Well, the funny thing is that I actually drive a pretty sweet car myself (2001 BMW 325 Convertible). I just thought a cheesy electric car would be a better emphasis on the story:)
Am I the only one who pictured a steering wheel bolted to the top of a carp? I would expect that a steering wheel would be sub-optimal for maneuvering in the water...
At first, my visual spam filter (too many caps, etc.) made me skip this post. Then, I read it anyway (it was at the bottom of my screen)...
You're absolutely right. I wish they'd add decibel meters to police cars and they'd ticket people for noise pollution more often. It's ridiculous that someone else's car can rattle my windows in traffic.
Wouldn't the speed limiter on his car prevent him from tailgating in the first place (he'd have to go faster than you to catch up, right?)?
I assumed that if this kind of technology existed, they'd also adapt the I'm-backing-up-beep-when-I'm-going-to-hit-somethin g sensor to attach to the front bumper and disallow tailgating (auto-apply breaks, etc)...
It would be pretty funny... You seem some motorhead football jock pull up in his Mustang GT revving his engine at the stop light... You rev your whiny electric car to egg him on... he laughs... You point your little "zapper" at him and take off... He barely gets up to 20 MPH as you leave him in your non-polluting dust...:-)
C'mon ya geeks... everyone knows and has probably read Wikipedia; stick a crowbar in your wallet and cough up a few bucks. Yes, I know it's the holidays and everyone's tapped out, but really... who doesn't have a paypal account with a couple of extra bucks sitting in it? (if you're genuinely broke, relax... I'm not talking to you)
Sorry to disappoint, but I've never been to the site. Oh, and I don't have a Paypal account either. Never seen the need for one. I don't buy anything on the Net without credit cards (guaranteed, protected from fraud by federal law in the US). So, I guess I'll keep my money:)
P.S. I can feel the "Flamebait" and "Troll" mods already, but: Am I the only one that's getting annoyed by all these "free" sites popping up and begging for money?
Wow... I had no idea that "slashdot.com" even worked... Oh, how I long for the days when you could only use "http://slashdot.org". None of that "www" crap for us nerds!
I just want to thank all our friends from outside the USA for introducing the word "barratry" to us. Now, all around the US, teenage geeks are impressing their parents with this word:) (And 30-somethings like myself... I knew what it meant, but never bothered to use it in a sentence before I saw it used here so much. hehe)
Well, as far as prices are concerned, IBM is about as high-priced a laptop you can get. I have different experiences than you with HP laptops though. I have an HP Pavilion N5190 that I even ran over with my car! It's still working fine after 3 1/2 years of ownership. It's always been a solid laptop for me.
For me, the choice between premium and cheaper hardware is a big plus for the PC. I can build a complete bargain machine tailored to my planned usage for it. For instance, I have one machine at my house that just plays MP3 files out of multiple sound cards. I would never have spent the $$$ to buy a mac for that. The flexibility of building my own stuff is of seriously great value to me.
well... as an option, you can click the FF button and then hit the "->|" button. This will skip to the next white bar in the show. Hope that makes sense.
For shows like that, I revert to using the "skip-forward" button that skips 30 seconds and is slightly quicker to deal with commercials than the TiVo method of triple-FF and hit the play button when you see the show return.
Follow these steps and your tivo's "->|" button becomes 30 second skip:
Select Play Select 3 0 Select
It will at least get rid of this source of annoyance.
Hey butt nugget... I asked the friggin question, because I didn't know and I knew some asswipe like yourself would be glad to offer up the answer along with much flame and ignorance.
I appreciate the info. Though I still wish that the hardware on macs didn't cost so much. I was impressed and psyched when Mac OS X came out, but I am not buying a Mac just to run it. I like the OS though(need a 2-button mouse though, is that available now?)
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I think I might have just crossed the flamebait line, but so be it.
You're absolutely right. I wish they'd add decibel meters to police cars and they'd ticket people for noise pollution more often. It's ridiculous that someone else's car can rattle my windows in traffic.
I assumed that if this kind of technology existed, they'd also adapt the I'm-backing-up-beep-when-I'm-going-to-hit-somethi
Too... many... dates.... must... stopReadingThePost!
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"WHO GETS THE CHICKS NOW, BE-OTCH!?"
Oh yeah... uh, he does...
Yup... still makes me giggle
C'mon ya geeks... everyone knows and has probably read Wikipedia; stick a crowbar in your wallet and cough up a few bucks. Yes, I know it's the holidays and everyone's tapped out, but really... who doesn't have a paypal account with a couple of extra bucks sitting in it? (if you're genuinely broke, relax... I'm not talking to you)
:)
Sorry to disappoint, but I've never been to the site. Oh, and I don't have a Paypal account either. Never seen the need for one. I don't buy anything on the Net without credit cards (guaranteed, protected from fraud by federal law in the US). So, I guess I'll keep my money
P.S. I can feel the "Flamebait" and "Troll" mods already, but: Am I the only one that's getting annoyed by all these "free" sites popping up and begging for money?
Oh, how I long for the days when you could only use "http://slashdot.org". None of that "www" crap for us nerds!
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For me, the choice between premium and cheaper hardware is a big plus for the PC. I can build a complete bargain machine tailored to my planned usage for it. For instance, I have one machine at my house that just plays MP3 files out of multiple sound cards. I would never have spent the $$$ to buy a mac for that. The flexibility of building my own stuff is of seriously great value to me.
Sorry...
Thanks for the laugh
it's pretty cool.
"Tivo"
"Tivo" (gets to menu)
Play
Select
Play
Select
3
0
Select
Follow these steps and your tivo's "->|" button becomes 30 second skip:
Select
Play
Select
3
0
Select
It will at least get rid of this source of annoyance.
P.S. Tivo Rocks!
Apple:
$1,499
iBook 1GHz/14.1XGA/256SD/60GB/Combo/E/56K
1 GHz PPC
14.1" XGA
256MB DDR266 (128MB built-in & 128MB SO-DIMM)
60GB Ultra ATA drive
Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
Dell:
$1,361
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4, 2.66GHz,
15.0 XGA
60GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
512MB 266MHz 2 DIMM
24X CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
Oh yeah... MUCH cheaper!
From Apple's store for $799.00
17" CRT monitor
1GHz PowerPC G4
128MB SDRAM
40GB Ultra ATA drive
Combo drive
Ooooohh... a 1 GHz eMac! wow! Blow me away with the Stats!!
From Dell for $698:
17" LCD monitor
2.4GHz Pentium 4
128MB SDRAM
40GB Ultra ATA drive
48X CDRom
48X CD-RW
It's $100 cheaper and it's from Dell!
I could build this for even less!
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tommck == facts
I appreciate the info. Though I still wish that the hardware on macs didn't cost so much. I was impressed and psyched when Mac OS X came out, but I am not buying a Mac just to run it. I like the OS though(need a 2-button mouse though, is that available now?)
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