My '89 Civic is the same - and auto-down does do something I don't have the capability to do (i.e. drop the window in a single action, letting me keep my eyes on the road - or giving me time to change a CD and ignore the road completely! Yay!).
Thge US requires a written test and a driving test. The handbook is available at any DMV office, and the written test must be passed w/something approaching 90%, if I remember correctly. The driving test usually includes a three-point turn-about, and parallel parking (though I did not have to park on mine), and in some areas it may require freeway driving/merging. I do not recall what is needed in the way of a 'passing grade' for the driving portion.
You are correct, however, on the manual vs automatic trans point, though I did learn on a manual trans (and feel I am better for it).
I didn't have to parallel park.* though, I did almost get hit by another car, since an ambulance made a run thru the area I was testing in, and I was being to cautious (hello, I'm in a test!) for the nearby driver.
* I did however nail it on my very first attempt when my mother was teaching me to drive.
This would only solve the problem of having to come back every hour until ytou've reached your 4hr time limit, which could (and would) be easily implemented to turn off automagically after 4hrs, whereas putting in money every so often can't be stopped.
Just because you're good at parallel parking, manual shifting, and using a command line doesn't mean that anyone who can't do those things well is inferior.
Actually, by definition, it does make them inferior at parking, shifting, and using a command line.
I had never used _any_ P2P-type app before I started using BT sometime last year. RIAA has had little to no effect on that, so technically my filesharing useage has increased. I knew Napster-style "sharing" was just a form of stealing - I didn't need to see 12yr olds sued to know that.
...driven insane by the practically nonexistant driver support for their lowspec hardware (let alone support for alternative OSes), I admitted my mistake and made the best decision in my life: I went and bought a Powerbook.
Sidenote: how does the PowerBook hardware stand up to that 'alternative OS' test? Are there working drivers for the Mac hardware for those alternative OSes, or have you tried? -bZj
I was, in fact, trying to keep this as similar as possible. Included on the Dell: "IEEE 1394 integrated port; 2-USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus); Video: 15-pin monitor connector; S-Video: 7-pin mini-DIN connector; Internal TrueMobile 1400 Dual Band Mini-PCI card".
Can't find an estimate time for the Dell battery. The PowerBook didn't have the backlit keyboard option. So, all you got was FireWire800 for your extra $342 (as far as hardware goes).
Again, nothing against the Mac, but facts are facts. Macs cost more. (And I'll even ignore the software availability issue.)
And you're still ignoring the desktop issue, which is not insignificant, since most personal computers are desktops (though that too is changing).
Please stop trying to equate laptops and desktops. Even if we do use laptops: Dell Inspiron 5100: $1,860 (15" LCD/2.66GHz P4/512MB/DVD-CD-RW) Apple PowerBook: $2,198.00 (15" LCD/1GHz G4/512MB/DVD-CD-RW) I'll even allow that the G4 may be more powrful than the P4, but not 2.66 times as powerful, so the PC wins power and price (though arguably loses in both cool-factor and the ethereal 'usability').
Build me a very powerful desktop Mac for less than $1000, inculding a 19" CRT. I did this 2 months ago. PCs are cheaper b/c there is more than 1 vendor - and isn't that why everyone hates MS? They only have one monolith to bitch at? As usual w/the Apple crowd, there's a double standard.
-bZj
PS: I hate MS just as much as anyone who uses computers for hours a day, but facts are facts.
But the DNC list got passed, which was amazing enough. Telephone marketers are being railed against, b/c it's an old problem and everyone has phone access. It's expensive, and you can't easily quantify your time spent at home. Faxes are similarly old, a lot less expensive, mostly rare, but you can quantifiy the resources. E-mail is new, can't be quantified, is growing in access, and costs nothing. So, guess which one get used more?
Using my own personal numbers: 100+ spam/day (to my main acct - I won't count my hotmail acct, etc.) 1-2 junk fax/mo. 1 phone call/6mo.
Have you seen the man's website? He's not respectable. If you write a book that tells ppl about shitty UI, then your website should not be shitty. It's as simple as that. There's no excuse. Zero, none, nada.
I boycott anything having to with Neilson, or the attention whore, Gibson (grc).
Junk faxing is not at all new, nor is it uncommon. I know my office was getting 1-2/day (multiple pages), back in 1998ish (and surely before I had started working there).
There are very specific laws against this, b/c unlike e-mail, it's easily proved that the junk mailer wasted your resources (paper/toner/phone line).
My idea of a good anti-spam bill would just extend the current anti-junk-fax laws to include any form of electronic communication, but that doesn't look like it's going to happen.
Didn't the old Netscape 3.x or 4.x have an option to group your e-mail by conversation, not just date/sender/etc?
I found it annoying at the time, but with larger quantities of e-mail hitting my in box, it could be useful. I haven't even loked into whether Outlook have this option, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did, and this is a sad attempt at embrace and extend.
I would argue that isn't b/c France opposed the war w/Iraq, but b/c the French openly supply middle eastern countries with nuclear knowhow/supplies/etc.
I would also agree that they shouldn't get the new reactor. First, b/c they run on something like 80% nuclear power already (hence have enough), and b/c of the aforementioned ties to possible threats to both US and international countries posed by nuclear arms so close to fundamentalist whackjobs.
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My '89 Civic is the same - and auto-down does do something I don't have the capability to do (i.e. drop the window in a single action, letting me keep my eyes on the road - or giving me time to change a CD and ignore the road completely! Yay!).
-bZj
Thge US requires a written test and a driving test. The handbook is available at any DMV office, and the written test must be passed w/something approaching 90%, if I remember correctly. The driving test usually includes a three-point turn-about, and parallel parking (though I did not have to park on mine), and in some areas it may require freeway driving/merging. I do not recall what is needed in the way of a 'passing grade' for the driving portion.
