I believe the last subarus to use 4wd were made in 1989 or so. Admittedly, those models did have their problems -- usually in CV joints and exhaust systems (modern models still have CV joint problems, but it's only a slight inconvenience versus the suspension you find on American cars, especially Ford SUVs). Still, the alternatives at the time were far worse (Ford Tempo, anyone?).
I own two subaru wagons myself. One is a 1987 GL with 275,000 miles on it. It runs pretty rough, but it is city-geared with a 3-speed automatic transmission and has been on a few too many long distance highway trips. Post-1991 subarus are solid, though. I've got one with 190,000 miles on it. Original clutch, a/c still works, engine sounds like it was made yesterday. The alternator died on it this afternoon (heh), but it was the original alternator and they are definitely a wear item.
Loretta: I agree. It's action that counts, not words, and we need action now. Slashdot: Hear Hear!!! Reg: You're right. We could sit around here all day talking, passing resolution, making clever speaches, it's not going to shift one IP law. Francis: So let's just stop gabbing on about it, it's completely pointless, and it's getting us nowhere. Slashdot: Right. Loretta: I agree. This is a complete waste of time.
--------[Judith runs in, paniced.] Judith: They've arrested the coders!! Slashdot: What? Judith: They've dragged them off. They're going to crucify them. Reg: Right. This calls for immediate discussion. Judith: What?!? Anonymous Coward: Immediate. Another Anonymous Coward: Right. Loretta: New motion? Reg: Completely new motion. Eh, That, ah. That there be, ah, immediate action, Francis:... ah, once the vote has been taken. Reg: Well, obviously once the vote has been taken, you can't act on a resolution 'till you've voted on it. Judith: Reg, for God's sake, let's go now, please! Reg: Yeah, yeah. Right, right. In the, in the ligh of fresh information from ah, sibling Judith. Loretta: [Who's taking notes.] Ah, not so fast, Reg. Judith: Reg, For God's sake. It's perfectly simple. All you've got to do is to go out of that door now, and try to stop the courts nailing them up. It's happening, Reg. Something's actually happening, Reg. Can't you understand? Aaawoooooo!!!!!
[She rushes out in a rage.] Francis: Ooh. Ooh dear. Reg: Hello... and a litle ego-trip for the feminists. Loretta: What? Reg: Ah, oh, sorry, loretta. Aah. Aah, read that back, would you?
Sorry, I wasn't talking about my house but my university's server room. We don't control the A/C and besides it is really really bad to have it off for long periods of time. Our campus has emergency power to keep our computers running but not our air conditioners, and the server rooms quickly heat up. In fact some years ago our air conditioner died over a weekend, the thermal sensor went with it. Some of the computers went into thermal shutdown but we had a few melt...it still smells funny in there.
I would have written a big long reply in morse code, but slashdot's lameness filter prevents morse code replies. So it should be obvious that morse code on the web will never take off.
Look at their website. Their logo is two lowercase e's, entirely too similiar to the Internet Explorer logo. I wonder what microsoft legal would say?
Re:calling clueful car manufacturers
on
Pods Unite
·
· Score: 2, Informative
I remember looking at head units a few years ago, and Aiwa made one (apparently they still do) that had a 1/8" input on the front. They're not very expensive. Probably not the loudest thing in the world, but I don't like waking up the neighborhood, I just like listening to my music...
Re:calling clueful car manufacturers
on
Pods Unite
·
· Score: 1
It helps a lot if you fold your antenna down (assuming you can fold it down and don't have a power antenna), and run the little radio wire right over the front of your stereo. I use velcro to hold it down to the dash. Works for me, of course YMMV.
When I started reading slashdot some years ago after 'graduating' from C|Net, I had to look quite a few things up before I understood the conversations.
I remember those days. I had a tough time with 'Natalie Portman' and 'Hot Grits' but now I think I understand everything there is to know about slashdot.
As for point 1, I thought that was contrary to the point of the do no call list? The reason this whole thing exists is because it's a pain in the arse to tell people off, write down names and file them so you can find them later. Maybe I'm just lazy and hate dealing with people.
Interesting though, does the callee get the $500 fine or does the state? Seems less worth it if the state gets it. I'd always entertained the idea of doing this, but the rewards hardly seem worth the trouble of going to court.
The Privacy Manager thing sounds pretty cool, though. I'll have to see if Verizon does that (anybody know?). Can you set the prompt? One thing I've noticed about annoying telemarketers is that their phone bank doesn't connect with a real person until a certain amount of noise comes from the receiving end. Try it sometime...just answer your phone with "hello" and sit and wait. Usually telemarketing machines disconnect after a few seconds (you usually have to say "hello.....hello? Anybody there" before they pick up). Setting the prompt to something really short would be a funny way to deal with it too.
