From the day I was born until around age 19 I lived within 10 miles of a coal power plant AND a nuclear power plant. (Go Pennsylvania!) Either way people want to look at it, I'm screwed.
My best friend in high school had a 91 560SEL and after driving that, I realized what people meant when they said German cars were built like tanks.
I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that we'll see a compact diesel pickup truck in the US once low sulphur diesel is required. I had the pleasure of driving a diesel Toyota Hilux when I was in the Philippines and I was hooked. I tried to search for more info, but the only thing I could find is that Nissan is thinking about offering a diesel engine in their Titan (full size truck). There's a lot of speculation, but nothing is certain.
I see my problem with auto analogies, and now that I think about it, I usually see flaws with every one I try to make after I post.
I was just trying to point out that any vehicle with manually operated features is easier to maintain than a comparable vehicle with complex electrical conveniences (power seats, windows, climate control systems, navigation systems, etc.) or other complex features that don't add to the basic functionality of the car.
I understand what you're saying about Mercedes. I've actually been looking around for a early 80s 300 Diesel. I hear those things are more bulletproof than the Toyota Hilux/Tacoma.
Before you attempt to correct someone, make sure your facts are straight. Since you obviously don't know much about football, I'll provide a cornerback reference on Wikipedia instead of a sports-oriented website. If you would have clicked on the NFL.com link I provided to Randall Gay's profile, you'd clearly see that he's a cornerback and NOT a quarterback.
Perhaps you do know a lot about football... the real football as it's called in most of the world (assuming the.co.uk URL below your name is your site). In American Football there are several positions and cornerback is one of them (also called a Defensive Back).
But now that Gmail is blocked from many corporate firewalls because of the silly chat feature, no viable alternative exists.
For now I'll continue to use Yahoo mail because of the free email services I can access at work, they're the lesser of the two evils (Hotmail being the other - I don't care if they allow me to use names like Allah, their interface is crap).
The NFL is very dumb. Up until recently, you couldn't get a replica of New England Cornerback Randall Gay's Jersey from their website, NFL.com. According to the NFL, "naughty words" can't be put on a jersey (despite that naughty word being someone's last name).
"What's so dope about skeet? White people don't know what it means yet... When they figure it out, they're going to be like, 'My God, what have we done?!'"
The F-117 is set for retirement in 2008. Some people wonder why a great technological marvel would be retired while ancient planes like the B-52 still fly, but based on what I've read, the F-117 is a nightmare to maintain.
If you're planning on buying a car and making it last for 20 years or more, which do you think would be easier (and cheaper) to maintain?
A basic Honda with manually operated seats, roll up windows, and manual locks or
Mercedes with navigation system, auto climate control, power heated seats, power windows, power locks with RF keyfob, traction control, ABS, power sunroof, heated auto-dimming mirrors, automatic headlights, automatic rain-sensing wipers, etc
The reduced saline levels will be compensated for by runoff from all the road salt used to melt all the snow on the roads. There's probably enough dried salt on my truck right now that could significantly raise the salinity of a small lake.
Perhaps if all the ice melts, Greenland will be able to justify it's name.
"According to the sagas it was actually Eric the Red who called this country Greenland. After he had lived for three years in this region he returned to Iceland, and wanted to convince his fellow countrymen of the fine opportunities for starting a new life here in this 'Green Land'."
Hmm.. I work in a 1,000,000+ square foot building and was just thinking today how Segways could really help a lot of people around the building. The only thing for me is that I like when I get an opportunity to get away from my desk and don't mind walking at all.
I once had a page on Geocities back in 1994 or so that was complete with tags!
Once they progressed to the point where they were littered with ads and silly javascript overlays, I made it a point not to ever visit any geocities page.
The article you linked to mentions chatting with other users on a popular Philadelphia wifi hotspot. I was under the impression that the DS pictochat only works with other DSes in the immediate vicinity and doesn't work with a wifi router (or 'hotspot' as people call them).
Friendster had a nice setup where your profile could only be viewed by your friends. You could do a search for a name and try to add someone as your friend, but you'll only be able to access their profile once they approve you as a friend.
I don't think myspace has this option. I don't have any kids, but I have a niece who just turned 12 and is starting to use myspace because her friends use it. I informed my sister-in-law about all the things that are happening and talked to my niece about being careful who she talks to. I even helped her clean up her profile by getting rid of too much personal information. She's young, but she's smart enough to know only to talk to her friends.
The problem is when you have parents who don't know anything about comptuers or the internet in general and are very naieve about what their kids do online. I think as long as parents are educated about the risks, then everything should be OK.
