I do that simply to reduce the amount of fecal particles that end up on my toothbrush. Every time you flush, it's a poo fountain (think tubgirl only more diluted). You don't want aerosol feces on your toothbrush, hairbrush, drinking glass, or whatever else is around the sink, so just close the lid when you flush. If you're done, leave it closed.
I know guys that have simply settled it by leaving the seat down for a while, not taking careful aim, and then not cleaning the seat. The women seem to relent on the issue after the first few times they sit in piss. At least the ones that aren't into golden showers...
They all use AT&T's lines, and therefore, cost more. There really isn't a choice. That's why I stated that I had a "choice". (Note the quotation marks.)
Your connection is not the norm. I'm in suburban St. Louis, MO, and I have a "choice" between The Phone Company (AT&T) and The Cable Company (Charter), neither of which is required to care about anything either by law or by market forces.
Charter offers similar plans, like so: - Mediocre Cable: 6M/512k, $60/mo. plus cable TV - Crap Cable: 3M/128k, $40/mo. plus cable TV - Useless Cable: 1M/128k, $20/mo. plus cable TV - They-call-this-broadband? Cable: 512k/64k, $20/mo. but no cable TV requirement
Personally, I'm on a grandfathered DSL plan, at 1.5M/768k for $25/mo. I don't call AT&T for service, because if I do, I will get my plan changed to something current and end up paying more for less. Yes, it beats dialup. No, it's not good. I drool at the thought of having even 1/10th of what is "normal" in Korea.
Unfortunately, we have several entire generations now growing up as if they're rich kids due to their parents getting into debt pretending to be rich. This leads to more and more debt and more and more poor "rich kids". The kick-in-the-ass generation has been bypassed and forced into slavery by our culture.
And our country is beginning to malfunction... I wonder why.
1. Go to Safari's preferences window 2. Choose "Appearance" pane 3. Choose the fonts you want substituted for the "Standard Font" and the "Fixed-Width Font". In your case, Helvetica for Standard and Monaco for Fixed-width 4. Close the preferences window
Note that the default font in the "Standard Font" is Times (not TNR!), which is not sans serif. There's no option to choose a sans serif font separately. Presumably, Safari uses the system font (Gill Sans, IIRC) as its sans serif font. Though as I type this, the text in/. appears to be using Helvetica (and I have default font settings). And, yes, I know what to look for to tell the difference between Arial and Helvetica.
Oh, trauma to the groin, boys Trauma to the groin Nothing's quite as funny As a trauma to the groin There is no wit more pretty There is no joke divine Or limerick as witty As a trauma to the groin
Better yet, organize a mob of people with camcorders. Go to their ticket office. Everyone buy a ticket. When the movie starts, everyone begin recording the movie. 20 seconds later, everyone stop recording the movie. Wait for the cops, or better, everyone just walk out of their crappy movie theater and flip management the bird on the way out.
That depends on whether they're in the USA or not. If you're in the USA, enjoy your stay at the Gitmo Hilton. If you're not, well, you might not be bothered at all, but don't fly to the USA. Ever.
Unfortunately for most unix newbies starting out with MacOS X, pico gained a following with the OSX early-adopters and most tutorials tell you to use it.
Those of us who learn more find out why/how to use vi (which is actually vim on OSX). Plus, it's half the number of letters to type for the command, so it must be better.
No, that's why every MCSE is worth their weight in MCSE tests. Not all standards and tests are worth a lot, but they are all worth something. Sometimes that something is just way too close to zero to be of any practicality.
1) pick it up 2) look at it 3) observe the battery cover or lack thereof
Of course, it's only a theory, and not a complete one. If, for instance, you lacked hands, you would have to perform step 1 with nubs, which is a less-than-ideal system. If you were blind, then perhaps you would have to feel it in step 2 rather than looking at it. And god help you if you're blind and nubby. Really, the last step is the all-important one. If it has a battery cover, then it likely contains a user-replaceable battery.
Because the "rubes" (read: Windows users) are too dumb to know what they want, and the Apple users are already sold on Apple's stuff.
Besides, these days, Apple is getting more like "Dell with better ad men". They update their software less and less, they break their own HIG and usability rules, and they shovel iPods out by the ton while ignoring established products. They are losing touch with their core fanbase, but not with money.
<sarcastic troll> Meanwhile, in many ways, Linux copies Windows very well. In many ways, it improves upon Windows to the point of near-perfection. And it's all Unix-y, too. So where are the real improvements? Why is Linux always playing catch-up to Windows? Why should a Mac user be the one to expect more out of Linux? </sarcastic troll>
You can replace the batteries in an Apple laptop, and it's obvious that you can when you flip the laptop over and look at the battery in its compartment. There's a couple of release latches on what is obviously a removable piece on the bottom of the laptop (which happens to be the battery itself).