You are correct, however, on the manual vs automatic trans point, though I did learn on a manual trans (and feel I am better for it).
-bZj
A "meter maid" is a cop who writes tickets for parking violations.
-bZj
I didn't have to parallel park.* though, I did almost get hit by another car, since an ambulance made a run thru the area I was testing in, and I was being to cautious (hello, I'm in a test!) for the nearby driver.
* I did however nail it on my very first attempt when my mother was teaching me to drive.
-bZj
This would only solve the problem of having to come back every hour until ytou've reached your 4hr time limit, which could (and would) be easily implemented to turn off automagically after 4hrs, whereas putting in money every so often can't be stopped.
So it's a solution to your problem.
-bZj
Actually, by definition, it does make them inferior at parking, shifting, and using a command line.
-bZj
I had never used _any_ P2P-type app before I started using BT sometime last year. RIAA has had little to no effect on that, so technically my filesharing useage has increased. I knew Napster-style "sharing" was just a form of stealing - I didn't need to see 12yr olds sued to know that.
-bZj
Thanks for the info.
-bZj
Sidenote: how does the PowerBook hardware stand up to that 'alternative OS' test? Are there working drivers for the Mac hardware for those alternative OSes, or have you tried?
-bZj
I was, in fact, trying to keep this as similar as possible. Included on the Dell:
"IEEE 1394 integrated port;
2-USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus);
Video: 15-pin monitor connector;
S-Video: 7-pin mini-DIN connector;
Internal TrueMobile 1400 Dual Band Mini-PCI card".
Can't find an estimate time for the Dell battery. The PowerBook didn't have the backlit keyboard option. So, all you got was FireWire800 for your extra $342 (as far as hardware goes).
Again, nothing against the Mac, but facts are facts. Macs cost more. (And I'll even ignore the software availability issue.)
And you're still ignoring the desktop issue, which is not insignificant, since most personal computers are desktops (though that too is changing).
-bZj
Yes they are.
Please stop trying to equate laptops and desktops. Even if we do use laptops:
Dell Inspiron 5100: $1,860 (15" LCD/2.66GHz P4/512MB/DVD-CD-RW)
Apple PowerBook: $2,198.00 (15" LCD/1GHz G4/512MB/DVD-CD-RW)
I'll even allow that the G4 may be more powrful than the P4, but not 2.66 times as powerful, so the PC wins power and price (though arguably loses in both cool-factor and the ethereal 'usability').
Build me a very powerful desktop Mac for less than $1000, inculding a 19" CRT. I did this 2 months ago. PCs are cheaper b/c there is more than 1 vendor - and isn't that why everyone hates MS? They only have one monolith to bitch at? As usual w/the Apple crowd, there's a double standard.
-bZj
PS: I hate MS just as much as anyone who uses computers for hours a day, but facts are facts.
I think the release for OOo has been delayed for quite some time.
-bZj
Agreed, it wouldn't get passed.
But the DNC list got passed, which was amazing enough. Telephone marketers are being railed against, b/c it's an old problem and everyone has phone access. It's expensive, and you can't easily quantify your time spent at home. Faxes are similarly old, a lot less expensive, mostly rare, but you can quantifiy the resources. E-mail is new, can't be quantified, is growing in access, and costs nothing. So, guess which one get used more?
Using my own personal numbers:
100+ spam/day (to my main acct - I won't count my hotmail acct, etc.)
1-2 junk fax/mo.
1 phone call/6mo.
-bZj
This is actually a funny, and insightful comment.
-bZj
Have you seen the man's website? He's not respectable. If you write a book that tells ppl about shitty UI, then your website should not be shitty. It's as simple as that. There's no excuse. Zero, none, nada.
I boycott anything having to with Neilson, or the attention whore, Gibson (grc).
-bZj
Our friends at INITECH would disagree.
-bZj
Junk faxing is not at all new, nor is it uncommon. I know my office was getting 1-2/day (multiple pages), back in 1998ish (and surely before I had started working there).
There are very specific laws against this, b/c unlike e-mail, it's easily proved that the junk mailer wasted your resources (paper/toner/phone line).
My idea of a good anti-spam bill would just extend the current anti-junk-fax laws to include any form of electronic communication, but that doesn't look like it's going to happen.
-bZj
Mod this man up, he speaks the gospel!
-bZj
Market != need.
-bZj
I'm not the only one who noticed that he set up his step-daughter to spam, am I?
3rd paragraph, her 'simple web site maintenance tasks' are obviously sending spam.
Nice job Robby,
-bZj
Didn't the old Netscape 3.x or 4.x have an option to group your e-mail by conversation, not just date/sender/etc?
I found it annoying at the time, but with larger quantities of e-mail hitting my in box, it could be useful. I haven't even loked into whether Outlook have this option, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did, and this is a sad attempt at embrace and extend.
-bZj
This isn't news ppl. In fact, I believe /. is where I first learned that cell phones will have built in tracking - sometimes back in 1999.
-bZj
I would argue that isn't b/c France opposed the war w/Iraq, but b/c the French openly supply middle eastern countries with nuclear knowhow/supplies/etc.
I would also agree that they shouldn't get the new reactor. First, b/c they run on something like 80% nuclear power already (hence have enough), and b/c of the aforementioned ties to possible threats to both US and international countries posed by nuclear arms so close to fundamentalist whackjobs.
-bZj
Do they have an Windows iMovie?
-bZj
download song > burn to CD > rip to DRM-free mp3 > enjoy
Of course, I agree in practice, as this eats CD-Rs like mad, and adds at least $0.02 per track, not including time-costs.
-bZj