A case of sudden acceleration is not far less dangerous than a blown tire at highway speeds. About a month ago in Toronto, a driver was killed when he was stopped at an intersection, and his TOYOTA leaped forward. He was T-boned, died in the hospital.
This is a good example of what sudden acceleration can mean. And it can affect anyone, unpredictably, not just highway travelers (in the case of blown tires).
This is not just about "difficult diagnosis". It most certainly is, since Toyota still cannot find the problem. However, this is also the case of Toyota attempting to downplay the significance of the problem. Who in their right mind blames floor mats? How many other vehicles had fatal floormat accidents? Moreover, there were PLENTY of reports of unintended acceleration where the floormat was either absent, or properly set, even fastened with zip-tie (another of Toyota's moronic fixes).
Contrary to what you post, it is not a "little" problem. You're either a Toyota shill or a dufus.
Some speeding is tolerated, but not much. 65 mph in a 60 zone, no one will pull you over. Try going 70 or 75, and it'll be much different.
One of the purposes of the speeding fine is to act as a deterrent against future speeding. If you set the fine at $20 because no actual damages were done, and it cost the officer 10 minutes of his time, this will not discourage speeding.
Likewise, setting damages for downloading at $500 is not a deterrent against illegal downloading. And face it, it is illegal. RIAA is interested not just in recovering lost sales, they are interested in recovering their litigation costs, AS WELL AS set a deterrent.
It is possible to rebuild myelin sheath with essential fat oils (flax seed oil) and superfoods such as spirulina. I know because I'm a living example of it. But that was due to excessive caffeine thinning out my myelin. So, reduce caffeine too.
The Beroeans were already believers in the scriptures existing prior to the writings of Paul (Hebrew scriptures). They verified everything that Paul wrote by comparing and referencing what they already believed.
They were skeptical within the context of what they believed.
Just because you have different beliefs, doesn't change the course you'd take if you came across something new. You would verify against what you already believe.
Well, don't know about driving the car being harmless... I mean, it does emit gases.
However, what I DO have a problem with is when cars are vilified as the evil in this world, but the biggest, baddest sources of pollution are ignored.
To clarify - I support cleaner environment. I want to do my part. I drive less, I bike more, I walk. I would even use public transit more if there was one that worked in Toronto (Canada).
However, when you have bonehead politicians crying how evil the car is, and then they put 450 diesel trains per day along a corridor that links downtown and the airport, don't talk to me about pollution. Why not make those trains electric, like in Europe? Are we taking carbon emissions seriously, or are we not?
Or, putting nonsense traffic lights where they do not belong. We are going to be the worst city for traffic congestion because there are lights every 200 metres on a major street, why? Because there is a driveway from a hotel, or a parking lot or a shopping plaza. THAT will cause more traffic, more angry drivers and more pollution. So the solution (according to city politicians) is to take a bicycle or public transit. Fine. But the city bus is still stopped at those intersections unnecessarily, and for me as a cyclist, it is very annoying to have to stop and start frequently. Nobody really wins.
Bottom line - the war on the car has begun, but this war has next to nothing to do with the war on climate change. Consumers, people, peons, taxpayers are hit left right and centre, while areas where it REALLY MATTERS are ignored because, face it, that's the nature of capitalistic dictatorship (when policy, laws are dictated by corporations).
It's one thing to run mentally through the steps after the media has been talking about deaths and runaway cars, and it's quite another not to even think of such a scenario beforehand.
Moreover, all you need is a split second loss of control and you can lose your life. For you to mentally realize what's happening, then to put the car into neutral and then stop will take a few seconds.
In Toronto we just had a death (yesterday November 3) in a Toyota Camry. The person was stopped at the lights, waiting for the signal to make a left turn. Suddenly accelerated onto the intersection. In a case like this, you don't have any time at all to react. By the time you do, you can be in a serious accident.
"Never ever even think of turning engine off in a modern car..."? Are you for real? That's the most moronic statement I read as it pertains to the discussion here.
