Not neccesarily, you still must control the brakes on the self park. It is the operator's responsibility to know what's behind the car, and to control the speed.
Self parking only controls steering in order to position the car. You still control the speed, which means you can *still* stop.
With cruise, it's somewhat the opposite - you control steering and braking, while the car controls the speed. You're still in control.
The article states that it is unlikely Toyota will offer it in the US. This has been hashed time and again - here and ther places. Many of us on various Prius chat boards (Yahoo Groups, Priuschat.com) speculate that it's due to the litigus nature of us Americans that Toyota won't offer it. They're afraid we'll sue them the moment we use it incorrectly and hit something or someone.
I can imagine it now. If they did offer it, we'd have to click 3 screens of disclaimers, then sign the touch screen with a special pen releasing Toyota from all liability should your use of the system result in a parking fender bender or the running over of Granny Jones's teacup poodle. Even then, I can see hungry (or budding) lawyers bringing up hundreds of lawsuits over it.
Sorry guys, until we get a clue, we'll never see it here in the states. And even then, I'm not sure I'd want it in either of my Prius (I have two - a 2002, and a 2004).
Grab yum (RH9 version would be a good start) from freshrpms.net or fedora.us, edit your yum.conf to point to fedora core and update repositories, and yum away. Was painless over broadband.
As a child, I grew up drinking caffeine as a mainstay. I also used to get the headaches and the nausea. I never corellated the two until I got older, but it was definately withdrawals. In 1995, I decided to swear off caffeine. Now, the only significant caffeine I consume is in "required" situations, such as while driving at night, etc. Generally, 18-36 hours later, I'll have a nasty headache, sometimes accompanied by nausea (and occasionally vomiting). Each time, I usually have to sleep off the headache and then I'm okay. Tylenol like products generally don't help much.
Oddly, I don't feel the "buzz" others report though, however it's usually because I'm quite tired. I do experience alot of mouth watering though.
I do consume chocolate on occasion, but not in large quantities. Chocolate does contain some caffeine in it's natural form, but far less than coffee, tea, or soft drinks.
Once you do swear off caffeine, you'll quickly become aware of what you can and cannot have. Genearlly 1 or 2 cups of decaf coffee or tea is "okay". You'll also learn to avoid the mainstay colas (unless they're caffeine free), Barq's rootbeer (yes, it has caffeine, but most others don't), Mountain Dew, some varieties of Slice, Ruby Red Squirt, and more. I became a label reader.
Some consider me anal on it, but I have chosen a lifestyle that doesn't require me to suffer physical pain, and doesn't require me to consume a drug on a regular basis to avoid said pain. It's a difficult road to follow since we're a society which has been conditioned to consume caffeine on a regular basis. Soft drink makers include the drug to ensure that consumers will continue to purchase it (because of the addictive properties). Starbucks has capitalized on our morning "need". Thinkgeek has carried products that deliver it in unique ways (soaps, candy, mints, etc.). The list goes on.
Good luck! It's a rough battle in today's socidety, but you'll feel so much better once you're able to kick it all together. It will suck not being able to enjoy certain things, but you'll learn to live without once you become withdrawal headache free.
I use my iPAQ so little now, that once I can find a way to sync my Nokia 3650 with LookOut and only sync specific categories, I'll be selling my iPAQ 3850. Smaller, gets the job done for what I need, and one less device to carry.
I've got all of the above, and web still worked. Didn't have a place for my Hybrid Car deduction, however, so I'll have to retro-ammend or something. Hopefully that changed this year.
Woops, not one cost - however, it is low cost (lower than the software package) and there's little to activate. Plus, it retains previous year's returns to import into this years return.
You can't go wrong with OpenOffice.org on both sides, as well as Mozilla Firebird for your browser and Mozilla Thunderbird for your email. Round it out with gAIM for your all-in-one messaging software. All are free/open source and available on both Win32 and Linux platforms.
Surprised this hasn't been brought up - what about the new 2004 Toyota Prius? It's an expensive geek toy, but a geek toy none the less.
Keyless proximity entry and starting, bluetooth enabled for phones, voice command navigation and audio controls, highly efficent gas/electric hybrid drivetrain, more computers onboard than in most basements, what more could a geek ask for for under $26k?