Actually, it will probably be more comfortable to walk on. You already step down onto a hard floor, and that causes the "shock" (suddenly stopped kinetic energy) to reverberate up your skeletal system, making your joints hurt. That energy would be absorbed by this flooring system, so the joint shock would be lessened.
Consumers shouldn't need the equivalent of consumer reports just to have a basic grasp of product characteristics.
I'm fairly certain that the Apple stores each have about 20 of the damned things on display, and each AT&T store probably has 1 or 2 of them out. You could, theoretically, you know, pick it up and look at it and see if it had a battery cover.
But no, I'm sure a lawsuit is much more reasonable than simple purchasing decision-making skills. Land of the fat, home of the dumb. Yay.
You seem to be under the illusion that your car doesn't already have one. Unless it was made before 1995 or so, it does. If it was made before 1995, it still might, depending on the make/model. It's not until you go back to about 1980 that you'll find a year where all cars had mechanical stuff instead of ECU's.
Basically, if your car has EFI, it has an OS. If it has a carburetor, maybe not.
Their ToS and SLA's are unable to alter the inherent right to use your property as you see fit. That makes them unenforceable, at least in part. I have no doubt that there's a portion of the ToS and SLA's that says "if you hack your phone you can't use our service". That would be enforceable, as the service itself is the property of AT&T. But to charge you for services not rendered would be a clear contract violation, and there's no way in hell it would stand up in court if they said "if you hack your phone, we will terminate your service but you still have to pay us".
In other words, don't sweat it. AT&T probably won't bother doing anything but cutting you off, if that. More likely, they'll just keep you as a paying customer until you become a nuisance, then they'll terminate your service. If you never become a nuisance, then you're just adding money to their bank account without causing trouble, regardless of any potential trouble they might think you could cause.
It still fails in the same way the Prius does. It has a central power plant. One electric motor turns a crank shaft (and loses power) that goes through a transmission (that loses power) that turns a drive shaft (that loses power) that turns a transaxle (that loses power) that turns the wheels. All of those moving parts can break, too.
If you use wheel hub motors (like this Mini Cooper), you end up with fewer moving (and breaking) parts, less weight, and more space for amenities, more batteries, or cargo.
You're missing the point of the engineering aspect. Here's what I note:
Most of the posts here focus on "omg batteries die". This is not the engineering failure. It's a simple fact that batteries must be recharged or replaced when they run out of charge. It's not a major engineering issue. The engineering problem is that the car is mechanically crap.
"Mechanically crap?" you ask. "But it's a Toyota! They'll get it right eventually!" No. No they won't. Not until they realize that electric cars aren't ICE cars. In an ICE-powered car, you have a central powerplant. Having multiple ICE's is just wasteful and prone to error and breakage. With electric cars, the powertrain should be no further from the wheel than the wheel-hub. Wires (>90% transfer efficiency, even accounting for temperature fluctuations) can carry the energy there from the batteries instead of a mechanical drive-shaft (70% efficiency on a good day). Unfortunately, Toyota's engineers aren't doing this with this Prius, as the article specifically mentions "the electric motor" (singular) instead of "motors" (plural).
I know that right now there are a fair number of custom (read: expensive) modified vehicles that use wheel-hub motors. GM is working on at least one prototype that uses them. And it should hit the mass market (maybe...) in 2010 or so. Hell, there was even a story a few months back that hit the front page of Slashdot, Digg, and a few other sites showing off a tricked-out Mini Cooper with 640 horsepower coming from four 160 HP motors in the wheels. That one didn't even have mechanical brakes (other than an e-brake). Very cool.
"Hybrid" is a concept that needs to die. The powertrain should be non-hybrid, all-electric. An onboard ICE should be used as a generator only. And batteries should not be relied upon soley, instead a mix of batteries and large capacitors should be used. The ICE should turn a coil that charges the capacitors that trickle charge the batteries that power everything in the vehicle. (And when I say "everything", I mean it! NO EXCEPTIONS. Even the A/C compressor should be electric.)
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People are stupid, lazy, and/or tech-illiterate. This makes people vulnerable to predatory criminal practices.
I do that simply to reduce the amount of fecal particles that end up on my toothbrush. Every time you flush, it's a poo fountain (think tubgirl only more diluted). You don't want aerosol feces on your toothbrush, hairbrush, drinking glass, or whatever else is around the sink, so just close the lid when you flush. If you're done, leave it closed.
