Omaha's solution to the whole callbox issue was just to send special vans up and down the highway (I think it's about once an hour, more in worse weather, less in the summer) that have the equipment to give someone a jump start/gas/call a towtruck. That is, if a policeman doesn't see you first to help you out.
While that's fine for older cars, most newer ones (at least every car I've been in or seen made since 2002) have the same key for the doors, trunk, and ignition.
No thanks, good luck finding a bowling alley who's air isn't made out of 90% cigarette smoke.
Or finding a close by tennis court that doesn't have local gangs hanging around it, then buying the expensive tennis racquets and the tennis balls and hoping you don't knock them into the street and a car hits it and flips and explodes and you're now going to jail because you didn't get a Wii.
If they even do that, couldn't IBM just stagger the release into recycling as to make it less useful to figure out the architecture for obsolete chips?
This is what I don't get. Nobody is "telling" you to wear a seatbelt. It's just logical.
You are going 35mph (the speed limit around here on main streets), suddenly something happens and the driver slams on the brakes.
Two things happen.
1) You stop because your face hits the dashboard/windshield/seat in front of you. You suffer broken bones, a concussion, or worse, break your neck.
2) You stop because as you start going forward, the seatbelt becomes taught and stops you from going more than one foot.
I was in this situation last month, because somebody decided it would be a good idea to suddenly jump out in front of the minivan I was riding in. The cars never impacted or anything, but if I hadn't had a seatbelt on I would have easily broken a rib/nose/arm. Instead, I just got an adrenaline rush that subsided after a few minutes.
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The only time airbags have even killed kids in baby seats is because the idiot driving thought it would be a good idea to put them in the front seat, which has always been a stupid idea.
Ideally, not only do you put them in the back, you put them in the center seat, which gives them the most "crunch room" if you are t-boned, rear ended or you hit something.
"Lyons clearly used the Fake Steve persona to further some of his own interests and positions. For example, articles in other business publications and their journalists were a frequent target of criticism from Fake Steve, while Forbes got off comparatively easy."
He was mad that this obviously fake Steve, which nobody was really taking seriously, was making too much fun of him.
Seriously, that looks like a kid wrote it. I can even hear the whiny voice...
Yes. Which is why I hate it when people think the name was "dumbed down" or whatever. It's just a cultural difference; different names for the same thing. If it had been kept as the original name people wouldn't have gotten the reference.
Speaking of which, has anyone ever actually seen a Flash app that uses the webcam or mic feature? Or do they not supply any good libraries, leaving it to people that would know how to program that sort of stuff (and usually those people are not using Flash, but consoles or a custom hardware device).
My went with my mom when she went to get one generated last year for her and my stepdad's trip from Nebraska to Arizona (and back). Yeah, it's still huge.. pamphlet-folder thing, with an overall map and "minimaps" for certain areas. They told her about construction zones on the highway to look out for, and so on. It took them about 20-30 minutes from when we walked in the door to walking back out.
Jurors AREN'T supposed to be experts on the case. You are allowed to only use your general knowledge of things (ie, gravity holds things down, the sky is blue, basic physics). Lawyers will bring in 'experts' whos testimony you can ignore or accept. Jurors themselves are supposed to be unbiased, and using your expertise will make you biased. In the trial I participated in (civil, car accident), two different experts came to two different conclusions as to the location of one of the cars and hence the person at fault. From the same data. If you were being tried, would you rather a juror come to a conclusion before the trial was over or wait until after the trial and THEN consider the evidence like they are supposed to?
Nevermind, I looked it up myself. It seems I can only find hard numbers for 2002, their worst year recently, and that it's only dropped.10-.15 since then.
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Honestly, if I saw one of those pull me over, I would think I just won a pizza or something..
Omaha's solution to the whole callbox issue was just to send special vans up and down the highway (I think it's about once an hour, more in worse weather, less in the summer) that have the equipment to give someone a jump start/gas/call a towtruck. That is, if a policeman doesn't see you first to help you out.
While that's fine for older cars, most newer ones (at least every car I've been in or seen made since 2002) have the same key for the doors, trunk, and ignition.
No thanks, good luck finding a bowling alley who's air isn't made out of 90% cigarette smoke.
Or finding a close by tennis court that doesn't have local gangs hanging around it, then buying the expensive tennis racquets and the tennis balls and hoping you don't knock them into the street and a car hits it and flips and explodes and you're now going to jail because you didn't get a Wii.
