Simply random stuff

[mandrix]

Bugatti's Mistral just became the fastest open-top road car​

The roadster, wearing a one-off black-and-orange paint scheme, pulled off an incredible 282-mph

I'm guessing no one has made that magic 300 mph in a production car yet?

 

[mandrix]

I can't imagine that speed in a car. My hot rod Z28 only had a 155 mph speedometer. But as time went by I kept programming the top speed lower and lower to stop myself from doing stupid. Except on the interstate I pretty much drive 55 these days.
I crashed my old Chevelle into a bridge in the dark and flipped end over end and landed in a creek, upside down. You'd think that would have taught me something. Well it was late coming.

 

[Marplot]

Actually, this was not third party. Sold by Amazon.

Ouch

 

[GOS]

Ouch

Yeah man! I looked at that product again, and I can't see anywhere that it says restock fee. Even if it did have a restock fee, surely they wouldn't expect you to pay if the thing was damaged, etc. What almost freaks me more is, did they take what I returned and sell it? Without fixing it???

 

[mandrix]

Yeah man! I looked at that product again, and I can't see anywhere that it says restock fee. Even if it did have a restock fee, surely they wouldn't expect you to pay if the thing was damaged, etc. What almost freaks me more is, did they take what I returned and sell it? Without fixing it???

It don't always work out , but keep being the squeaky wheel. I've been screwed over a time or two by the Amazon.

 

[Sonik Wiz]

Yeah man! I looked at that product again, and I can't see anywhere that it says restock fee. Even if it did have a restock fee, surely they wouldn't expect you to pay if the thing was damaged, etc. What almost freaks me more is, did they take what I returned and sell it? Without fixing it???

I might expect it could be resold in what Amazon calls a Pallet Liquidation Sale.

https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Bulk-Liquidations/b?ie=UTF8&node=23511005011

Buyers buy overstocked/returned/defective Amazon goods by the pallet & resell. If they buy enough they can label themselves as an "Amazon Outlet Store". These are short term pop ups. These happen about twice a year around here. My wife and I have only been to one, just barely pre-pandemic. Big sign on the door in multiple languages: "all sales final no returns."

We found china, clothes, greeting/holiday cards, lights, posters, blow up dolls & dildos. Nothing worthwhile audio or tech. Enter at your own risk. We bought 4 tea pots for our g'daughters.

 

[barfle]

I've never understood why I've had so many LAN problems since every incarnation of Windows after XP.
Wish the stuff would just work without periodically having to step in and do something. Three PC's, a TV, AVR, and sometimes a disc player on the network and all can be seen except the pc's sometimes.
All services are set correctly....SMB is enabled...something is wrong when you can browse to your AVR's web interface but can't see another pc on the same LAN.
Ok well long time nuttiness. I'll get off the soapbox for a minute.

Microsoft (which means small and limp) has a tendency now and then to screw with drivers when they do updates. I’ve had a couple of peripheral cards simply stop appearing in the hardware menu after an update. Win11 won’t improve a damn thing.

 

[barfle]

MS does these things on purpose to old people so that it keeps ours brains active...still can't find keys and remember names though...right? Lol

There’s an oldies station in town that often notes “You can’t remember why you walked in the room, but you know all the words to this song.”

 

[mandrix]

Microsoft (which means small and limp) has a tendency now and then to screw with drivers when they do updates. I’ve had a couple of peripheral cards simply stop appearing in the hardware menu after an update. Win11 won’t improve a damn thing.

I guess I'm in the minority, but I like Win 11 better than 10. But the rumor is the next Windows rolls out next year.
The file manager in 11 is tabbed and as much as I copy files around I find it handy.

 

[Bruce00]

I might expect it could be resold in what Amazon calls a Pallet Liquidation Sale.

https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Bulk-Liquidations/b?ie=UTF8&node=23511005011

Buyers buy overstocked/returned/defective Amazon goods by the pallet & resell. If they buy enough they can label themselves as an "Amazon Outlet Store". These are short term pop ups. These happen about twice a year around here. My wife and I have only been to one, just barely pre-pandemic. Big sign on the door in multiple languages: "all sales final no returns."

We found china, clothes, greeting/holiday cards, lights, posters, blow up dolls & dildos. Nothing worthwhile audio or tech. Enter at your own risk. We bought 4 tea pots for our g'daughters.

Woot.com is also Amaxons in-house clearing storefront. No damaged or defective products. I've bought many things thru woot, but lately I've noticed artificially high retail prices listed before the discounted price. As always buyer beware.......Bezo didn't get rich by accident

 

[Bruce00]

There’s an oldies station in town that often notes “You can’t remember why you walked in the room, but you know all the words to this song.”

