Seriously, how cool would a model jet aircraft be... hey maybe wifi controlled with pre-programmed flight plans?
Need to send your hamster to grandma? Poodle needs a wash? Crickets from the petshop? No problem!
True, but the whole issue here is the x86 part..
"Mac-on-Linux is a linux/ppc program which makes it possible to run Mac OS in parallel with Linux.
Technology:
- No CPU emulation - very fast!"
You can install OSX on x86 using PearPC..
An ignition usually has four settings: 1) Lock: This locks the steering and lets you remove the key
INCORRECT. I'm curious what you drive. What I drive, only locks the steering column, upon the PHYSICAL ACT of REMOVING THE KEY. In fact, you can feel & hear it. Once the key door-guard comes down, there's a "clang" and the steering column locks.
You can safely turn the key from "on" to "accessory" if you need to stop the engine while driving. Normally, turning the key further into the "lock" position requires extra effort, such as pushing a button.
Ok, on OLD cars, turning the key to "accessory" means turning the key the "other way" past "off". Thereby according to you, the steering column would already be locked... then unlocked! On NEW cars, you're correct, except for the column lock.
Unless of course, different manufactureres do it differently. Hence, a test-drive would be quite beneficial before you make that I'Robot death-on-four-wheels purchase.
Having done insane things with both manual and automatic transmissions, here's what I've found:
Manual Transmission:
5th to Reverse is blocked as a safety feature, and the poster (somewhere above) is wrong that the gears will not mesh when switching to R going forward. I've switched from 1st to R while moving forward. You have to jam it in hard, otherwise the gears will grind, and you also get a nice clang for your efforts. This on a Daihatsu Terios (small SUV, no low gear).
Automatic Transmission:
1973 Bonneville. Brooklyn Bridge going 30mph. Playing with the automatic transmission, D1, D2, D, D1, D2, D1, D2, D1, D2, R ooops!!!! Surprisingly. Not much happend. The car clanged, and engine instantly shut off, the car died on the spot. Started up fine, drove home real slow. went to sleep.
Not written software for RISC? You're forgetting WinNT ALPHA. The Alpha chip was RISC, so not only do they have an OS already, they even have DirectX (albiet an ancient version) as well. Doesn't seem like too big an undertaking. As for running Xbox code on Xbox2.. could be done the same way DEC did it back in the day, with code morphing.
Something kinda similar (with the police) happened with my friends and I. This was in the NYC about 6 years back maybe. I was going around the block to grab a parking spot my friends were holding for me by standing in it. This ahole neighbor decides he wants that spot. So he starts moving in and actually hits one of my friends. Not hard, but my friend is pissed as shit. And he had just come from a martial arts class (he's the teacher) and he has a bruise on his leg at about the exact spot as that cars bumper. So we all get into a heated argument, and we call the cops. NYPD's finest eh?
Cops come, asses the situation. They tell us that it's illegal to hold a parking spot. Fine, my friend says, he wants to file charges against the driver for vehicular assault. The cops say for him to move or they will arrest my friend. So my friend starts yelling at them "Go ahead and arrest me! Do the goddamn paperwork and then you'll have to file my charges for vehicular assault.".
So the cops move a bit aways.. confer with themselves.. And I shit you not. They turn around and leave.. with out a word. just go!
True story, swear to god. Have witnesses to back me up. NYPD's finest indeed.
The tip that someone gave me, and worked for me is: Call, call, call. Call all the time, anoy the crap out of them. I bought a Rio back in the day (first model), it arrived with a severe malfunction. I sent it back to Rio (I ordered it direct from Rio's online store at the time). The mail me a new unit. I open the box, it falls out unto the CARPET and off pop the control key plate. This was after a MONTH of waiting. So I'm fed up & call them to ask for a refund. Sorry! It's been over 30days, no refund or warrenty! So I argue and bitch, every day, till they take took it back and refunded me the price plus shipping. Never take no for an answer. Eventually they'll figure out that it's more expensive to have you tie up their lines and sales/support people then to just do what is right.
carsdirect.com bought my car there. No haggling, and below sticker price. The dealer I picked it up from was selling it for much higher and they could barely spare a salesguy to deal with me to process the paperwork. I could feel the pain in their eyes selling that car to me that cheap. Sooo, a few years down the line, when my parents were looking for a car and complaining about crooks in Brooklyn.:-) I told them about carsdirect, they priced the car, and since none of the local dealers could beat that price, went and bought it at carsdirect. I couldn't have more praise for these people, plus the finance company they allied themselves at the time was peoplefirst.com. Percentage wise they are average, but when it came to me selling the car, they just transferred the loan to the new person. ZERO hassle, go find a finance company to do that for you....
"Some people take one of those red, five-gallon containers, fill it up with five gallons of gas and they think that's accurate,'' Pedersen said. "Those portable containers are not calibrated and different weather conditions can change the amount they hold. They are not an accurate measure of five gallons of gas.''
Napping seems to be an accepted practice in Japan as per this Matsushita Sleep Room. Doesn't seem to be affecting the Japanese economy negatively. Personally I think a Siesta should be mandetory in the States.