It's not what you think that matters, but what the California Air Resources Board (CARB) considers it. It's only ULEV or Tier2 outside CA since SULEV and AT-PZEV mean nothing in states that don't adopt CA's air quality standards. Also has something to do with requiring reformulated gas.
Partial Zero spec means that the vehicle partially complies with the zero emission spec. In this case, the Prius has no gas vapor or otherwise emission. The *only* emissions this car emits is from the tailpipe, and those emissions are better than the SULEV spec requires.
I own a 2002 Prius, and have pre-ordered a 2004 (new and improved). In short, I love my car. It's got plenty of power for your daily commute, and with my 20-25 miles per day driving, I can easily go two weeks or more between fillups. I've also made the trip from Southern California to Phoenix AZ on 6-7 gallons. It's also beneficial to know that I'm not polluting nearly as much as the big SUV's I share the road with, since the current model is SULEV rated, and the new one also carries the AT-PZEV rating for partial zero emissions.
The current model doesn't carry a whole lot, and you can't tow with either generation, but for most of us, that's not a regular issue. The new version is a hatchback with fold-downs eats, so it solves the "carrying stuff" issue.
There's plenty of Yahoo! Groups and other forums on electric or hybrid cars. A couple I personally hang out on and post alot of good geek info:
Dianne Whitmire, Internet Fleet Manager with Carson Toyota in SoCal. I'm actually part of Toyota's Pioneer Preorder program. Toyota had a special marketing campaign for 18,000 "Prius Pioneers" who ordered their 2001 or 2002 Prius through the Internet the first time around. These 18,000 or so customers got a special letter offering them the first chance to purchase a 2004 with specific options, again over the internet. Even w/o self parking, I couldn't resist.
Dianne's got over 17% of the orders within the LA/Southern California region (a pretty large cut in this area considering the number of Toyota dealers). She's got people flying/driving in as far as 1800 miles (Texas and Washington) to buy from her. Carson is closest to the Long Beach port (they get the cars first), and this dealer does ALOT of Prius volume.
Good luck in your search. The cars won't be here in the States till at least 10/15/2003 as production started 8/27/2003. First cars will be dealer demos and pioneer preorder fulfillments. Dealers stock will probably arrive after all of the preorders have been fulfilled.
Come on over to the 2004-Prius Yahoo! Group to learn more. Some of the people in this group have really good dealer recommendations. Some dealers know nothing of the new car, some know alot and already have orders lined up.
It's not a true CVT, but an E-CVT, because there are no varying gear ratios to change torque multiplication. The car has one single speed and engine torque output to the wheels is varied by resistance on an electric generator. This is driven through a pretty slick planetary gearset which gets the job done. Gobs of electric motor torque takes care of slow speed starts so that the car performs somewhat like an ordinary car.
I know. I own a 2002 Prius, and have ordered the 2004 (too bad they don't have self parking here in the States).
Go see the article on How Hybrids Work at howstuffworks.com
If the article had appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Dell might reply. Why on earth would they reply to a no-name website and a Slashdot article? This won't affect their sales in any way, shape, or form.
I'll have to disagree. There are probably many of us here on/. who make or influence purchasing decisions either at home or as part of one or more small to large businesses. If some/. readers here are soured by this tactic which relies on consumer ignorance, they may think twice before saying "Dude, we're getting a Dell (and putting Linux on it)!". Or in the case of large business who are on an upgrade plan, they may think twice before saying, "Dude, we're buying 100 Dell's per month for 6 months". That's not insignificant...
The latter case might also be where the most resistance takes place (wait, who am I kidding?). Single users are probably far more likely to ignore EULA's than large corporations who risk an audit, and fines are multiplied by the number of offenses.
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Not neccesarily, you still must control the brakes on the self park. It is the operator's responsibility to know what's behind the car, and to control the speed.
Self parking only controls steering in order to position the car. You still control the speed, which means you can *still* stop.
With cruise, it's somewhat the opposite - you control steering and braking, while the car controls the speed. You're still in control.
Read the article.
The article states that it is unlikely Toyota will offer it in the US. This has been hashed time and again - here and ther places. Many of us on various Prius chat boards (Yahoo Groups, Priuschat.com) speculate that it's due to the litigus nature of us Americans that Toyota won't offer it. They're afraid we'll sue them the moment we use it incorrectly and hit something or someone.
