Perhaps you got lucky. (And by the way, modern undercoats today are usually plastic, not a "tar" material.) But Consumer Reports recommends against spending money on an optional undercoat, on the basis that they have a history of promoting corrosion.
There are probably several reasons for this. One is that the undercoatings are not adequate or applied properly. Another is that people tend to not take care of their cars and a lot of northern communities use a lot of road salt in the winter. Coating or not, road salt will eat into anything if you don't run your car through a good car wash. Its like saying if you build a bridge and not paint it it will rust less than if you would have painted it. Does that make sense? No? Neither does saying undercoatings promote corrosion. Something has to be better than nothing, unless, of course, the coatings themselves are somehow causing corrosion.
Well, consider the abomination that was Mac OS 9. System 7 was on its second facelift and starting to look mighty rough around the edges. Compared to that OS X is pretty robust. However, OS X seems to be locked into this user interface paradigm from the 80s. Am I the only one that finds OS X mighty cumbersome and awkward to use after being so used to Windows and Gnome/KDE? Having applications running with no windows open seems kind of pointless. I hate the classic Mac menu bar anymore too. Its cool how it is basically BSD on top the of the mach kernel (wasn't BSD's kernel good enough?) and has a shell and everything, but the whole thing seems so snobbish. I mean one mouse button. Come on! Really?! In the 21st century? I have a G5 at work that I play with running OS X 10.5, and it really is a decent box, but so many things just seem lacking coming from windows. Like how do I map a network drive? Why doesn't the finder have expanding lists ala explorer and so many other file managers? What happened to the nifty icon where spotlight sits, where in classic mac os it would switch between applications? No drop down from the menu listing your applications folder by default? Even classic Mac OS did this... There are things I like too. For instance how applications are installed and preferences are handled is still waaaaay better than the clusterfuck that windows registry has become. Preferences as a file (preferably text) is far better than a bunch of poorly referenced keys in a database that you have to search through with vague clues on what you might even be searching for.
Its more like they bought a Lamborghini for $2 million and then proceeded to treat it like a rental and sell it for $10,000 in its nearly destroyed state.
Did GM make money off of Saab over the years? I'm guessing the answer is yes. So clearly they probably made back their initial investment and then some. Anything less than a billion for a marque like Saab is chump change. I guess they figured they should take all that they can get.
Its really the deceleration. If you watch that you will notice that the smart has basically almost no crumple zones and just stops nearly immediately while the S-class is at that point still moving forward, basically pushing the smart car backwards. Mass is certainly one part of the equation as well as velocity, but also deceleration and keeping the cabin from crumpling are much bigger factors. I would say that the s-class is probably very survivable and the smart occupants would be pretty hurt, but alive. F-1 racers have special seats now that try to slow down impacts. I don't think it will totally save your life, but it does help a significant amount. (I think F-1 drivers are crazy anyways) Look up the chinese videos on youtube of the truck crash test where the bed just destroys the cab. If we start buying up chinese made cars it will be a disaster. Trust me.
Ever try to parallel park a car with no power steering? It sure isn't easy. Once you get over 5-10 mph its not that hard though just takes a heavy hand. Cars didn't have power steering till what? the 40s? 50s? I once saw this girl park an old 50s dodge with no power steering for some reason. Didn't look like fun. The worst time was when my old delta 88 ran out of gas going down a hill and I pumped the breaks a couple of times too many and pretty much was standing on them at the bottom and that heavy boat still didn't want to stop. I really can't imagine them using drive-by-wire in steering. You always need a mechanical fallback somewhere. Even large planes have been landed (amazingly) with no hydraulics. Getting away from that for someting like driving a car seems a bit pointless. I'm a big fan of reliable, mechanically simple and uncomplicated cars.
120hp may not sound like a lot, but coming from a diesel you will also have a MASSIVE amount of torque. 150 is probably totally doable in a 300D turbo. The biggest problem with earlier diesels was emissions (think black smoke belching) and engine response. They tend to rev up a lot slower than gasoline engines. Audi has been racing diesels in the le manns so clearly they are viable for even racing.
