All you need is a magnetron, a metal box, and possibly a timer for convenience. Virtually unchanged since 1947, and the Speedy Weeny.
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So you are going to NY then?
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Originally Posted by rleete
(Post 1051477)
I would, but you refuse to drive 100+ miles out of your way to meet a nearly total stranger.
Originally Posted by sixshooter
(Post 1051487)
All you need is a magnetron, a metal box, and possibly a timer for convenience. Virtually unchanged since 1947, and the Speedy Weeny.
You may also recall how, in the 1980s, microwave ovens gained a spectacular and well-deserved reputation for doing a really piss-poor job of cooking food properly. Meals would come out burned on one side and frozen on the other, cooking times would seem to vary wildly from one oven to the next even for the same wattage, and so on? It wasn't until the 1990s that things like diffusers, carousels, and the ability to modulate the tube to something less than 100% duty cycle, became commonplace. Also, geek props for remembering the Speedy Weeny.
Originally Posted by mgeoffriau
(Post 1051469)
Garmin is unveiling what it calls Real Directions, which attempts to humanize the cold voice prompts we're all used to from standalone navigation devices. Instead of just saying things like "turn left in half a mile," Garmin devices with Real Directions will add comments about recognizable landmarks, buildings, traffic lights, and stop signs, such as, "turn left at the Starbucks," or "bear right at the light." See "Genuine People Personalities" at Sirius Cybernetics Corporation: Most of the technology mentioned in the series are products of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, a decidedly inept company responsible for the design and creation of a wide range of robots and labour-saving devices, such as lifts, automatic doors, ventilation systems, and the infamous Nutrimatic Drink Dispenser. In the novel So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, the problem with all the corporation's products was summarised by the Guide: It is very easy to be blinded to the essential uselessness of [their products] by the sense of achievement you get from getting them to work at all. In other words - and this is the rock solid principle on which the whole of the Corporation's Galaxy-wide success is founded - their fundamental design flaws are completely hidden by their superficial design flaws. The only profitable division of the company is its Complaints division, which, according to the series, takes up all of the major landmasses on the first three planets in the Sirius Tau system. The theme song for the Complaints division is Share and Enjoy, and has since become the theme apparent for the company as a whole. The main office building and headquarters for the company was originally built to represent this motto, but due to bad architecture it sank halfway into the ground, leaving the upper halves of the motto's words to read in the local language "Go Stick Your Head in a Pig."The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation invented a concept called Genuine People Personalities ("GPP") which imbue their products with intelligence and emotion. Thus not only do doors open and close, but they thank their users for using them, or sigh with the satisfaction of a job well done. Other examples of Sirius Cybernetics Corporation's record with sentient technology include an armada of neurotic elevators, hyperactive ships' computers and perhaps most famously of all, Marvin the Paranoid Android. Marvin is a prototype for the GPP feature, and his depression and "terrible pain in all the diodes down his left side" are due to unresolved flaws in his programming.
Originally Posted by NA6C-Guy
(Post 1051514)
Love the live fish trailer. Never seen that setup before.
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Some much prettier roads getting here:
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...1&d=1378821074 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...1&d=1378821074 This was kind of amusing. It's so cute how they think that 2,250 feet constitutes some kind of mountain: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...7&d=1378821724 When suddenly: Interesting stuff around here: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...1&d=1378821074 Total miles traveled: 3,074 Total fuel consumed: 211.7 gal Overall average MPG: 14.5 Total drive time: 51 hours, 11 minutes. This next one is especially amusing. You know how, when planning a trip, there's a tendency to say things like "well, assume that on average I maintain 60 MPH..." https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...1&d=1378821724 Somehow, I actually did average precisely 60.0 MPH over the course of > 3,000 miles and 5 days. I think that probably means that I'm a boring a predictable person... https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...1&d=1378822481 |
I think that probably means that I'm a boring a predictable person... |
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 1051958)
This was kind of amusing. It's so cute how they think that 2,250 feet constitutes some kind of mountain
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Joe brought balance back to the EC force.
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Originally Posted by Erat
(Post 1051411)
Somehow, I actually did average precisely 60.0 MPH over the course of > 3,000 miles and 5 days.
I think that probably means that I'm a boring a predictable person... |
Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 1052005)
Joe brought balance back to the EC force.
Originally Posted by Scrappy Jack
(Post 1052041)
That's actually pretty amazing unless you were just barely off the highway during your pit stops. It doesn't take much stop and go driving to crush average speed.
Remember, however, that the speed limit in most of the western US is 75 MPH, and since I didn't have a trailer attached this time, I was actually doing 75 for much of the trip. (This worked out rather conveniently, since the governor on the truck was also set at 75, so I didn't have to pay attention to my speed.) |
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 1052050)
Why was it imbalanced?
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I guess the real question for the journey east is if the big ass TV made it back to the west coast.
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Originally Posted by shuiend
(Post 1052055)
I guess the real question for the journey east is if the big ass TV made it back to the west coast.
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Originally Posted by Scrappy Jack
(Post 1052041)
That's actually pretty amazing unless you were just barely off the highway during your pit stops. It doesn't take much stop and go driving to crush average speed.
What have you done. |
I still want to know what the standard deviation of this trip is (based on "straight line" globe surface arc--constant radius is acceptable).
Also, I still want to know WTF. |
Joe, what do you do btw?
Welcome to the northeast, enjoy your snow. |
Originally Posted by rleete
(Post 1051477)
I would, but you refuse to drive 100+ miles out of your way to meet a nearly total stranger.
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Originally Posted by Stein
(Post 1052107)
Hell, he drove right through my town with nary a wave (Lincoln, NE) and I mean RIGHT THROUGH IT. I'm hurt.
That looks like the most boring drive ever. One interstate the entire trip. Just driving. |
Originally Posted by Stein
(Post 1052107)
Hell, he drove right through my town with nary a wave (Lincoln, NE) and I mean RIGHT THROUGH IT. I'm hurt.
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