One thing I like about driving is that I can choose my route. Go new places. Will the self-driving car give me any choice of route, or will it always take the same boring route to a given destination?
Heh! On one of my first projects, I was coding for hours without hitting "save". I think half the country heard my yell when the system went down. I've been paranoid about saving ever since.
A lot depends on the ads. I got a reduced price on my Kindle with ads, and I have no problem with them. OTOH, if they were anything like TV ads, or the more annoying internet ads, I'd gladly pay the $2K to get rid of them.
Yup! The first time I paid at the grocery store with a card, I used the PIN, and got socked with a big fee. Ever since, I used the same card as a credit card (no PIN) without any such fees. That was many years ago, so I don't know if they still pull that crap.
So, what happens if your wallet gets stolen with your driver's license and SS card? Or, if you don't carry the SS in your wallet, you have a burglary and get your wallet (with DL) snatched before you get around to replacing the SS?
That might have been true when Byte was around. The last time I looked at a print mag (don't remember what one), it had about 100 pages of pure ads. You could collect all the scattered stories and cram them on a single page.
3) Alpha males who think they have something to prove, since they were alpha males, I generally didn't bother trying to make friends out of these guys, they always turned me off anyways
I never had much trouble with the alpha males. The ones I knew had better things to do than push around geeks half their size. Most of my problems were with the wanna-bes. They weren't big enough or strong enough to compete with the alphas, but they were bigger than I was.
My newest car has a bluetooth. If I get a call on the road, I can press one button, on the steering wheel, to answer the phone, and another to hang up, easier than fiddling with the radio. I can keep the phone in my pocket the whole time.
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Yeah, it wouldn't work too well if I couldn't pull over to the QT to get rid of the coke I drank on my ride.
One thing I like about driving is that I can choose my route. Go new places. Will the self-driving car give me any choice of route, or will it always take the same boring route to a given destination?
Tesla and Mercedes? Even if they have them by 2017, there's no way most people are going to buy them. Their regular cars cost more than a house!
Especially if it reacts to some random dude who's just giving your car the finger!
Yeah, I try to have one good copy besides the one I'm working on, to cover bad autosaves (or dumb@$$ goofs on my part).
Heh! On one of my first projects, I was coding for hours without hitting "save". I think half the country heard my yell when the system went down. I've been paranoid about saving ever since.
I doubt environmentalists anticipated that we'd be getting a polyethylene bag large enough to fit a whole turkey for every single purchase.
Doesn't your grocery store double-bag? I get TWO such polyethylene bags per item. :-P
A lot depends on the ads. I got a reduced price on my Kindle with ads, and I have no problem with them. OTOH, if they were anything like TV ads, or the more annoying internet ads, I'd gladly pay the $2K to get rid of them.
We're in luck, because I've got a wormhole network in my backyard. The downside is, the only thing that goes through it is - worms!
Everytime I think a UI can't get any worse, the next version proves me wrong. I have confidence that Google will continue this trend.
They might want to study us, much like we would study the odd creatures on some isolated island.
Mine automatically locks when the car is going above 15 MPH. I ASSume that the not locking is only if you're stopped.
Same with my Nissan Altima.
Step 1: Sell your Toyota
While it's flying down the highway out of control?
Push the button and hold it for a few seconds.
Am I the only one bothered by the fact that my car uses the same emergency shutdown as my cheap Windows machine?
I don't want to be flagged just because the latest OS from MS is a total bomb!
Until he kicks your ass and takes back his gun.
Yup! The first time I paid at the grocery store with a card, I used the PIN, and got socked with a big fee. Ever since, I used the same card as a credit card (no PIN) without any such fees. That was many years ago, so I don't know if they still pull that crap.
So, what happens if your wallet gets stolen with your driver's license and SS card? Or, if you don't carry the SS in your wallet, you have a burglary and get your wallet (with DL) snatched before you get around to replacing the SS?
It's only fair, since most people use their phones to check the time.
It knows if you've been bad or good!
That might have been true when Byte was around. The last time I looked at a print mag (don't remember what one), it had about 100 pages of pure ads. You could collect all the scattered stories and cram them on a single page.
3) Alpha males who think they have something to prove, since they were alpha males, I generally didn't bother trying to make friends out of these guys, they always turned me off anyways
I never had much trouble with the alpha males. The ones I knew had better things to do than push around geeks half their size. Most of my problems were with the wanna-bes. They weren't big enough or strong enough to compete with the alphas, but they were bigger than I was.
Are you sure they're actually talking? I figured they were playing Angry Birds/Candy Crush.
My newest car has a bluetooth. If I get a call on the road, I can press one button, on the steering wheel, to answer the phone, and another to hang up, easier than fiddling with the radio. I can keep the phone in my pocket the whole time.