Seeing as how they are now making R/C planes with electric motors (the jet models come to mind) I think this could have some sort of reasonable range. Even a couple of hundred miles would be plenty. Remember that airplanes can be more efficient than cars because there is actually much less resistance.
4 crashes since its inception? That really isn't so bad. You should compare with other military planes. Also at least half of those crashes were due to maintenance, parts failure issues and really have nothing to do with the actual design of the craft. I would say the press did a pretty good job of convincing everyone that the V-22 was a flying deathtrap.....
While that would be fun for a while, it would get mighty boring, and yeah, maintenance would be a nightmare. Good luck getting a decent internet connection out there!
The cobra maneuver. Speed = Energy. In a turn and burn contest the pilot with the must energy wins, especially once it goes into the vertical. They would never use that maneuver in a knife fight. The loss of speed is death in a dogfight. Just because you saw it on top gun doesn't make it an effective tactic. It is more to show the ability of the vectored thrust to allow the plane to turn in ways a traditional fighter jet can not.
I have an fz28 and I bought it for the glass. That glass is amazing for a P&S camera. Out of all the superzooms the pannys have the best glass by far. From what I understand Leica designed the glass but panasonic manufacturers it. Yeah the lux cameras are basically rebadged panasonics with some changes to the firmware and I agree that it is pretty lame, but don't knock the leica branded glass on the fz cameras.
FFTA wasn't that bad. Sure the story sucked and it was pretty easy, but also highly addicting in some sort of crack-like way. I need my fix man! Tactics is the only console strategy game that I liked. I've thought an awful lot about duplicating some aspects of that in an online strategy game. I mean the graphics could even be 2d and it would be just as much fun. JavaTactics anyone? Of course I always thought it would be fun to somehow do a realtime online 3d game based on FFT rules without square tiles, but maybe that would make it less chess-like?
remember those weird monster puppets with the big glow in the dark eyes? I always wanted on when I was a kid. I can't remember what they were called at all.
The Honeywell Kitchen Computer or H316 pedestal model of 1969 was a short-lived product made by Honeywell and offered by Neiman Marcus. It sold for $10,000, weighed over 100 pounds, and was used for storing recipes (but reading or entering these recipes would have been very difficult for the average cook as the only "user interface" was the binary front panel lights and switches). It had a built in cutting board and had a few recipes built in. There is no evidence that any Honeywell Kitchen Computers were ever sold. [4]
Now that is indeed a capital idea! I take back my previous comment. This is indeed the killer app for new microwaves. They could even have some sort of rfid tag that would tell the microwave exactly what settings to use based upon wattage. Just insert your food, close the door, and come back in 15 minutes. great idea there sir!
No they seemed like total wastes of money to me, but to each his own.
1. I am not a smoker but if I was and it was part of my identity I would want something that at least makes me look like I am smoking. It isn't a bad idea and can probably help stop smoking as it gives more of the visuals that others products didn't have.
I smoke and I think the whole idea is retarded. If you are that worried about your health, just quit smoking. Nicotine isn't very good for you either.
2. The TV hat is kinda silly too. But I think it would be good for kids but it on their head and pacify them during long trips and have them watch a movie.
Yeah, that's always a good idea. Pacify the children with the magic video box. Yeah, I know its real hard to talk to your children and keep them engaged for more than 5 minutes. Thanks for doing your part to keep the next generation as stupid and unaware as the current one. I mean, who hell wants to think for themselves?
3. Virbrating earbuds. Yea I don't see them kicking off. But it seemed as a good attempt on making a subwoofer on earbuds.
Uh. The point was that it just vibrates and does not make sound, so you can "feel" the bass. RTFA.
4. iType. I would agree they really dropped the ball there. If they made it work with any iphone app and on horizonatl/verticle then it could be useful, yes it will loose some mobility... However if it cheaper then a laptop it might be good.
A typewriter is a lot cheaper and a lot more useful. The iphone needs a built in keyboard not a full sized one. A $20 486 laptop is more functional than this!
5. Phubby... Well the problem with putting your phone in you pocket has many issues... One you can sit on it or find other ways of breaking it and would fall out or you don't know if it is vibrating or not. Low tech but good idea.
A good idea if you want to look like a dork who straps their phone to their wrist. Would probably look great with an 80s style dayglo hip bag.