Because it's much better to crash into something at 120 mph with the engine ON instead of crashing into something at 60 or 80 mph with engine OFF? Wow!
You turn the engine off and you can still coast in a more or less straight line, you can even make turns. You are one of those people who think that you lose ALL control of the car once the engine is turned off. That's not the case at all, and in fact, while the car is rolling, it's much easier to steer it without power assist than if it were stationary. You can also brake, though not as quickly.
Upgraded from 8.10 to 9.04 to 9.10 within 60 minutes without a glitch, running proprietary nvidia driver and windows driver for belkin n-wireless adapter through ndiswrapper. I was expecting all hell to break loose for doing 2 upgrades in a row - nothing of the sort.
The only "fix" i had to do was to add my MOVIES folder as a share in samba.
It even didn't break my wine apps.
So, my experience is very smooth, and I give thumbs up for such a solid product. It's interesting that I had lots of headaches installing the proper display driver on the same system 3 years ago in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.
That's because your old 21" monitor had an aspect ratio of 4:3, and the new ones have an aspect ration of 16:10 or 16:9. Widescreen 21" monitor will always be shorter in height compared to a regular monitor.
Bullshit. Conscience is built in. In the case of sociopaths, their conscience is suppressed, or not active. It's got nothing to do with learning communally agreed upon rules.
Stop regurgitating crap you heard someone else say.
We have such meters in Toronto. The pay machines run on solar batteries, and they're not nearly as far away as half a gigantic block. It's convenient in that you can pay with a credit card, and it's no more than 100 feet from the farthest parking spot.
What does a parking enforcement officer do? When he is about to issue a ticket, he checks whether the car has any receipts in the dashboard at all. If not, he looks to see if anyone is at the pay machine or walking back with a ticket. If not, then he/she issues the ticket.
It's a better system than having parking meter posts every 10 feet. And yes, I'm a driver.
You can have an Einstein of a dog, but I assure you, he is no match for a 5 year old, never mind the 6 year old. For you to draw that comparison just shows you have a very unrealistic view and are rather ignorant.
Unless, and I risk offending some, the 6 year old is retarded (I don't mean that as a name calling).
Show me a dog that can match a 5-year old's vocabulary, creativity, comprehension of concepts (not just facts, but yes, actual concepts) and that can learn complex tasks by having it explained just ONCE. A 5-year old can open and close doors with locks of various designs by applying previous experience and knowledge AND ability to build something new with that knowledge. A well trained dog is much more limited. I had a decently trained German Sheppard, so I do have some background in dealing with dogs, though it is not as comprehensive as yours.
As for the stupidest of the breeds equaling a 2 year old? That's outright trolling, my friend.
Some dog (or cat) lovers are blinded by their own admiration of the pets. The number of people who compared taking care of their pet dog puppy to my child (then infant) is staggering. To all such people I say, Get Real. And try having a baby. Or perhaps it's best if they won't.
Actually, horsepower is not in use just by the UK/US and adherents of the imperial system. It's in wide use even in countries that are fully metric (eastern europe for example).
This should work in a simple manner, the same way cops ask us questions and can bust us for "lying" even if it's bending the truth and not realizing it's a cop.
The person buying the drugs should ask the seller: "Are you a police officer?" if the seller says no, and then turns out to be a police officer undercover, this case should be thrown out.
Once again, Canada does not check what is leaving their country. It only checks what's coming into it. The same thing is with the US. The US customs agents DO NOT check what's leaving their country - it's the receiving country (in the case of US-Canada border, that would be Canada) that checks what's coming in.
Thus, if the pirated versions originated in Canada (have not been imported to Canada from Asia), this outgoing shipment will not even come in contact with Canadian customs.
And if the US customs cannot handle incoming inspections, how is this a problem of Canada?
If you are driving from Canada to the USA, the *only* checkpoint is the US customs. Similarly, if you're crossing from the US to Canada, you only get stopped at Canadian customs. You are not inspected by both.
