I'm actually fairly irritated that in 10 years of media players, it doesn't look like anybody's worked a rating system into playlists.
One would think this would be a fairly common desire. I'm personally fond of iTunes' playlists simply because I REALLY like iTunes. Talk about a slick program. Apple did a fine job with that program as far as I'm concerned.
You know, I never thought about making a PVR multi-user. That makes loads of sense though. The most obivous is parental controls on highly rated content. Then there's the data that individuals want to keep private from others (home movies and pictures:-)!). Then there's the data that should really only pertain to specific individuals unless they want to share it, like their personal playlists, selection history, viewing history, etc. I'd never thought about multi-user PVRs but I can see where it would be desirable. The hardest part would be authentication. A thumb scanner would rock. That would be the simplest from the user's perspective. Aren't they getting to be pretty cheap now? The other option would be a numeric PIN entered via a remote. Another option is a USB/Firewire drive/dongle that only the authorized user should have. You could always use a wirelss keyboard to enter you auth info. And finally you could combine any number of those options such as the dongle requirement and PIN number. That would be the biggest hurdle IMHO. The rest is just database management and GUI work.
A little money my way might make it happen.:) (a lot would definitely make it happen)
LOL. I'd try it for either amounts but I'm sure I'd fail. I'm certainly not a programmer. Hack at best.:-) I think the Freevo and MythTV projects have done much of what we've talked about. I'm sure there's lots of features we could think of for them to add. Perhaps our ideas could be added as plugins for their existing projects. One thing that I really want is to rip the DVD audio channels intact and output them to a nice sound card, one that supports more than the generic 2 channels. I'm going to build a PVR box one of these days. First I have to address a drive space issue in my home server. I can't even rip a DVD at the moment. It would be oh so sweet if I could offload the DVD encoding to another box like my server instead of the PVR. The PVR would of course read the DVD but the SMP server could handle the encoding. That would be awesome. Then you could go with a slower and cooler CPU for the PVR which of course would also make it much quieter.:-) So many ideas, so little time and money.
I'm working on my own site and have been looking for a tool to organize it. I've looked at slashcode, php-nuke, and phpBB. None of them really seem to be what I'm looking for. I'm going to review every book and movie I own (and some I don't) and put them on my site. I want to be able to organize those reviews. I also like to cook and I plan on putting up recipes and HOWTOs in a section dedicated to cooking. I'll review and recommend cooking gear too. Organizing the recipes would be helpful. Ideally I'd be able to quickly and easily plug data for a new recipe into a pre-existing form and add it to my site. I think the same feature slashcode uses for book reviews might be useful here. I of course want a place to put my thoughts and rants, political stances and opinions, music list, etc.. Commentary is desired in some places but not everywhere. The way I see it is if I can enter data easily and keep it fairly organized then I just might keep my site reasonably up to date. Otherwise it will die a fate similar to my last site which hasn't been updated in close to 6 years.:-( Which frontend do you recommend? Your's looks like php-nuke. Is it? We don't demand much, do we.;-)
What's your thoughts about doing this with a PVR machine. Make it into an all-in-one does-it-all personal recorders? It seems like I saw plugins for MythTV and Freevo that handle audio.
I'd like to build an all in one box that can not only rip and store DVDs on command but also handle ripping audio CDS, getting their details via CDDB or some other free site, and writing them to disk in an organized manner. Then I'd like to see the same interface (or something similar) be used to quickly and easily find and playback my recorded data. Playlists, sorting by genre, and maybe even an iTunes-like ratings system would be a plus. If you want a project, undertake that one.:-)
BTW, nice site. I'm curious, do you ever have trouble stemming from using your name as the basis for your domain? I'm registered my own such domain (actually com, org, and net) but I've been leary about putting them into public use like you have. Any second thoughts?
The Assault Weapon Ban DIDN'T BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS!! Assault weapons have had a hefty tax on them since 1934. If you had the patience and lots of $$ you could still legally buy one though. They've been banned outright since 1986 by a poison pill amendment to the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986. The Assault Weapons Ban wasn't an assault weapons ban at all. It had nothing to do with assault weapons. Assault weapons are by definition a selectable fire military weapon that can be fired as a fully automatic or as a semi-automatic. Fully automatics were already illegal when Clinton passed the AWB. The text of the AWB didn't ban fully automatics anyhow. It simply banned specific costmetic features like pistol grips, bayonets, stocks, and mag capacities. What makes my Glock 22 less lethal with only 10 shots, down from the factory 13?