6. BabyPlus... There are enough neurotic moms out there to make it sell. There are a bunch of things like this already out. no big deal
Snake oil was no big deal until it became outlawed. You do know that fraud is a crime, right?
7. Unbreakable Phone... Nothing is unbreakable but it is a lot more study then most other phones just because the BBC guy hit it in the right spot they shouldn't be penalized much for it.
It fails to deliver on its claims. Don't call something unbreakable, when it is, in fact, breakable. Calling the Titanic "unsinkable" worked out pretty well, didn't it?
8. Android Microwave... Why not... They have computer in them anyways just something with a little more juice. Heck you can program how long you need to cook your dishes vs. risking the preprogrammed ones.
Program? You mean like entering a time and maybe even a power setting? I don't know how you do use a microwave, but I just punch in the digits on the keypad like everyone else or turn the knob to the time I want on the oldschool microwaves. Does it really need to be more complicated than that?
9. Bedet... I guess the blogger doesn't like a clean ass.
You are totally right. The blogger must love to just sit around in his own shit all day. God you are such a fucking genius!
10. Fingerest... Yea that is pretty bad.
Alright I'll agree here at least. $150 can buy a fucking real guitar.
11. CyberClean... What is wrong with that, if it works so what if it looks like slime.
Most of the crud accumulates under the keys. A $5 can of air would be a lot more effective. You can just take the keyboard and run
impurities in the water can cause corrosion. you are far better off submersing the machine in pure 100% alcohol than any kind of water, though I honestly don't know if alcohol will react with any of the newer built components, but as far as I know its still pretty safe. If it is just something that is going to dry fast after a day in the sun like a keyboard, sure, why not? On the other hand you won't see me dunking my laptop into a bucket.
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Perhaps you got lucky. (And by the way, modern undercoats today are usually plastic, not a "tar" material.) But Consumer Reports recommends against spending money on an optional undercoat, on the basis that they have a history of promoting corrosion.
There are probably several reasons for this. One is that the undercoatings are not adequate or applied properly. Another is that people tend to not take care of their cars and a lot of northern communities use a lot of road salt in the winter. Coating or not, road salt will eat into anything if you don't run your car through a good car wash. Its like saying if you build a bridge and not paint it it will rust less than if you would have painted it. Does that make sense? No? Neither does saying undercoatings promote corrosion. Something has to be better than nothing, unless, of course, the coatings themselves are somehow causing corrosion.
How does one fine a copy of 7 for so cheap? I've been looking, but the cheapest I can find professional for is like $130 right now.. :(
Well, consider the abomination that was Mac OS 9. System 7 was on its second facelift and starting to look mighty rough around the edges. Compared to that OS X is pretty robust. However, OS X seems to be locked into this user interface paradigm from the 80s. Am I the only one that finds OS X mighty cumbersome and awkward to use after being so used to Windows and Gnome/KDE? Having applications running with no windows open seems kind of pointless. I hate the classic Mac menu bar anymore too. Its cool how it is basically BSD on top the of the mach kernel (wasn't BSD's kernel good enough?) and has a shell and everything, but the whole thing seems so snobbish. I mean one mouse button. Come on! Really?! In the 21st century? I have a G5 at work that I play with running OS X 10.5, and it really is a decent box, but so many things just seem lacking coming from windows. Like how do I map a network drive? Why doesn't the finder have expanding lists ala explorer and so many other file managers? What happened to the nifty icon where spotlight sits, where in classic mac os it would switch between applications? No drop down from the menu listing your applications folder by default? Even classic Mac OS did this... There are things I like too. For instance how applications are installed and preferences are handled is still waaaaay better than the clusterfuck that windows registry has become. Preferences as a file (preferably text) is far better than a bunch of poorly referenced keys in a database that you have to search through with vague clues on what you might even be searching for.
No.
Its more like they bought a Lamborghini for $2 million and then proceeded to treat it like a rental and sell it for $10,000 in its nearly destroyed state.
Did GM make money off of Saab over the years? I'm guessing the answer is yes. So clearly they probably made back their initial investment and then some. Anything less than a billion for a marque like Saab is chump change. I guess they figured they should take all that they can get.