I know guys that have simply settled it by leaving the seat down for a while, not taking careful aim, and then not cleaning the seat. The women seem to relent on the issue after the first few times they sit in piss. At least the ones that aren't into golden showers...
They all use AT&T's lines, and therefore, cost more. There really isn't a choice. That's why I stated that I had a "choice". (Note the quotation marks.)
Your connection is not the norm. I'm in suburban St. Louis, MO, and I have a "choice" between The Phone Company (AT&T) and The Cable Company (Charter), neither of which is required to care about anything either by law or by market forces.
AT&T offers the following plans, generally:
- Mediocre DSL: 6M/768k, $60/mo.
- Crap DSL: 3M/768k, $40/mo.
- Crappier DSL: 1.5M/384k, $30/mo.
- Why-Bother? DSL: 512k/128k, $20/mo.
Charter offers similar plans, like so:
- Mediocre Cable: 6M/512k, $60/mo. plus cable TV
- Crap Cable: 3M/128k, $40/mo. plus cable TV
- Useless Cable: 1M/128k, $20/mo. plus cable TV
- They-call-this-broadband? Cable: 512k/64k, $20/mo. but no cable TV requirement
Personally, I'm on a grandfathered DSL plan, at 1.5M/768k for $25/mo. I don't call AT&T for service, because if I do, I will get my plan changed to something current and end up paying more for less. Yes, it beats dialup. No, it's not good. I drool at the thought of having even 1/10th of what is "normal" in Korea.
Unfortunately, we have several entire generations now growing up as if they're rich kids due to their parents getting into debt pretending to be rich. This leads to more and more debt and more and more poor "rich kids". The kick-in-the-ass generation has been bypassed and forced into slavery by our culture.
And our country is beginning to malfunction... I wonder why.
Here's the Safari version:
/. appears to be using Helvetica (and I have default font settings). And, yes, I know what to look for to tell the difference between Arial and Helvetica.
1. Go to Safari's preferences window
2. Choose "Appearance" pane
3. Choose the fonts you want substituted for the "Standard Font" and the "Fixed-Width Font". In your case, Helvetica for Standard and Monaco for Fixed-width
4. Close the preferences window
Note that the default font in the "Standard Font" is Times (not TNR!), which is not sans serif. There's no option to choose a sans serif font separately. Presumably, Safari uses the system font (Gill Sans, IIRC) as its sans serif font. Though as I type this, the text in
Whoops... Make that ending "Or limerick delicious as a trauma to the groin". Damn my brain and its incessant filling-in of the wrong words!
Oh, trauma to the groin, boys
Trauma to the groin
Nothing's quite as funny
As a trauma to the groin
There is no wit more pretty
There is no joke divine
Or limerick as witty
As a trauma to the groin
- Heywood Banks
Mark Rein at Epic doesn't say "when it's done", he says "in two weeks" when he really means "when it's done".
Better yet, organize a mob of people with camcorders. Go to their ticket office. Everyone buy a ticket. When the movie starts, everyone begin recording the movie. 20 seconds later, everyone stop recording the movie. Wait for the cops, or better, everyone just walk out of their crappy movie theater and flip management the bird on the way out.
Andy Dufresne on hold with customer service... it was the longest night of his life.
That depends on whether they're in the USA or not. If you're in the USA, enjoy your stay at the Gitmo Hilton. If you're not, well, you might not be bothered at all, but don't fly to the USA. Ever.
Unfortunately for most unix newbies starting out with MacOS X, pico gained a following with the OSX early-adopters and most tutorials tell you to use it.
Those of us who learn more find out why/how to use vi (which is actually vim on OSX). Plus, it's half the number of letters to type for the command, so it must be better.
No, that's why every MCSE is worth their weight in MCSE tests. Not all standards and tests are worth a lot, but they are all worth something. Sometimes that something is just way too close to zero to be of any practicality.
Well, this is all theory, but...
1) pick it up
2) look at it
3) observe the battery cover or lack thereof
Of course, it's only a theory, and not a complete one. If, for instance, you lacked hands, you would have to perform step 1 with nubs, which is a less-than-ideal system. If you were blind, then perhaps you would have to feel it in step 2 rather than looking at it. And god help you if you're blind and nubby. Really, the last step is the all-important one. If it has a battery cover, then it likely contains a user-replaceable battery.
No, because ODF is actually an improvement rather than just a different arbitrary set of rules.
Because the "rubes" (read: Windows users) are too dumb to know what they want, and the Apple users are already sold on Apple's stuff.
Besides, these days, Apple is getting more like "Dell with better ad men". They update their software less and less, they break their own HIG and usability rules, and they shovel iPods out by the ton while ignoring established products. They are losing touch with their core fanbase, but not with money.
