I'm gonna go out on a limb: I think the theme song is the best theme song ever written for any series. It captures the mood of the series perfectly. The first time I heard it I didn't like it, but then as I watched the opening sequence again I realized what they were trying to do and how well the song fit.
I have a Clie SJ-20 - b/w display, high-res, etc. I've read one or two books on it, and it works quite well. Also, that model line (I think the SJ-20 is cancelled but whatever replaced it) is pretty cheap - I paid $130 for my SJ-20, and I've seen them for less since that.
Battery life seems to be about forever - I've never been able to run down the battery.
I find comments like this really funny when I see all the comments on/. about how Americans are getting fat and lazy. Playing sports helps to combat that problem, you know...
You say hearsay isn't admissable, but then you go on giving more hearsay and not a shred of real evidence these things are necessary. How about some statistics?
Millions and millions of children have been successfully raised without leashes. There's my statistic for this argument. What's yours? Do you have anything showing that these things reduce accidents, injuries?
Sorry to be nasty, but your "report back when you've got some of your own" is just arrogant. How do you know I'm not Mormon and already have a dozen children?
I have a broadband (cable modem) connection. For dialup on trips, I use aplus.net - $40/year for 5 hours/month access. Not much time, but then I don't use the net much when I'm travelling, just to check e-mail.
However, I use it less and less. My parents and brothers have DSL. The last hotel I stayed at (in rural Georgia, no less) had free wi-fi access.
Maybe in another year, I'll be able to save that $40.
Here's my take: Europe has far better rail transportation systems in place than the US. While many major US cities have some sort of mass transit (rail, or even bus), those systems aren't very convenient, and using a car is still too convenient in the US.
For example, I live about 3 blocks from a Metro station in the Washington, DC area. I love trains and subway systems, so you'd think I'd ride it frequently, right? Nah, I almost never use it. Here's why:
1. To get to work, It's over an hour by Metro, versus a 25-30 minute drive. Even on days when there's a bad accident that slows me down, it still takes only up to an hour. And, there are several times each month where I have to go to a different building that's about 10 miles from where I usually work. Although there's a shuttle service provided by my employer, it's unreliable--it has left me sitting a couple times--and the times it runs are pretty bad ("Let's see - I can arrive 45 minutes early for this meeting or 20 minutes late..."). (Also, I have to drive to southern Maryland about once a month after work, so I'd need a car those days regardless. I could take a bus TO southern Maryland, but getting home that evening would not be possible.)
2. For fun? I took Metro to a concert last fall. Unfortunately, I had to leave before the band finished, missing at least two songs. Why? Because I had to get back to Metro so could catch the last train home for the night. Otherwise, I would've been stranded. That's the last time I'll take Metro to a concert like that.
3. I travel to areas in the DC metro that don't have Metro service, such as southern Maryland, at times when service is nonexistant, such as Sunday night. So, I would need a car anyway.
4. I like driving. DC does everything it can to remove the fun of driving, but I still manage to enjoy it.
True. I did think about that and meant to put it in "Assumptions" but I forgot. (My day off, a beautiful day outside, and I'm posting to Slashdot. Just great.)
Moreover, I'm not quite sure why I got +3 Informative for it. It's pretty near "Off-topic", and definitely not +3 useful for this article...:)
If you have 9 songs, then there's 9! (362,880) possible permutations, I think. (I'm a statistician, but it's my day off, so I get to be lazy and not think too hard about this.)
So, the probability of getting the exact order of the album would be 1/362880, which is about 0.0000028. Okay, it's pretty unlikely, but it could happen, especially if you listen to that album a lot. Another way to think about it: every time you play the ablum on shuffle, the chosen play order you hear only had a probability of 0.0000028 of being chosen.
Assumption: shuffle w/o replacement. If you have shuffle with replacement (as one of my CD players does), it's even less likely.
I love how everyone automatically assumes everything on TV is garbage. Like any other art form, there's good stuff and bad. Example: I read Tom Clancy and John Grisham novels, but I know they aren't going to go down in history as timeless classics in the way that, say, Shakespeare's plays did. But, oh no, I'm reading and therefore it must be better than watching TV.