So if the problem, as you specified, is incoming bootlegged products making it into the US, AND since the only checkpoint is the US customs, what's preventing the US customs from doing any sort of reasonable and unreasonable searches that it's known for? Sounds to me that it's not Canadian customs that are performing poorly (in fact, they're not even acting in their role as customs agents if you're crossing from Canada to US), it's the US customs.
I will agree, Apple notebooks look like they're a quality build, however, that does not reflect reliability.
My Dell Inspiron from July 2004 is still active today with zero issues over the course of nearly 5 years. It still has original 2 batteries and can last several hours on each. No hard drive failure, no battery failure. It doesn't look pretty, and has wide gaps in the plastic.
I also have a Thinkpad from October 2004. Again, no failures, although I upgraded the hard drive to a bigger size. Again, gaps in the plastic pieces, does not have a tight fit and finish.
MacBook? Looks tight. A hard drive failed twice because it overheated. The first time it was replaced under 1-year warranty. The second time, it was out of warranty. The battery started acting up after 1.5 years.
My wife's HP laptop - replaced the motherboard and the battery shortly after 1 year because the battery would not charge. HP did it for free, although it happened 4 months after the warranty ran out. Kudos to HP for service. Sucks for product. Now the CD-RW/DVD drive does not read all DVDs.
What's my conclusion? I don't find any laptop being any more "reliable" than any other laptop on average. The overheating issue with the Macbook makes me less convinced of Apple's supposed reliability.
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you can easily hide any contraband, smuggled pets, bomb belts or illegal aliens within your rolls of flab
Heck, you can even hide your genitals!
A case of sudden acceleration is not far less dangerous than a blown tire at highway speeds. About a month ago in Toronto, a driver was killed when he was stopped at an intersection, and his TOYOTA leaped forward. He was T-boned, died in the hospital.
This is a good example of what sudden acceleration can mean. And it can affect anyone, unpredictably, not just highway travelers (in the case of blown tires).
This is not just about "difficult diagnosis". It most certainly is, since Toyota still cannot find the problem. However, this is also the case of Toyota attempting to downplay the significance of the problem. Who in their right mind blames floor mats? How many other vehicles had fatal floormat accidents? Moreover, there were PLENTY of reports of unintended acceleration where the floormat was either absent, or properly set, even fastened with zip-tie (another of Toyota's moronic fixes).
Contrary to what you post, it is not a "little" problem. You're either a Toyota shill or a dufus.
Some speeding is tolerated, but not much. 65 mph in a 60 zone, no one will pull you over. Try going 70 or 75, and it'll be much different.
One of the purposes of the speeding fine is to act as a deterrent against future speeding. If you set the fine at $20 because no actual damages were done, and it cost the officer 10 minutes of his time, this will not discourage speeding.
Likewise, setting damages for downloading at $500 is not a deterrent against illegal downloading. And face it, it is illegal. RIAA is interested not just in recovering lost sales, they are interested in recovering their litigation costs, AS WELL AS set a deterrent.
It is possible to rebuild myelin sheath with essential fat oils (flax seed oil) and superfoods such as spirulina. I know because I'm a living example of it. But that was due to excessive caffeine thinning out my myelin. So, reduce caffeine too.
And yet the police can use a sound wave amplifier that generates 139 db (IIRC) to disperse demonstrators? Why isn't that legislated?
The misconceptions are in you.
The Beroeans were already believers in the scriptures existing prior to the writings of Paul (Hebrew scriptures). They verified everything that Paul wrote by comparing and referencing what they already believed.
They were skeptical within the context of what they believed.
Just because you have different beliefs, doesn't change the course you'd take if you came across something new. You would verify against what you already believe.
Was Reichstag fire just as unbelievable as 9/11? It was done to further gov't agenda.
From Wikipedia: The Reichstag fire... is seen as pivotal in the establishment of Nazi Germany.
Don't think gov'ts now aren't capable of the same thing, or that they aren't doing it.
But then it's much more comfortable to bury one's head in the sand.
Well, don't know about driving the car being harmless... I mean, it does emit gases.
