I have a few comments I'd like to share on this issue. During my last couple of holidays in America (New York City and area, San Francisco and area) I found the road junctions very frustrating. I can't believe how slow the progress is through a typical American town and the reasons are 4-way stops and traffic lights; stop, go, stop, go, stop, go. Haven't you guys heard of roundabouts? Also, slow drivers are a real pain and no doubt cause many an accident. Speed cameras should be used to enforce minimum as well as maximum speeds. Finally, why all the concern about saving money on petrol (gas)? I see driving fast as a luxury that I'm prepared to pay for.
I consider myself to have a reasonable technical knowledge (e.g. I've just written a telnet client from scratch in c++) and I don't use a virus scanner when online banking or at any other time; they're a complete waste of space.
All air conditioning should be set to maximum for all rooms. Plus all car engines should be radio linked so the authorities can start them at will and rev them up to increase global warming. Plus cars should be fitted with gas guzzlers like in Futurama; I want the ice caps to melt in my life time!
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This is very bizarre; I once bought a sealed Nut & Bolt kit from Toys R Us only to find a game cartridge inside!
I have a few comments I'd like to share on this issue.
During my last couple of holidays in America (New York City and area, San Francisco and area) I found the road junctions very frustrating. I can't believe how slow the progress is through a typical American town and the reasons are 4-way stops and traffic lights; stop, go, stop, go, stop, go. Haven't you guys heard of roundabouts?
Also, slow drivers are a real pain and no doubt cause many an accident. Speed cameras should be used to enforce minimum as well as maximum speeds.
Finally, why all the concern about saving money on petrol (gas)? I see driving fast as a luxury that I'm prepared to pay for.
Graphite HP works for me!
This is a test; not sure which button to press to reply to initial story - gloomy!
I consider myself to have a reasonable technical knowledge (e.g. I've just written a telnet client from scratch in c++) and I don't use a virus scanner when online banking or at any other time; they're a complete waste of space.
I guess these drives are going to put Steve Gibson out of business; unless he's currently writing ReadRite!
All air conditioning should be set to maximum for all rooms. Plus all car engines should be radio linked so the authorities can start them at will and rev them up to increase global warming. Plus cars should be fitted with gas guzzlers like in Futurama; I want the ice caps to melt in my life time!