They've done more assinine things than that when it came to their gun bans. Read my reply to the parent. My favorite was a shotgun they banned. I forget the make and model (really weird brand). It looked like a couple pieces of pipe screwed together (similiar to the grease gun, M3A1, but bigger of course). It had a couple grips on it IIRC. A really weird looking gun. Now you want to believe the CA folks that put this list together were honest and had a reason for banning it. It must have a dru mag. Nope. It must be a fully auto shotgun. Nope. It must be one of those ancient duck shotguns that has a huge spread of 20 or 30 yards (saw it on Ripley's). Nope. What is this gun that the CA officials decided to ban? Well, it's a breech loading single-shot.410. A freaking.410! Shot at anything bigger than a quail with a.410 and you'll just piss it off. Come on now. I swear there are a bunch of fucking morons running CA.
Thank you! For the first time EVER I've seen someone argue the facts about guns on Slashdot besides me! Thank you thank you thank you! BTW, California banned guns not by function but by appearance. Literally. They took a book of guns with pictures and decided what should be banned by what LOOKED lethal. In fact that banned a number of extremely common deer rifle models that happened to have black synthetic stocks while leaving their siblings with identical actions alone. The California ban is a joke. Somewhere I have a link to an article about the 2 people that put it together. I want to say it was the CA AG and Lt. Governor. The email was a response to the other's question about involving CA's Bureua of Investigation and some other professional group. The author said that he didn't want to invole that state's BI or the other professional LEO group because their conclusion wouldn't support the position that they wanted to take on guns. That's mighty telling if you ask me. I unfortunately live in one of 4 states that doesn't permit some form of concealed carry and our crime rate is abnormally high. You would think that here in Kansas we would have a low crime rate. Nope. We were the 32nd largest state in population in 2000 but had the 19th highest TCI (crime rate). You sir are going on my friend list.
Exactly. I also look at it like this: If this Floyd fellow went out and trademarked numerous election-related phrases such as "Van Hollen 2004" we'd all be jumping down his throat. The general public would understand the issue as well. When it comes to domains however everyone seems to get all emotional about it. It's not a difficult decision folks. That's my take on it.
What a load of shit. If I'm a US citizen traveling abroad in, oh lets say, Austrailia and I choose to drive there I am in no way governed by the traffic laws of the US. If I'm 17 and choose to buy alcohol in a country with a drinking age of 16 I am in no way bound by US law to keep me from buying that alcohol. A business with its HQ in New York and its manufacturing plants in Mexico are not bound by US law to pay its workers the US minimum wage or mandatory US benefits. US law doesn't mean a god damned thing once you're 6 miles off US shores. You comment is utter nonsense.
And of course all procedings, rulings, and anything else having to do with this legislation will probably be deemed classfied too. "Oh, we have to keep information about these laws out of the hands of terrorists. They could use it against us. Think of the children!" Of course.
Dodges are just...weird. Any transmission that you have to shift into neutral with the engine running to check the fluid level is fucked. Honda's the only company to get it right.:) You check those with the engine off, tranny in park.
I'm not a big Dodge fan personally. Sure a '93 Turbo RAM kicks ass but anything since is a city truck. Our 3/4 '96 was purchased because it was one of the last with a solid front axle. Personally though I'd rather put up with a truck without that than deal with the other POS features of that truck. I can't recall what the rear end is geared at but it's less than 3:73 and damn sure not 4:10. It's a gutless wonder.
Around here almost no repairs happen in the field (unless of course it's something simple). The wreckers are pretty accustomed to yanking the shaft and towing her home. It's amazing how much a school bus can weigh. We had a '95 64 passenger cab-over roll over last year. The dry-weight on the sticker was 20 ton. My father is a mechanic. We tend to fix our own vehicles where they lie, unless of course we have a trailer handy. That's always a plus.
