Can I assume you live outside the US? Not everyone here is obsessed with SUVs. I have a '93 Mercury Capri (look it up) which gets around 25-30, depending, and I figured that's pretty good for a 10+ year old car.
Were I to get a new car, it'd probably be diesel. It's living up to its mileage claims, whereas hybrids aren't quite. Last report had diesel still cheaper $/mile, though supposedly the hybrid is better for the environment.
SUVs are sometimes cited as being good vehicles for safety reasons. Nuts to that. If you get in an accident, just die already. Actually, the way I see it, you're less likely to hit something if you're a smaller target.
Area code? No. But 666 is a valid exchange in Boston. Or more specifically, Somerville. If you're from the area, it's funny in that Somerville is considered something of a hellhole. There's a card shop that often runs Magic tournaments for the Boston area whose number is 617-666-XXXX.
Maybe by today's standards, but I happen to think that Sailor Moon, the fans it created, and the general "buzz" it caused, albeit somewhat underground, helped to raise the general public's awareness of anime and TV exec's awareness of anime fandom. (Second) case in point: Sailor Moon was my first anime too. And I still like Lita's voice.:) (NA dub)
If it is to be considered fluff, I think it's just that at its heart, it is a kids' show, and that what is considered acceptable for children over there isn't always considered appropriate for children over here. Also, it's a superhero anime. You can't get quite as intense as, say, Kimi ga Nozomu Eien.
It's been a while since I've watched it, but wasn't their first kiss sometime after they had sex? Or something like that? There was something that seemed out of order; that's what I mean by weird.
I'll confess to not really having read much manga, but hanging out in newsgroups, there's a ready supply of free anime available for download, and bandwidth isn't much of an issue for me. As long as I'm going to be at my computer to view it anyway, it might as well come with motion and audio. And the female voices are just so damned cute.
There's more to it than just the voices, though. There is usually a very good use of color schemes, which of course the manga don't have, and you get to see characters develop into an emotion, rather than a snapshot of it, if you know what I mean.
I did watch His & Her, and I thought the ending wasn't one, but I just chalked it up to a crappy series/studio. There were a couple of things with the story that seemed weird, anyway. The whole way the sex was handled seemed odd to me.
The whole legal issue is an interesting one, though. With few exceptions, the only way to watch an anime for free in the US is by downloading it. Granted, there are a few which make it onto television, but so many go straight to DVD and the idea is that you'll know before you start whether you're going to like it.
Personally, two anime at the top of my list, having watched fansubs of them, are Stellvia of the Universe and Kimi ga Nozomu Eien. I would definitely buy the former, hoping for 5.1 audio, and might get the latter if it were cheap enough. And ever released. It's based on a hentai game, but aside from some character design, you wouldn't know it.
...I think it's about time that the "word" FUD dies off. It's used way too often when someone's propagandizing and there's no fear, uncertainty, or doubt involved. Second, what's the practical difference between uncertainty and doubt? We need them because we couldn't use FU or FD? Why can't we just instill fear rather than spreading FUD? It's not butter or anything. Of course, if you're not really making people afraid, you can't instill fear. FUD's good for that, since with the uncertainty and doubt part(s) of it, you don't need to.
It seems to me we have a "word" which is used too often and doesn't really mean anything.
As for SCO, it seems that the list isn't necessarily a good thing to be on. Influential people of the 20th century include everyone from, oh, Mother Teresa to Hitler.
Refuting the claim simply by claiming narrow-mindedness (?) is also narrow-minded.
I for one didn't know why the Fahrenheit system was set to where it was. If the poster is correct, it makes sense, as it roughly resembles a percentage. A bit of research turns up that this isn't the origins.
I've also heard that one degree Fahrenheit is the smallest temperature change the human body can detect, but I can't find that factoid anywhere.
And don't forget that the QuickTime overflow was patched in 6.5.1, which was already released. I think I downloaded it a couple days before the article, in fact.