My sansa fuze supports flac and ogg! Lossless FTW!
photon x25. it is cheap and has a theremin styled controller. just set the cc values to whatever you want.
Its really the deceleration. If you watch that you will notice that the smart has basically almost no crumple zones and just stops nearly immediately while the S-class is at that point still moving forward, basically pushing the smart car backwards. Mass is certainly one part of the equation as well as velocity, but also deceleration and keeping the cabin from crumpling are much bigger factors. I would say that the s-class is probably very survivable and the smart occupants would be pretty hurt, but alive. F-1 racers have special seats now that try to slow down impacts. I don't think it will totally save your life, but it does help a significant amount. (I think F-1 drivers are crazy anyways) Look up the chinese videos on youtube of the truck crash test where the bed just destroys the cab. If we start buying up chinese made cars it will be a disaster. Trust me.
Ever try to parallel park a car with no power steering? It sure isn't easy. Once you get over 5-10 mph its not that hard though just takes a heavy hand. Cars didn't have power steering till what? the 40s? 50s? I once saw this girl park an old 50s dodge with no power steering for some reason. Didn't look like fun. The worst time was when my old delta 88 ran out of gas going down a hill and I pumped the breaks a couple of times too many and pretty much was standing on them at the bottom and that heavy boat still didn't want to stop. I really can't imagine them using drive-by-wire in steering. You always need a mechanical fallback somewhere. Even large planes have been landed (amazingly) with no hydraulics. Getting away from that for someting like driving a car seems a bit pointless. I'm a big fan of reliable, mechanically simple and uncomplicated cars.
120hp may not sound like a lot, but coming from a diesel you will also have a MASSIVE amount of torque. 150 is probably totally doable in a 300D turbo. The biggest problem with earlier diesels was emissions (think black smoke belching) and engine response. They tend to rev up a lot slower than gasoline engines. Audi has been racing diesels in the le manns so clearly they are viable for even racing.
Seeing as how they are now making R/C planes with electric motors (the jet models come to mind) I think this could have some sort of reasonable range. Even a couple of hundred miles would be plenty. Remember that airplanes can be more efficient than cars because there is actually much less resistance.
4 crashes since its inception? That really isn't so bad. You should compare with other military planes. Also at least half of those crashes were due to maintenance, parts failure issues and really have nothing to do with the actual design of the craft. I would say the press did a pretty good job of convincing everyone that the V-22 was a flying deathtrap.....
While that would be fun for a while, it would get mighty boring, and yeah, maintenance would be a nightmare. Good luck getting a decent internet connection out there!
The cobra maneuver. Speed = Energy. In a turn and burn contest the pilot with the must energy wins, especially once it goes into the vertical. They would never use that maneuver in a knife fight. The loss of speed is death in a dogfight. Just because you saw it on top gun doesn't make it an effective tactic. It is more to show the ability of the vectored thrust to allow the plane to turn in ways a traditional fighter jet can not.
I have an fz28 and I bought it for the glass. That glass is amazing for a P&S camera. Out of all the superzooms the pannys have the best glass by far. From what I understand Leica designed the glass but panasonic manufacturers it. Yeah the lux cameras are basically rebadged panasonics with some changes to the firmware and I agree that it is pretty lame, but don't knock the leica branded glass on the fz cameras.
At least Big-O had some semblence of an ending. Look at Twin Peaks, where the ending is a total cliff hanger....
FFTA wasn't that bad. Sure the story sucked and it was pretty easy, but also highly addicting in some sort of crack-like way. I need my fix man! Tactics is the only console strategy game that I liked. I've thought an awful lot about duplicating some aspects of that in an online strategy game. I mean the graphics could even be 2d and it would be just as much fun. JavaTactics anyone? Of course I always thought it would be fun to somehow do a realtime online 3d game based on FFT rules without square tiles, but maybe that would make it less chess-like?
the real joke is that you have to debate on whether the joke was funny or not.
Don't drink. Just never noticed that UIDs are already hitting into the tens of millions.
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Brutal.
When were sexbots ever a bad idea?
remember those weird monster puppets with the big glow in the dark eyes? I always wanted on when I was a kid. I can't remember what they were called at all.
