I suspect that the 1.42Ghz chips were rather special in some way - and that probably means excxessively expensive. Apple probably defaulted to the 1.25Ghz part out of economic good sense. Motorola certainly never offered 1.42Ghz parts to anyone else.
Wow, I'm just in floods of tears about the poor waiter having to pay income tax.
Guess, what? I pay a SHITLOAD more than 2-3% income tax - and no-one gives me tips. Why is it not customary to tip engineers and programmers? You'r ein much bigger trouble if an engineer fucks up a 'plane than if a waiter fucks up a cup of coffee.
Indeed, that's why I don't bring it up when moaning about stupid SUVs. My RX-7 is pretty tight inside and compromised as a general purpose road car - but it's a sports car, was bought as such and enjoyed as such. The fact is that SUVs are designed to be pseudo off-road vehicles and bought to be child transporters. They are spectacularly bad road vehicles by any reasonable definition, and most are terrible off-roaders too.
The Forester is absolutely great off road by all accounts - my father's friends' is fitted with off-road tyres and he likes it much more than any SUV-type vehicle he's used. Specifically, its much lower centre of gravity makes it a lot safer when tackling a steep bank.
Incidentally, the only ACTUAL off-roader I know (a hill farmer) drives a Subaru Forester. That just about wraps it up for SUVs as far as I'm concerned...
You like the 'six? My other car's an RX7, but I don't go around comparing it to 'normal' cars coz it's a pretty uncompromising design. Shame the whole Eunos/Amati/Xedos plan never came to fruition - they had a wonderful 4 litre V12 ready to go in the Xedos 9...
My Mazda (for I have two, though I was previously referring to my Xedos 6 only) is a sort of Honda Accord sized vehicle with a 2 litre engine. It's not much use in mud - probably. Not much good under water or on ice either! However, I'd be willing to bet that any SUV without off-road tyres (i.e. 99% of them) is pretty useless off-road too. I'd bet that any 4WD road car that was fitted with off-road tyres would be more than a match for a Range Rover on road tyres.
"I could just bring a person a drink and their food and probably get by with saying 20 words or less."
That'd suit me just fine. I worked as a waiter all through university, and made GREAT tips - but I never expected to get one, and never treated a customer any differently whether they tipped me or not. On second thoughts - we had a compulsory service charge for parties of 8 or more, but they were pretty rare, and a LOT of extra work. A waiter's job is to be a waiter, if they don't like their terms and conditions of employment it's their problem - get another job. If the minimum wage is too low, raise the minimum, the whole tipping culture is fucked up and thrives on people over tipping and tips not being taxed as income properly. It's probably one of the starkest differences between American and European ideas of capitalism.
"Tips are a vital part of the salary. Tipping in those situations is not only appropriate but expected. Fundamentaly, waiters can't make a living at their jobs without it."
Surely that's THEIR problem? Why don't they get better jobs - whatever happened to the American dream? Work yourself richer, for God's sake, or go sleep on the street - your life is your own responsibility unless you can't reasonably provide for yourself.
I've made this point several times myself on Slashdot, but "here" apparently ALWAYS means the US, because the rest of the world doesn't exist for Americans, and Slashdot is American.
Why do waiters deserve a gift for doing their job again?
(I used to work as a waiter at Pizza Express, and I always considered tippers to be complete idiots who didn't understand the value of money, I never got annoyed at non tippers)
The only reason why waiters are an angry bunch is because they're such losers.
Errr... you are remembering that this car doesn't have a roof, right?
And, yes, in the UK, motorway speeds are more often in the 80-100mph range than under the 70mph limit. Still, top speeds over 100mph are pretty irrelevant - one of my 2 cars CAN do 140, the other over 150, but neither exceed 100mph more than a couple of times a year, and then only briefly. It is very rare to find road conditions in the UK where 100mph+ is a reasonable road speed.
Yes, indeed. But 'pea soupers' have been out of fashion ever since the burning of coal was outlawed half a century ago. Hopefully, the forthcoming Euro V emissions regs should put the mockers on the current scourge of Diesel particulate emission.
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I'm sorry, I must have missed your point. It couldn't have been that "The Matrix" was hard sci-fi in any conceivable way, surely?
"Robinson asks: 'Why are our imaginations retreating from science and space, and into fantasy?'"
His might be, mine sure as hell isn't. You don't HAVE TO read new books if they're written by idiots, do you?
I suspect that the 1.42Ghz chips were rather special in some way - and that probably means excxessively expensive. Apple probably defaulted to the 1.25Ghz part out of economic good sense. Motorola certainly never offered 1.42Ghz parts to anyone else.
How much?
I've got a nice, crisp twenty pound note right here in my back pocket.
