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Not only safety devices, but also sound deadening. With more layers between the driver and the road, the driver can hear other passengers, the radio and their blasted cell phone better. And they feel they're driving a more luxurious car.
Also:
Cars have been running on the 12 volt system forever. If cars would switch to an 18 or 24 volt wiring scheme, miles of wires (read: weight) could be avoided in cars.
Doesn't anyone ENJOY driving anymore? Its fun to drive fast. But, with more speed comes more responsibility and more attention to details of your surroundings.
More than 50% if you count "not wearing protective gear" while doing it. During bike week, I'd be lucky to encounter 10% responsible bikers.* Why do you care if they're not wearing helmets? Its their decision to not wear a helmet. There are few states left that allow people to make that decision themselves. Them not wearing a helmet does not put you in any more danger than if they were wearing one.
Yes, how dare cyclists--riding one of the most efficient transportation known to man--dare ride on the same road system as you and your pollutant spewing shitbox. Cmon...Insightful? Do you know where we would be without the automobile today?
But here I am trying to reason with a guy that wants roughly half of the driving public dead.
Seeing as how I live in a Chicago suburb, if this improved my commute, then I would be all for it;-) Lol. I don't thing killing half the commuters in the chicago burbs will lessen the construction delays this summer...
Why do people assume that the air we breathe out is killing our environment? In my own observation, we're not headed to an early doom, the earth has healed itself time and again throughout history. Please think before taking THEORIES like Global Warming and assuming the worst end game imaginable. I admit there are data that point towards slight warming, but not to the point that it will consume the human race. Please consider why politicians are so adamant about this issue. MORE TAX DOLLARS FROM YOUR POCKET.
This is exactly what I was thinking. The language is not only a language to communicate but also a tapestry of the culture it is a part of/created for.
Living in or even beside society requires a steady stream of money, and that usually means a job, and that increasingly requires a mobile phone, and quasi-fashionable clothes, and transportation. Consumerism isn't entirely optional, and the more you have to deal with society, the less optional it is. Good Point.
Pandora really breaks down what you actually like about a particular artist or song. If you read the descriptions of songs they play, they explain what tones or harmonies about the song that you find appealing. I think its part of the whole idea of Pandora and the "Music Genome".
What Microsoft should be doing is pulling out a wad of cash for the hackers that are this good. They have the money to pay for their brilliant cracks to Microsoft's flawed code. Wouldn't it be considered a good investment to pay these hackers to work for MS? Won't they lose more money from all the hackers that buy the exploits in the long run?.02
Good point. Also, if it brings in all types of people, you're going to get into the issue of sweat and dirt messing up the controls of most of the games. I think the DDR Arcade mats will be about the last thing to go after the boxing gloves get ruined from sweaty, grimy gloves that some little puke didnt clean up, or the bicycles get broke by a large individual, etc.
This could spawn a whole new market, if arcade game companies started making entire lines of Exercise Gaming Equipment? Now all the drones I see at the gym will look even more like zombies...
I know this sounds like a great idea, but I'm skeptical. Would the government have an easier time monitoring, or pulling the strings to monitor, such a network than a for-profit one?
I would Mod Parent again. Well said my friend. I have come to the same conclusion. All the new cell phone laws that condone hands free sets as safe while using the handset as unsafe are rediculus(sp?). I have found myself making bad decisions while on a cell phone and many more occaisions where other drivers have made very dangerous moves while on phones.
Ouch on the price...Thats a very respectable rig and all, but if you're buying out the lease for one dollar, would you have been able to get a better price just financing the thing to own? 4,450 US for a laptop is a bit on the high side.
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WHAT!??! Does the UK FILTER THE INTERNET like China? I doubt it.
In reply to parent: Not only safety devices, but also sound deadening. With more layers between the driver and the road, the driver can hear other passengers, the radio and their blasted cell phone better. And they feel they're driving a more luxurious car.
Also: Cars have been running on the 12 volt system forever. If cars would switch to an 18 or 24 volt wiring scheme, miles of wires (read: weight) could be avoided in cars.
Doesn't anyone ENJOY driving anymore? Its fun to drive fast. But, with more speed comes more responsibility and more attention to details of your surroundings.
Why do you care if they're not wearing helmets? Its their decision to not wear a helmet. There are few states left that allow people to make that decision themselves. Them not wearing a helmet does not put you in any more danger than if they were wearing one.
Why do people assume that the air we breathe out is killing our environment? In my own observation, we're not headed to an early doom, the earth has healed itself time and again throughout history. Please think before taking THEORIES like Global Warming and assuming the worst end game imaginable. I admit there are data that point towards slight warming, but not to the point that it will consume the human race. Please consider why politicians are so adamant about this issue. MORE TAX DOLLARS FROM YOUR POCKET.
me thinks the link's been /.'ed
Too bad they won't know what to do with all that power...
Excellent point, parent.
But its a Digital -> Digital upgrade. VHS was analog tape which is a much different quality change than digital DVD to HD/BR.
This is exactly what I was thinking. The language is not only a language to communicate but also a tapestry of the culture it is a part of/created for.
Ahh yes, CD+R...huh?
But if you have a tablet/ultraportable notebook, where one drive is all that's going to fit, you're gonna want one of these for maximum capacity.
Pandora really breaks down what you actually like about a particular artist or song. If you read the descriptions of songs they play, they explain what tones or harmonies about the song that you find appealing. I think its part of the whole idea of Pandora and the "Music Genome".
What Microsoft should be doing is pulling out a wad of cash for the hackers that are this good. They have the money to pay for their brilliant cracks to Microsoft's flawed code. Wouldn't it be considered a good investment to pay these hackers to work for MS? Won't they lose more money from all the hackers that buy the exploits in the long run? .02
hahaha mod parent funny
LOL Silicone Valley...I think Pirates of Silicone Valley was a porn flick...you're thinking of Pirates of Silicon Valley.
why are you buying from Dell??
Good point. Also, if it brings in all types of people, you're going to get into the issue of sweat and dirt messing up the controls of most of the games. I think the DDR Arcade mats will be about the last thing to go after the boxing gloves get ruined from sweaty, grimy gloves that some little puke didnt clean up, or the bicycles get broke by a large individual, etc. This could spawn a whole new market, if arcade game companies started making entire lines of Exercise Gaming Equipment? Now all the drones I see at the gym will look even more like zombies...
I know this sounds like a great idea, but I'm skeptical. Would the government have an easier time monitoring, or pulling the strings to monitor, such a network than a for-profit one?
I would Mod Parent again. Well said my friend. I have come to the same conclusion. All the new cell phone laws that condone hands free sets as safe while using the handset as unsafe are rediculus(sp?). I have found myself making bad decisions while on a cell phone and many more occaisions where other drivers have made very dangerous moves while on phones.
Oh ok, that makes sense. Nice specs on that thing.
Ouch on the price...Thats a very respectable rig and all, but if you're buying out the lease for one dollar, would you have been able to get a better price just financing the thing to own? 4,450 US for a laptop is a bit on the high side.