Considering that the NASCAR folks play the Mileage game to win - that is, get more laps before pitting. Less pit stops less fuel burned AND less time wasted.
Except those cars are all carbeurated, and everything on the street today is fuel injected. Makes a HUGE difference when it comes to tweaking for mileage.
If NASCAR engine builders are doing anything to benefit street cars, it's engine durability.
Indeed, the lack of dialogue is the single biggest reason I'm not going to see the movie until I, at the very least, pirate it to see if it's any good: stories without dialogue don't work. Period. There's a reason why we quit making silent movies, and it really disappointed me that Pixar is taking a step backward in that regard.
2001: A Space Odyssey is 141 minutes long and has 28 minutes of dialog. And no massive explosions, gunfights, etc. either.
That "story without dialog didn't work"? Riiiiiiiight.
If you've already got 10 years of data including investment accounts, etc. then converting to another application is incredibly painful, if it's even possible. You can't get all your data extracted & converted perfectly.
I've had a WRT54G for nearly 4 years, powered up 24/7. I've had to restart it maybe a dozen times in those 4 years. I don't know that I've ever gone through a period where I was restarting it "every few days."
Look at the rest of your environment, especially power.
In the dozen or so places I interviewed when last looking for a job, not once was I asked to write code. The closest I got was a computer-based "skills assessment test" which was horribly flawed, and I informed the interview of that. She shrugged it off with "we've heard that a few times lately, but you scored way above average so don't worry about it."
When I was part of the hiring process for my previous employer, we never asked people to write code. We could tell if someone was BSing us without needing actual code. As an interviewer, I personally wouldn't ask someone to solve something from a real situation which we hadn't already solved - that way I can not only evaluate their solution, but how they arrived at it to make sure they'll work well with the team. This also eliminates the "free work" issue.
You think the "free work" thing doesn't happen? Skim through the archives of Ask The Headhunter.
If you don't love writing code so much that you want to do it when you get home, maybe you just shouldn't be writing code. Life is too short to do something you don't love for a living.
Work to live, don't live to work.
I love programming. I really do. It's interesting, exciting and challenging.
But when I leave the office, I have a wife, a kid, a house and 2 pets. They need me, and I need them. And if I'm hiring & employing someone, I want to make sure that they're maintaining a good work/life balance and not burning themselves out doing just one thing.
My bosses & co-workers insist that I not stay late on a regular basis. They don't want me on-call (I told them I thought I needed a pager due to a system I support; they disagreed). When I'm on vacation, they yell at me if they find out I've been checking email or voicemail. When I leave the office each day, they want me living my own life outside the bounds of what my job description says.
And as a result my overall quality of life is far, far better than it was at my previous place of employment.
If GM WANTS to make an electric car, or just reproduce the EV1, they could do it in months, if not weeks
You're ignoring the changes in safety standards/requirements since those vehicles were produced. The design would need to be updated to current requirements.
For me, the difference isn't so much with color schemes but choosing a good font and size. There are a number of "designed for programmers" fonts available like Consolas, give them a shot.
How so? If you're being charged 20 cents/text if you're not on the unlimited plan, and currently averaging 25 cents/text dividing the unlimited plan cost by the number of texts sent, you'd be paying less off the unlimited plan.
When you get unsolicited junk text messages that you have to pay for and the junk text senders don't have to pay anything - they send it to you over the internet. The wireless companies don't care because they're making $$.
And if you call them up, you can get your account credited without much trouble.
While not universally true, my dealer is the cheapest place around to get my oil changed. And I know for a fact that they'll do it 100% right - I've heard too many horror stories about quick-lube places over the past couple years. I could do the oil changes myself, but for the hassle of doing it myself and then taking the oil to the proper place to be recycled, it's worth the $25 to me.
Plus, while it's up on the lift they'll give everything a once-over and I know that if they find something, they're not just trying to bilk me for cash (yes, I actually TRUST this dealer and YES I do have a clue about cars - this dealer is damn good).
FoxTrax sucked ass. It often lagged the puck by a second or so and did not significantly help find the puck. Plus, it just looked cheap and lame. It was abandoned after a couple seasons.
Is there anyplace in the US that is served by both Comcast & TW?
I can see leaving Comcast or TW for Verizon or (insert DSL provider here), but Comcast to TW implies that there's local competition for your cable dollars, and I don't think that happens today.
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Except those cars are all carbeurated, and everything on the street today is fuel injected. Makes a HUGE difference when it comes to tweaking for mileage.
If NASCAR engine builders are doing anything to benefit street cars, it's engine durability.
2001: A Space Odyssey is 141 minutes long and has 28 minutes of dialog. And no massive explosions, gunfights, etc. either.
That "story without dialog didn't work"? Riiiiiiiight.