"Secunia has given the five - yes, five - patches a "highly critical" rating and warned that they may allow hijacking, security bypass, data manipulation, privilege escalation, denial of service and system access.
In other words, it makes Microsoft's current Sasser problems look no more than a nasty nip."
"There isn't a worm exploiting the holes as yet but the company is strongly advising users to download and install the patches as the OS looks like an easy target at the moment."
I got one of those too. It's supposed to be one of the higher end models, but it's not doing any of that! I even have the dongle installed on its finger!
Apparently you're supposed to get another dongle and have it installed in front of witnesses. Seems the first one is just for show.
Next up, figure out how much it would cost you to do it for someone else. Then see if anyone would want to pay you for it. If you can get it cheap enough, there's probably a market for car/Apple product modding in this manner. This seems like the second story on slashdot in the last month involving a car and some Apple product. (First was an iBook? I think?)
In many cases, there already is such a system in place. I live in a suburb outside of Boston, and the main lights in town will turn green in the direction of emergency vehicles when they need to.
Well, they apparently mean for this to be taken out to the reef. I doubt anyone would actually be allowed to do this unless tethered to a boat. When I went diving there, we were told several times that you were NOT TO TOUCH THE REEF, since it was both very sharp (you could get hurt) and very fragile (you could hurt it).
At the very least, you wouldn't have to worry about C or D (much), since it's about 30-40 feet to the bottom, which you can see quite clearly.
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ADC is leaving? Dammit! I so enjoy having one cord instead of three.
Don't tell me, they're doing away with USB in the monitors too?
i know some jackass always says it
'Nuff said.
Maybe if said swimming pools contain babes in them.
They did say 7-8 KWh/charge cycle. Even if you charge it every day, how much is 240 KWh, couple bucks?
Can I assume you live outside the US? Not everyone here is obsessed with SUVs. I have a '93 Mercury Capri (look it up) which gets around 25-30, depending, and I figured that's pretty good for a 10+ year old car.
Were I to get a new car, it'd probably be diesel. It's living up to its mileage claims, whereas hybrids aren't quite. Last report had diesel still cheaper $/mile, though supposedly the hybrid is better for the environment.
SUVs are sometimes cited as being good vehicles for safety reasons. Nuts to that. If you get in an accident, just die already. Actually, the way I see it, you're less likely to hit something if you're a smaller target.
Area code? No. But 666 is a valid exchange in Boston. Or more specifically, Somerville. If you're from the area, it's funny in that Somerville is considered something of a hellhole. There's a card shop that often runs Magic tournaments for the Boston area whose number is 617-666-XXXX.
No, I distinctly remember the girl saying they'd already had sex, so why wasn't he.... something or other.
And it wasn't that most of the show didn't make sense, it just had some things that seemed a little off, as in most anime.
Maybe by today's standards, but I happen to think that Sailor Moon, the fans it created, and the general "buzz" it caused, albeit somewhat underground, helped to raise the general public's awareness of anime and TV exec's awareness of anime fandom. (Second) case in point: Sailor Moon was my first anime too. And I still like Lita's voice. :) (NA dub)
If it is to be considered fluff, I think it's just that at its heart, it is a kids' show, and that what is considered acceptable for children over there isn't always considered appropriate for children over here. Also, it's a superhero anime. You can't get quite as intense as, say, Kimi ga Nozomu Eien.
It's been a while since I've watched it, but wasn't their first kiss sometime after they had sex? Or something like that? There was something that seemed out of order; that's what I mean by weird.
I'll confess to not really having read much manga, but hanging out in newsgroups, there's a ready supply of free anime available for download, and bandwidth isn't much of an issue for me. As long as I'm going to be at my computer to view it anyway, it might as well come with motion and audio. And the female voices are just so damned cute.
There's more to it than just the voices, though. There is usually a very good use of color schemes, which of course the manga don't have, and you get to see characters develop into an emotion, rather than a snapshot of it, if you know what I mean.