However, what I DO have a problem with is when cars are vilified as the evil in this world, but the biggest, baddest sources of pollution are ignored.
To clarify - I support cleaner environment. I want to do my part. I drive less, I bike more, I walk. I would even use public transit more if there was one that worked in Toronto (Canada).
However, when you have bonehead politicians crying how evil the car is, and then they put 450 diesel trains per day along a corridor that links downtown and the airport, don't talk to me about pollution. Why not make those trains electric, like in Europe? Are we taking carbon emissions seriously, or are we not?
Or, putting nonsense traffic lights where they do not belong. We are going to be the worst city for traffic congestion because there are lights every 200 metres on a major street, why? Because there is a driveway from a hotel, or a parking lot or a shopping plaza. THAT will cause more traffic, more angry drivers and more pollution. So the solution (according to city politicians) is to take a bicycle or public transit. Fine. But the city bus is still stopped at those intersections unnecessarily, and for me as a cyclist, it is very annoying to have to stop and start frequently. Nobody really wins.
Bottom line - the war on the car has begun, but this war has next to nothing to do with the war on climate change. Consumers, people, peons, taxpayers are hit left right and centre, while areas where it REALLY MATTERS are ignored because, face it, that's the nature of capitalistic dictatorship (when policy, laws are dictated by corporations).
It's one thing to run mentally through the steps after the media has been talking about deaths and runaway cars, and it's quite another not to even think of such a scenario beforehand.
Moreover, all you need is a split second loss of control and you can lose your life. For you to mentally realize what's happening, then to put the car into neutral and then stop will take a few seconds.
In Toronto we just had a death (yesterday November 3) in a Toyota Camry. The person was stopped at the lights, waiting for the signal to make a left turn. Suddenly accelerated onto the intersection. In a case like this, you don't have any time at all to react. By the time you do, you can be in a serious accident.
"Never ever even think of turning engine off in a modern car..."? Are you for real? That's the most moronic statement I read as it pertains to the discussion here.
Because it's much better to crash into something at 120 mph with the engine ON instead of crashing into something at 60 or 80 mph with engine OFF? Wow!
You turn the engine off and you can still coast in a more or less straight line, you can even make turns. You are one of those people who think that you lose ALL control of the car once the engine is turned off. That's not the case at all, and in fact, while the car is rolling, it's much easier to steer it without power assist than if it were stationary. You can also brake, though not as quickly.
Upgraded from 8.10 to 9.04 to 9.10 within 60 minutes without a glitch, running proprietary nvidia driver and windows driver for belkin n-wireless adapter through ndiswrapper. I was expecting all hell to break loose for doing 2 upgrades in a row - nothing of the sort. The only "fix" i had to do was to add my MOVIES folder as a share in samba.
It even didn't break my wine apps.
So, my experience is very smooth, and I give thumbs up for such a solid product. It's interesting that I had lots of headaches installing the proper display driver on the same system 3 years ago in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.
Kudos to Canonical.*
* your experience may vary
There is Apple's market. Pretty slim, eh? I don't see many sales in the future of iPod.
Posted upon release of the first iPod.
That's because your old 21" monitor had an aspect ratio of 4:3, and the new ones have an aspect ration of 16:10 or 16:9. Widescreen 21" monitor will always be shorter in height compared to a regular monitor.
nail polish, not nails polish
screwdriver, not screws driver
your joke is weak...
Bullshit. Conscience is built in. In the case of sociopaths, their conscience is suppressed, or not active. It's got nothing to do with learning communally agreed upon rules.
Stop regurgitating crap you heard someone else say.
We have such meters in Toronto. The pay machines run on solar batteries, and they're not nearly as far away as half a gigantic block. It's convenient in that you can pay with a credit card, and it's no more than 100 feet from the farthest parking spot.
What does a parking enforcement officer do? When he is about to issue a ticket, he checks whether the car has any receipts in the dashboard at all. If not, he looks to see if anyone is at the pay machine or walking back with a ticket. If not, then he/she issues the ticket.