Don't forget the car was probably sitting there some time after the accident but before the firefighters got there, thereby allowing the caps to discharge (at least somewhat).
You're right, though - it's probably just unfamiliarity. One poster above said high-pitched noises don't sound right, but has he/she heard a jet lately?
Almost all truck accidents are actually the result of cars, pickups, or SUVs doing something stupid, not the truck itself. The truck just makes it a lot worse (and puts it on the news).
My guess is that you did something to that flatbed driver, possibly cut in front of him or something. He definitely shouldn't have tailgated you or confronted you, of course, but I'm pretty certain you did something to set him off.
I don't know what country you're in, but in the US, truckers have to get a CDL, the Commercial Driver's Licence. Any fool can get a license to drive an auto, even towing a trailer, but you have to know what you're doing to get a CDL. Sure, there are bad/stupid truck drivers out there, but between the CDL and the sheer amount of experience they have driving (500 miles/day adds up very quickly), the rate of bad truck drivers is FAR lower than the rate of bad automobile drivers. I'd much rather deal with trucks than other "4-wheelers".
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I'm gonna go out on a limb: I think the theme song is the best theme song ever written for any series. It captures the mood of the series perfectly. The first time I heard it I didn't like it, but then as I watched the opening sequence again I realized what they were trying to do and how well the song fit.
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All good art is controversial.
--RJ
Didn't plenty of Democrat senators and representatives vote for the Patriot act as well?
--RJ
I have a Clie SJ-20 - b/w display, high-res, etc. I've read one or two books on it, and it works quite well. Also, that model line (I think the SJ-20 is cancelled but whatever replaced it) is pretty cheap - I paid $130 for my SJ-20, and I've seen them for less since that.
Battery life seems to be about forever - I've never been able to run down the battery.
--RJ
The point isn't that hybrid cars are less safe, it's that rescuers don't know how to treat them safely.
--RJ
I find comments like this really funny when I see all the comments on /. about how Americans are getting fat and lazy. Playing sports helps to combat that problem, you know...
--RJ
Websense: "www.openpark.org" is blocked due to adult content
Thanks, Websense, for saving me from finding out about free wi-fi access! Whew, that was CLOSE...
--RJ
You do know he never said that, right?
You might want to pull out an example that's actually real...
--RJ
The second one. He's a direct descendent of the "lengendary outlaw", according to Monster Garage.
--RJ
Jesse James - the guy in the Autozone commercials. He's also the "host" of Monster Garage on Discovery. ("Host" is loosely defined here.)
--RJ
I know because my mom said, "I could never imagine needing one of those." Very clear. :)
--RJ
You say hearsay isn't admissable, but then you go on giving more hearsay and not a shred of real evidence these things are necessary. How about some statistics?
Millions and millions of children have been successfully raised without leashes. There's my statistic for this argument. What's yours? Do you have anything showing that these things reduce accidents, injuries?
Sorry to be nasty, but your "report back when you've got some of your own" is just arrogant. How do you know I'm not Mormon and already have a dozen children?
--RJ
Excuse me, but my parents raised three kids sans leashes, and NEVER ONCE had a problem. Yeah, the occasional getting lost, but nothing serious.
How about parents just pay attention to their kids?
--RJ
I have a broadband (cable modem) connection. For dialup on trips, I use aplus.net - $40/year for 5 hours/month access. Not much time, but then I don't use the net much when I'm travelling, just to check e-mail.
However, I use it less and less. My parents and brothers have DSL. The last hotel I stayed at (in rural Georgia, no less) had free wi-fi access.
Maybe in another year, I'll be able to save that $40.
--RJ
Most bigger campuses have a bus system to get you from one part of the campus to another. It might be in conjunction with that.
--RJ
Here's my take: Europe has far better rail transportation systems in place than the US. While many major US cities have some sort of mass transit (rail, or even bus), those systems aren't very convenient, and using a car is still too convenient in the US.
