If you're going to drive a WRX like that, you might as well have bought the standard Impreza, since there's no way you're having any fun if you're getting over 25 mpg. I get around 21 mpg, and I'm not *that* aggressive.
I see a lot of people complaining that drivers will be surprised when the light turns red. This doesn't make any sense to me, since you rarely know when the light will turn. Even if you know the intersection well, there are only two ways to know when a light is going to go from green to red. First, if there's a pedestrian crosswalk, and the crosswalk goes from "WALK" to "DON'T WALK", then your light may be about to turn red (this isn't always the case though). Second, if for some reason you saw the light turn green (this is rare unless you're sitting at the red), AND you know exactly how long the light stays green, then you know when to expect a red. Apart from these two conditions, it is almost impossible to tell when a light is going to turn red, so I wouldn't expect any more paniced stops at an anti-speeding intersection than I would expect at any other intersection.
I drive a fairly fast car, and the truth is, driving it at high speed isn't that much fun. Going 100 on the freeway really doesn't feel that much different from going 65 (apart from being really nervous about the impending ticket). However, acceleration is a totally different story. I really enjoy being at the front of the line at a stop light. When the light goes green, I accelerate as quickly as possible until I hit 5 - 10 mph over the limit. I then let off the gas and back down to whatever the speed limit is. I've been known to stop for yellow lights when I could legally continue, just to get that feeling from stomping on the accelerator.
So, a light like this is a dream come true for me. If I approach the light just a bit over the speed limit, I'm gauranteed to get an opportunity to race away when the light goes green. Yay!
"People don't seem to think before posting... Regularly, there are postings of questions that can be answered by the newusers articles, clearly indicating that they aren't being read."
Using Hotmail alone doesn't get you spammed. I've had a hotmail account for over a year now and haven't received more than 20 pieces of "unrequested" spam in total. I'm moderately careful with my email address, but it does get out there every so often. Also my email adress isn't terribly hard to guess (matt_allen_g....), and I don't have the Hotmail spam filter turned on. Maybe I'm lucky, but my experience does disprove the hypothesis that ALL hotmail accounts get spammed, simply due to the fact that they are hotmail accounts.
Ummm, $200,000/film IS that much when you look at the cost of living. My household income is in the upper third of the 5 figure range, and I live quite comfortably in Southern Califonia (In LA, not way out in some suburb either). Even if each actor only does 1 film a yesar, that's $200,000 a year which is well over twice what I'm living on. That will get you a very nice house, with plenty left over for fun.
I'd like to see you buy a VHS tape in Europe and play it on your American VCR. Not only will you need a PAL (or worse SECAM) VCR, but you'll also need the matching TV.
Hmmmm, He wouldn't happen to live in West Dorm would he? Don't worry they all eventually turn out all right. Oddly enough the ones that are drinking the most and listening to the loudest music, also seem to get the highest grades (assuming they make it past freshman year). It's the quiet ones that are just barely getting by (and tend to do the worst out in the real world).
The first time I drove on a crowded freeway (I must have been 16 or 17) it reminded me a lot of a large scale Tetris game. you simply had to fit your block into the holes in the pattern. Of course if you fail (say when merging) the consequences are far more severe.
Yeah, but when your life is on the line, wouldn't you prefer that they stick with technology that they KNOW works? This isn't like your car where if there's some sort of enginer problem you can pull over and call a tow truck.
Actually, installing a satellite connection for an entire apartment complex is a lot more complicated than a regular antenna. Each satellite receiver sends a DC signal back to the dish (actually to the LNB attached to the dish) telling it which polarization it wants to look at. Because of this, if there are more receivers than LNBs (your typical dish has 2, maybe 4 LNBs) you need to install a network of multi-switches. It can be done, and the satellite companies (at least DirecTV) have groups working to talk apartments into installing, but it's not very common yet, due to the expense of installation.
You actually like NRK? It might just be because I was a stupid American kid living in Norway, but I always found NRK to be rather boring. The raio station never played music (I have a hunch talk radio is more interesting when you're completely fluent, not to mention not a kid), and when they did, they would only play softer rock songs, none of the heavier music. The TV station was a little bit better (especially when they started trying to compete with Channel 2). Lots of interesting British television, plus some good Norwegian stuff too. However, I do remember them only broadcasting for aboput 8 hours a day back in the late 80's. The rest of the time you either got a test signal, or a clock.
Yeah, price discrimination is illegal, which is why the movie theaters are getting sued for charging less for students, not to mention the airlines being sued for charging less for child's tickets. Let's think first, then post.
Don't joke about this, I sent someone at work a link to a Slashdot article, and then a few days later noticed that the output tray on the printer was full with the article and the 100+ pages of comments.
