When I hooked up my cable in my apartment, they wanted to charge me per connection I wanted, even though the connections were already installed. It was going to be over $100 for them to "hook up" the 4 cable connection in here. Even though all it involved was having the guy unlock the box on the end of the building, plug one wire into another, and lock it. Comcast is a bunch bastards that charge too much. But hey, so are all the other cable companies and cell phone companies.
Don't worry, I've got it all figured out.
Let me just.. Aah, perfect, with my new tin foil hat none of those people can get me. It even scrambles that modem that I could swear they have hidden in the copier at Kinko's and even the antenna in my money. See, I'm safe now! ... Knock, knock, knock...
Oh, hi Mr. Government! What? You saw all your signals from me stopped? Now you want me to take off my hat? Never!
**BANG***
-Man in Black- Johnson, take off his damn tin foil hat so we can start monitoring him again when he wakes up. God forbid that the person we have employed to specifically monitor him go without work.
So you are telling me that when a software company grants me a "license" to use they're software, that since they are not the state that it is not really a license? I don't follow your reasoning. And pointing a car in a straight line and driving is not as simple as it seems when you are dealing with acceleration that we are talking about here. Of course the NHRA can't give a license that allows one to drive on the streets. They don't own the streets. They do, however, either own the tracks or are the sanctioning body for these tracks, which gives them the right to grant licenses. They have every right to say that if you don't have one of their licenses that you can't drive at their track.
If you haven't experienced this type of acceleration, you wouldn't understand. Let me put it to you this way: Disney uses this level of acceleration on a thrill ride. Having ridden this roller coaster a number of times, I know what 0-60 in three seconds feels like, and without a good deal of practice, I know that I, and most everyone else around wouldn't be able to onto this car.
You see they are running on private property and thusly don't need any sort of license.
On the contrary, while the kiddies racing souped up hondas at the local drag strip may not need a license, to race any NHRA sponsered event, which would include the top fuel events that I am speaking in reference to the 0-320 in 4 seconds, you will need a special NHRA license. They don't want any yacko with the money to put one of those cars together to be able to race it, so they have a special license you must obtain before you can race in their events. The criteria for this license are much much much more stringent than the parallel parking, etc.. needed to recieve a normal state-issued license.
Their professionals, special driving license with much more stringent tests to get. Anyone with a million bucks can get one of these babies and take her for a spin. That person may not have the training and therefore skills to handle this type of acceleration.
0-60 in 3 seconds. Reminds me of the Aerosmith Rockin Roller Coaster at Disney World. It knocks the wind out of ya'.. I don't see how the driver of this car could hold onto the controls while accelerating like that.
Disney World has started randomly handing out these red card things when you first get in line, then when you step onto the ride, the card is scanned and Disney knows how long you've spent in line. I'm not sure if this used for the boards that say how long the various waits are, or if it is used for something that is trying to reduce the insane wait times. Hopefully it's the latter. I go to Disney World a few times a year, and waiting 75 minutes to ride Space Mountain is insane.
Unless they make it big enough to feel like a cruise ship, then people wouldn't use it. Who actually likes a trans-oceanic flight. When you increase the time that the trip takes, they better make it a hell of a lot more comfortable. If I have to sit in a chair for 12 hours, I'm not going to do it.
For freight, that's a definite thing worth looking in to. COuld create a cheap version of a UPS or Fed-Ex ground shipping service for overseas.
Little off topic, but this has been getting on my nerves since I started using the Internet however long ago it was... You spelled the word lose as "loose." Why is it that no one in the known world can spell this word? If I let my dog loose, then I might lose it. Learn to spell, it isn't that difficult.
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Somehow, even though they have more money and more users, my service still sucks just as much as it did ten years ago, go figure.
When I hooked up my cable in my apartment, they wanted to charge me per connection I wanted, even though the connections were already installed. It was going to be over $100 for them to "hook up" the 4 cable connection in here. Even though all it involved was having the guy unlock the box on the end of the building, plug one wire into another, and lock it. Comcast is a bunch bastards that charge too much. But hey, so are all the other cable companies and cell phone companies.