The Honeywell Kitchen Computer or H316 pedestal model of 1969 was a short-lived product made by Honeywell and offered by Neiman Marcus. It sold for $10,000, weighed over 100 pounds, and was used for storing recipes (but reading or entering these recipes would have been very difficult for the average cook as the only "user interface" was the binary front panel lights and switches). It had a built in cutting board and had a few recipes built in. There is no evidence that any Honeywell Kitchen Computers were ever sold. [4]
"Honey? What do these switches do? MSTR? FETCH?"
Now that is indeed a capital idea! I take back my previous comment. This is indeed the killer app for new microwaves. They could even have some sort of rfid tag that would tell the microwave exactly what settings to use based upon wattage. Just insert your food, close the door, and come back in 15 minutes. great idea there sir!
Most of the products seemed like decent products.
No they seemed like total wastes of money to me, but to each his own.
1. I am not a smoker but if I was and it was part of my identity I would want something that at least makes me look like I am smoking. It isn't a bad idea and can probably help stop smoking as it gives more of the visuals that others products didn't have.
I smoke and I think the whole idea is retarded. If you are that worried about your health, just quit smoking. Nicotine isn't very good for you either.
2. The TV hat is kinda silly too. But I think it would be good for kids but it on their head and pacify them during long trips and have them watch a movie.
Yeah, that's always a good idea. Pacify the children with the magic video box. Yeah, I know its real hard to talk to your children and keep them engaged for more than 5 minutes. Thanks for doing your part to keep the next generation as stupid and unaware as the current one. I mean, who hell wants to think for themselves?
3. Virbrating earbuds. Yea I don't see them kicking off. But it seemed as a good attempt on making a subwoofer on earbuds.
Uh. The point was that it just vibrates and does not make sound, so you can "feel" the bass. RTFA.
4. iType. I would agree they really dropped the ball there. If they made it work with any iphone app and on horizonatl/verticle then it could be useful, yes it will loose some mobility... However if it cheaper then a laptop it might be good.
A typewriter is a lot cheaper and a lot more useful. The iphone needs a built in keyboard not a full sized one. A $20 486 laptop is more functional than this!
5. Phubby... Well the problem with putting your phone in you pocket has many issues... One you can sit on it or find other ways of breaking it and would fall out or you don't know if it is vibrating or not. Low tech but good idea.
A good idea if you want to look like a dork who straps their phone to their wrist. Would probably look great with an 80s style dayglo hip bag.
6. BabyPlus... There are enough neurotic moms out there to make it sell. There are a bunch of things like this already out. no big deal
Snake oil was no big deal until it became outlawed. You do know that fraud is a crime, right?
7. Unbreakable Phone... Nothing is unbreakable but it is a lot more study then most other phones just because the BBC guy hit it in the right spot they shouldn't be penalized much for it.
It fails to deliver on its claims. Don't call something unbreakable, when it is, in fact, breakable. Calling the Titanic "unsinkable" worked out pretty well, didn't it?
8. Android Microwave... Why not... They have computer in them anyways just something with a little more juice. Heck you can program how long you need to cook your dishes vs. risking the preprogrammed ones.
Program? You mean like entering a time and maybe even a power setting? I don't know how you do use a microwave, but I just punch in the digits on the keypad like everyone else or turn the knob to the time I want on the oldschool microwaves. Does it really need to be more complicated than that?
9. Bedet... I guess the blogger doesn't like a clean ass.
You are totally right. The blogger must love to just sit around in his own shit all day. God you are such a fucking genius!
10. Fingerest... Yea that is pretty bad.
Alright I'll agree here at least. $150 can buy a fucking real guitar.
11. CyberClean... What is wrong with that, if it works so what if it looks like slime.
Most of the crud accumulates under the keys. A $5 can of air would be a lot more effective. You can just take the keyboard and run
impurities in the water can cause corrosion. you are far better off submersing the machine in pure 100% alcohol than any kind of water, though I honestly don't know if alcohol will react with any of the newer built components, but as far as I know its still pretty safe. If it is just something that is going to dry fast after a day in the sun like a keyboard, sure, why not? On the other hand you won't see me dunking my laptop into a bucket.