you signed up for. Must be a crappy life. Frankly, I'd rather be able to do 30 sometimes, 50 others, and enjoy what I do.
"In short... you seem quite ignorant on many fronts."
This from the guy who is too ignorant to realize that wider tires don't give you a bigger contact patch, and thus don't help to prevent your tires from smoking?
And 275mm wide tires are pretty freaking big for a sedan.
You, sir, are a moron.
... and yes, the BMW neon-lighting option.
... feel free to continue mocking others.
I would assume you were speaking about track use, as the early E46 M3 had a rash of engine failures that is still being investigated. All cars with affected engines now have 6 year/100,000 mile powertrain warranties (not to say that the owners didn't have to fight the company for it).
I bet you take glee in others misfortune. You seem like that kind of person.
Mind telling me which BMWs come with spoilers from hell, are "lowered" from the factory (I believe lowering refers to setting a car lower than STOCK.. so it's not possible to 'lower' as part of a specific model)
Bentley = overpriced, MG = not available in the US, not too reliable, Ford = crap, Volvo = decent cars, but front wheel drive or AWD only, Alfa = wtf, Aston Martin = massively overpriced. Hell, the only reasonable car you mention here is Mazda. Credit to Mazda for coming out with some decent cars these days, the new 3 and 6 are awesome! I love the styling, although I'd think your hyperbole meter would go off the charts with the new ricer-style taillights that come stock with them...
Oh, forgot to add, you can pick up a nice 95 M3 for 14k these days. An absolute steal. Overpriced, huh?
Good point, but I didn't buy my M3 to SHOW that I had taste, I bought it to drive it. I said "don't discount those of us who actually have taste," saying that I, in fact, believe I have taste. Not that I BOUGHT the car to point that out to the world, merely that my purchase was a result of my (perceived) taste for quality.
Had I done so, then I would have fallen prey to what you pointed out.
My experience has been from the date of purchase.
Anyway, if you're buying a Powerbook you should be buying the extended warranty. I wouldn't advocate warranties on desktop systems or displays, but on a laptop it's just a must-have... Laptops in general have far, far worse reliability track records than desktops.. check consumer reports.
I always know of at least 5 people that are futzing with laptop problems at any given time.. mostly Dell, but that's because most people I know have Dells (oh, and Dell service SUCKS now).
My iBook has been trouble-free for the two and a half years I've owned it, but I cannot say the same of the batteries.... and at $130 a pop, it's not hard to imagine applecare being worthwhile over the span of 3 years... Hate to say it, but odds are a laptop extended warranty will pay for itself, assuming you keep your gear for long enough.
-reid
Ever used an iPod? Then you know why it's the better product. Even my non-Apple friends have come to see how paying for quality can actually count. This from the PC-world that gives you bargain basement beige boxes. Apple is showing the world consumer electronics (and computers and such) can be pleasant to use experiences, not commodities.
Ever driven a BMW? Then you know why it's a great product that's worth the money.
1995 M3 -- best car I've ever driven in my life. Sad I had to sell it after 3 years, 40,000 miles, zero problems; happy about the good resale value.
I can't say every person who buys an Apple product is 100% pleased with it, nor can I say every BMW purchase is a happy one. But both companies are shining examples of how, with a little bit of extra attention to detail and engineering, a superior product can usually be produced. And yes, it will cost you a little bit more.
About the only thing dumber than assuming that more expensive == better, is assuming that more expensive == worse. Sure, there are plenty who buy iPods and Bimmers as status symbols, but don't discount those of us who have actually have taste. Do you listen to crappy music nobody's ever heard of, and then the day they get airplay claim they've "sold out" and then refuse to listen to them? Same principle, pal.
Oh, and this would not have worked in my 95 M3, nor would it work with my 1st gen 5gb iPod (still chugging away on original battery after almost 3 years!)
But I'll be buying a new iPod this year to have bigger capacity, and will be buying another (if not new-new) BMW in a year or so.
Worst thing about this new system, to me, is that you have to set up special BMW playlists, and then only access by track number. How hard would it have been to actually show track names, christ. Aftermarket companies have figured out how to integrate Valentine 1 alerts into the 5-series computer, which is a much bigger technical feat than hacking the cd changer into assigning track numbers to iPod playlists.. I think the Alpine system coming out soon will be better.