It's a better system than having parking meter posts every 10 feet. And yes, I'm a driver.
The Ontario Science Centre - great place.
ROM - Royal Ontario Museum
You can have an Einstein of a dog, but I assure you, he is no match for a 5 year old, never mind the 6 year old. For you to draw that comparison just shows you have a very unrealistic view and are rather ignorant.
Unless, and I risk offending some, the 6 year old is retarded (I don't mean that as a name calling).
Show me a dog that can match a 5-year old's vocabulary, creativity, comprehension of concepts (not just facts, but yes, actual concepts) and that can learn complex tasks by having it explained just ONCE. A 5-year old can open and close doors with locks of various designs by applying previous experience and knowledge AND ability to build something new with that knowledge. A well trained dog is much more limited. I had a decently trained German Sheppard, so I do have some background in dealing with dogs, though it is not as comprehensive as yours.
As for the stupidest of the breeds equaling a 2 year old? That's outright trolling, my friend.
Some dog (or cat) lovers are blinded by their own admiration of the pets. The number of people who compared taking care of their pet dog puppy to my child (then infant) is staggering. To all such people I say, Get Real. And try having a baby. Or perhaps it's best if they won't.
Actually, horsepower is not in use just by the UK/US and adherents of the imperial system. It's in wide use even in countries that are fully metric (eastern europe for example).
The vast majority of us also end on slashdot, you incensitive clod!
This should work in a simple manner, the same way cops ask us questions and can bust us for "lying" even if it's bending the truth and not realizing it's a cop.
The person buying the drugs should ask the seller: "Are you a police officer?" if the seller says no, and then turns out to be a police officer undercover, this case should be thrown out.
And carry a recorder with you for such deals.
I wish it could be this way. Sigh.
just creating the website, putting those books online and maintaining them.
I would like to find out what the annual costs of maintaining such a system will also be.
Once again, Canada does not check what is leaving their country. It only checks what's coming into it. The same thing is with the US. The US customs agents DO NOT check what's leaving their country - it's the receiving country (in the case of US-Canada border, that would be Canada) that checks what's coming in.
Thus, if the pirated versions originated in Canada (have not been imported to Canada from Asia), this outgoing shipment will not even come in contact with Canadian customs.
And if the US customs cannot handle incoming inspections, how is this a problem of Canada?
If you are driving from Canada to the USA, the *only* checkpoint is the US customs. Similarly, if you're crossing from the US to Canada, you only get stopped at Canadian customs. You are not inspected by both.
So if the problem, as you specified, is incoming bootlegged products making it into the US, AND since the only checkpoint is the US customs, what's preventing the US customs from doing any sort of reasonable and unreasonable searches that it's known for? Sounds to me that it's not Canadian customs that are performing poorly (in fact, they're not even acting in their role as customs agents if you're crossing from Canada to US), it's the US customs.
Makes me wonder, did you ever cross the border?
I will agree, Apple notebooks look like they're a quality build, however, that does not reflect reliability.
My Dell Inspiron from July 2004 is still active today with zero issues over the course of nearly 5 years. It still has original 2 batteries and can last several hours on each. No hard drive failure, no battery failure. It doesn't look pretty, and has wide gaps in the plastic.
I also have a Thinkpad from October 2004. Again, no failures, although I upgraded the hard drive to a bigger size. Again, gaps in the plastic pieces, does not have a tight fit and finish.
MacBook? Looks tight. A hard drive failed twice because it overheated. The first time it was replaced under 1-year warranty. The second time, it was out of warranty. The battery started acting up after 1.5 years.
My wife's HP laptop - replaced the motherboard and the battery shortly after 1 year because the battery would not charge. HP did it for free, although it happened 4 months after the warranty ran out. Kudos to HP for service. Sucks for product. Now the CD-RW/DVD drive does not read all DVDs.
What's my conclusion? I don't find any laptop being any more "reliable" than any other laptop on average. The overheating issue with the Macbook makes me less convinced of Apple's supposed reliability.