I drive a Toyota Tercel in Seattle (and previously in Corvallis, OR). It is about as good a car as I have driven. I mean, as cars go it is pretty nice. Sometimes I wish for maybe 10-20 more horsepower, but that is about it. I have driven Priuses, they are generally ok, but too big. Brother's Lancer is too big, and a manual, which I hate, and while the power can be kind of nice for a minute, it is just too much. Long ago had a Ford LTD, that was a boat, not a car.
No, driving is just not enjoyable. I have better uses to put my mind to. Even day dreaming is more useful than thinking about driving... and so of course I do a lot of day dreaming, which make things more dangerous than they already are (not insanely bad, I have pretty good auto pilot and I switch out of it quickly and easily so I haven't had an accident because of it yet, but it is Not Good). I didn't like driving in MT or in OR and really don't like it in Seattle.
My main bike is a Specialized Secteur which I got for STP last year, I quite enjoy riding it (though not hauling it out of my apartment and down the stairs...next place has to have a better story for that).
There is pollution everywhere, but not all of live in polluted hell-holes like LA or most large Chinese cities where it is that big a problem. And, you breath it anyway, day in and day out by living there. The somewhat greater amount of air you inhale and exhale obviously isn't going to offset the health benefits of exercise and being in shape (if it did, people that get proper exercise would not turn up healthier on, you know, basically every study ever).
Intel fine for games that matter, at reasonable gfx quality. Only freaks care about running the latest Call of Modern Madden 17 or whatever at the highest possible detail levels at 2560x1600
The Selfish Gene, like most of Dawkins books, really has jack to do with atheism. If you read it and like it, it probably means you are not a creationist, but that is about it. It is a science book, not a philosophy book.
NoScript (which is better than FlashBlock anyway) can block not only Flash and Silverlight, but also other plugins, web fonts, video and audio tags, WebGL, and frames and iframes. It does not block svg or canvas, but those will not be doing too much without JS.
That isn't lucid dreaming, it is connecting to another reality. Hell, you can physically enter it, travel somewhere, and come out in the real world location you moved to. That doesn't really work with lucid dreaming.
I think you have convinced me. I was divided about this, I am generally in favor of more companies, not fewer, but if it made TMO healthier and more able to survive... But it is sounding like it won't.
Huh, really? Maybe I should read/watch local news... no, not worth it. As bad as national news shows are, local ones are worse. I am surprised though, I have not seen anything about that kind of thing here (Seattle/PNW in general). Well, ok, there was that one recently in Vancouver, BC...some hockey thing I think? But that is the *only* one I have heard of.
>Prohibiting product renders - rather than requiring they be labeled as such - hinders many projects. >Prohibiting multiples pledge levels - rather than requiring a set limit - hinders many projects. >Prohibiting selling items based on what you plan for it to be able to do - rather than requiring them to only advertise with current features and allow further features to be added in e.g. updates - hinders may projects.
Wow, so most of the one I have supported or thought about supporting either would not be on there, or would be in a form I would probably not support. With those limitations, what's the point really?
I don't pay for Ubuntu because I don't give a shit about it, and I don't use it. If they ever made a good product, and were doing useful, interesting things with it, I would probably be using it.. And yes, I would be willing to pay for it, but I would certainly not tolerate ads. I have donated money to other foss projects in the past, and will do so again. But Canonical makes an inferior product, so I ignore them.
> Flash can't play sound at the same time as another program? Pulse. Sound dies after a while for no reason? Pulse. Wrong, those are exactly the problems PA fixes.
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I drive a Toyota Tercel in Seattle (and previously in Corvallis, OR). It is about as good a car as I have driven. I mean, as cars go it is pretty nice. Sometimes I wish for maybe 10-20 more horsepower, but that is about it. I have driven Priuses, they are generally ok, but too big. Brother's Lancer is too big, and a manual, which I hate, and while the power can be kind of nice for a minute, it is just too much. Long ago had a Ford LTD, that was a boat, not a car.
