Posts by BioTube

Again and again and again

The earliest car that focused on fuel efficiency was(IIRC) the Dymaxion. It was a long teardrop with the steering on the back wheel(seriously, WTF!?). The only prototype was destroyed when the driver turned the wheel wrong, forgetting to turn it the opposite of the way he wanted to go. Since this was ~WWII, it was the only attempt for a few decades. Enter the Information Age. All cars are designed like crap and the fuel efficient ones are twice as bad, not to mention worthless in a crash. If you ask me, the best way to approach the issue is to take an already heavy vehicle(like a pickup), beef up its suspension and shove batteries where the gas tank and motor used to be(the reasoning behind this is that you can fit more batteries in the larger vehicles, especially if you put some where the big toolbox goes in the bed).

Of course, I'll always prefer the car that can total every other car on the road and drive away like nothing happened(paint job can take as much damage as it wants; I don't care).

Cordless? I'll pass

Unless and until it gets a 4-6' retractable cord, I'll skip it. I refuse to be weighed down with a pointless battery. In fact, the biggest mobility problem for my mouse is the crap around it - the cord is the least if my worries.

Will it work on mirrors?

That seems to be the biggest limitation of most optical/laser mice, although I've never tried carpet or asphalt.

I guess it just goes to show that even Satan incarnate can do good things.

We need that apostrope

English does need a spelling overhaul, considering how many spellings were phonetic five hundred years ago. Some words even had their spellings updated right when the pronunciation changed. However, chucking the apostrophe for contractions is ridiculous - the confusion between "its" and "it's" goes awway when you remember that "its" is in line with "his" and "hers".

Simply put, new spellings good, removing apostrophes bad.

@Apple?

Because Apple gets kickbacks. They gouge their customers on a regular basis anyway.

Pun

They just probably couldn't resist it. "CORN-y flash drive"! Ahahaha!

I predict a big boom

And then we'll just have another Superconducting Super Collider(more casually known as a big fraggin hole).

Ubuntu? On a Server?

Let's all have less stability than Windows! This is just a halfassed attempt by Canonical to become profitable. If this startup had any brains they'd ally themselves with Red Hat if they need a corporate sponsor.