I did watch His & Her, and I thought the ending wasn't one, but I just chalked it up to a crappy series/studio. There were a couple of things with the story that seemed weird, anyway. The whole way the sex was handled seemed odd to me.
The whole legal issue is an interesting one, though. With few exceptions, the only way to watch an anime for free in the US is by downloading it. Granted, there are a few which make it onto television, but so many go straight to DVD and the idea is that you'll know before you start whether you're going to like it.
Personally, two anime at the top of my list, having watched fansubs of them, are Stellvia of the Universe and Kimi ga Nozomu Eien. I would definitely buy the former, hoping for 5.1 audio, and might get the latter if it were cheap enough. And ever released. It's based on a hentai game, but aside from some character design, you wouldn't know it.
...but that's just because I like hearing the characters talk.
Hey. Don't knock Sailor Moon. If you consider it a fluff anime, you don't know it well enough.
finger-in-the-dike
I have to say, the hypens drew my eyes to this part of the post, and I enjoyed it so much, I didn't read the rest of it.
...I think it's about time that the "word" FUD dies off. It's used way too often when someone's propagandizing and there's no fear, uncertainty, or doubt involved. Second, what's the practical difference between uncertainty and doubt? We need them because we couldn't use FU or FD? Why can't we just instill fear rather than spreading FUD? It's not butter or anything. Of course, if you're not really making people afraid, you can't instill fear. FUD's good for that, since with the uncertainty and doubt part(s) of it, you don't need to.
It seems to me we have a "word" which is used too often and doesn't really mean anything.
As for SCO, it seems that the list isn't necessarily a good thing to be on. Influential people of the 20th century include everyone from, oh, Mother Teresa to Hitler.
Refuting the claim simply by claiming narrow-mindedness (?) is also narrow-minded.
I for one didn't know why the Fahrenheit system was set to where it was. If the poster is correct, it makes sense, as it roughly resembles a percentage. A bit of research turns up that this isn't the origins.
I've also heard that one degree Fahrenheit is the smallest temperature change the human body can detect, but I can't find that factoid anywhere.
Except that A0 is a square meter. You can read the whole article of you want to know why this is deemed desirable.
Rearranging, not replacing.
And don't forget that the QuickTime overflow was patched in 6.5.1, which was already released. I think I downloaded it a couple days before the article, in fact.
From the second link (title):
" State networks shut down by Sasser worm "
From the first link:
"Secunia has given the five - yes, five - patches a "highly critical" rating and warned that they may allow hijacking, security bypass, data manipulation, privilege escalation, denial of service and system access.
In other words, it makes Microsoft's current Sasser problems look no more than a nasty nip."
"There isn't a worm exploiting the holes as yet but the company is strongly advising users to download and install the patches as the OS looks like an easy target at the moment."
Riiiight.
I got one of those too. It's supposed to be one of the higher end models, but it's not doing any of that! I even have the dongle installed on its finger!
Apparently you're supposed to get another dongle and have it installed in front of witnesses. Seems the first one is just for show.
Next up, figure out how much it would cost you to do it for someone else. Then see if anyone would want to pay you for it. If you can get it cheap enough, there's probably a market for car/Apple product modding in this manner. This seems like the second story on slashdot in the last month involving a car and some Apple product. (First was an iBook? I think?)
Actually, no, you do need that iPod. But make it a Mini.
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In many cases, there already is such a system in place. I live in a suburb outside of Boston, and the main lights in town will turn green in the direction of emergency vehicles when they need to.
It's a joke. You're not supposed to take it seriously. I doubt he took his own comment seriously.
Well, they apparently mean for this to be taken out to the reef. I doubt anyone would actually be allowed to do this unless tethered to a boat. When I went diving there, we were told several times that you were NOT TO TOUCH THE REEF, since it was both very sharp (you could get hurt) and very fragile (you could hurt it).
At the very least, you wouldn't have to worry about C or D (much), since it's about 30-40 feet to the bottom, which you can see quite clearly.