Apple currently has around 5% market share in personal computers. This means that out of one hundred computer users, five of them use Macs. While that may not sound like a lot, it is actually higher than both BMWs and Mercedes-Benzs share of the automotive market. And it equals 25 million customers around the world using Macs.
A pretty frank statement about the opening of two Apple stores this weekend, with a virtual tour of it. Nice. I can’t wait for the CO one to open.
Technically speaking, Moller’s SkyCar is a “volantor,” which is defined as “a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that is capable of flying in a quick, nimble, and agile manner.” Volantors work much like the British Harrier Jump Jet. They use a directional thrust system that lets the vehicle take off and land vertically, hover in place, or shoot forward by redirecting the thrust of the engine. This gives the volantor the flexibility of a helicopter without losing the fast speed of a high-performance aircraft.
It is just me, or does this sound like a really bad idea? How many drunk-driving or stupidity-influenced DRIVING accidents are there each year? Now we think we can take to the skies, like any trained pilot? Doubtful. Just this last weekend, I saw a woman go into a tailspin at 65+ mph on I-25 for no reason. There was no one around her. It seemed she just wasn’t paying attention, or her car malfunctioned for some reason… BOTH of which are valid points for why the dream of the guy on the IBM commercials (“I wanted flying cars. WHERE are my flying cars?”) won’t come true, I think.
This is so wrong. I cannot even explain it right now… You must read it.
All I know is if that was my kid, I’d be at that school columbine style. Grrr. This shit makes me so mad. Crooked fucking High School administrators.
Why the hell didn’t somebody tell me that Douglas Adams died? What is it with this year? W’s presidency, the India earthquakes, a fair amount of high school shootings, Joey Ramone, and now this? It’s far more awkward when the iconoclasts that actually mean something to me die. I don’t know, I just think this sucks.
You know that calm you start feeling after you’ve just attended the funeral of someone you knew really well? That’s where I’m at right now, after giving up what I had found to be my one true love (computer-wise)… I’m feeling a little cramped with close to 400Mb less RAM and hella less resolution (I had gotten so used to my 1152+1024 x 768 dual display setup.. sigh..), but all in all, feeling pretty stable.
So I didn’t win the whole contest, but I did however receive the following awards for the HTML Only category:
#1 Concept & Originality
#4 Overall
#4 Aesthetic Appeal
Hrm. So I guess the lesson to learn here is: in order to excel at something, don’t try very hard. Just wait until it’s 3am and you can’t sleep. Something is sure to inspire you.
So, assuming the requisite checks clear, today I must return the computer-from-above to the person who actually purchased it. I really hope the 18-year old lackey who inherits it enjoys playing around with it, because it could have saved my financial ass. I wish I could just bow out gracefully, but I cannot. Hope you enjoy it, you fuck.
Our Airport Base Station is on its last legs. I am afraid it will pass on any day now. Its reception is getting more and more inconsistant. Chances of recovery are slim.
So, I broke down and decided to get a personalized license plate this year. Somebody at the DMV gave me this URL where I could check different license plates combos for availability and now I can’t get enough of playing with it… go try it now. Try ALTRNTE and FUCKMS and other things… 🙂
Oh yeah, and its done in PHP and its real fast, go figure.
Fleischer said Bush will focus on “the longer term (solutions), rather than the political.”
This whole article is filled with rhetoric about long term solutions for the gas price hike. He refuses to put price controls on and even more suprisingly he refuses to eliminate the federal gasoline tax which is almost 19 cents per gallon. He’s so excited about tax cuts, so where is he on this?
What exactly are these long term solutions that he keeps touting that are so much better than the alternatives above? He hasn’t proposed any as far as I can see and I doubt they will be the kind of long term solutions that America really needs. Someone so ladden to the oil industry for financing has very little incentive to promote newer, cleaner, renewable technologies. I know these have been buzz words for the left for years, but it is really something that has to be done and I think most people would realize that this enormous price hike could be the kind of kick in the ass that the United States needs. Nothing short of the world actually running out of petroleum is going to make Bush realize we need another way to fuel our vehicles and keep the lights on.