The only room I walk into, and remember why, is the bathroom

 

[Bruce00]

I can't imagine that speed in a car. My hot rod Z28 only had a 155 mph speedometer. But as time went by I kept programming the top speed lower and lower to stop myself from doing stupid. Except on the interstate I pretty much drive 55 these days.
I crashed my old Chevelle into a bridge in the dark and flipped end over end and landed in a creek, upside down. You'd think that would have taught me something. Well it was late coming.

I bought a new 2014 GT500, with a claimed top speed of 202. Bone stock, I put it on the dyno and it repeatedly pulled 602 rwhp.
Christmas of 2016 I drove from NJ to visit my brother in Fla. Spent a few days and on the return trip I decided to drive straight home, little over 20hrs. After I crossed over the Delaware River into NJ, I stopped for my last gas stop. It's around 2:30 AM, and there were 3 NJSP cars at the rest area having coffee.
Thinking how good my bed would feel, 3 troopers at the rest area equalled, in my mind, a nice flat wide open I-95.
Decided it was time to see if this Shelby could do 200.....as I went into 5th gear, I crossed over a small rise in the highway
only to see a NJSP cruiser in the median. 168 and free room and board that night......it was a very expensive night. Sold the car shortly afterwards.

To be young and dumb, only problem I was 62 at the time

 

[barfle]

I guess I'm in the minority, but I like Win 11 better than 10. But the rumor is the next Windows rolls out next year.
The file manager in 11 is tabbed and as much as I copy files around I find it handy.

Probably my only issue with Win11 is that it's yet another new normal I have to adapt to. I don't have it on either of my MS machines, but I believe the one I'm using now can be upgraded (I bought the MB and CPU about two years ago, so it's fairly new).

Every "upgraded" version of MS Windows I've used has involved a learning curve. I was happy with 7. I guess I'm just an old stick-in-the-mud.

 

[barfle]

I bought a new 2014 GT500, with a claimed top speed of 202. Bone stock, I put it on the dyno and it repeatedly pulled 602 rwhp.
Christmas of 2016 I drove from NJ to visit my brother in Fla. Spent a few days and on the return trip I decided to drive straight home, little over 20hrs. After I crossed over the Delaware River into NJ, I stopped for my last gas stop. It's around 2:30 AM, and there were 3 NJSP cars at the rest area having coffee.
Thinking how good my bed would feel, 3 troopers at the rest area equalled, in my mind, a nice flat wide open I-95.
Decided it was time to see if this Shelby could do 200.....as I went into 5th gear, I crossed over a small rise in the highway
only to see a NJSP cruiser in the median. 168 and free room and board that night......it was a very expensive night. Sold the car shortly afterwards.

To be young and dumb, only problem I was 62 at the time

The fastest I've ever driven is about 115, although the speedo was buried at 100, so just what I was doing is a guess. Plenty of legs past that, but I'll never really know just how much. Long before a GPS could tell me my speed. On the freeway, and I didn't get caught.

 

[mandrix]

Probably my only issue with Win11 is that it's yet another new normal I have to adapt to. I don't have it on either of my MS machines, but I believe the one I'm using now can be upgraded (I bought the MB and CPU about two years ago, so it's fairly new).

Every "upgraded" version of MS Windows I've used has involved a learning curve. I was happy with 7. I guess I'm just an old stick-in-the-mud.

Guessing a 10th or 11th gen mobo and cpu, so yeah you should be fine for Win 11.

 

[kfbkfb]

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/15/google_gemini_prompt_bad_response/

(the comments are pretty good)


Kirk Bayne

 

[privateuniverse]

So, yesterday was my birthday. When I walked into the radio station to do my show I had a couple of surprises waiting for me. First was a nice cake. Does anyone know what classic TV show the cake is paying homage to? (No, my name is not Iriving!)

But the biggie was an incredibly generous gift from the station manager. He's been in the business forever and has met and interviewed just about everyone. He gave me his autographed copy of one of the most iconic albums ever.

 

[Bruce00]

So, yesterday was my birthday. When I walked into the radio station to do my show I had a couple of surprises waiting for me. First was a nice cake. Does anyone know what classic TV show the cake is paying homage to? (No, my name is not Iriving!)

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But the biggie was an incredibly generous gift from the station manager. He's been in the business forever and has met and interviewed just about everyone. He gave me his autographed copy of one of the most iconic albums ever.

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Happy Birthday, Wishing you many more

 

[ar surround]

Happy Birthday, Wishing you many more

Just don't drive like Bruce to ensure the "many more." Congratulations on a very nice birthday @privateuniverse

 

[ar surround]

The only room I walk into, and remember why, is the bathroom

Arguably the truest statement of all time, Bruce.