I agree with you on the mobility part. My dad has a mini-van because it's easier for him to get in and out. Unfortunately, the CAFE standards were never modernized, so the car companies ended up creating classes of passenger vehicles that would allow them to be exempt from the CAFE standards for cars. IIRC, the PT Cruiser isn't considered a car because of how the rear tailgate is designed allows it to be classified as a light truck, even though a large number of the various components are identical to the Neon.
I guess that's one of the reasons for those MIT guys & their direct alcohol injection system:give small engines more power w/o impacting fuel economy too much.
Zipping along TX interstates in a Mitsibishi Precis at 90-100 to keep out of the way of the soccer moms' SUVs is a fun way to spend a weekend.
You mean driving a pre-2007 new model Beetle or Jetta made the driver look like a commie? That gives a sinister twist to the "Drivers Wanted" ad campaign, now doesn't it?
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Reducing weight would help a lot. I seem to recall reading on fueleconomy.gov that if all the current vehicles kept their drivetrain technology but had the same vehicle weight as the average car in the late 1980s, the US fleet fuel economy would go up by about 33%.
yes, it would be nice to tie the liability insurance to the driver and not the vehicle. I'm sure the insurance companies would dig their heels in to make sure that any other sort of coverage (theft, damage, etc) is tied to the vehicle. For now, the best you can do is find a company that has good multi-car discounts.
Buying programs on ROM carts for home computers wasn't that different than what was being done for the various Tandy or Commodore home computers at the time. Even though many programs weren't officially supported on the jr because of the single floppy, they would still run. They were just a pain in the ass until you got a 2nd floppy or a hard drive.
One of the reasons I bought a PCjr was that it was cheaper than the clones that were available and ran just as well as any other 8088 based machine. The kicker was that it used non-standard connectors and couldn't use ISA cards, so expansion options tended to be more limited and often more expensive than normal parts. PC Enterprises in New Jersey had lots of different parts available for it though.
It ran Word Perfect, 123, TurboC, MathCAD, a slew of various BBS programs and games. It's what I used for a computer in high school and college. It was cheap for an IBM compatible machine at the time. While most people bitch and moan about how terrible the 'chiclet' keyboard was, they forget that it didn't take IBM too long to ditch it and replace it with a decent one. IIRC, it was about the same size and feel as the "Happy Hacker" keyboards that used to advertise on/. a few years ago.
I think I saw it somewhere on fueleconomy.gov, but apparently, if all manufacturers for the US auto market returned to making vehicles of the same weight as what they did in the late 80s, but kept the engine technology of today, fleet fuel efficency would go up by about 33%.
By the impression you get on/., Europeans don't need cars and everyone rides mass transit to work and now you're saying that there are millions of these Clio's in use in Europe. What are they used for? Everyone knows that you can walk, bike, or hop on public transport to do _anything_ in the EU.:)
What I've seen of Australia via TV shows, news programs, and documentaries, it doesn't appear to be much less car centric as the US. You still have gear heads modding their cars & utes for more power or bling to show off at the next summernats in addition to normal people filling up roadways during the daily commute.
wuarchive.wustl.edu had lots of software too. IIRC, one of our network engineers said that site accounted for about 25% of the internet traffic in the central US in the early 90s.
Just because you haven't used it to make an emergency call, that doesn't mean you won't ever need to use it for that purpose. Same thing with the cell phone. You don't have to leave it on or get anything better than a simple prepaid service, but the do come in handy if you happen to have car trouble.
But if you really hate using telephones, don't get one. It's not a requirement.
Many of the products that the apple tv machine is compared to appear to just offer streaming. Are there any that have a hard drive that can be used to create a local copy of what you have on another computer? I'd rather load up the device with a bunch of videos and watch them later, rather than streaming them. Can you copy divx videos from a shared drive to the Xbox 360 for playback at a later time?
not to mention that the tribes were often very receptive to gas, oil, & mining operations their land because it brought jobs and lots of $$$ to the tribe.
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I agree with you on the mobility part. My dad has a mini-van because it's easier for him to get in and out. Unfortunately, the CAFE standards were never modernized, so the car companies ended up creating classes of passenger vehicles that would allow them to be exempt from the CAFE standards for cars. IIRC, the PT Cruiser isn't considered a car because of how the rear tailgate is designed allows it to be classified as a light truck, even though a large number of the various components are identical to the Neon.