The Dodge tranny lube problem has been for some time. Our old '94 Voyager doesn't suffer from that problem but our '96 RAM and '03 Durango both do. It's rather irritating. The worst tranny I can think of though is GM's 700R. That thing was a POS. You just about can't find a salvage yard with one in stock or for a decent price. It's bad. Again, forget the auto and go with the stick.:-)
I find myself trying to shift my car's auto on teh floor like a stick. It occasionally gets me in trouble.;-) The only time I can think of where I'd rather have an auto is in a city where I have to deal with incompotent morons sniffing my ass at a stop light on an incline. It amazes me how close people can get sometimes. Personally I love driving a wheat truck in cities. I'll let it roll a bit if the mood suits me and someone is inches from my bumper (or lack thereof). Muh ha ha haaaa. >:-} I really like the control of a stick. I wish everyone was required to learn how to operate both reliably. Then the people that choose autos at least have a better understanding of the mechanics of their and a respect for those that choose sticks. Of course I think potential drivers should be required to do a lot of things but that's neither here not there.:-)
I think you've missed the whole point of my arguement. Only an absolute abnormal goober would be able to lock the steering wheel by putting the vehicle in park. The point is that it's all but impossible. That's the point.
Also, a vehicle suddenly thrown into park when traveling down the highway at highway speeds wouldn't go skidding down the highway. In fact it won't slow down at all. The park peg will simply break off under those conditions. Short of the damage causd inside the tranny, the vehicle will continue as before.
Some, yes. Some have a pump that's mechanically powered at the tail-end of the gear, so if it's mechanically engaged fluid flows. Most, though, drive the pump off the torque converter. All, however, store tons of fluid in the tranny. If you drain it, you only get like 1/3 of the fluid that's in there. That's why those quick oil change places have their fancy machines.
True. Most common vehicles don't though, amplifying the problem. Even worse than that is vehicles with trannies that are only lubed when the vehicle's tranny is in any position other than Park. Larger Dodge vehicles do this. Ie, your Dodge Ram or Durango's tranny is not lubed when you're in Park. Your fly wheel however is of course moving like a SOB. There's been numerous tech bulletins about this but Dodge still hasn't addressed the problem. Why, I'm not sure. I'd think they'd want to address the issue but I'm not a marketing guru.
You don't tow vehicles with automatic trannies with their drive wheels on the ground.
I thought I implied that but maybe not. You're right. You only tow vehicles with automatic trannies by their drive wheels, unless of course your pull the driveline. That's what we have to do with all our buses. The load of those 16+ ton vehicles is too great for the front axle to take so we have to disconnect the driveline before the wreckers will tow the bus on to the shop.
I hate autos too. I'd rather walk than drive an auto. Well, maybe I don't hate it that much. I definitely prefer sticks though. That's what I learned on way back when. If it's not manual then it had better by hydrostatic.:-) Autos are too expensive to work on too.
For many years now the steering wheel on cars with automatic trannies can not be locked into position unless the car is in Park. Given the scenario we've all been talking about I suppose one could shift into Park. However that Park pin won't last very long and would thus be very ineffective. An absolute idiot could however shift into Park and then turn the car ignition off, thus locking the wheel. However since that involves 2 steps and knowing the fact that most people are idiots and can't handle multiple step operations (especially under stress such as your car going AWOL with you inside) it's safe to deduce that it's extremely likely someone will be able to lock their steering wheel in such a scenario. Since the people we recognize as having the most trouble dealing with such an emergency (gas pedal sticks or car goes AWOL) predominantly drive vehicles with automatic trannies, we can also deduce that this key elements necessary to make this scenario happen are even less than previously determined.
Bottom line most cars are automatics. The people that would have trouble in theis scenario predominantly drive automatics. It requires multiple steps to get your steering wheel locked in this scenario (shift into Park and completely shut off ignition, in that order). Thus it's very unlikely that this will ever happen.
What a load of crap. Try telling it with a little less sensationalism. Sure you lose power this and power that but you DO NOT LOSE THIS OR THAT. You will not lose your steering. You will not lose your brakes. Any decents Driving 101 course will teach you this simple facts. Mine in fact had us all demonstrate this traveling down the road at highway speeds. It is in fact quite easy to steer a car moving at highway speeds without power steering. It is also quite easy to brake. The only downside here is that without your vehicle running the oil pump that lubes your automatic tranny won't be running, thus causing extreme wear and tear. This won't be a problem in the short-term however, assuming all you do is stop the car. This is why you don't tow vehicles with automatic trannies. Even in neutral the driveline is still connected to the gears inside the tranny.
I always wanted to put in a couple square miles of wind turbines/mills here in Kansas. Two main areas of Kansas have the perfect amount of wind for just such a deal. I imagine the overly-paranoid tree-huggers (bird-huggers) would try to put a stop to it, going from "save the children" to "save the birds" like they did in California. Still I think it would be a damn fine investment.