No, driving is just not enjoyable. I have better uses to put my mind to. Even day dreaming is more useful than thinking about driving... and so of course I do a lot of day dreaming, which make things more dangerous than they already are (not insanely bad, I have pretty good auto pilot and I switch out of it quickly and easily so I haven't had an accident because of it yet, but it is Not Good). I didn't like driving in MT or in OR and really don't like it in Seattle.
My main bike is a Specialized Secteur which I got for STP last year, I quite enjoy riding it (though not hauling it out of my apartment and down the stairs...next place has to have a better story for that).
>I enjoy driving a car
Freak
I'd rather swim with piranhas (well, non-starving ones) than drive.
Driving has to be one of the least pleasant things I do on a regular basis.
There is no benefit to driving. Personally and socially I have to rate it as one of the all time worst ideas.
>smog and pollution
There is pollution everywhere, but not all of live in polluted hell-holes like LA or most large Chinese cities where it is that big a problem. And, you breath it anyway, day in and day out by living there. The somewhat greater amount of air you inhale and exhale obviously isn't going to offset the health benefits of exercise and being in shape (if it did, people that get proper exercise would not turn up healthier on, you know, basically every study ever).
I do not like gyms. I would rather ride in the rain than go to a gym.
Don't be ridiculous! That is just plain impossible!
>>new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
>The Golden Gate Bridge
uh, and what does the the later have to do with the former?
"a couple" is not always a synonym for two
>Except for that Android bit.
exactly
oh, and the capacitive screen
and the keyboard
Intel fine for games that matter, at reasonable gfx quality. Only freaks care about running the latest Call of Modern Madden 17 or whatever at the highest possible detail levels at 2560x1600
The Selfish Gene, like most of Dawkins books, really has jack to do with atheism. If you read it and like it, it probably means you are not a creationist, but that is about it. It is a science book, not a philosophy book.
NoScript (which is better than FlashBlock anyway) can block not only Flash and Silverlight, but also other plugins, web fonts, video and audio tags, WebGL, and frames and iframes. It does not block svg or canvas, but those will not be doing too much without JS.
That isn't lucid dreaming, it is connecting to another reality. Hell, you can physically enter it, travel somewhere, and come out in the real world location you moved to. That doesn't really work with lucid dreaming.
I think you have convinced me. I was divided about this, I am generally in favor of more companies, not fewer, but if it made TMO healthier and more able to survive... But it is sounding like it won't.
Yep, I recently set up native IPv6 on my N900 (have to install the power-users kernel, and add the connection)
Full dual (for now at least), and they are giving out /64
http://blog.comcast.com/2012/04/ipv6-deployment-technology.html
yes
>If you closed Steam before shutting down it worked fine
Who doesn't shut steam down after they are done playing? And who doesn't close all programs before shutting down? What the hell people.
> I think electric motorcycles, which are much more efficient as personal transportation, have a higher chance of becoming viable.
Yeah, I prefer not to ride a death-mobile. I'll pass.
>And yes it's an Enterprise application.
So, SOP then?
Mocking the ridiculous terms Brits use is always inherently funny.
Huh, really? Maybe I should read/watch local news... no, not worth it. As bad as national news shows are, local ones are worse. I am surprised though, I have not seen anything about that kind of thing here (Seattle/PNW in general). Well, ok, there was that one recently in Vancouver, BC...some hockey thing I think? But that is the *only* one I have heard of.
>Prohibiting product renders - rather than requiring they be labeled as such - hinders many projects.
>Prohibiting multiples pledge levels - rather than requiring a set limit - hinders many projects.
>Prohibiting selling items based on what you plan for it to be able to do - rather than requiring them to only advertise with current features and allow further features to be added in e.g. updates - hinders may projects.
Wow, so most of the one I have supported or thought about supporting either would not be on there, or would be in a form I would probably not support. With those limitations, what's the point really?
I don't pay for Ubuntu because I don't give a shit about it, and I don't use it. If they ever made a good product, and were doing useful, interesting things with it, I would probably be using it.. And yes, I would be willing to pay for it, but I would certainly not tolerate ads. I have donated money to other foss projects in the past, and will do so again. But Canonical makes an inferior product, so I ignore them.
> Flash can't play sound at the same time as another program? Pulse. Sound dies after a while for no reason? Pulse.
Wrong, those are exactly the problems PA fixes.