- Charities
- Companies you have "done business with" (ie you bought something from them)
- Long Distance companies
- Insurance companies
- Banks (including credit card companies)
- Airlines
- Political fundraisers
- Overseas telemarketers
It's all Right here. In my opinion it's hardly worth registering. "Professional" telemarketing companies could become phone number resellers. Professional telemarketers would get the list from the do not call registry, then sell the list to private companies' in-house telemarketers. Since it's legal for most private companies to call you still, and they now have a list with your correct phone number, your calls may increase, not decrease.
My philosophy to buying a computer is, if it does what you need it to do, and you can afford it, go ahead and buy it. Product X might cost 8x as much as product Y and just do one tiny little niche thing more than Y. If you need that little niche thing, you'll have to fork out the money.
I don't get what all this cost-to-processor comparison crap is.
You're comparing apples and oranges (heh). IBMs server has a lot of room inside for disks, redundant power supplies, hot-swap pci-x slots, and a few extra doodads. Depending on who you are and what you do, it might be worth the extra money.
I say who cares if the umps make a lot of money? Who cares if they are slightly less accurate at making calls? Baseball is a sport. It is supposed to involve humans interacting and showing achievement, and umpires provide yet another facet of that interaction. Replacing them with some kind of machine would be pretty sad. What next?
Disclaimer: I don't like baseball, never have. I don't have any umpires (nor players, nor even fans) as relatives. I'm definitely not even a sports fan, I just think the meatspace interaction is good for us, socially.
Slashdot Mirror
I believe the last subarus to use 4wd were made in 1989 or so. Admittedly, those models did have their problems -- usually in CV joints and exhaust systems (modern models still have CV joint problems, but it's only a slight inconvenience versus the suspension you find on American cars, especially Ford SUVs). Still, the alternatives at the time were far worse (Ford Tempo, anyone?).
I own two subaru wagons myself. One is a 1987 GL with 275,000 miles on it. It runs pretty rough, but it is city-geared with a 3-speed automatic transmission and has been on a few too many long distance highway trips. Post-1991 subarus are solid, though. I've got one with 190,000 miles on it. Original clutch, a/c still works, engine sounds like it was made yesterday. The alternator died on it this afternoon (heh), but it was the original alternator and they are definitely a wear item.
I'd buy another Subaru, that's for sure...
Loretta: I agree. It's action that counts, not words, and we need action now. ... ah, once the vote has been taken.
Slashdot: Hear Hear!!!
Reg: You're right. We could sit around here all day talking, passing resolution, making clever speaches, it's not going to shift one IP law.
Francis: So let's just stop gabbing on about it, it's completely pointless, and it's getting us nowhere.
Slashdot: Right.
Loretta: I agree. This is a complete waste of time.
--------[Judith runs in, paniced.]
Judith: They've arrested the coders!!
Slashdot: What?
Judith: They've dragged them off. They're going to crucify them.
Reg: Right. This calls for immediate discussion.
Judith: What?!?
Anonymous Coward: Immediate.
Another Anonymous Coward: Right.
Loretta: New motion?
Reg: Completely new motion. Eh, That, ah. That there be, ah, immediate action,
Francis:
Reg: Well, obviously once the vote has been taken, you can't act on a resolution 'till you've voted on it.
Judith: Reg, for God's sake, let's go now, please!
Reg: Yeah, yeah. Right, right. In the, in the ligh of fresh information from ah, sibling Judith.
Loretta: [Who's taking notes.] Ah, not so fast, Reg.
Judith: Reg, For God's sake. It's perfectly simple. All you've got to do is to go out of that door now, and try to stop the courts nailing them up. It's happening, Reg. Something's actually happening, Reg. Can't you understand? Aaawoooooo!!!!!
[She rushes out in a rage.]
Francis: Ooh. Ooh dear.
Reg: Hello... and a litle ego-trip for the feminists.
Loretta: What?
Reg: Ah, oh, sorry, loretta. Aah. Aah, read that back, would you?
but this just seems so, so, what's the word: fake?
You mean like Britney Spears' breasts?
Sorry, I wasn't talking about my house but my university's server room. We don't control the A/C and besides it is really really bad to have it off for long periods of time. Our campus has emergency power to keep our computers running but not our air conditioners, and the server rooms quickly heat up. In fact some years ago our air conditioner died over a weekend, the thermal sensor went with it. Some of the computers went into thermal shutdown but we had a few melt...it still smells funny in there.