I can imagine it now. If they did offer it, we'd have to click 3 screens of disclaimers, then sign the touch screen with a special pen releasing Toyota from all liability should your use of the system result in a parking fender bender or the running over of Granny Jones's teacup poodle. Even then, I can see hungry (or budding) lawyers bringing up hundreds of lawsuits over it.
Sorry guys, until we get a clue, we'll never see it here in the states. And even then, I'm not sure I'd want it in either of my Prius (I have two - a 2002, and a 2004).
Grab yum (RH9 version would be a good start) from freshrpms.net or fedora.us, edit your yum.conf to point to fedora core and update repositories, and yum away. Was painless over broadband.
Using your logic, neither is niccotine, heroin, or alcohol.
As a child, I grew up drinking caffeine as a mainstay. I also used to get the headaches and the nausea. I never corellated the two until I got older, but it was definately withdrawals. In 1995, I decided to swear off caffeine. Now, the only significant caffeine I consume is in "required" situations, such as while driving at night, etc. Generally, 18-36 hours later, I'll have a nasty headache, sometimes accompanied by nausea (and occasionally vomiting). Each time, I usually have to sleep off the headache and then I'm okay. Tylenol like products generally don't help much.
Oddly, I don't feel the "buzz" others report though, however it's usually because I'm quite tired. I do experience alot of mouth watering though.
I do consume chocolate on occasion, but not in large quantities. Chocolate does contain some caffeine in it's natural form, but far less than coffee, tea, or soft drinks.
Once you do swear off caffeine, you'll quickly become aware of what you can and cannot have. Genearlly 1 or 2 cups of decaf coffee or tea is "okay". You'll also learn to avoid the mainstay colas (unless they're caffeine free), Barq's rootbeer (yes, it has caffeine, but most others don't), Mountain Dew, some varieties of Slice, Ruby Red Squirt, and more. I became a label reader.
Some consider me anal on it, but I have chosen a lifestyle that doesn't require me to suffer physical pain, and doesn't require me to consume a drug on a regular basis to avoid said pain. It's a difficult road to follow since we're a society which has been conditioned to consume caffeine on a regular basis. Soft drink makers include the drug to ensure that consumers will continue to purchase it (because of the addictive properties). Starbucks has capitalized on our morning "need". Thinkgeek has carried products that deliver it in unique ways (soaps, candy, mints, etc.). The list goes on.
Good luck! It's a rough battle in today's socidety, but you'll feel so much better once you're able to kick it all together. It will suck not being able to enjoy certain things, but you'll learn to live without once you become withdrawal headache free.
Could you imagine AMD paying city taxes with Athlon 64's?
I use my iPAQ so little now, that once I can find a way to sync my Nokia 3650 with LookOut and only sync specific categories, I'll be selling my iPAQ 3850. Smaller, gets the job done for what I need, and one less device to carry.
Damn, looks like prohibition all over again...
:-P
This time due to software error rather than poor judgement by leaders trying to control a society that just wasn't enlightened enough...
I've got all of the above, and web still worked. Didn't have a place for my Hybrid Car deduction, however, so I'll have to retro-ammend or something. Hopefully that changed this year.
Woops, not one cost - however, it is low cost (lower than the software package) and there's little to activate. Plus, it retains previous year's returns to import into this years return.
Use the web version. One cost, no malware, and usable from anywhere with a browser!
You can't go wrong with OpenOffice.org on both sides, as well as Mozilla Firebird for your browser and Mozilla Thunderbird for your email. Round it out with gAIM for your all-in-one messaging software. All are free/open source and available on both Win32 and Linux platforms.
Surprised this hasn't been brought up - what about the new 2004 Toyota Prius? It's an expensive geek toy, but a geek toy none the less.
:-)
Keyless proximity entry and starting, bluetooth enabled for phones, voice command navigation and audio controls, highly efficent gas/electric hybrid drivetrain, more computers onboard than in most basements, what more could a geek ask for for under $26k?
Mine's coming next month
One exists. gAIM. It has a fairly decent Windows port, so I'm happy regardless of the PlatformOfTheDay (tm).