(By the way, if you wanted the status symbol thing to hold true, it should have been Mercedes of maybe Lexus. Sure Mercedes used to make decent cars, but not any longer -- Mercedes is the ultimate status symbol, not a driver's car. Tell me, how big is the Mercedes club's track or club racing program? Yeah, nowhere near as large as BMW, which is probably second biggest behind Porsche in the nation).
I had a snow ABS I bought for $300.
Used it for a year and a half
sold it for $180 on ebay, bought a linksys for $60.
The linksys just sucks. Apple's hardware simply works way better. You get what you pay for.
Sticking with the linksys because I don't feel like laying down the cash for the ABS, but I should have just kept the Airport originally..
Sorry, but I don't want to buy a new computer every 6 months to keep playing WMV. Files are nice and small, quality is good, but framerate sucks nuts unless you have a massively fast computer. What a waste.
DivX is better in this regard, but not as good as QT. I have a huge pipe, I don't care about download speed.
Wait a second. Has anybody figured out why we need batteries for our wireless keyboards and mice? Is it a conspiracy? I mean, seriously. You can't convince me that wireless mice -- which use all of 1 AA battery that lasts for, well, months I imagine.. couldn't be powered by some kind of capacity setup and a wheel that generated power from the mouse ball. Of course, this is different with optical mice, but there's no reason there couldn't be some kind of ball for generating power, and then optical sensors for the tracking, so as to avoid the traditional problem with conventional mice where the pickups get dirty..
And keyboards? Give me a break! Don't tell me there isn't enough energy coming from my typing, to transmit that information to my computer...
Has anybody worked on this?
I want my patent.
- reid
Funny. Almost everybody in Seattle uses their turn signals, the lack of which is my main gripe about drivers in California.
Everything else about driving in Seattle is worse than the bay, though:
* Everybody driving below the speed limit in all lanes, making any kind of progress impossible.
* Passive-aggressive jerks that can't stand someone who *gasp* breaks the law by speeding
* Complete inability to merge whatsoever (40mph is not freeway speed, people)
* Pretending like your lane isn't ending, and expecting people to make room for you to merge.. made worse by crappy Seattle road design.
Come to think of it, this is the one time people in Seattle do not signal -- when their lane on the freeway ends. They just hug the shoulder line and force their way in. Odd, since they're considerate about everything else. Considerate, but completely unskilled dolts.
So often merging turns into a braking contest.. one guy merging at 40mph brakes because he can't find a hole when there is a 20mph speed differential... and then the guy coming up on the freeway brakes to give the merging moron a space... and they keep trying to out-brake each other until they come to a stop.
Don't even get me started on people who can't figure out to just PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC when someone stops for 30 seconds to leave them space and they can't figure it out...
God northwest drivers are freaking morons.
But at least they signal.
- reid
Reminds me of xringd for dialup connections. Call the modem's phone #, let it ring the correct number of times, do it the proper number of times (iirc), and then hang up. The modem will dial the pre-set number. cool!
Remeber the RIAA bitching about how they would be unable to offer settlements if they couldn't coerce customer info out of ISPs? Guess they lied.
I think perhaps that's a pre-Panther complaint. I was really proficient at using the dock in Jaguar, but it's gotten way better since they changed the apple-tab behavior in Panther.
Anyway, I find it funny that people hate the dock so much -- I love it, and find Panther to be, by far, the easiest, quickest and smoothest OS to use, and I've been all over the Windows/Unix universe.
I would not have touched a Mac with a 10 foot pole before X, and now it's all I want to use.
Sweet, sounds like an awesome place to store my nuclear bombs!
(for the humor impaired: are the assumed innocuous items in storage safe from each other?)
My iPod is 2 years old. 5gb. Dropped a number of times. Works flawlessly. Put it on shuffle the other day, at 7/8 volume (yes I like it loud) and it lasted 9 hours. Not sure if shuffle takes more battery than continuous -- probably not. But anyway, 9 hours is pretty damn good IMO. When my battery finally dies I will happily buy a bigger, newer, improved model. Gotta love all the iPod-haters here who don't realize the reason there are so many iPod/Apple articles on slashdot -- it's because your geeky peers all think the stuff KICKS ASS.
Funny, most cell phone batteries are at least $50-$70.. unless you have an outdated model that has zero battery demand and excess supply...
they made you pay for shipping?