Actually there was some discussion at one of the Satellite TV companies about the possibility of inserting ads into programs based on location. The basic plan was to send the ads to advanced receivers at some arbitrary time (possibly in the background, or while the receiver isn't being used). The ads could then be stored on the hard drive (the receivers would also have PVR capabilities) and inserted at the appropriate times by the receivers. This was you could watch KTLA 5 in Detroit and when the ads come up you'd see an ad for your local Detroit car dealership.
Of course this same system also had tons of potential for abuse by the satellite companies (eg force viewers to watch ads when they hit fast forward, replacing Ford ads with Chevy ads, etc). Obviously this is in the distant future (if at all), but it's an interesting concept.
One of my favorite examples of a poor grasp of technology was observed when I was in a cell phone store. The sales guy was setting up an account for me when this lady walks in. She told the guy her phone wasn't working, and she thought it was because she had left it on the dashboard in the sun (not a totally unreasonable idea). The guy looks at the phone and pushes the power button. When the phone comes on, the lady is quite surprised and asks how he did it. He then explains to her all about the power button, and how it works. She was surprised and hadn't realized that you could turn the phone on and off. Apparently, she had let the battery fully discharge and then when she plugged it in and charged it up, it didn't turn on automatically and she didn't know what to do.
It's funny how people's brains seem to turn off when they get near something high-tech, or really even something unfamiliar (e.g. people are constantly confused as to where they parked at ski resorts, yet they have no problems finding their parking spot at the mall/stadium/wherever).
Way to read the link there AC. If you actually bothered to look at the page, you would know that this isn't a spin-off movie like Final Fantasy or Mortal Combat, but a DOCUMENTARY about people who play Street Fighter.
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It's really tempting to mod you as off-topic, just for the humor value, but I won't because then most people wouldn't see the comment so there would be no point.
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If you're going to drive a WRX like that, you might as well have bought the standard Impreza, since there's no way you're having any fun if you're getting over 25 mpg. I get around 21 mpg, and I'm not *that* aggressive.
I see a lot of people complaining that drivers will be surprised when the light turns red. This doesn't make any sense to me, since you rarely know when the light will turn. Even if you know the intersection well, there are only two ways to know when a light is going to go from green to red. First, if there's a pedestrian crosswalk, and the crosswalk goes from "WALK" to "DON'T WALK", then your light may be about to turn red (this isn't always the case though). Second, if for some reason you saw the light turn green (this is rare unless you're sitting at the red), AND you know exactly how long the light stays green, then you know when to expect a red. Apart from these two conditions, it is almost impossible to tell when a light is going to turn red, so I wouldn't expect any more paniced stops at an anti-speeding intersection than I would expect at any other intersection.
I drive a fairly fast car, and the truth is, driving it at high speed isn't that much fun. Going 100 on the freeway really doesn't feel that much different from going 65 (apart from being really nervous about the impending ticket). However, acceleration is a totally different story. I really enjoy being at the front of the line at a stop light. When the light goes green, I accelerate as quickly as possible until I hit 5 - 10 mph over the limit. I then let off the gas and back down to whatever the speed limit is. I've been known to stop for yellow lights when I could legally continue, just to get that feeling from stomping on the accelerator.
So, a light like this is a dream come true for me. If I approach the light just a bit over the speed limit, I'm gauranteed to get an opportunity to race away when the light goes green. Yay!
"People don't seem ... Regularly, there are postings of questions that can be answered by the newusers articles, clearly indicating that they aren't being read."
to think before posting
Using Hotmail alone doesn't get you spammed. I've had a hotmail account for over a year now and haven't received more than 20 pieces of "unrequested" spam in total. I'm moderately careful with my email address, but it does get out there every so often. Also my email adress isn't terribly hard to guess (matt_allen_g....), and I don't have the Hotmail spam filter turned on. Maybe I'm lucky, but my experience does disprove the hypothesis that ALL hotmail accounts get spammed, simply due to the fact that they are hotmail accounts.
Ummm, $200,000/film IS that much when you look at the cost of living. My household income is in the upper third of the 5 figure range, and I live quite comfortably in Southern Califonia (In LA, not way out in some suburb either). Even if each actor only does 1 film a yesar, that's $200,000 a year which is well over twice what I'm living on. That will get you a very nice house, with plenty left over for fun.
How to Cook Everything rules!!!
I use it when I want to cook something fairly simple and quick, but I use Joy when I'm looking for a longer, more complicated recipe.
