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Mike Raiford wrote:
> What I like is the model I have has the stereo controls
> embedded in the steering wheel. Nice to jump around tracks and folders
> on a CD.
My car also has this.
And then I burned a CD of The Beach Boys. 80% of the time the stereo
refuses to play it. The other 20% of the time, it stops playing if I try
to skip tracks.
It's almost as if my car stereo is telling me my taste in music sucks...
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Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> I don't like being the support guy. Almost all problems that occur are
>> beyond my ability to fix, so everybody just hates me... Even when I
>> fix it, everybody is still pissed that I didn't prevent it from
>> happening in the first place. :-(
>
> ... to which the answer is "I don't get paid enough for that!"
LOL!
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Phil Cook wrote:
>> Well, no, you just had to stop somewhere in order to open or close the
>> window.
>
> Why? Unless of course you're talking about non-driver's windows when
> no-one is sitting there.
Well have *you* ever tried to wind the window while the car is moving? I
mean, sure, it's great if you're *trying* to drive along a slalum course...
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Bill Pragnell wrote:
>> Benny did. Damn fool drumming on the dashboard the whole way through
>> the trip!
>
> Hmm, I can kind of see that working, but where did he put the bass?
>
> ;-)
OMG, cruise control FTW!
(I don't really understand what that is or how it works, but it seems
appropriate here...)
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> That's what I currently drive. The blue dash is on all models except the
> Si, which has red illumination. The dash took a little getting used to,
> but not much. What I like is the model I have has the stereo controls
> embedded in the steering wheel. Nice to jump around tracks and folders on
> a CD.
Do you have that rear "wing" that goes across the middle of the rear window?
I found that it was exactly the right height to block out the view of cars
behind on the motorway ... perhaps just the way I had the seat set and my
height?
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>> What I like is the model I have has the stereo controls embedded in the
>> steering wheel. Nice to jump around tracks and folders on a CD.
>
> My car also has this.
Huh? I thought you were poor and only had a car with AM radio and no tape or
CD player?!?!?!
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scott wrote:
>>> What I like is the model I have has the stereo controls embedded in
>>> the steering wheel. Nice to jump around tracks and folders on a CD.
>>
>> My car also has this.
>
> Huh? I thought you were poor and only had a car with AM radio and no
> tape or CD player?!?!?!
...until now, yes.
That's what I'm saying. This [now] 7 year old car is the newest thing
I've ever had.
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>> In 2004 2.6 million new cars were sold in the UK. There's 60 million
>> people in the UK.
>
> Dude, how do you know all this??
Google?
> Mmm, interesting. I was told for example that some large freight train
> used electric motors because if they used diesel motors they would need a
> gearbox, and it would be impossible to make one strong enough...
Maybe for trains the air-drag is small compared to the other sources of
friction that are constant wrt speed.
> Well no, the generator cuts in when the batteries get down to 80% or
> something, charge them back up to 100%, then stop. [Unless you run out of
> fuel. Don't do that! In ANY car...]
But if you're driving long-distance at high speed, there is no way the
generator could refill the batteries as you would be using the electricity
much faster than it could refill them! You would still need to charge them
when you got to your destination, just maybe a few miles further down the
road due to using up the fuel.
> Er, actually... when I spoke to the nice lady at the recruitment agency,
> she said "three MONTHS?! Jesus Christ!... Why so long?"
She obviously doesn't have much experience with people in proper jobs then -
3 months is quite common, as it would take that long to find a replacement.
> I don't like being the support guy. Almost all problems that occur are
> beyond my ability to fix, so everybody just hates me... Even when I fix
> it, everybody is still pissed that I didn't prevent it from happening in
> the first place. :-(
Why don't you try and learn some more (books, training courses) so that you
can start to fix some of the problems that are beyond you? I'm sure the IT
directors of large companies (who are earning 6 or 7 figure salaries)
started off somewhere like you.
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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:25:14 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> [And I have to give 3 months' notice.]
What notice do they have to give you?
Regards
Stephen
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scott wrote:
>>> In 2004 2.6 million new cars were sold in the UK. There's 60 million
>>> people in the UK.
>>
>> Dude, how do you know all this??
>
> Google?
Interesting. Never works for me... [At least, not for statistics.]
>> Mmm, interesting. I was told for example that some large freight train
>> used electric motors because if they used diesel motors they would
>> need a gearbox, and it would be impossible to make one strong enough...
>
> Maybe for trains the air-drag is small compared to the other sources of
> friction that are constant wrt speed.
Mmm, maybe.
>> Well no, the generator cuts in when the batteries get down to 80% or
>> something, charge them back up to 100%, then stop. [Unless you run out
>> of fuel. Don't do that! In ANY car...]
>
> But if you're driving long-distance at high speed, there is no way the
> generator could refill the batteries as you would be using the
> electricity much faster than it could refill them!
Really? I thought electric motors were more efficient than internal
combustion engines, and hence should use power more slowly...
>> Er, actually... when I spoke to the nice lady at the recruitment
>> agency, she said "three MONTHS?! Jesus Christ!... Why so long?"
>
> She obviously doesn't have much experience with people in proper jobs
> then - 3 months is quite common, as it would take that long to find a
> replacement.
Hmm, that's not a good sign... heh.
>> I don't like being the support guy. Almost all problems that occur are
>> beyond my ability to fix, so everybody just hates me... Even when I
>> fix it, everybody is still pissed that I didn't prevent it from
>> happening in the first place. :-(
>
> Why don't you try and learn some more (books, training courses) so that
> you can start to fix some of the problems that are beyond you? I'm sure
> the IT directors of large companies (who are earning 6 or 7 figure
> salaries) started off somewhere like you.
I doubt there's any book that can tell you how to make Word stop crashing...
[And I don't care how many figures you pay me, I don't *want* to be the
director of anything! Far too much pressure...]
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