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My HCH getting the M1 syn treatment as well over labor day. Of course, that's mostly because I either buy M1 syn ($5/qt), or Honda special brew (not even going to look). Gotta love 0W-20. Figured at the same time, I'll switch to the M1 oil filter (more $$, but I can't find anybody speaking ill of it), along with the K&N air filter (even more $$, but it seems the pros outweigh the cons, especially after switching to the M1 oil filter).

http://www.columbusracing.com/showthread.php?t=28234

I've also heard recently that there's an IE bug/patch from windowsupdate.microsoft.com that could be related.

qft. It's rather sad that I spend $40/mo to watch all of two channels: Sci-Fi and Cartoon Network. If *everything* is on first run, I think I watch maybe four hours total in any given week... the two Stargates, Galactica, Robot Chicken, and maybe Aqua Teen, Milk Chan, and Metalocalypse.

If I remember, most of the car pricing games were designed with four digits in mind, making the most expensive option $9999. Of course, with inflation, all the cars people would actually want are a good bit more than that, so they're kinda stuck. As for Bob Barker, didn't Mensan's video teach you anything? He's a cranky old man that CBS won't let retire, no matter how wrong the price is, bitch. Yeah, I'm gonna go sit in my corner now

You're joking, right?

So what have we learned here, kiddies? Yes, that's right. Snakes are fucked up.

Here... have some filter data: http://people.msoe.edu/~yoderw/oilfilterstudy/oilfilterstudy.html

Might like taking a look at this study: http://neptune.spacebears.com/cars/stories/mobil1.html

+1, qft!

Except when Bob Taft's cronies are running the state's trust fund, and lose $15 million on coins.

That's Social Security. We all get the shaft on that one.

I didn't even think it was possible for snakes to regurgitate stuff like that. As I understood things, their fangs are designed to ensure "one-way" access through the mouth.

You can get almost the same as OS X by running FreeBSD. I wouldn't be surprised if there's also a project out there to clone the UI via KDE or Gnome.

Yeah. And it's all the dirt's fault!

+1 for NewEgg (online) and +1 for Microcenter (retail). Both are class acts, and if you're doing something high end, a hell of a lot cheaper than going through Dell, Gateway, HP, or the other name brands. If you're squeamish about building it yourself, Microcenter will also build it for you if you buy the parts there.

Not really... I think everyone here will agree that there's a huge difference between taking out a fully modded muscle car for a Saturday afternoon of putting ricers to shame, and driving it as your everyday transport. Likewise, the vast majority of people who have those big SUVs don't need them. A parent hauling four kids to soccer practice in a Windstar? Yeah, they need it. A single 5'1" 90lb 30something woman doing grocery shopping? Hell no. Sure you do. It just isn't as blantantly obvious when it happens. You have to charge the customer for your company infrastructure, otherwise it'll never get built and maintained. Oil companies have neglected the maintenance aspect for years in order to make their shares look good. Now we're paying the penalty for that shortsightedness. Don't be at all surprised *when* (not if) the other big drillers find similar problems. BP's just getting the bad rap because they're the first, and they just found a 6400bbl leak. You bet it's just a band-aid, but when you've sliced your hand open on a cross-threaded bolt, will you argue as someone hands you band-aids instead of a suture and thread? It's just the Libertarian Capitalist in me showing through. I sometimes think I may have been born about 120 years too late. I might have made a great Rockefeller or Carnegie, but for now, I'll have to make do with the stock market. Sure they do, but not in quite the same way that they do for, say, Furbies or Tickle-Me Elmos. In the latter case, massively constrained supply resulted in product being bought and resold at extreme profit. However, because of manufacturer rules, they *had* to be sold at a "reasonable retail" price (like a car's MSRP). Oil, being a commodity, does not have an MSRP, but does have speculation (which before this whole BP thing started was something like a $20 adder to the spot market). However, companies can't charge too much for it, or they cause inflation (which pisses consumers off even more than megaprofits) and recessions (which makes politicians squirm and pass laws that do more harm than good in the name of "doing something"... remember the GOP's "Let's give everyone $100" brainfart this past spring?). Go too far, and enough people will vote for treehugging hippies that "alternative" fuels get enough research to become viable, at which point it's game over for Big Oil. The companies are smart, and they're well aware of the fact that as time goes on, supply is going to just keep getting smaller, while demand will keep going up. What we're seeing now is just the beginning of what could become a MAJOR nightmare within our lifetimes. Yep... as I commented to MegaMan, some folks have every right to drive a large vehicle. You and your sister both fall well within that category, and I can only imagine the kind of screeching that would take place if you tried to take a family vacation in my little thing. In your case, when it comes time to replace one of them, it might be worth the time to look into diesel. They're a lot quieter and smoother than the rattlecages of the 70s, and often get better mileage than their gasoline counterparts. You've also got the advantage, if you so choose, of driving by the local McDonald's, asking for their waste fry oil (which they'll probably give you for free), and brewing your own diesel at home, either by the saucepan-full or via one of the newer commercial systems that do a barrel or so at a time.

It's a Hercules 3D Prophet II-MX. GeForce2 MX core, this was before they started splitting off into the 200/400/whatever designators, so you're looking at my having bought it probably January '00 or so with the after-winter sales. IIRC, it never did like the Detonator drivers with Windows98, and I never tried Forceware with it, but the 6.50 set should be around here somewhere.

I've got a GF2-MX that's more or less redundant at this point. Good enough?

Supply, meet demand. Demand, supply. There, now that that's over with, who else here is driving frackin' ten gallon per mile H2's and shit? Seriously, if Americans would just wake the fuck up and quit buying gas guzzlers, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Instead we'd be bitching about why we don't have fusion power plants and meaningful long-haul mass transit like Europe and Asia.

No, the chef always was good for at least a handful of laughs. Waldorf and Statler for more, but who can argue with someone who uses a gun to make salad?

qft. There was a bit of a debate when one of the guys on the GH boards (see my sig) made a big deal over getting nitro in his tires. We all just kinda laughed at him, especially when he admitted he saw no change at all in his mpg afterwards. We do see boosts, though, going from factory 32psi to max sidewall (44 or 52 depending on which OEM tires were slapped on).

I'm surprised I've not seen anybody complaining about the other end of the spectrum... the old farts who are freaking blind, drive 20mph slower than everyone else, and cut you off because they've forgotten where the gas pedal is. Last week, I had to slam my brakes three days in a row because of old fucks making a left turn onto Riverside from Powell Rd just north of the zoo. Anybody know if there's laws on the books to force revocation of their license without having to plow through their trunks first and filing a lawsuit for negligent operation?

*waving hands for thread necromancy* Round trip from CBus to CTown and back this weekend for my high school class' 10-year reunion... 65mpg. There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's pissing in Dick Cheney's face :finger:

That's a fair approximation of how it works. The futures market is sort of like a cross between the stock market and an farmer's auction, where buyers will bid up their prices like stocks, but a date is attached like a crop harvest or livestock delivery. Oil companies then sell to the most profitable combination that matches their production capability (they can't, for instance, sell a contract for 5 billion barrels at $80 in December 06, if their total capacity is only 1billion/month and they have no inventory, but they'll be happy to sell if someone offers a contract for 2 billion@83 in November... less total dollars, but a target they can meet)