There isn't REALLY a shortage, Einstein... It's a FAKE shortage. It's a good psychological trick. You know, a marketing gimic? Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it doesn't work.
It will work on the large number of people who are CONSIDERING buying one. Throw a little emergency in the mix, and many such people will get off their asses and buy one instead of puting it off till after xmas, or maybe forever.
It's not a joke you fucking retard./. renders wrong in Firefox. Sometimes it renders fine, other times it renders wrong in a seemingly random way. Hitting the refresh button over and over will produce a different render every time.
I find it rather ironic that./ is the site that renders wrong.
I thought I understood that any propulsion system can get you to near light speed provided you can keep it in operation long enough. The propellant velocity has no bearing on top speed. Am I all wet here?
That didn't catch on because is was clearly was inferior to other power sources of the day. I mean, come on, the thing couldn't go any faster than 88 MPH!!!
I think the real achievment here is that, while Jar Jar was completetely OUT OF FREAKING CONTROL in the first prequel, he was actually able to seemlessly STFU and all but go away in the second one.
I don't think that was the least bit conspicuous:-)
I have been known, on a cold winter morning, to warm my car up faster by riding the brakes... No so good for the car, admittedly, but f*** it, I was cold:-)
I can floor the gas pedal in ANY GEAR I WANT, and control the speed by modulating the brakes, and with very little effort in fact.
Besides, it's common sense (I know, that's rare)... It would be a huge safety problem if the brakes could not overcome the power of the engine. AND, you have four wheels braking, and usually only two wheels driving, so even with a complete brake failure at one end of the car, you should be able to slow to a near stop at least.
It amazes me how ignorant the general population is about things almost all of use every day.
First, brakes can most definately overpower the drive train. If not in first gear, most certainly in whatever gear you're in at hiway speeds.
Second, shift into neutral if you have to! This is not rocket science. If you have a stick, depressing the clutch will have the same effect. Most modern cruise control systems will detect over-rev and shut down. Besides, if you have to save yourself by killing your engine, isn't that worth it?
Third, loss of power assist will not cause brakes or steering to fail, it will just make them require more force from the driver. They are designed specifically to still work without power assist.
Fourth, there is no such thing as braking or steering by wire. See point three.
Fifth, shutting off the engine would be a perfectly good thing to do; see points three and four.
This is likely a story of a guy fooling the police into giving him a high speed escort, or of an inexcusable level of ignorance at the very least.
It seems to me that those adventure games have two little problems. One, they're generally too difficult to be enjoyed as a story, and two, they're usually very short if you remove all the time spent trying to solve puzzles. For example, I played the old X-Files game (all seven CD's of it) in twelve hours or so. Most of that time was puzzle solving, and it's the easiest such game I've ever seen.
But they're in the right direction. Just spend less time and money on puzzles, and more on story telling, and you pretty much have it.
Oh, and they would need to cost less and be much more prolific than they are now.
And yes, it would be very cool. I would really get into that sort of thing.
Well, it's all in the timing. If the timing is off, and the charge goes off in the tube, it could be very dangerous for the technicion who has his lips on the blow hole.
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Wow... How dense can you be???
There isn't REALLY a shortage, Einstein... It's a FAKE shortage. It's a good psychological trick. You know, a marketing gimic? Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it doesn't work.
It will work on the large number of people who are CONSIDERING buying one. Throw a little emergency in the mix, and many such people will get off their asses and buy one instead of puting it off till after xmas, or maybe forever.
I just like to say "wadka".
Nice. Very well said.
You have a feel a certain pity for the poor bastard at MS that was asked to author that pitiful excuse for a patent application.
On the other hand, you have to admire the tenacity it must have taken to write so much about such a trivial thing. Lawyer material for sure.
Personally, I would have been laughing too hard to be able to make it through the first paragraph...
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It's not a joke you fucking retard. /. renders wrong in Firefox. Sometimes it renders fine, other times it renders wrong in a seemingly random way. Hitting the refresh button over and over will produce a different render every time.
./ is the site that renders wrong.
I find it rather ironic that
Too bad Slashdot doesn't render right in Firefox...
At least he got the part about the wings right. Without those, you'd fall right back to Earth!
Double the price? That ought to get a few customers all charged up...
What the hell is an "R2D2" unit??? "R2D2" was an individual "R2" unit with the designation "D2".
Now, somebody needs to explain how the maximum number of R2 units with unique ID's in the WHOLE FRIGGIN' GALAXY could only have been 1296???
I thought I understood that any propulsion system can get you to near light speed provided you can keep it in operation long enough. The propellant velocity has no bearing on top speed. Am I all wet here?
That didn't catch on because is was clearly was inferior to other power sources of the day. I mean, come on, the thing couldn't go any faster than 88 MPH!!!
It's a shame more people don't think like you... er us. Drug laws in this country are completely out of control.
I think the real achievment here is that, while Jar Jar was completetely OUT OF FREAKING CONTROL in the first prequel, he was actually able to seemlessly STFU and all but go away in the second one.
:-)
I don't think that was the least bit conspicuous
Good God, y'all!
Do his feelings get hurt when the werecar decides to kill someone else?
Oh really, Mr. AC?
Quoth the article:
"I stepped as firmly, as I could, on the brakes, and the car came finally to a halt."
I have been known, on a cold winter morning, to warm my car up faster by riding the brakes... No so good for the car, admittedly, but f*** it, I was cold :-)
I can floor the gas pedal in ANY GEAR I WANT, and control the speed by modulating the brakes, and with very little effort in fact.
Besides, it's common sense (I know, that's rare)... It would be a huge safety problem if the brakes could not overcome the power of the engine. AND, you have four wheels braking, and usually only two wheels driving, so even with a complete brake failure at one end of the car, you should be able to slow to a near stop at least.
All true, all true.
It amazes me how ignorant the general population is about things almost all of use every day.
First, brakes can most definately overpower the drive train. If not in first gear, most certainly in whatever gear you're in at hiway speeds.
Second, shift into neutral if you have to! This is not rocket science. If you have a stick, depressing the clutch will have the same effect. Most modern cruise control systems will detect over-rev and shut down. Besides, if you have to save yourself by killing your engine, isn't that worth it?
Third, loss of power assist will not cause brakes or steering to fail, it will just make them require more force from the driver. They are designed specifically to still work without power assist.
Fourth, there is no such thing as braking or steering by wire. See point three.
Fifth, shutting off the engine would be a perfectly good thing to do; see points three and four.
This is likely a story of a guy fooling the police into giving him a high speed escort, or of an inexcusable level of ignorance at the very least.
It seems to me that those adventure games have two little problems. One, they're generally too difficult to be enjoyed as a story, and two, they're usually very short if you remove all the time spent trying to solve puzzles. For example, I played the old X-Files game (all seven CD's of it) in twelve hours or so. Most of that time was puzzle solving, and it's the easiest such game I've ever seen.
But they're in the right direction. Just spend less time and money on puzzles, and more on story telling, and you pretty much have it.
Oh, and they would need to cost less and be much more prolific than they are now.
And yes, it would be very cool. I would really get into that sort of thing.
It can also indicate that you're divorced...
Judging from the fact that they never got a clue, I'm remaining skeptical about them getting an idea as well :-)
I think Disney blows and this proves it.
So do you think they'll get minny mouse to provide the air pressure or what?
Well, it's all in the timing. If the timing is off, and the charge goes off in the tube, it could be very dangerous for the technicion who has his lips on the blow hole.