Quicken is either Gold or Garbage under WINE, I can't tell which.
If you've already got 10 years of data including investment accounts, etc. then converting to another application is incredibly painful, if it's even possible. You can't get all your data extracted & converted perfectly.
So the answer to your question is...yes.
Mine is, IIRC, V2. Like I said, I got it almost 4 years ago, so it probably qualifies as the "old & stable" release.
I've had a WRT54G for nearly 4 years, powered up 24/7. I've had to restart it maybe a dozen times in those 4 years. I don't know that I've ever gone through a period where I was restarting it "every few days."
Look at the rest of your environment, especially power.
In the dozen or so places I interviewed when last looking for a job, not once was I asked to write code. The closest I got was a computer-based "skills assessment test" which was horribly flawed, and I informed the interview of that. She shrugged it off with "we've heard that a few times lately, but you scored way above average so don't worry about it."
When I was part of the hiring process for my previous employer, we never asked people to write code. We could tell if someone was BSing us without needing actual code. As an interviewer, I personally wouldn't ask someone to solve something from a real situation which we hadn't already solved - that way I can not only evaluate their solution, but how they arrived at it to make sure they'll work well with the team. This also eliminates the "free work" issue.
You think the "free work" thing doesn't happen? Skim through the archives of Ask The Headhunter.
Or it would lead to their getting the issue solved at almost zero cost, and you still looking for a job.
Yes, I'm a cynic. Read some of the practices exposed by Ask The Headhunter.
http://www.nystopchildporn.com/ - is that like http://www.expertsexchange.com/ or http://www.kidsexchange.com/ before they added their hyphens?
Or are they trying to lure in the kiddie-porn people, hoping they'll be looking for New York'S Top Child Porn?
Work to live, don't live to work.
I love programming. I really do. It's interesting, exciting and challenging.
But when I leave the office, I have a wife, a kid, a house and 2 pets. They need me, and I need them. And if I'm hiring & employing someone, I want to make sure that they're maintaining a good work/life balance and not burning themselves out doing just one thing.
My bosses & co-workers insist that I not stay late on a regular basis. They don't want me on-call (I told them I thought I needed a pager due to a system I support; they disagreed). When I'm on vacation, they yell at me if they find out I've been checking email or voicemail. When I leave the office each day, they want me living my own life outside the bounds of what my job description says.
And as a result my overall quality of life is far, far better than it was at my previous place of employment.
How do you know that your "test problem" isn't an actual problem they need solved, and you're providing them with free consulting work?
You're ignoring the changes in safety standards/requirements since those vehicles were produced. The design would need to be updated to current requirements.
Maybe it was in the pool?
For me, the difference isn't so much with color schemes but choosing a good font and size. There are a number of "designed for programmers" fonts available like Consolas, give them a shot.
How so? If you're being charged 20 cents/text if you're not on the unlimited plan, and currently averaging 25 cents/text dividing the unlimited plan cost by the number of texts sent, you'd be paying less off the unlimited plan.
Because in the US, there's no alternative. Every mobile carrier pulls the same crap. You're hosed no matter where you go for service.
And if you call them up, you can get your account credited without much trouble.
Then get off the unlimited plan or start using text more. You're overpaying right now.
It doesn't protrude nearly as far as it appears to. I don't know anyone who's had a problem with it.
Besides, if you're regularly driving through brush and rocks, you should have a skidplate mounted which protects the whole oil pan.
Get a Fumoto valve, never worry about dropping the plug again
While not universally true, my dealer is the cheapest place around to get my oil changed. And I know for a fact that they'll do it 100% right - I've heard too many horror stories about quick-lube places over the past couple years. I could do the oil changes myself, but for the hassle of doing it myself and then taking the oil to the proper place to be recycled, it's worth the $25 to me.
Plus, while it's up on the lift they'll give everything a once-over and I know that if they find something, they're not just trying to bilk me for cash (yes, I actually TRUST this dealer and YES I do have a clue about cars - this dealer is damn good).
FoxTrax sucked ass. It often lagged the puck by a second or so and did not significantly help find the puck. Plus, it just looked cheap and lame. It was abandoned after a couple seasons.
Is there anyplace in the US that is served by both Comcast & TW?
I can see leaving Comcast or TW for Verizon or (insert DSL provider here), but Comcast to TW implies that there's local competition for your cable dollars, and I don't think that happens today.
Joey, do you like gladiator movies?
Dark. Continued dark throughout most of the evening, with some widely-scattered light towards morning.
Here's hoping a weatherman somewhere says this on the 6:00 news.
The "other" town just overflows by a few blocks into this one. But that's only for mailing address purposes.
It's really fucked up. It's only a matter of time before someone dies or loses a large amount of property because of this.