<sarcastic troll>
Meanwhile, in many ways, Linux copies Windows very well. In many ways, it improves upon Windows to the point of near-perfection. And it's all Unix-y, too. So where are the real improvements? Why is Linux always playing catch-up to Windows? Why should a Mac user be the one to expect more out of Linux?
</sarcastic troll>
You can replace the batteries in an Apple laptop, and it's obvious that you can when you flip the laptop over and look at the battery in its compartment. There's a couple of release latches on what is obviously a removable piece on the bottom of the laptop (which happens to be the battery itself).
Actually, it will probably be more comfortable to walk on. You already step down onto a hard floor, and that causes the "shock" (suddenly stopped kinetic energy) to reverberate up your skeletal system, making your joints hurt. That energy would be absorbed by this flooring system, so the joint shock would be lessened.
Consumers shouldn't need the equivalent of consumer reports just to have a basic grasp of product characteristics.
I'm fairly certain that the Apple stores each have about 20 of the damned things on display, and each AT&T store probably has 1 or 2 of them out. You could, theoretically, you know, pick it up and look at it and see if it had a battery cover.
But no, I'm sure a lawsuit is much more reasonable than simple purchasing decision-making skills. Land of the fat, home of the dumb. Yay.
You seem to be under the illusion that your car doesn't already have one. Unless it was made before 1995 or so, it does. If it was made before 1995, it still might, depending on the make/model. It's not until you go back to about 1980 that you'll find a year where all cars had mechanical stuff instead of ECU's.
Basically, if your car has EFI, it has an OS. If it has a carburetor, maybe not.
Their ToS and SLA's are unable to alter the inherent right to use your property as you see fit. That makes them unenforceable, at least in part. I have no doubt that there's a portion of the ToS and SLA's that says "if you hack your phone you can't use our service". That would be enforceable, as the service itself is the property of AT&T. But to charge you for services not rendered would be a clear contract violation, and there's no way in hell it would stand up in court if they said "if you hack your phone, we will terminate your service but you still have to pay us".
In other words, don't sweat it. AT&T probably won't bother doing anything but cutting you off, if that. More likely, they'll just keep you as a paying customer until you become a nuisance, then they'll terminate your service. If you never become a nuisance, then you're just adding money to their bank account without causing trouble, regardless of any potential trouble they might think you could cause.
Meh.
It still fails in the same way the Prius does. It has a central power plant. One electric motor turns a crank shaft (and loses power) that goes through a transmission (that loses power) that turns a drive shaft (that loses power) that turns a transaxle (that loses power) that turns the wheels. All of those moving parts can break, too.
If you use wheel hub motors (like this Mini Cooper), you end up with fewer moving (and breaking) parts, less weight, and more space for amenities, more batteries, or cargo.
You're missing the point of the engineering aspect. Here's what I note:
Most of the posts here focus on "omg batteries die". This is not the engineering failure. It's a simple fact that batteries must be recharged or replaced when they run out of charge. It's not a major engineering issue. The engineering problem is that the car is mechanically crap.
"Mechanically crap?" you ask. "But it's a Toyota! They'll get it right eventually!" No. No they won't. Not until they realize that electric cars aren't ICE cars. In an ICE-powered car, you have a central powerplant. Having multiple ICE's is just wasteful and prone to error and breakage. With electric cars, the powertrain should be no further from the wheel than the wheel-hub. Wires (>90% transfer efficiency, even accounting for temperature fluctuations) can carry the energy there from the batteries instead of a mechanical drive-shaft (70% efficiency on a good day). Unfortunately, Toyota's engineers aren't doing this with this Prius, as the article specifically mentions "the electric motor" (singular) instead of "motors" (plural).
I know that right now there are a fair number of custom (read: expensive) modified vehicles that use wheel-hub motors. GM is working on at least one prototype that uses them. And it should hit the mass market (maybe...) in 2010 or so. Hell, there was even a story a few months back that hit the front page of Slashdot, Digg, and a few other sites showing off a tricked-out Mini Cooper with 640 horsepower coming from four 160 HP motors in the wheels. That one didn't even have mechanical brakes (other than an e-brake). Very cool.
"Hybrid" is a concept that needs to die. The powertrain should be non-hybrid, all-electric. An onboard ICE should be used as a generator only. And batteries should not be relied upon soley, instead a mix of batteries and large capacitors should be used. The ICE should turn a coil that charges the capacitors that trickle charge the batteries that power everything in the vehicle. (And when I say "everything", I mean it! NO EXCEPTIONS. Even the A/C compressor should be electric.)