I used to be on an iBook mailing list, and the few people that had to send their units in to be repaired, got a prepaid fedex box to their door the next day, and often had their computer back 3 or 4 DAYS from the day it shipped out.. I was absolutely astounded. can't believe you have to pay for ipod shipping...
Students teaching their own courses? This is the next logical step, since most crappy schools have students teaching the professors' courses anyway...
... De Anza? :) It's funny, because... oh, never mind.
As for "any other schools teaching objective-c (useful on Macs)"
Yeah, I'm looking forward to getting screwed as an Apple fan, as all non-windows users should be. Let's see:
1. Hollywood allows Apple to do cool stuff
2. Hollywood ends up making similar agreements with PC software companies
3. Apple's system gets cracked.
4. Probably others, too.
5. RIAA becomes unhappy.
6. Microsoft/Intel provide new "trusted computing" platform.
7. End users get screwed.
8. Profit!
- reid
Can anybody explain what's with Windows fanboys? I mean, seriously. It's one thing that fans of an "underdog" OS such as OS X or Linux promote their systems.. but who in their right mind thinks a mainstream OS used by 95% of the population needs a cheerleader? Or that Microsoft doesn't do a good enough job promoting their own products? I mean, really. Get a life. Not even the Cult of the Mac spends its time speculating about an OS that's 4+ years out. Hell, the most the Mac crowd does is speculate on the next release, and nobody's even chomping at the bit about 10.4 yet. Who seriously thinks it's important to see Longhorn screenshots in 2002 or 2003? Is there nothing else for these people to get excited about?
I almost wrote a nasty email to the moron who writes that column, but didn't even know where to start!
If you're a huge Windows fanatic, OK, maybe you're looking forward to the next release. I can accept that. But honestly, PROMOTING Palladium and other nonsense? This is like music fans helping the RIAA to find people who illegally share music, and then bragging about it!
This guy is just.. hopelessly pathetic.
(From a Win95->Linux->OS X convert)
This is why I have a 12" iBook and am working on getting a 12" Powerbook. One of the smallest laptops on the market, and i never get tired of the small screen.
But hey, there is a market for 17" laptops, so why bother them? I don't like the PC laptop tanks though.. heavy as hell, but if you try to pick them up with one hand they flex and creak like an old house. Cheap plastic poorly fitted together. Gotta love the Apple hardware, built like someone actually considered the users.
Biggest problem with 17" laptops on tray tables, seems to me, is the screen HEIGHT. Hell, even with my ibook I have to slide my tray out so the screen can open far enough. And the ibooks have the screen that drop DOWN when you open them, so they should be about the easiest to fit on a tray table.. oh well.
- reid
Is this the same Jewel who has content on iTunes Music Store, and does exclusive songs..?
- reid
Seriously. I was happy with Linux when I ran that on my desktop for 7 years. I was even happier when I bought my ibook (my first Mac ever) last March.
I've used my roommate's Inspiron 8200 with XP a few times. It's an expensive laptop -- probably cost a pretty penny more than my ibook.
It's crap. I mean, I think Dell does an OK job, and I know their support (at least for servers) is quite good.. If I were to buy a PC rather than build it, Dell would be the way to go... But XP is just a joke. I think not using Windows for so long led me to believe that it was probably catching up to the rest of the world, just not quite for me.. Well, it's not. The Mac really has spoiled me, to the point where I can't even imagine why someone would buy an ugly, heavy PC notebook running a clunky, kludge of an OS like Windows. At least when I used Linux, I could use a Windows box, and say "hey, at least it has some worthwhile apps." Now I can't even say that about Windows anymore, it's just a nightmare experience.
- reid
The article says iSync can sync contacts with GPRS phones. What does GPRS have to do with it? Isn't this pure bluetooth?
The reason I ask is this -- I am about to buy an Ericsson T39, which DOES have bluetooth and GPRS, but my provider (Cingular) has not been able to get GPRS to work on this specific phone (actually, they don't technically sell the phone for this reason). Will I be able to sync with it, or would I need GPRS support?
thanks
- reid
That's funny, my car has a speed limiter at 137mph.
Most fast German cars are limited to 155mph.
Seems people don't complain too much. Or they chip the car so it can go faster.
Oh yeah, also the guy who says "it depends on how you feel about Microsoft" was not an apologist, if you read the whole article...
- reid