That's how myspace works. They don't host anything but your user profile (and your personal pictures). Everything else is linked.
The biggest problem with myspace are all the users who think it's cool to customize your profile with all sorts of random useless crap like large background images, floating images, and ten video clips playing simultaneously.
Nevermind trying to be safe. Myspace should make some upgrades so their site is accessible. If you try to go there during the evening, it's very slow and sometimes their site malfunctions.
I can't find any info about compact trucks with diesels just yet, but Nissan is supposed to offer a six cylinder diesel in the Titan. I dont need a full size truck, but if the fuel economy is similar or better than my Tacoma and it has more power I'll consider buying it. My company also has some sort of arrangement with Nissan that gets us ridiculous discounts (better than most corporate partnership programs - it's the same as what Nissan employees get) so it's definitely something I'll look into. I think I'll wait a year or two until they get a chance to refine it. I've already been slightly burned once by getting a first model year vehicle (Honda).
Hawaii has the most expensive gas in the United States. I can't speak for all the US Territories, but Guam has the most expsensive gasoline I've seen. I was there last month and it was $2.85 a gallon. Part of the problem is that there's no refinery, so they import all their refined fuels (Jet, Diesel, Gasoline, and even LNG) from Singapore.
New Jersey isn't so bad. I found a handful of stations last night that had regular for $2.03 a gallon, and that's full service (because of silly NJ laws that exist to create jobs)! Most places around here it's anywhere from $2.07 to $2.25.
never understood why Americans love getting their sugar from corn, blech!
I don't understand it completely, but it has to do with corn being much easier to obtain than sugar cane. Also, there happens to be a lot of farmers in the USA who earn a living growing corn.
I'd be willing to be that anywhere in the world, processed foods contain "High Fructose Corn Syrup" instead of sugar.
What about that nifty tax loophole that allowed people to write off the cost of their 'trucks' as business expenses? Lawyers and doctors with their own practice get to write off the purchase of a Escalade or Cayenne because it's a "truck" used for business purposes. (hmm... wonder if you could fit a 4'x8' sheet of plywood in the back of an Escalade?)
I've been wanting a compact diesel pickup in the USA for years. Nissan and Izusu (also rebadged as Chevrolet) used to offer them in the mid-80s, but they quickly disappeared. I don't absolutely need a pickup truck, but for the fun things I do it's a good thing to have. I occasionally haul around a motorcycle to the track and a truck makes it easier. I drive a ridiculously underpowered 4-cylinder Toyota Tacoma that still only gets 23MPG. It would be nice to have a diesel Toyota truck like the rest of the world gets. Maybe the new low-sulphur diesel standards in the US will turn things around?
How much oil is needed to make all the plastic in a Hummer (H2)? A friend of mine has an H2 and I was horrified to see the amount of clunky plastic that makes up the door panels and dashboard. The H2 feels no roomier than an old Jeep Cherokee, especially if you keep the spare tire inside.
Does this mean that the rising sea levels from Global Warming effects will be offset by the seawater pumped into empty oil wells? See, nature balances itself out. We burn oil which makes lots of CO2 which makes the atmosphere warm which melts ice caps which give us more water to pump into the wells where we took the oil from!/sarcasm
What drove that efficiency in the 80s? Was is the oil crisis in the late 70s that caused a lower their demand? I recall reading somewhere that Oil, even at $3 a gallon, is still cheaper than what it was in the late 70s when adjusted for inflation.
In 1998 I took a road trip to Florida with some friends from High School and gasoline in the South (particularly Georgia) was $0.87 a gallon!
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From the day I was born until around age 19 I lived within 10 miles of a coal power plant AND a nuclear power plant. (Go Pennsylvania!) Either way people want to look at it, I'm screwed.
I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that we'll see a compact diesel pickup truck in the US once low sulphur diesel is required. I had the pleasure of driving a diesel Toyota Hilux when I was in the Philippines and I was hooked. I tried to search for more info, but the only thing I could find is that Nissan is thinking about offering a diesel engine in their Titan (full size truck). There's a lot of speculation, but nothing is certain.
I see my problem with auto analogies, and now that I think about it, I usually see flaws with every one I try to make after I post.
I understand what you're saying about Mercedes. I've actually been looking around for a early 80s 300 Diesel. I hear those things are more bulletproof than the Toyota Hilux/Tacoma.
Perhaps you do know a lot about football... the real football as it's called in most of the world (assuming the .co.uk URL below your name is your site). In American Football there are several positions and cornerback is one of them (also called a Defensive Back).
For now I'll continue to use Yahoo mail because of the free email services I can access at work, they're the lesser of the two evils (Hotmail being the other - I don't care if they allow me to use names like Allah, their interface is crap).