Hmmm. I never noticed that. Mine is a 93. I've driven much newer, including brandnew but I don't recall what their key setup was like. I'll report back when I can afford a new Silverado.:-)
Frankly I'd recommend hiding a spare set somewhere on your vehicle. Ideally you'd only put the key to get into the car in that externally accessible location. Hide the key for ignition somewhere on the inside. I used to do this with my car because I occasionally locked myself out of it or my house. Now that my car is a miserable POS I put all the keys under the hood which I can raise without being inside the car.
That's a good point. I'd pay into it if a friend of the family put a link on Hans' website or if RMS or Linus did something similar. I'd trust it then.
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FYI, Bank of America works just fine in Firefox and Mozilla.
One would think this would be a fairly common desire. I'm personally fond of iTunes' playlists simply because I REALLY like iTunes. Talk about a slick program. Apple did a fine job with that program as far as I'm concerned.
You know, I never thought about making a PVR multi-user. That makes loads of sense though. The most obivous is parental controls on highly rated content. Then there's the data that individuals want to keep private from others (home movies and pictures :-)!). Then there's the data that should really only pertain to specific individuals unless they want to share it, like their personal playlists, selection history, viewing history, etc. I'd never thought about multi-user PVRs but I can see where it would be desirable. The hardest part would be authentication. A thumb scanner would rock. That would be the simplest from the user's perspective. Aren't they getting to be pretty cheap now? The other option would be a numeric PIN entered via a remote. Another option is a USB/Firewire drive/dongle that only the authorized user should have. You could always use a wirelss keyboard to enter you auth info. And finally you could combine any number of those options such as the dongle requirement and PIN number. That would be the biggest hurdle IMHO. The rest is just database management and GUI work.
A little money my way might make it happen. :) (a lot would definitely make it happen)
LOL. I'd try it for either amounts but I'm sure I'd fail. I'm certainly not a programmer. Hack at best. :-) I think the Freevo and MythTV projects have done much of what we've talked about. I'm sure there's lots of features we could think of for them to add. Perhaps our ideas could be added as plugins for their existing projects. One thing that I really want is to rip the DVD audio channels intact and output them to a nice sound card, one that supports more than the generic 2 channels. I'm going to build a PVR box one of these days. First I have to address a drive space issue in my home server. I can't even rip a DVD at the moment. It would be oh so sweet if I could offload the DVD encoding to another box like my server instead of the PVR. The PVR would of course read the DVD but the SMP server could handle the encoding. That would be awesome. Then you could go with a slower and cooler CPU for the PVR which of course would also make it much quieter. :-) So many ideas, so little time and money.
I'm working on my own site and have been looking for a tool to organize it. I've looked at slashcode, php-nuke, and phpBB. None of them really seem to be what I'm looking for. I'm going to review every book and movie I own (and some I don't) and put them on my site. I want to be able to organize those reviews. I also like to cook and I plan on putting up recipes and HOWTOs in a section dedicated to cooking. I'll review and recommend cooking gear too. Organizing the recipes would be helpful. Ideally I'd be able to quickly and easily plug data for a new recipe into a pre-existing form and add it to my site. I think the same feature slashcode uses for book reviews might be useful here. I of course want a place to put my thoughts and rants, political stances and opinions, music list, etc.. Commentary is desired in some places but not everywhere. The way I see it is if I can enter data easily and keep it fairly organized then I just might keep my site reasonably up to date. Otherwise it will die a fate similar to my last site which hasn't been updated in close to 6 years. :-( Which frontend do you recommend? Your's looks like php-nuke. Is it? We don't demand much, do we. ;-)
I'd like to build an all in one box that can not only rip and store DVDs on command but also handle ripping audio CDS, getting their details via CDDB or some other free site, and writing them to disk in an organized manner. Then I'd like to see the same interface (or something similar) be used to quickly and easily find and playback my recorded data. Playlists, sorting by genre, and maybe even an iTunes-like ratings system would be a plus. If you want a project, undertake that one. :-)
BTW, nice site. I'm curious, do you ever have trouble stemming from using your name as the basis for your domain? I'm registered my own such domain (actually com, org, and net) but I've been leary about putting them into public use like you have. Any second thoughts?