Why make fun of yourself like that? The original poster quotes the shipping weight, then talks about the cost. Sure, they both contain the number 1, and a bunch of 0's. But one doesn't equal the other unless you've playing with your skin flute too long.
Ok, gonna insult you too! Idiotboy! Did you READ the post??? Here's the gem:
"...DUE TO ALL ITEMS MIGHT OVER 100KGs !!! HIGH..."
Doesn't look like dollars to me! Maybe you should read the quote of the great-'grandparent' poster before you post. I know it can be hard to differentiate between $100,000 and 100KG. Hey, wanna buy some gold? Only 100KG! Doh!
That's 100KG NOT 100k ya blind bafoon! KG stands for k-i-l-o-g-r-a-m for the metrically inept. In otherwords, he's saying that they will weight over 200pounds.
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Maybe his child was trapped under it, and activated the beacon on purpose!
Seriously, how cool would a model jet aircraft be... hey maybe wifi controlled with pre-programmed flight plans? Need to send your hamster to grandma? Poodle needs a wash? Crickets from the petshop? No problem!
True, but the whole issue here is the x86 part.. "Mac-on-Linux is a linux/ppc program which makes it possible to run Mac OS in parallel with Linux. Technology: - No CPU emulation - very fast!" You can install OSX on x86 using PearPC..
No it's not. Use PearPC for x86 PPC emulation.
> How many different ways can you color an icosahedron with one of three colors on each face?
How about Pie, Tomato, and Egg on each face?
Sounds like Trillian to me! And it's free...
Not written software for RISC? You're forgetting WinNT ALPHA. The Alpha chip was RISC, so not only do they have an OS already, they even have DirectX (albiet an ancient version) as well. Doesn't seem like too big an undertaking. As for running Xbox code on Xbox2.. could be done the same way DEC did it back in the day, with code morphing.
Looks like you patented 'o' twice. The USPTO must have been really asleep at the wheel there. Hey, can you be your own prior art?
So the cops move a bit aways.. confer with themselves.. And I shit you not. They turn around and leave.. with out a word. just go!
True story, swear to god. Have witnesses to back me up. NYPD's finest indeed.
The tip that someone gave me, and worked for me is: Call, call, call. Call all the time, anoy the crap out of them. I bought a Rio back in the day (first model), it arrived with a severe malfunction. I sent it back to Rio (I ordered it direct from Rio's online store at the time). The mail me a new unit. I open the box, it falls out unto the CARPET and off pop the control key plate. This was after a MONTH of waiting. So I'm fed up & call them to ask for a refund. Sorry! It's been over 30days, no refund or warrenty! So I argue and bitch, every day, till they take took it back and refunded me the price plus shipping. Never take no for an answer. Eventually they'll figure out that it's more expensive to have you tie up their lines and sales/support people then to just do what is right.
carsdirect.com bought my car there. No haggling, and below sticker price. The dealer I picked it up from was selling it for much higher and they could barely spare a salesguy to deal with me to process the paperwork. I could feel the pain in their eyes selling that car to me that cheap. Sooo, a few years down the line, when my parents were looking for a car and complaining about crooks in Brooklyn. :-) I told them about carsdirect, they priced the car, and since none of the local dealers could beat that price, went and bought it at carsdirect. I couldn't have more praise for these people, plus the finance company they allied themselves at the time was peoplefirst.com. Percentage wise they are average, but when it came to me selling the car, they just transferred the loan to the new person. ZERO hassle, go find a finance company to do that for you....
Got any links for sources? They'd probably be quite expensive and would probably offset any savings you'd get from finding a 'correct' pump, no?
"Some people take one of those red, five-gallon containers, fill it up with five gallons of gas and they think that's accurate,'' Pedersen said. "Those portable containers are not calibrated and different weather conditions can change the amount they hold. They are not an accurate measure of five gallons of gas.''
But just imagine the fun you'll have calling tech-support and reading those dialog boxes back to them! :-)
Wow! It doesn't install software that doesn't exist!
Napping seems to be an accepted practice in Japan as per this Matsushita Sleep Room. Doesn't seem to be affecting the Japanese economy negatively. Personally I think a Siesta should be mandetory in the States.
Mod the parent up!!! THAT's the reason to be going, not as a money whore.
Why make fun of yourself like that? The original poster quotes the shipping weight, then talks about the cost. Sure, they both contain the number 1, and a bunch of 0's. But one doesn't equal the other unless you've playing with your skin flute too long.
Ok, gonna insult you too! Idiotboy! Did you READ the post??? Here's the gem:
"...DUE TO ALL ITEMS MIGHT OVER 100KGs !!! HIGH..."
Doesn't look like dollars to me! Maybe you should read the quote of the great-'grandparent' poster before you post. I know it can be hard to differentiate between $100,000 and 100KG. Hey, wanna buy some gold? Only 100KG! Doh!
That's 100KG NOT 100k ya blind bafoon! KG stands for k-i-l-o-g-r-a-m for the metrically inept. In otherwords, he's saying that they will weight over 200pounds.