11/18   http://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Office-WM-01-Laptop-Steering/dp/B000IZGIA8/ref=cm_cmu_pg__header
        Possibly the best product ever made second to texting while driving!
        Make sure to check out user uploaded pictures!
        \_ Does Amazon purposely allow pranks?
           \_ but they're real products
        \_ The photos and reviews are great.
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8/7     JD Power dependability study:
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_bi_ge/autos_dependability
        "Toyota's Prius hybrid was the top-ranked vehicle in the compact car
        segment."
        Hybrid cars are not inherently less reliable.
        \_ But how will it be in 10 years? 15? Will it end up in a
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8/6     Here's an interesting little write up on bicycle efficiency and power
        http://users.frii.com/katana/biketext.html
        \_ Bicycle physics (mostly steering mechanisms):
           http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~fajans/Teaching/bicycles.html  -tom
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3/12    US Use of Public Transportation Highest in 50 Years
        http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/03/us-use-of-publi.html
        \_ Where's Los Angeles?
        \_ "In 2004, the latest year for which the data is available, all
           modes of public transit accounted for 49 billion passenger miles;
           total vehicle miles travelled in the US is around 3 trillion per
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10/13   http://youtube.com/watch?v=1l_fy0NgR_A
        Skating on Nissan Qashqai Commercial. Pretty interesting.
        \_ I like to imagine car commercials with their subject replaced
           by a Yugo. Usually it still works as the ad has nothing
           specific to the subject. Cars driving across water, cars sliding
           slow motion through mud, someone driving it around corners
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12/26   Got a new serpentine belt in my car.  Now, when I start up the car,
        there is a somewhat loud squeeking noise, especially when I turn
        the steering wheel.  The noise is mostly gone within several
        seconds after starting the car, but does return to some degree if I
        turn the steering wheel far to the right or left.  I also got new
        brake pads installed, but the noise occurs when the car is barely
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8/16    Every time I get a rental car, I'm shocked at why anyone, in their
        right mind, would ever buy an American car. Do engineers at Detroit
        just not realize how crappy their products are?
        \_ They do, but they get paid for it anyway.
                \_ I really don't think it's the engineers, I think it's the
                   management.  But that's probably my bias talking.
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2/7     Wanna get killed in a Smart car? It's easy.
        http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6605730767077503480
        \_ How much better do you think a "normal" car would have done?
        \_ That looks like quite impressive crash performance for a
           collision with a concrete wall at 70mph.  -tom
           \_ Sure the frame is alright, but what about the crash dummy?
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1/20    "Lexus will offer a feature that lets the LS [460] parallel-park
        itself without the driver touching the steering wheel. Sales start
        in the fall."  Nifty.  How will liability work with something like
        that?
        \_ Same way it does if you crash while on cruise control.  -tom
           \_ Since you're not a lawyer I'd suggest you keep your trap shut.
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1/8     "Amid tensions, U.S. Navy rescues Iranians from Somali pirates"
        http://www.csua.org/u/v5i (news.yahoo.com)
        "... the rescue operation was carried out by a ship belonging to the
        very U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group that Iranian army
        officials had earlier boasted of evicting from Gulf waters.
        \_ "U.S. ship rescues Iranian fishermen - again"
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7/23    See, I told you he was HITLER!
        http://preview.tinyurl.com/6dv7mr
        \_ I thought Obama was a Marxist. Is he Hitler, too?
           Obamarxhitler just doesn't have the same ring as Bushitler, does it?
           \_ Obama == Socialist ~ National Socialist == Nazi == Hitler
              \_ Socialist >>> Bush Reagan Capitalist > McCain
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7/7     Reiser leads police to body of Nina
        http://preview.tinyurl.com/6xwgsg [sfgate]
        \_ i can't believe this is the same reiser of ReiserFS
           \_ then you never met him.
              \_ does he have Asperger's Syndrome and carry a gun like emarkp?
                 \_ At least he doesn't think God talks to him.
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