For example, I live about 3 blocks from a Metro station in the Washington, DC area. I love trains and subway systems, so you'd think I'd ride it frequently, right? Nah, I almost never use it. Here's why:
1. To get to work, It's over an hour by Metro, versus a 25-30 minute drive. Even on days when there's a bad accident that slows me down, it still takes only up to an hour. And, there are several times each month where I have to go to a different building that's about 10 miles from where I usually work. Although there's a shuttle service provided by my employer, it's unreliable--it has left me sitting a couple times--and the times it runs are pretty bad ("Let's see - I can arrive 45 minutes early for this meeting or 20 minutes late..."). (Also, I have to drive to southern Maryland about once a month after work, so I'd need a car those days regardless. I could take a bus TO southern Maryland, but getting home that evening would not be possible.)
2. For fun? I took Metro to a concert last fall. Unfortunately, I had to leave before the band finished, missing at least two songs. Why? Because I had to get back to Metro so could catch the last train home for the night. Otherwise, I would've been stranded. That's the last time I'll take Metro to a concert like that.
3. I travel to areas in the DC metro that don't have Metro service, such as southern Maryland, at times when service is nonexistant, such as Sunday night. So, I would need a car anyway.
4. I like driving. DC does everything it can to remove the fun of driving, but I still manage to enjoy it.
--RJ
True. I did think about that and meant to put it in "Assumptions" but I forgot. (My day off, a beautiful day outside, and I'm posting to Slashdot. Just great.)
:)
Moreover, I'm not quite sure why I got +3 Informative for it. It's pretty near "Off-topic", and definitely not +3 useful for this article...
--RJ
And you practice literacy by reading trash fiction? I find that hard to believe.
(Waiting for the 2 minute rule to expire. La la la la la la la la la la...mmm mmm mm mm mm mm mm mm..)
--RJ
It could happen the first time you use it.
If you have 9 songs, then there's 9! (362,880) possible permutations, I think. (I'm a statistician, but it's my day off, so I get to be lazy and not think too hard about this.)
So, the probability of getting the exact order of the album would be 1/362880, which is about 0.0000028. Okay, it's pretty unlikely, but it could happen, especially if you listen to that album a lot. Another way to think about it: every time you play the ablum on shuffle, the chosen play order you hear only had a probability of 0.0000028 of being chosen.
Assumption: shuffle w/o replacement. If you have shuffle with replacement (as one of my CD players does), it's even less likely.
--RJ
I love how everyone automatically assumes everything on TV is garbage. Like any other art form, there's good stuff and bad. Example: I read Tom Clancy and John Grisham novels, but I know they aren't going to go down in history as timeless classics in the way that, say, Shakespeare's plays did. But, oh no, I'm reading and therefore it must be better than watching TV.
It's not black-and-white, so to speak. :)
--RJ
Don't forget the car was probably sitting there some time after the accident but before the firefighters got there, thereby allowing the caps to discharge (at least somewhat).
--RJ
I wonder if anyone said this when the standard, static billboards were first introduced.
--RJ
Remember how when trains were first introduced...
Just how old are you, anyway? :)
You're right, though - it's probably just unfamiliarity. One poster above said high-pitched noises don't sound right, but has he/she heard a jet lately?
--RJ
More likely, the parent didn't understand that more mass = more stopping time = better to go SLOW down the hill.
--RJ
Almost all truck accidents are actually the result of cars, pickups, or SUVs doing something stupid, not the truck itself. The truck just makes it a lot worse (and puts it on the news).
My guess is that you did something to that flatbed driver, possibly cut in front of him or something. He definitely shouldn't have tailgated you or confronted you, of course, but I'm pretty certain you did something to set him off.
I don't know what country you're in, but in the US, truckers have to get a CDL, the Commercial Driver's Licence. Any fool can get a license to drive an auto, even towing a trailer, but you have to know what you're doing to get a CDL. Sure, there are bad/stupid truck drivers out there, but between the CDL and the sheer amount of experience they have driving (500 miles/day adds up very quickly), the rate of bad truck drivers is FAR lower than the rate of bad automobile drivers. I'd much rather deal with trucks than other "4-wheelers".
--RJ
Don't mince words. Why don't you tell us how you really feel?
--RJ