I guess that's one of the reasons for those MIT guys & their direct alcohol injection system:give small engines more power w/o impacting fuel economy too much.
Zipping along TX interstates in a Mitsibishi Precis at 90-100 to keep out of the way of the soccer moms' SUVs is a fun way to spend a weekend.You mean driving a pre-2007 new model Beetle or Jetta made the driver look like a commie? That gives a sinister twist to the "Drivers Wanted" ad campaign, now doesn't it?
Reducing weight would help a lot. I seem to recall reading on fueleconomy.gov that if all the current vehicles kept their drivetrain technology but had the same vehicle weight as the average car in the late 1980s, the US fleet fuel economy would go up by about 33%.
yes, it would be nice to tie the liability insurance to the driver and not the vehicle. I'm sure the insurance companies would dig their heels in to make sure that any other sort of coverage (theft, damage, etc) is tied to the vehicle. For now, the best you can do is find a company that has good multi-car discounts.
But those land speed records aren't set anywhere between the Rockies and the Appalachians. The Bonneville Salt Flats are in western Utah.
By that definition, Anna Nicole Smith would be considered a journalist since she kept a diary.
I take it you never picked up a PC Enterprises PCjr expansion catalog.
Buying programs on ROM carts for home computers wasn't that different than what was being done for the various Tandy or Commodore home computers at the time. Even though many programs weren't officially supported on the jr because of the single floppy, they would still run. They were just a pain in the ass until you got a 2nd floppy or a hard drive.
One of the reasons I bought a PCjr was that it was cheaper than the clones that were available and ran just as well as any other 8088 based machine. The kicker was that it used non-standard connectors and couldn't use ISA cards, so expansion options tended to be more limited and often more expensive than normal parts. PC Enterprises in New Jersey had lots of different parts available for it though.
It ran Word Perfect, 123, TurboC, MathCAD, a slew of various BBS programs and games. It's what I used for a computer in high school and college. It was cheap for an IBM compatible machine at the time. While most people bitch and moan about how terrible the 'chiclet' keyboard was, they forget that it didn't take IBM too long to ditch it and replace it with a decent one. IIRC, it was about the same size and feel as the "Happy Hacker" keyboards that used to advertise on /. a few years ago.
I think I saw it somewhere on fueleconomy.gov, but apparently, if all manufacturers for the US auto market returned to making vehicles of the same weight as what they did in the late 80s, but kept the engine technology of today, fleet fuel efficency would go up by about 33%.
By the impression you get on /., Europeans don't need cars and everyone rides mass transit to work and now you're saying that there are millions of these Clio's in use in Europe. What are they used for? Everyone knows that you can walk, bike, or hop on public transport to do _anything_ in the EU. :)
What I've seen of Australia via TV shows, news programs, and documentaries, it doesn't appear to be much less car centric as the US. You still have gear heads modding their cars & utes for more power or bling to show off at the next summernats in addition to normal people filling up roadways during the daily commute.
wuarchive.wustl.edu had lots of software too. IIRC, one of our network engineers said that site accounted for about 25% of the internet traffic in the central US in the early 90s.
Just because you haven't used it to make an emergency call, that doesn't mean you won't ever need to use it for that purpose. Same thing with the cell phone. You don't have to leave it on or get anything better than a simple prepaid service, but the do come in handy if you happen to have car trouble.
But if you really hate using telephones, don't get one. It's not a requirement.
Want to send them pictures or email? Try this: http://www.presto.com/wip_pricing.aspx
How do you copy videos to the 360's hard drive?
Many of the products that the apple tv machine is compared to appear to just offer streaming. Are there any that have a hard drive that can be used to create a local copy of what you have on another computer? I'd rather load up the device with a bunch of videos and watch them later, rather than streaming them. Can you copy divx videos from a shared drive to the Xbox 360 for playback at a later time?
I thought there was a regular DS version of the browser.
wouldn't it be easier for them to work with the coal companies leveling the Appalachians? It's a much smaller task that's already being done.
The Appalachians are quite disappointing if you're used to the Rockies.
not to mention that the tribes were often very receptive to gas, oil, & mining operations their land because it brought jobs and lots of $$$ to the tribe.
neither side claimed victory, so I suppose you could consider it a draw.
we get even more oil from Canada. What about them?