Developers making [destructive|unnecessary|unexplained|frequent] changes to working code for no apparent purpose? Gosh, who would expect that in an ancient game?
I would say that by the way the valve/steam developers are making weekly random and unnecessary changes to the code, apparently for the sole purpose of breaking servers, that they're trying to wind down the franchise. You can see on Steam that the number of players on the HL2 servers is dropping steadily.
and the engine is stopped by pressing "START" again, n'est-ce pas?
Even if the driver was retarded, which apparently he was, whoever he was talking to on his mobile would have suggested this.
Utter BS.
That's a very cynical attitude. Sure, W screwed up just about everything he touched, lip whipped the glad handles of every corporate golem he met, and generally behaved as the neocon wet dream, but you gotta admire his ability to keep smirking under pressure. His smirk and killer dick's sneer will be with us for a long time.
Exploding magma? That would be fucking AWESOME. Instead of drilling for geothermal energy, we could bring it to ourselves, at the surface. Local towns could have mass marshmallow roasts.
I don't believe a piece of crap FM transmitter could make enough noise or QRM to disable a real car alarm system. I suspect something else going on here.
And NOT unrelated: I used to work aboard a naval air station and every GREAT once-in-a-while one of the EW aircraft would return to base and the EW officer would forget to disable something or other... now that WOULD intefere with auto electronics (USUALLY temporarily) and set off a few hundred car alarms all over the base. Pretty hilarious for the most part, imagining some JG getting a serious ass-chewing (or worse.)
EVERYBODY is ahead of their time by a few years. The trick is to stick it out until your technology works. Lanier just moved on to the next thing that would get his picture published.
I knew all kinds of people like him in college; they know they're not really geniuses but they would like for you to think they are. True geniuses tend to be essentially invisible; I think it's a survival trait.
As someone said above/below, the shit sinks to the bottom and stays there. It's this current common mentality of protecting all of the "precious snowflakes" out there from some imaginary harm that makes people like you feel that they have the right to not be offended by anyone, ever.
You probably complain about all the filth on TV as well, completely ignoring the fact that you can change the channel any time. Honestly, you don't belong on/. Stick to writing letters to the editor of your local newspaper, where you will be guaranteed not to be offended, just as their advertisers and board member will also have the right not to be offended by any of your ideas by way of not publishing your drivel.
If your in-dash infotainment system quits working the car is still good for a few things, like driving.
When that ECU and related hardware goes out in, say, 20 or 30 years (let's be REAL optimistic) you're just gonna be SOL. Especially on cars where the ECU controls the A/C, brakes, transmission, etc. On a BMW there isn't much that ISN'T controlled by the ECU or its wicked stepsisters. My brother has an e39 M5 that has spent a total of MONTHS at the dealer for issues with the electronics. Some of them couldn't be diagnosed, much less fixed, even by the factory reps (their responses boiled down to "don't that beat all!") . He has tried every avenue available. It just hit the wall with regard to complexity.
My 69 Camaro will be low-techishly burbling along (reactive electronics in the engine: 1 capacitor and 1 coil.) People will still be driving them in 2069. At least a few. How many 2012 BMW's will still be drivable in 2069? My guess is zero. Even if you put it in storage, some of the solid state stuff will degrade over time, some ESPECIALLY if they're left unused. Chances of finding replacement electronic assemblies or components? Also zero.
Try repairing an analog synthesizer made just 15 years ago. In most cases it's difficult to impossible to obtain the parts. And I can only imagine how much more custom silicon is in a German made ECU.
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So in about 25 years invest heavily in earthquake mitigation technology.
Ok.
Developers making [destructive|unnecessary|unexplained|frequent] changes to working code for no apparent purpose? Gosh, who would expect that in an ancient game?
How could anyone be fired for doing something that 0% of them do?
I would say that by the way the valve/steam developers are making weekly random and unnecessary changes to the code, apparently for the sole purpose of breaking servers, that they're trying to wind down the franchise. You can see on Steam that the number of players on the HL2 servers is dropping steadily.
You owe me a lot of money.