The Assault Weapon Ban DIDN'T BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS !! Assault weapons have had a hefty tax on them since 1934. If you had the patience and lots of $$ you could still legally buy one though. They've been banned outright since 1986 by a poison pill amendment to the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986. The Assault Weapons Ban wasn't an assault weapons ban at all. It had nothing to do with assault weapons. Assault weapons are by definition a selectable fire military weapon that can be fired as a fully automatic or as a semi-automatic. Fully automatics were already illegal when Clinton passed the AWB. The text of the AWB didn't ban fully automatics anyhow. It simply banned specific costmetic features like pistol grips, bayonets, stocks, and mag capacities. What makes my Glock 22 less lethal with only 10 shots, down from the factory 13?
They've done more assinine things than that when it came to their gun bans. Read my reply to the parent. My favorite was a shotgun they banned. I forget the make and model (really weird brand). It looked like a couple pieces of pipe screwed together (similiar to the grease gun, M3A1, but bigger of course). It had a couple grips on it IIRC. A really weird looking gun. Now you want to believe the CA folks that put this list together were honest and had a reason for banning it. It must have a dru mag. Nope. It must be a fully auto shotgun. Nope. It must be one of those ancient duck shotguns that has a huge spread of 20 or 30 yards (saw it on Ripley's). Nope. What is this gun that the CA officials decided to ban? Well, it's a breech loading single-shot .410. A freaking .410! Shot at anything bigger than a quail with a .410 and you'll just piss it off. Come on now. I swear there are a bunch of fucking morons running CA.
Thank you! For the first time EVER I've seen someone argue the facts about guns on Slashdot besides me! Thank you thank you thank you! BTW, California banned guns not by function but by appearance. Literally. They took a book of guns with pictures and decided what should be banned by what LOOKED lethal. In fact that banned a number of extremely common deer rifle models that happened to have black synthetic stocks while leaving their siblings with identical actions alone. The California ban is a joke. Somewhere I have a link to an article about the 2 people that put it together. I want to say it was the CA AG and Lt. Governor. The email was a response to the other's question about involving CA's Bureua of Investigation and some other professional group. The author said that he didn't want to invole that state's BI or the other professional LEO group because their conclusion wouldn't support the position that they wanted to take on guns. That's mighty telling if you ask me. I unfortunately live in one of 4 states that doesn't permit some form of concealed carry and our crime rate is abnormally high. You would think that here in Kansas we would have a low crime rate. Nope. We were the 32nd largest state in population in 2000 but had the 19th highest TCI (crime rate). You sir are going on my friend list.
Exactly. I also look at it like this: If this Floyd fellow went out and trademarked numerous election-related phrases such as "Van Hollen 2004" we'd all be jumping down his throat. The general public would understand the issue as well. When it comes to domains however everyone seems to get all emotional about it. It's not a difficult decision folks. That's my take on it.
...of course is will AOL simply reskin the existing IE or will they actually write their own and address security issues on their own?
Which is all public information. Where's the problem?
What a load of shit. If I'm a US citizen traveling abroad in, oh lets say, Austrailia and I choose to drive there I am in no way governed by the traffic laws of the US. If I'm 17 and choose to buy alcohol in a country with a drinking age of 16 I am in no way bound by US law to keep me from buying that alcohol. A business with its HQ in New York and its manufacturing plants in Mexico are not bound by US law to pay its workers the US minimum wage or mandatory US benefits. US law doesn't mean a god damned thing once you're 6 miles off US shores. You comment is utter nonsense.
And of course all procedings, rulings, and anything else having to do with this legislation will probably be deemed classfied too. "Oh, we have to keep information about these laws out of the hands of terrorists. They could use it against us. Think of the children!" Of course.
I'm not a big Dodge fan personally. Sure a '93 Turbo RAM kicks ass but anything since is a city truck. Our 3/4 '96 was purchased because it was one of the last with a solid front axle. Personally though I'd rather put up with a truck without that than deal with the other POS features of that truck. I can't recall what the rear end is geared at but it's less than 3:73 and damn sure not 4:10. It's a gutless wonder.
Around here almost no repairs happen in the field (unless of course it's something simple). The wreckers are pretty accustomed to yanking the shaft and towing her home. It's amazing how much a school bus can weigh. We had a '95 64 passenger cab-over roll over last year. The dry-weight on the sticker was 20 ton. My father is a mechanic. We tend to fix our own vehicles where they lie, unless of course we have a trailer handy. That's always a plus.