Unfortunately I can't find a good link to the article I originally read, but it's listed as #96 of the 101 dumbest moments in business (2005).
I usually laugh inside because it reminds me of "The Big Lebowski." "Don't fuck with the Jesus"
"What's so dope about skeet? White people don't know what it means yet... When they figure it out, they're going to be like, 'My God, what have we done?!'"
If you're planning on buying a car and making it last for 20 years or more, which do you think would be easier (and cheaper) to maintain?
The reduced saline levels will be compensated for by runoff from all the road salt used to melt all the snow on the roads. There's probably enough dried salt on my truck right now that could significantly raise the salinity of a small lake.
"According to the sagas it was actually Eric the Red who called this country Greenland. After he had lived for three years in this region he returned to Iceland, and wanted to convince his fellow countrymen of the fine opportunities for starting a new life here in this 'Green Land'."
Hmm.. I work in a 1,000,000+ square foot building and was just thinking today how Segways could really help a lot of people around the building. The only thing for me is that I like when I get an opportunity to get away from my desk and don't mind walking at all.
Once they progressed to the point where they were littered with ads and silly javascript overlays, I made it a point not to ever visit any geocities page.
The article you linked to mentions chatting with other users on a popular Philadelphia wifi hotspot. I was under the impression that the DS pictochat only works with other DSes in the immediate vicinity and doesn't work with a wifi router (or 'hotspot' as people call them).
Hmm.. i'm interested in seeing those pictures of your coworker. Can you provide a link?
I don't think myspace has this option. I don't have any kids, but I have a niece who just turned 12 and is starting to use myspace because her friends use it. I informed my sister-in-law about all the things that are happening and talked to my niece about being careful who she talks to. I even helped her clean up her profile by getting rid of too much personal information. She's young, but she's smart enough to know only to talk to her friends.
The problem is when you have parents who don't know anything about comptuers or the internet in general and are very naieve about what their kids do online. I think as long as parents are educated about the risks, then everything should be OK.
The biggest problem with myspace are all the users who think it's cool to customize your profile with all sorts of random useless crap like large background images, floating images, and ten video clips playing simultaneously.
Nevermind trying to be safe. Myspace should make some upgrades so their site is accessible. If you try to go there during the evening, it's very slow and sometimes their site malfunctions.
I can't find any info about compact trucks with diesels just yet, but Nissan is supposed to offer a six cylinder diesel in the Titan. I dont need a full size truck, but if the fuel economy is similar or better than my Tacoma and it has more power I'll consider buying it. My company also has some sort of arrangement with Nissan that gets us ridiculous discounts (better than most corporate partnership programs - it's the same as what Nissan employees get) so it's definitely something I'll look into. I think I'll wait a year or two until they get a chance to refine it. I've already been slightly burned once by getting a first model year vehicle (Honda).
New Jersey isn't so bad. I found a handful of stations last night that had regular for $2.03 a gallon, and that's full service (because of silly NJ laws that exist to create jobs)! Most places around here it's anywhere from $2.07 to $2.25.
I don't understand it completely, but it has to do with corn being much easier to obtain than sugar cane. Also, there happens to be a lot of farmers in the USA who earn a living growing corn.
I'd be willing to be that anywhere in the world, processed foods contain "High Fructose Corn Syrup" instead of sugar.
I've been wanting a compact diesel pickup in the USA for years. Nissan and Izusu (also rebadged as Chevrolet) used to offer them in the mid-80s, but they quickly disappeared. I don't absolutely need a pickup truck, but for the fun things I do it's a good thing to have. I occasionally haul around a motorcycle to the track and a truck makes it easier. I drive a ridiculously underpowered 4-cylinder Toyota Tacoma that still only gets 23MPG. It would be nice to have a diesel Toyota truck like the rest of the world gets. Maybe the new low-sulphur diesel standards in the US will turn things around?
How much oil is needed to make all the plastic in a Hummer (H2)? A friend of mine has an H2 and I was horrified to see the amount of clunky plastic that makes up the door panels and dashboard. The H2 feels no roomier than an old Jeep Cherokee, especially if you keep the spare tire inside.
Does this mean that the rising sea levels from Global Warming effects will be offset by the seawater pumped into empty oil wells? See, nature balances itself out. We burn oil which makes lots of CO2 which makes the atmosphere warm which melts ice caps which give us more water to pump into the wells where we took the oil from! /sarcasm
In 1998 I took a road trip to Florida with some friends from High School and gasoline in the South (particularly Georgia) was $0.87 a gallon!