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Circular runways???

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39284294

Ugh! Made the mistake of putting an install directory in a place where regular users can get to it. What do they do? Yup...install it. Nice going, morons!

2nd rant over

Saw this little gem today:

Never was a big fan of Thunderbirds, but OK. The real unusual thing about it was we are expecting 12" of snow today and he is driving THAT thing in it?

@coliver said in Cars I Spot on the Road:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Cars I Spot on the Road:

@coliver said in Cars I Spot on the Road:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Cars I Spot on the Road:

Saw this little gem today:

Never was a big fan of Thunderbirds, but OK. The real unusual thing about it was we are expecting 12" of snow today and he is driving THAT thing in it?

My grandfather drove one of those for years. It was canary yellow.

Really? That's cool!!

Hopefully he didn't park it like this guy did in the picture! (I noticed it while I was typing my response LOL.)

No clue all we have are pictures of it, he sold it before my mother was born. He had bought it brand new and took care of it like it was his baby.

My father wasn't too much of a car guy, but his dream car (truck) was the Little Red Express.

Little known fact: This truck was the fastest production vehicle you could buy in 1978

@Dashrender said in If you could get a Bachelor's Degree for under $8,000 in less than a year... would you?:

Maybe what Scott's saying is that the degree doesn't matter because in reality there are no jobs to be had. So having a degree, not having a degree, really doesn't matter because there are no jobs.

I would have to disagree with you on that. It depends on the area, obviously. Plenty in the Boston area. Hell, I've seen articles talking about a lack of candidates for IT jobs there.

I read some CEO of a company I can't remember that buying cars will stop in 5 years. Not only is that unrealistic, but outrageous. It's the "flyover nation" syndrome with that kind of thinking. Where I live not only do I see a need for a car, but I have a need for a 2nd car (well, a truck) and many people have more than 2. It's simply not realistic in rural areas.

Plus...people LOVE their cars!! That will not go away for a long, long time. If not ever.

Edit: Found the article http://www.businessinsider.com/former-tesla-vp-georg-bauer-autonomy-will-kill-car-ownership-2016-11

Finished cleaning up distribution lists. Oh the joy!!!

I agree. We can already click on recent posts. Why go to that when you click on that "home" icon (at least that's what I call it).
I remember seeing a thread discussing this. For me, it's confusing to click on home, and not going there. My car's GPS does that to me already.

@Minion-Queen said in Trump appoints Kalanick and Musk to committee:

Also Farm country.... farmers have to have their own vehicles.

Agree here. Where I live I have to literally take my trash to the transfer station. Something simple and dumb like that would be an issue for a "taxi" service.

@IRJ Oh, I have!!

I am trying to look up this company and how their software works but short of requesting a demo (bleh), I can't find any real tangible info.

Anyone know about Mercatus? I know it's pretty niche (solar industry) but I was wondering.

Here's a link to at least a small bit of what they do.

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@DustinB3403 said in Trump appoints Kalanick and Musk to committee:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Trump appoints Kalanick and Musk to committee:

@Minion-Queen said in Trump appoints Kalanick and Musk to committee:

Also Farm country.... farmers have to have their own vehicles.

Agree here. Where I live I have to literally take my trash to the transfer station. Something simple and dumb like that would be an issue for a "taxi" service.

But again, why do you think that? A self driving vacuum dump truck could drive around everywhere and collect that. You'd never have to leave home.

So, a car for me to get to work, now a truck so I can get around on snowy days and times when I am working on my yard. NOW I need a dump truck for the garbage? Sounds expensive and impracticable.

I do get it...inner cities, this may work. Get outside the city and the idea collapses.

@scottalanmiller said in Is Texas Next?:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Is Texas Next?:

@BBigford

I don't want to derail the thread but looking up stats, I noticed the lower the legal gun ownership, the higher the gun death rates were. D.C. had to lowest gun ownership, and the highest death rate. .

Is that at a state by state granularity? At the national level that's definitely not true. Compare the US and UK.

Impossible to compare the 2. Apples and oranges.

I swear, I'm not trying to derail this thread!

New Chevelle...VERY excited!!

http://vevo.ly/v9nkI8

This is interesting and something I would like to have. I do use my Echo a lot and this integration would marry the 2.

http://www.theverge.com/ces/2017/1/4/14173324/ford-amazon-echo-alexa-integration-ces-2017

Beautiful fish!!

@BBigford That is true!! They just want to protect their bottom line!! LOL

Solar actually has the biggest profit involved since it is cheap to set up the infrastructure (relatively speaking). Sill sits around 11% of the market.

I went with the 4 lines for $180. Going to get an additional 15% once I submit my DD214. I'm saving money on this deal, so I'm happy.

I don't put much stock in this, but the tests are fun.