Don't worry, I've got it all figured out.
... Knock, knock, knock...
Let me just.. Aah, perfect, with my new tin foil hat none of those people can get me. It even scrambles that modem that I could swear they have hidden in the copier at Kinko's and even the antenna in my money. See, I'm safe now!
Oh, hi Mr. Government! What? You saw all your signals from me stopped? Now you want me to take off my hat? Never!
**BANG***
-Man in Black- Johnson, take off his damn tin foil hat so we can start monitoring him again when he wakes up. God forbid that the person we have employed to specifically monitor him go without work.
So you are telling me that when a software company grants me a "license" to use they're software, that since they are not the state that it is not really a license? I don't follow your reasoning. And pointing a car in a straight line and driving is not as simple as it seems when you are dealing with acceleration that we are talking about here. Of course the NHRA can't give a license that allows one to drive on the streets. They don't own the streets. They do, however, either own the tracks or are the sanctioning body for these tracks, which gives them the right to grant licenses. They have every right to say that if you don't have one of their licenses that you can't drive at their track.
If you haven't experienced this type of acceleration, you wouldn't understand. Let me put it to you this way: Disney uses this level of acceleration on a thrill ride. Having ridden this roller coaster a number of times, I know what 0-60 in three seconds feels like, and without a good deal of practice, I know that I, and most everyone else around wouldn't be able to onto this car.
You see they are running on private property and thusly don't need any sort of license.
On the contrary, while the kiddies racing souped up hondas at the local drag strip may not need a license, to race any NHRA sponsered event, which would include the top fuel events that I am speaking in reference to the 0-320 in 4 seconds, you will need a special NHRA license. They don't want any yacko with the money to put one of those cars together to be able to race it, so they have a special license you must obtain before you can race in their events. The criteria for this license are much much much more stringent than the parallel parking, etc.. needed to recieve a normal state-issued license.
I ran out of mod points a few hours ago, or I'd mod you up. If Linux can't handle WMP without becoming unstable then there really is something wrong.
Their professionals, special driving license with much more stringent tests to get. Anyone with a million bucks can get one of these babies and take her for a spin. That person may not have the training and therefore skills to handle this type of acceleration.
0-60 in 3 seconds. Reminds me of the Aerosmith Rockin Roller Coaster at Disney World. It knocks the wind out of ya'.. I don't see how the driver of this car could hold onto the controls while accelerating like that.
Disney World has started randomly handing out these red card things when you first get in line, then when you step onto the ride, the card is scanned and Disney knows how long you've spent in line. I'm not sure if this used for the boards that say how long the various waits are, or if it is used for something that is trying to reduce the insane wait times. Hopefully it's the latter. I go to Disney World a few times a year, and waiting 75 minutes to ride Space Mountain is insane.
Simple, put a locking mechanism on it so that it can only be removed at the place where they are rented.
Like the poor kids who get those leashes attached to them.
Watching those kids try to run away is more fun than riding the rides at some parks.
I signed up there two weeks ago, and I still haven't gotten my account working right. These people bit off way more than they can chew.
Unless they make it big enough to feel like a cruise ship, then people wouldn't use it. Who actually likes a trans-oceanic flight. When you increase the time that the trip takes, they better make it a hell of a lot more comfortable. If I have to sit in a chair for 12 hours, I'm not going to do it. For freight, that's a definite thing worth looking in to. COuld create a cheap version of a UPS or Fed-Ex ground shipping service for overseas.
Just think how confusing it would be when the machine locks up and all the windows start spinning like a ballet company on crack.
Little off topic, but this has been getting on my nerves since I started using the Internet however long ago it was...
You spelled the word lose as "loose." Why is it that no one in the known world can spell this word? If I let my dog loose, then I might lose it. Learn to spell, it isn't that difficult.