First attempt at Machead baiting?
Try and make it factually correct next time, it riles them up all the better!
You obviously DIDN'T notice that this happened over a month ago and was also accompanied by a massive PRICE DROP.
Don't buy one then.
Personally, I think it's rather an attractive package.
But it DID have IE preinstalled.
That should change RSN.
Wow, I'm just in floods of tears about the poor waiter having to pay income tax.
Guess, what? I pay a SHITLOAD more than 2-3% income tax - and no-one gives me tips. Why is it not customary to tip engineers and programmers? You'r ein much bigger trouble if an engineer fucks up a 'plane than if a waiter fucks up a cup of coffee.
Indeed, that's why I don't bring it up when moaning about stupid SUVs. My RX-7 is pretty tight inside and compromised as a general purpose road car - but it's a sports car, was bought as such and enjoyed as such. The fact is that SUVs are designed to be pseudo off-road vehicles and bought to be child transporters. They are spectacularly bad road vehicles by any reasonable definition, and most are terrible off-roaders too.
The Forester is absolutely great off road by all accounts - my father's friends' is fitted with off-road tyres and he likes it much more than any SUV-type vehicle he's used. Specifically, its much lower centre of gravity makes it a lot safer when tackling a steep bank.
Nice comeback.
Incidentally, the only ACTUAL off-roader I know (a hill farmer) drives a Subaru Forester. That just about wraps it up for SUVs as far as I'm concerned...
You like the 'six? My other car's an RX7, but I don't go around comparing it to 'normal' cars coz it's a pretty uncompromising design. Shame the whole Eunos/Amati/Xedos plan never came to fruition - they had a wonderful 4 litre V12 ready to go in the Xedos 9...
My Mazda (for I have two, though I was previously referring to my Xedos 6 only) is a sort of Honda Accord sized vehicle with a 2 litre engine. It's not much use in mud - probably. Not much good under water or on ice either! However, I'd be willing to bet that any SUV without off-road tyres (i.e. 99% of them) is pretty useless off-road too. I'd bet that any 4WD road car that was fitted with off-road tyres would be more than a match for a Range Rover on road tyres.
You shouldn't italicise incorrectly spelled words. Makes you look like a total fuckwit.
"I could just bring a person a drink and their food and probably get by with saying 20 words or less."
That'd suit me just fine. I worked as a waiter all through university, and made GREAT tips - but I never expected to get one, and never treated a customer any differently whether they tipped me or not. On second thoughts - we had a compulsory service charge for parties of 8 or more, but they were pretty rare, and a LOT of extra work. A waiter's job is to be a waiter, if they don't like their terms and conditions of employment it's their problem - get another job. If the minimum wage is too low, raise the minimum, the whole tipping culture is fucked up and thrives on people over tipping and tips not being taxed as income properly. It's probably one of the starkest differences between American and European ideas of capitalism.
"Tips are a vital part of the salary. Tipping in those situations is not only appropriate but expected. Fundamentaly, waiters can't make a living at their jobs without it."
Surely that's THEIR problem? Why don't they get better jobs - whatever happened to the American dream? Work yourself richer, for God's sake, or go sleep on the street - your life is your own responsibility unless you can't reasonably provide for yourself.
Fuck tipping, it's a scam.
I've made this point several times myself on Slashdot, but "here" apparently ALWAYS means the US, because the rest of the world doesn't exist for Americans, and Slashdot is American.
Makes a lot of sense, no?
Why do waiters deserve a gift for doing their job again?
(I used to work as a waiter at Pizza Express, and I always considered tippers to be complete idiots who didn't understand the value of money, I never got annoyed at non tippers)
The only reason why waiters are an angry bunch is because they're such losers.
Errr... you are remembering that this car doesn't have a roof, right?
And, yes, in the UK, motorway speeds are more often in the 80-100mph range than under the 70mph limit. Still, top speeds over 100mph are pretty irrelevant - one of my 2 cars CAN do 140, the other over 150, but neither exceed 100mph more than a couple of times a year, and then only briefly. It is very rare to find road conditions in the UK where 100mph+ is a reasonable road speed.
Yes, indeed. But 'pea soupers' have been out of fashion ever since the burning of coal was outlawed half a century ago. Hopefully, the forthcoming Euro V emissions regs should put the mockers on the current scourge of Diesel particulate emission.
You are obviously a very masculine man. My hat is off to you. Can I borrow some of your after shave?
You have a Jeep? My commiserations.
Land Rover is the name of the company you dolt.
Did anyone else ever think that Super-Car was just a TINY BIT too big to be a car? Super-Lorry, more like.
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The MX-5 is one of the finest road cars available to buy today! What would you rather it looked like, a Ssangyong Musso?