I don't drive more than 15K miles a year these days, and I use synthetic oil that is stated to last 7500 miles or more. The oil that comes out of the car is only slightly dirtier than the new oil that goes in.
The car has 140K miles on it and runs perfectly.
Don't forget that I carry a communicator in my pocket smaller than Captain Kirk's ever was and I can communicate with it to my friends over the world. I'm going to take a quick trip to Sweden to visit friends next month that'll cost me about $110 in 1960 dollars and take less than a day of travel time in each direction. I'm typing this on a computer more powerful than could have been imagined in 1960, while listening to music streaming over an equally unimaginable network from somewhere - and I don't even need to know where the music is.
I take my hyper-reliable 2000 model year Acura in for oil changes and regular servicing at most twice a year, and I get about 35 miles per gallon of gas that costs about 6 cents per gallon more than it did in 1960 (in 1960 cents). I have all the music I own on a tiny iPod in the car that is hooked to my stereo, so on a road trip I have 30 years worth of accumulated music to choose from.
Unlike my parents in 1960 today's dentists have kept my teeth in perfect condition. The ceramic crowns and fillings are stronger than the teeth they are attached to, and replacing the 1970s metal fillings with custom-made crowns designed on a cad/cam system sitting beside me in the dentist office took about 60 minutes. The new crown was epoxied in place before the anesthetic for the drilling had worn off.
Life *is* much better today, even if we don't have flying cars.
Its also the anniversary of the summary execution of Jean-Charles De Menezes on a tube train. But hey, lets forget about police brutality and have a geeky day.
Are you FUDding for an energy company or something? Several hundred million devices suddenly using 200 times less power has got to be worrying the publicly traded energy companies.
Somehow I don't think the energy companies are worried about customers not using enough electricity. Their big problem is capacity to meet the demand.
$5/month for copyright infringement I don't participate in, on top of the monthly $60 I pay for broadband. That's fine, if the RIAA/MPAA are also going to put high-quality DRM-free versions of *all* music and movies up on a public server for me to download.
If not they can stick it in their collective dark places!
Assuming you mean "what difference does it make", it makes quite a lot of difference. Now somebody stupid enough to taunt an animal that can eat him won't reproduce. It's called "evolution in action".
I just wish they hadn't killed the tiger. It didn't do anything wrong.
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OK. You're a Luddite.
I don't drive more than 15K miles a year these days, and I use synthetic oil that is stated to last 7500 miles or more. The oil that comes out of the car is only slightly dirtier than the new oil that goes in. The car has 140K miles on it and runs perfectly.
Don't forget that I carry a communicator in my pocket smaller than Captain Kirk's ever was and I can communicate with it to my friends over the world. I'm going to take a quick trip to Sweden to visit friends next month that'll cost me about $110 in 1960 dollars and take less than a day of travel time in each direction. I'm typing this on a computer more powerful than could have been imagined in 1960, while listening to music streaming over an equally unimaginable network from somewhere - and I don't even need to know where the music is. I take my hyper-reliable 2000 model year Acura in for oil changes and regular servicing at most twice a year, and I get about 35 miles per gallon of gas that costs about 6 cents per gallon more than it did in 1960 (in 1960 cents). I have all the music I own on a tiny iPod in the car that is hooked to my stereo, so on a road trip I have 30 years worth of accumulated music to choose from. Unlike my parents in 1960 today's dentists have kept my teeth in perfect condition. The ceramic crowns and fillings are stronger than the teeth they are attached to, and replacing the 1970s metal fillings with custom-made crowns designed on a cad/cam system sitting beside me in the dentist office took about 60 minutes. The new crown was epoxied in place before the anesthetic for the drilling had worn off. Life *is* much better today, even if we don't have flying cars.
Its also the anniversary of the summary execution of Jean-Charles De Menezes on a tube train. But hey, lets forget about police brutality and have a geeky day.
execution of who?
Just because I'm american and we are allowed the freedom of speech inside the US doesn't mean I can have a copy of Mein Kampf in Germany.
Which immediately brought to my mind the question: "Can't you have a copy of Mein Kampf if you live in Germany?"....
Are you FUDding for an energy company or something? Several hundred million devices suddenly using 200 times less power has got to be worrying the publicly traded energy companies.
Somehow I don't think the energy companies are worried about customers not using enough electricity. Their big problem is capacity to meet the demand.
Except, of course, that there is no evidence that vaccines harm children. Or adults.
$5/month for copyright infringement I don't participate in, on top of the monthly $60 I pay for broadband. That's fine, if the RIAA/MPAA are also going to put high-quality DRM-free versions of *all* music and movies up on a public server for me to download. If not they can stick it in their collective dark places!
Well, conveniently, Mexico is also in North America. So all those illegals calling themselves "Americans" are being equally accurate.
Assuming you mean "what difference does it make", it makes quite a lot of difference. Now somebody stupid enough to taunt an animal that can eat him won't reproduce. It's called "evolution in action". I just wish they hadn't killed the tiger. It didn't do anything wrong.
I'm guessing he means a 7.5", a reference I've seen before. But what *is* it?
It's two words and a malformed ( possessive | contraction ) using an acronym.