Our air conditioner just clicked back on and I'm getting reports that power is restored to big swaths of Central New York...
I wonder if the right hand knows what the left is doing.
Remember that we are talking about laywers here. I am sure that it does, and I am just as sure that it does not care.
what Transmeta is doing apres Linus
The use of french words are no longer allowed in courriel^Wemail.
Not that most people care, since they don't even bother to vote, right?
With the new system, they might have "voted" and they won't even know that they voted, right? Does that count?
I would have written a big long reply in morse code, but slashdot's lameness filter prevents morse code replies. So it should be obvious that morse code on the web will never take off.
Look at their website. Their logo is two lowercase e's, entirely too similiar to the Internet Explorer logo. I wonder what microsoft legal would say?
I remember looking at head units a few years ago, and Aiwa made one (apparently they still do) that had a 1/8" input on the front. They're not very expensive. Probably not the loudest thing in the world, but I don't like waking up the neighborhood, I just like listening to my music...
It helps a lot if you fold your antenna down (assuming you can fold it down and don't have a power antenna), and run the little radio wire right over the front of your stereo. I use velcro to hold it down to the dash. Works for me, of course YMMV.
And Microsoft closes his auction and has his negative feedback for them changed (against eBays policy, but they'll do anything for Bill).
When I started reading slashdot some years ago after 'graduating' from C|Net, I had to look quite a few things up before I understood the conversations.
I remember those days. I had a tough time with 'Natalie Portman' and 'Hot Grits' but now I think I understand everything there is to know about slashdot.
Wow! That's f'ing awesome news! Thanks for the post.
As for point 1, I thought that was contrary to the point of the do no call list? The reason this whole thing exists is because it's a pain in the arse to tell people off, write down names and file them so you can find them later. Maybe I'm just lazy and hate dealing with people.
Interesting though, does the callee get the $500 fine or does the state? Seems less worth it if the state gets it. I'd always entertained the idea of doing this, but the rewards hardly seem worth the trouble of going to court.
The Privacy Manager thing sounds pretty cool, though. I'll have to see if Verizon does that (anybody know?). Can you set the prompt? One thing I've noticed about annoying telemarketers is that their phone bank doesn't connect with a real person until a certain amount of noise comes from the receiving end. Try it sometime...just answer your phone with "hello" and sit and wait. Usually telemarketing machines disconnect after a few seconds (you usually have to say "hello.....hello? Anybody there" before they pick up). Setting the prompt to something really short would be a funny way to deal with it too.
Ohwell, good ideas. Thanks for the tips.
Exemptions:
- Charities
- Companies you have "done business with" (ie you bought something from them)
- Long Distance companies
- Insurance companies
- Banks (including credit card companies)
- Airlines
- Political fundraisers
- Overseas telemarketers
It's all Right here. In my opinion it's hardly worth registering. "Professional" telemarketing companies could become phone number resellers. Professional telemarketers would get the list from the do not call registry, then sell the list to private companies' in-house telemarketers. Since it's legal for most private companies to call you still, and they now have a list with your correct phone number, your calls may increase, not decrease.
Yep it is. I am a mac user/fan/etc, btw.
My philosophy to buying a computer is, if it does what you need it to do, and you can afford it, go ahead and buy it. Product X might cost 8x as much as product Y and just do one tiny little niche thing more than Y. If you need that little niche thing, you'll have to fork out the money.
I don't get what all this cost-to-processor comparison crap is.
You're comparing apples and oranges (heh). IBMs server has a lot of room inside for disks, redundant power supplies, hot-swap pci-x slots, and a few extra doodads. Depending on who you are and what you do, it might be worth the extra money.
it's another apple marketing ploy. This way, they get another story on slashdot for the G5 announcement.
What about a patent for pointing at stuff using a computer?
E.G. pointing your mobile device at a movie theater could tell you what's on
Or you could look at the sign.
I say who cares if the umps make a lot of money? Who cares if they are slightly less accurate at making calls? Baseball is a sport. It is supposed to involve humans interacting and showing achievement, and umpires provide yet another facet of that interaction. Replacing them with some kind of machine would be pretty sad. What next?
Disclaimer: I don't like baseball, never have. I don't have any umpires (nor players, nor even fans) as relatives. I'm definitely not even a sports fan, I just think the meatspace interaction is good for us, socially.
Maybe god was using base pi.
I've been typing every day for years and I never got caaaaaaaaaaaaaah