From Marshall, Texas, go toward Dallas and take a left. When you hit San Antonio, you've arrived at Rackspace.
I'm just sayin'.
I... I am..... I do..... I have ..... I get....
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I've got mine, fvck you.
and the engine is stopped by pressing "START" again, n'est-ce pas? Even if the driver was retarded, which apparently he was, whoever he was talking to on his mobile would have suggested this. Utter BS.
Are We the Imperial We or the Editorial We?
Curious.
Unless you are a monkey, one monkey looks pretty much like another of the same species.
It's a feature, not a bug.
because water is ubiquitous.
This will not necessarily always be the case. And somewhere, some bureaucrat is already scheming to figure out how to tax water.
That's a very cynical attitude. Sure, W screwed up just about everything he touched, lip whipped the glad handles of every corporate golem he met, and generally behaved as the neocon wet dream, but you gotta admire his ability to keep smirking under pressure. His smirk and killer dick's sneer will be with us for a long time.
Exploding magma? That would be fucking AWESOME. Instead of drilling for geothermal energy, we could bring it to ourselves, at the surface. Local towns could have mass marshmallow roasts.
Ok, hang on a sec. She says "right on".
I think tlhIngan's comment bears repeating: Hint:You're most likely not Google's customer.
They WERE written but then deleted. Search the git repositories for a few hours and you will find them out there somewhere.
And not ideal for brief use, since they take 5 minutes to warm up.
*** varies by location and custom.
Probably not true in most areas of most first-world countries.
I don't believe a piece of crap FM transmitter could make enough noise or QRM to disable a real car alarm system. I suspect something else going on here.
And NOT unrelated:
I used to work aboard a naval air station and every GREAT once-in-a-while one of the EW aircraft would return to base and the EW officer would forget to disable something or other... now that WOULD intefere with auto electronics (USUALLY temporarily) and set off a few hundred car alarms all over the base. Pretty hilarious for the most part, imagining some JG getting a serious ass-chewing (or worse.)
EVERYBODY is ahead of their time by a few years. The trick is to stick it out until your technology works. Lanier just moved on to the next thing that would get his picture published.
I knew all kinds of people like him in college; they know they're not really geniuses but they would like for you to think they are. True geniuses tend to be essentially invisible; I think it's a survival trait.
As someone said above/below, the shit sinks to the bottom and stays there. It's this current common mentality of protecting all of the "precious snowflakes" out there from some imaginary harm that makes people like you feel that they have the right to not be offended by anyone, ever.
/. Stick to writing letters to the editor of your local newspaper, where you will be guaranteed not to be offended, just as their advertisers and board member will also have the right not to be offended by any of your ideas by way of not publishing your drivel.
You probably complain about all the filth on TV as well, completely ignoring the fact that you can change the channel any time. Honestly, you don't belong on
I know you have to notify the government if you're selling a car,
I've never heard of any rule or regulation requiring anyone to notify any government agency when they sell a car. What are you talking about?
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If your in-dash infotainment system quits working the car is still good for a few things, like driving.
When that ECU and related hardware goes out in, say, 20 or 30 years (let's be REAL optimistic) you're just gonna be SOL. Especially on cars where the ECU controls the A/C, brakes, transmission, etc. On a BMW there isn't much that ISN'T controlled by the ECU or its wicked stepsisters. My brother has an e39 M5 that has spent a total of MONTHS at the dealer for issues with the electronics. Some of them couldn't be diagnosed, much less fixed, even by the factory reps (their responses boiled down to "don't that beat all!") . He has tried every avenue available. It just hit the wall with regard to complexity.
My 69 Camaro will be low-techishly burbling along (reactive electronics in the engine: 1 capacitor and 1 coil.) People will still be driving them in 2069. At least a few. How many 2012 BMW's will still be drivable in 2069? My guess is zero. Even if you put it in storage, some of the solid state stuff will degrade over time, some ESPECIALLY if they're left unused. Chances of finding replacement electronic assemblies or components? Also zero.
Try repairing an analog synthesizer made just 15 years ago. In most cases it's difficult to impossible to obtain the parts. And I can only imagine how much more custom silicon is in a German made ECU.