It's not what you think that matters, but what the California Air Resources Board (CARB) considers it. It's only ULEV or Tier2 outside CA since SULEV and AT-PZEV mean nothing in states that don't adopt CA's air quality standards. Also has something to do with requiring reformulated gas.
Mileage does decrease after 60mph or so. It's rated at a top speed of 100mph though (powertrain limited), and it will easily get there.
I can cruise easily at 75mph with the air on and still get ~40-45mpg or better in my 2002 Prius, depending on conditions (hills, winds, etc.).
Partial Zero spec means that the vehicle partially complies with the zero emission spec. In this case, the Prius has no gas vapor or otherwise emission. The *only* emissions this car emits is from the tailpipe, and those emissions are better than the SULEV spec requires.
That should be fold down seats. My bad.
I own a 2002 Prius, and have pre-ordered a 2004 (new and improved). In short, I love my car. It's got plenty of power for your daily commute, and with my 20-25 miles per day driving, I can easily go two weeks or more between fillups. I've also made the trip from Southern California to Phoenix AZ on 6-7 gallons. It's also beneficial to know that I'm not polluting nearly as much as the big SUV's I share the road with, since the current model is SULEV rated, and the new one also carries the AT-PZEV rating for partial zero emissions.
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The current model doesn't carry a whole lot, and you can't tow with either generation, but for most of us, that's not a regular issue. The new version is a hatchback with fold-downs eats, so it solves the "carrying stuff" issue.
There's plenty of Yahoo! Groups and other forums on electric or hybrid cars. A couple I personally hang out on and post alot of good geek info:
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/2004-prius/
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius
See you there!
That's 2004-Prius Yahoo! Group. Damned copy/paste...
Dianne Whitmire, Internet Fleet Manager with Carson Toyota in SoCal. I'm actually part of Toyota's Pioneer Preorder program. Toyota had a special marketing campaign for 18,000 "Prius Pioneers" who ordered their 2001 or 2002 Prius through the Internet the first time around. These 18,000 or so customers got a special letter offering them the first chance to purchase a 2004 with specific options, again over the internet. Even w/o self parking, I couldn't resist.
Dianne's got over 17% of the orders within the LA/Southern California region (a pretty large cut in this area considering the number of Toyota dealers). She's got people flying/driving in as far as 1800 miles (Texas and Washington) to buy from her. Carson is closest to the Long Beach port (they get the cars first), and this dealer does ALOT of Prius volume.
Good luck in your search. The cars won't be here in the States till at least 10/15/2003 as production started 8/27/2003. First cars will be dealer demos and pioneer preorder fulfillments. Dealers stock will probably arrive after all of the preorders have been fulfilled.
Come on over to the 2004-Prius Yahoo! Group to learn more. Some of the people in this group have really good dealer recommendations. Some dealers know nothing of the new car, some know alot and already have orders lined up.
Good luck!
It's not a true CVT, but an E-CVT, because there are no varying gear ratios to change torque multiplication. The car has one single speed and engine torque output to the wheels is varied by resistance on an electric generator. This is driven through a pretty slick planetary gearset which gets the job done. Gobs of electric motor torque takes care of slow speed starts so that the car performs somewhat like an ordinary car.
I know. I own a 2002 Prius, and have ordered the 2004 (too bad they don't have self parking here in the States).
Go see the article on How Hybrids Work at howstuffworks.com
If the article had appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Dell might reply. Why on earth would they reply to a no-name website and a Slashdot article? This won't affect their sales in any way, shape, or form.
/. who make or influence purchasing decisions either at home or as part of one or more small to large businesses. If some /. readers here are soured by this tactic which relies on consumer ignorance, they may think twice before saying "Dude, we're getting a Dell (and putting Linux on it)!". Or in the case of large business who are on an upgrade plan, they may think twice before saying, "Dude, we're buying 100 Dell's per month for 6 months". That's not insignificant...
I'll have to disagree. There are probably many of us here on
The latter case might also be where the most resistance takes place (wait, who am I kidding?). Single users are probably far more likely to ignore EULA's than large corporations who risk an audit, and fines are multiplied by the number of offenses.
In her defense, she has no more political experience than Arnold.
Bummer - my offer was through snail mail about 4-6 months ago. Probably picked me off of a mailing list sold from Linux Journal.