The Dodge tranny lube problem has been for some time. Our old '94 Voyager doesn't suffer from that problem but our '96 RAM and '03 Durango both do. It's rather irritating. The worst tranny I can think of though is GM's 700R. That thing was a POS. You just about can't find a salvage yard with one in stock or for a decent price. It's bad. Again, forget the auto and go with the stick. :-)
I find myself trying to shift my car's auto on teh floor like a stick. It occasionally gets me in trouble. ;-) The only time I can think of where I'd rather have an auto is in a city where I have to deal with incompotent morons sniffing my ass at a stop light on an incline. It amazes me how close people can get sometimes. Personally I love driving a wheat truck in cities. I'll let it roll a bit if the mood suits me and someone is inches from my bumper (or lack thereof). Muh ha ha haaaa. >:-} I really like the control of a stick. I wish everyone was required to learn how to operate both reliably. Then the people that choose autos at least have a better understanding of the mechanics of their and a respect for those that choose sticks. Of course I think potential drivers should be required to do a lot of things but that's neither here not there. :-)
Also, a vehicle suddenly thrown into park when traveling down the highway at highway speeds wouldn't go skidding down the highway. In fact it won't slow down at all. The park peg will simply break off under those conditions. Short of the damage causd inside the tranny, the vehicle will continue as before.
True. Most common vehicles don't though, amplifying the problem. Even worse than that is vehicles with trannies that are only lubed when the vehicle's tranny is in any position other than Park. Larger Dodge vehicles do this. Ie, your Dodge Ram or Durango's tranny is not lubed when you're in Park. Your fly wheel however is of course moving like a SOB. There's been numerous tech bulletins about this but Dodge still hasn't addressed the problem. Why, I'm not sure. I'd think they'd want to address the issue but I'm not a marketing guru.
You don't tow vehicles with automatic trannies with their drive wheels on the ground.
I thought I implied that but maybe not. You're right. You only tow vehicles with automatic trannies by their drive wheels, unless of course your pull the driveline. That's what we have to do with all our buses. The load of those 16+ ton vehicles is too great for the front axle to take so we have to disconnect the driveline before the wreckers will tow the bus on to the shop.
I hate autos too. I'd rather walk than drive an auto. Well, maybe I don't hate it that much. I definitely prefer sticks though. That's what I learned on way back when. If it's not manual then it had better by hydrostatic. :-) Autos are too expensive to work on too.
Well put. I picked up my 1100 ACE when I dumped it no problem, even with my aching back.
Bottom line most cars are automatics. The people that would have trouble in theis scenario predominantly drive automatics. It requires multiple steps to get your steering wheel locked in this scenario (shift into Park and completely shut off ignition, in that order). Thus it's very unlikely that this will ever happen.
What a load of crap. Try telling it with a little less sensationalism. Sure you lose power this and power that but you DO NOT LOSE THIS OR THAT. You will not lose your steering. You will not lose your brakes. Any decents Driving 101 course will teach you this simple facts. Mine in fact had us all demonstrate this traveling down the road at highway speeds. It is in fact quite easy to steer a car moving at highway speeds without power steering. It is also quite easy to brake. The only downside here is that without your vehicle running the oil pump that lubes your automatic tranny won't be running, thus causing extreme wear and tear. This won't be a problem in the short-term however, assuming all you do is stop the car. This is why you don't tow vehicles with automatic trannies. Even in neutral the driveline is still connected to the gears inside the tranny.
I always wanted to put in a couple square miles of wind turbines/mills here in Kansas. Two main areas of Kansas have the perfect amount of wind for just such a deal. I imagine the overly-paranoid tree-huggers (bird-huggers) would try to put a stop to it, going from "save the children" to "save the birds" like they did in California. Still I think it would be a damn fine investment.
Oh. It wouldn't hurt to be a bit more blatent about such things in the future, lest another misunderstanding arises.
Hmmm. I never noticed that. Mine is a 93. I've driven much newer, including brandnew but I don't recall what their key setup was like. I'll report back when I can afford a new Silverado. :-)
Colored? What part of America do you live in and what year is it?
Not on any GM vehicle I've ever owned or worked on. Now our Chryslers suffer from that, VW too.
Frankly I'd recommend hiding a spare set somewhere on your vehicle. Ideally you'd only put the key to get into the car in that externally accessible location. Hide the key for ignition somewhere on the inside. I used to do this with my car because I occasionally locked myself out of it or my house. Now that my car is a miserable POS I put all the keys under the hood which I can raise without being inside the car.
That's a good point. I'd pay into it if a friend of the family put a link on Hans' website or if RMS or Linus did something similar. I'd trust it then.
LOL. Too bad it weren't true and just the opposite.