Sounds just like Nebraska's ID, but there's probably a few other states with the same setup.
Speaking of which, I've never even seen any Nebraska DMV use the barcode. (actually a seemingly random mess of dots)
If they even do that, couldn't IBM just stagger the release into recycling as to make it less useful to figure out the architecture for obsolete chips?
Except that the boxed versions you can buy are all distributed by EA..
At least in Windows, only captures the window in focus and not the entire screen.
This is what I don't get. Nobody is "telling" you to wear a seatbelt. It's just logical.
You are going 35mph (the speed limit around here on main streets), suddenly something happens and the driver slams on the brakes.
Two things happen.
1) You stop because your face hits the dashboard/windshield/seat in front of you. You suffer broken bones, a concussion, or worse, break your neck.
2) You stop because as you start going forward, the seatbelt becomes taught and stops you from going more than one foot.
I was in this situation last month, because somebody decided it would be a good idea to suddenly jump out in front of the minivan I was riding in. The cars never impacted or anything, but if I hadn't had a seatbelt on I would have easily broken a rib/nose/arm. Instead, I just got an adrenaline rush that subsided after a few minutes.
The only time airbags have even killed kids in baby seats is because the idiot driving thought it would be a good idea to put them in the front seat, which has always been a stupid idea.
Ideally, not only do you put them in the back, you put them in the center seat, which gives them the most "crunch room" if you are t-boned, rear ended or you hit something.
Their tracking system is a UNIVAC?
For instance, you cannot register "Jack of Blades" or any variant (the main villian of Fable)
I do believe Moses used God to tunnel a connection. But later he ran into a firewall and wasn't allowed into the home server.
I mean, just look at this quote:
"Lyons clearly used the Fake Steve persona to further some of his own interests and positions. For example, articles in other business publications and their journalists were a frequent target of criticism from Fake Steve, while Forbes got off comparatively easy."
He was mad that this obviously fake Steve, which nobody was really taking seriously, was making too much fun of him.
Seriously, that looks like a kid wrote it. I can even hear the whiny voice...
He's either
a) living with his grandma, and now granny has kicked him out, or the family there has kicked him out.
b) Not living at his grandma's, but was an asshole and used her address to get his stuff. Family kicks him out for using them like that.
Either way I agree with the kicking out.
Yes. Which is why I hate it when people think the name was "dumbed down" or whatever. It's just a cultural difference; different names for the same thing. If it had been kept as the original name people wouldn't have gotten the reference.
It's not so much that people continue to play those games, it's that it helps transition them over.
Speaking of which, has anyone ever actually seen a Flash app that uses the webcam or mic feature? Or do they not supply any good libraries, leaving it to people that would know how to program that sort of stuff (and usually those people are not using Flash, but consoles or a custom hardware device).
My went with my mom when she went to get one generated last year for her and my stepdad's trip from Nebraska to Arizona (and back). Yeah, it's still huge.. pamphlet-folder thing, with an overall map and "minimaps" for certain areas. They told her about construction zones on the highway to look out for, and so on. It took them about 20-30 minutes from when we walked in the door to walking back out.
I did Jury Duty a few months ago.
Jurors AREN'T supposed to be experts on the case. You are allowed to only use your general knowledge of things (ie, gravity holds things down, the sky is blue, basic physics). Lawyers will bring in 'experts' whos testimony you can ignore or accept. Jurors themselves are supposed to be unbiased, and using your expertise will make you biased. In the trial I participated in (civil, car accident), two different experts came to two different conclusions as to the location of one of the cars and hence the person at fault. From the same data. If you were being tried, would you rather a juror come to a conclusion before the trial was over or wait until after the trial and THEN consider the evidence like they are supposed to?
Nevermind, I looked it up myself. It seems I can only find hard numbers for 2002, their worst year recently, and that it's only dropped .10-.15 since then.
Rape 1,857
Robbery 4,237
Violence 7,792
Murder 1,265
Yes, but how many armed robberies were commited with other weapons? Knives? Swords? Bats? Hand? etc?
Removal of gun crime != removal of overall crime. It just shifts it to other categories.
I have Caller ID so I know who's calling BEFORE I pick up the phone, not afterwards.
I'm fully aware. I just find the excuses to do so lame at this point.
But if it's available on Wii Shop, then everybody that has the console has a chance to get it legally.