I don't know why everyone's complaining about the Lexmark printers. Mine was worth every penny
(Of course it *was* a $100 printer that I purchased with a 1/2 off coupon, and there was also that little detail of a $50 rebate.... You do the math)
I'd like to see you buy a VHS tape in Europe and play it on your American VCR. Not only will you need a PAL (or worse SECAM) VCR, but you'll also need the matching TV.
What's a class action suite? Is that a REALLY big hotel room where the class stays during it's suit?
Hmmmm, He wouldn't happen to live in West Dorm would he? Don't worry they all eventually turn out all right. Oddly enough the ones that are drinking the most and listening to the loudest music, also seem to get the highest grades (assuming they make it past freshman year). It's the quiet ones that are just barely getting by (and tend to do the worst out in the real world).
The rules of Slashdot (stolen from a skiing message board):
1. Think
2. Post
3. Smoke Crack
Do NOT reverse
Don't forget the grits
(sorry, I just couldn't resist)
The first time I drove on a crowded freeway (I must have been 16 or 17) it reminded me a lot of a large scale Tetris game. you simply had to fit your block into the holes in the pattern. Of course if you fail (say when merging) the consequences are far more severe.
hey Lumpy, why not read the article before posting?
Yeah, but when your life is on the line, wouldn't you prefer that they stick with technology that they KNOW works? This isn't like your car where if there's some sort of enginer problem you can pull over and call a tow truck.
Actually, installing a satellite connection for an entire apartment complex is a lot more complicated than a regular antenna. Each satellite receiver sends a DC signal back to the dish (actually to the LNB attached to the dish) telling it which polarization it wants to look at. Because of this, if there are more receivers than LNBs (your typical dish has 2, maybe 4 LNBs) you need to install a network of multi-switches. It can be done, and the satellite companies (at least DirecTV) have groups working to talk apartments into installing, but it's not very common yet, due to the expense of installation.
You actually like NRK? It might just be because I was a stupid American kid living in Norway, but I always found NRK to be rather boring. The raio station never played music (I have a hunch talk radio is more interesting when you're completely fluent, not to mention not a kid), and when they did, they would only play softer rock songs, none of the heavier music. The TV station was a little bit better (especially when they started trying to compete with Channel 2). Lots of interesting British television, plus some good Norwegian stuff too. However, I do remember them only broadcasting for aboput 8 hours a day back in the late 80's. The rest of the time you either got a test signal, or a clock.
Yeah, price discrimination is illegal, which is why the movie theaters are getting sued for charging less for students, not to mention the airlines being sued for charging less for child's tickets. Let's think first, then post.
Don't joke about this, I sent someone at work a link to a Slashdot article, and then a few days later noticed that the output tray on the printer was full with the article and the 100+ pages of comments.
They didn't mention two of Edison's most famous inventions, the automatic hammer, and the 6-legged chair.
Actually there was some discussion at one of the Satellite TV companies about the possibility of inserting ads into programs based on location. The basic plan was to send the ads to advanced receivers at some arbitrary time (possibly in the background, or while the receiver isn't being used). The ads could then be stored on the hard drive (the receivers would also have PVR capabilities) and inserted at the appropriate times by the receivers. This was you could watch KTLA 5 in Detroit and when the ads come up you'd see an ad for your local Detroit car dealership.
Of course this same system also had tons of potential for abuse by the satellite companies (eg force viewers to watch ads when they hit fast forward, replacing Ford ads with Chevy ads, etc). Obviously this is in the distant future (if at all), but it's an interesting concept.
One of my favorite examples of a poor grasp of technology was observed when I was in a cell phone store. The sales guy was setting up an account for me when this lady walks in. She told the guy her phone wasn't working, and she thought it was because she had left it on the dashboard in the sun (not a totally unreasonable idea). The guy looks at the phone and pushes the power button. When the phone comes on, the lady is quite surprised and asks how he did it. He then explains to her all about the power button, and how it works. She was surprised and hadn't realized that you could turn the phone on and off. Apparently, she had let the battery fully discharge and then when she plugged it in and charged it up, it didn't turn on automatically and she didn't know what to do.
It's funny how people's brains seem to turn off when they get near something high-tech, or really even something unfamiliar (e.g. people are constantly confused as to where they parked at ski resorts, yet they have no problems finding their parking spot at the mall/stadium/wherever).
Way to read the link there AC. If you actually bothered to look at the page, you would know that this isn't a spin-off movie like Final Fantasy or Mortal Combat, but a DOCUMENTARY about people who play Street Fighter.
Steps for posting to Slashdot:
1. Read link
2. Post
3. Smoke Crack
Do not reverse the order!
It's really tempting to mod you as off-topic, just for the humor value, but I won't because then most people wouldn't see the comment so there would be no point.