I once had a candidate (for Mayor of Baltimore) lift an op-ed piece I'd written for the Baltimore Sun and use it, full-length, as a campaign flyer without asking permissions I billed her. And after a little screaming, she paid -- once she realized that I was a freelancer and had sold *only* first publication rights to the Sun.
A carbine (16" - 18" barrel) ought to fit. And a pistol doesn't take up much room. If you don't want it on your belt while you sleep on your way to work, surely you could rig up some sort of mounted holster between the seats. But you'd also need to make sure your side windows opened so you could shoot without breaking them.
Oh, the heck with it. I'll stick with the Jeep and Hyundai we already have.
Good question, although I'd be leery about driving or riding in a car called "old sparky." Or maybe even just "sparky." Here's why: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_sparky
They quoted "about $37000" to Tim at the auto show, and when I checked their website Saturday it showed $37,400. It seems to have changed since then. Interesting.
I wouldn't mind having a low-power, very cheap electric car for in-town use. Think glorified golf cart, which is now being called a "neighborhood electric vehicle" (NEV) here in Florida, and is legal to drive on roads with low speed limits in some jurisdictions. To attract me, an NEV would need to be able to comfortably hold 45 mph into a headwind, carry two people + groceries or other items, and have enough range to make it to the beach and back, which for us is about 12 miles each way. And I'd only pay around $5000 (max) for such a limited vehicle.
We'd keep our current Hyundai for longer trips, of course. And if we drop to having one car, which we may, it will have to be one with enough range to make Miami -- 4 hour drive -- or Atlanta -- all-day drive. And that means a gasser. Oh, well. Guess we won't be joining the cool elite electric car kids anytime soon.
Did anyone notice that this dude's name is Hackett?
I can just see the police:
"Uh, anyone have any idea who might have done this credit card theft thing?
"Sarge, there's a guy just got a traffic ticket, name of Hackett."
"HACKETT? Of course! It had to be him. Wake up Judge Alzheimer, get a warrant, and bust him right away. Search his computer for porn, too, while you're at it."
It's *always* better to have an archived email list or online support forum instead of one-to-one emails. It's a matter of leveraging your time. The same questions ("Will it work better if I plug it in?") are going to be asked over and over. Why reply to them over and over?
Also: IRC is the best venue for hand-holding support, not necessarily provided by a project's lead developer or necessarily by a developer at all. Sometimes a user is better able to steer a fellow user in the right direction, and IRC is great for this.
freenode and oftc are both great places to host your support channels.
And for users who expect free software developers to drop everything they're doing and provide instant, free, one-on-one tech support... suck my hairy white [Republican]. That is TOTALLY out of line. Don't even ask.
Publishers love those books because they're more visible on retail shelves than thinner ones. I fought the "let's keep it brief, do no padding" battle with publishers a couple of times, and lost. Publishing is a crazy business, busily committing suicide as we speak.
I was in the third row at the St. Petersburg CNN/YouTube 2008 Republican debate, right behind Chuck Norris. Ron Paul barely spoke up. When he did, moderator Anderson Cooper gave him speaking time. And in the "press" area afterwards, where reporters were doing one-on-one interviews, Ron Paul didn't show, so no one interviewed him.
And maybe he did TV advertising somewhere, but I don't recall a single Ron Paul TV spot in Manatee County, Florida, part of the Tampa Bay regional TV market.
Multiply your vote by getting involved in party activities not just during election seasons, but between them. That's when candidates are proposed and selected and party platforms get written. By attending monthly meetings, and maybe going out for a drink or three with people you meet at those meetings, you can multiply your one vote by 100. Do any kind of election work or donate to candidates with whom you agree, and the multiplier is even greater.
Call our form of government a Democracy or a Republic. Up to you. Either way, it's a do-it-yourself, "lots of assembly required" system.
You can also do political theater. Example - I am planning to stand by the side of the road, in an area where political sign-wavers are common around here (Bradenton, FL) with a large sign that says KILL SOCIAL SECURITY - VOTE REPUBLICAN.
Another thing I'm considering is dressing as a witch doctor and doing exorcisms: FOUL REPUBLICAN SPIRITS COME OUT!!!
If coolness is your main motive, buy the Porsche. Even without a flywheel, a 911T is much cooler than a Toyonda Prinsight or some boring energy storage boxthing in the basement. And a flywheel that can give 160 HP coming out of a turn? My Jeep Cherokee's 4.0 L6 is only rated at 190 HP total. Oh my.
If/when my current ($40) DVD player stops working, I would like this feature in its replacement at least as much as I'd like a Ray of any particular color.
Many years ago I lived in a heavily gay San Francisco neighborhood. It was heaven, because wherever you have lots of gay men, the heterosexual females are hungrier than usual. A straight man with a job, a car, and semi-decent clothes and manners who lives in a gay neighborhood will never lack female companionship.
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I just tried to email them at the only address on their site: admin@RingCaptcha.com - to set up an interview.
The email bounced. And their demo didn't work for me in either Chrome or Firefox. These people have a ways to go...
QuasiSteve, if you contacted me we might figure out a way to pay you for video transcripts. robin (at or near) roblimo (dit dot) com.
They talk about this in the video. If you watched it all the way through, you'd know what happened and that they say the problem has been solved.
Yeah - Black Knight was good. Also Evel Knievel. Two of my faves.
Here's the actual Romney ad -- at least until it gets yanked... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TobmtxHQoZE
I once had a candidate (for Mayor of Baltimore) lift an op-ed piece I'd written for the Baltimore Sun and use it, full-length, as a campaign flyer without asking permissions I billed her. And after a little screaming, she paid -- once she realized that I was a freelancer and had sold *only* first publication rights to the Sun.
A carbine (16" - 18" barrel) ought to fit. And a pistol doesn't take up much room. If you don't want it on your belt while you sleep on your way to work, surely you could rig up some sort of mounted holster between the seats. But you'd also need to make sure your side windows opened so you could shoot without breaking them.
Oh, the heck with it. I'll stick with the Jeep and Hyundai we already have.
Yes. :)
Old radio operators were called Sparks, not Sparky. Typical nickname for a ship's radio operator.
Good question, although I'd be leery about driving or riding in a car called "old sparky." Or maybe even just "sparky." Here's why: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_sparky
They quoted "about $37000" to Tim at the auto show, and when I checked their website Saturday it showed $37,400. It seems to have changed since then. Interesting.
I wouldn't mind having a low-power, very cheap electric car for in-town use. Think glorified golf cart, which is now being called a "neighborhood electric vehicle" (NEV) here in Florida, and is legal to drive on roads with low speed limits in some jurisdictions. To attract me, an NEV would need to be able to comfortably hold 45 mph into a headwind, carry two people + groceries or other items, and have enough range to make it to the beach and back, which for us is about 12 miles each way. And I'd only pay around $5000 (max) for such a limited vehicle.
We'd keep our current Hyundai for longer trips, of course. And if we drop to having one car, which we may, it will have to be one with enough range to make Miami -- 4 hour drive -- or Atlanta -- all-day drive. And that means a gasser. Oh, well. Guess we won't be joining the cool elite electric car kids anytime soon.
"Gasser" is going to become the new "hooptie." I say this as someone who drives an 18-year-old, gas-powered Jeep Cherokee with peeling paint.
When I was a young lad, I made and flew radio-controlled model airplanes. I neither asked nor got permission from any government agencies.
So what?
Did anyone notice that this dude's name is Hackett?
I can just see the police:
"Uh, anyone have any idea who might have done this credit card theft thing?
"Sarge, there's a guy just got a traffic ticket, name of Hackett."
"HACKETT? Of course! It had to be him. Wake up Judge Alzheimer, get a warrant, and bust him right away. Search his computer for porn, too, while you're at it."
It's *always* better to have an archived email list or online support forum instead of one-to-one emails. It's a matter of leveraging your time. The same questions ("Will it work better if I plug it in?") are going to be asked over and over. Why reply to them over and over?
Also: IRC is the best venue for hand-holding support, not necessarily provided by a project's lead developer or necessarily by a developer at all. Sometimes a user is better able to steer a fellow user in the right direction, and IRC is great for this.
freenode and oftc are both great places to host your support channels.
And for users who expect free software developers to drop everything they're doing and provide instant, free, one-on-one tech support... suck my hairy white [Republican]. That is TOTALLY out of line. Don't even ask.
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN6ejvcV9Vs
Publishers love those books because they're more visible on retail shelves than thinner ones. I fought the "let's keep it brief, do no padding" battle with publishers a couple of times, and lost. Publishing is a crazy business, busily committing suicide as we speak.
I was in the third row at the St. Petersburg CNN/YouTube 2008 Republican debate, right behind Chuck Norris. Ron Paul barely spoke up. When he did, moderator Anderson Cooper gave him speaking time. And in the "press" area afterwards, where reporters were doing one-on-one interviews, Ron Paul didn't show, so no one interviewed him.
And maybe he did TV advertising somewhere, but I don't recall a single Ron Paul TV spot in Manatee County, Florida, part of the Tampa Bay regional TV market.
Ron Paul was not an effective campaigner in 2008.
There's a bug of some sort. I'm putting the link in right, but something is wrong. The link is to this WaPo story.
Multiply your vote by getting involved in party activities not just during election seasons, but between them. That's when candidates are proposed and selected and party platforms get written. By attending monthly meetings, and maybe going out for a drink or three with people you meet at those meetings, you can multiply your one vote by 100. Do any kind of election work or donate to candidates with whom you agree, and the multiplier is even greater.
Call our form of government a Democracy or a Republic. Up to you. Either way, it's a do-it-yourself, "lots of assembly required" system.
You can also do political theater. Example - I am planning to stand by the side of the road, in an area where political sign-wavers are common around here (Bradenton, FL) with a large sign that says KILL SOCIAL SECURITY - VOTE REPUBLICAN.
Another thing I'm considering is dressing as a witch doctor and doing exorcisms: FOUL REPUBLICAN SPIRITS COME OUT!!!
Every little bit helps. :)
If coolness is your main motive, buy the Porsche. Even without a flywheel, a 911T is much cooler than a Toyonda Prinsight or some boring energy storage boxthing in the basement. And a flywheel that can give 160 HP coming out of a turn? My Jeep Cherokee's 4.0 L6 is only rated at 190 HP total. Oh my.
Free silver, 16 to 1!!!
And no, you will NOT crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
Now please stand for Our National Anthem, as performed by the Claytonsburg Cornet Band.
New Slashdot policy: you are no longer required to read stories that don't interest you.
Really. Just skip over them. The Slashdot Goon Squad will *not* come to your house and smash your computers.
If/when my current ($40) DVD player stops working, I would like this feature in its replacement at least as much as I'd like a Ray of any particular color.
Many years ago I lived in a heavily gay San Francisco neighborhood. It was heaven, because wherever you have lots of gay men, the heterosexual females are hungrier than usual. A straight man with a job, a car, and semi-decent clothes and manners who lives in a gay neighborhood will never lack female companionship.