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[jedidia]

whereas I understand that licenses in Europe (or Germany at least) are valid for life once issued

There are some caveats with that, at least in Switzerland. Severe misbehavior in trafic can cost you your license for an extended period of time (anywhere from a month to two years) and might require repeating part of the courses, and in some cases even redo the examn. The later especially applies if you have an accident at advanced age.

Also, about 90% of the costs of a license are actually driving lessons. While the law doesn't require a minumum number of lessons to take the examn, it is a well-known fact that the examiners will just let you fail if you don't have enough (usually you're save at 30+).
And then of course we aren't allowed to drive a car at all before coming fully of age (18). We compensate by being allowed to buy and consume alcohol from 16 upwards :lol:

 

[Urwumpe]

We compensate by being allowed to buy and consume alcohol from 16 upwards :lol:

I think thats the only working way... let them first know how this annoying legal drug affects them, and then let them drive. Not the other way around.

 

[Fabri91]

I just realised it was a mistake, I meant drum brake not disc brake. It's actually quite similar, if not the same one, as this photo of one on wikipedia only that it's closed and not cut open and it wasn't really rusted at the screws but on that ring in the middle that looks rusted (must be a common thing?). But yeah, kicking the wheel solved the issue.




Oh, I'm doing that simply because I can't be arsed to screw a wheel on without the leverage of a torque wrench. Without one that's just super annoying. Also for my car they say 120 so good luck with your 100.:thumbup:

And you need a proper metal torque wrench because at the end of the day you might need a blunt force murder weapon. I don't know why but you might.

A torque wrench has been one of the best purchases I ever made: when first using it it turned out that all of the bolts were slightly under-tightened (by me at the last tire change).

 

[Andy44]

I imagine public trasportation is better in Germany than in the US. Without a car in the US you are pretty screwed when it comes to monility, unless you are in one of the big cities. Nobody is going to build a commuter rail system in the heart of Kansas.

 

[Izack]

Paid Workshop mods?

 

[Linguofreak]

I imagine public trasportation is better in Germany than in the US.

You just won the understatement of the year award.

 

[Codz]

I imagine public trasportation is better in Germany than in the US. Without a car in the US you are pretty screwed when it comes to monility, unless you are in one of the big cities. Nobody is going to build a commuter rail system in the heart of Kansas.

Pretty much. LA Metro is at least functional over here, and the county is expanding the rail lines to a few new cities.

 

[Notebook]

Making news here, but we are desperate to get way from General Election coverage...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology

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[Tycho]

Okay here's a new one I read: So NASA actually went to the Moon but covertly introduced the "hoax" thing to distract the public from the real issue: the ancient alien structures Neil and Buzz found on the Moon. Alright, then; case closed. :facepalm:

 

[mojoey]

Pretty much. LA Metro is at least functional over here, and the county is expanding the rail lines to a few new cities.

There's been talk of expanding the Metrolink service out into Palm Springs within the next few years, although I doubt that would happen. Too much bureaucracy and money exchanging hands.

 

[Linguofreak]

It's always fun catching anachronisms in science fiction movies: Elements that had already been relegated to the past in real life by the time the movie came out. Often it involves computers, but I just noticed a really interesting one that doesn't involve computers or fancy machinery:

Why are bubble canopies the exception rather than the rule for fighters in Star Wars?

 

[Andy44]

It's always fun catching anachronisms in science fiction movies: Elements that had already been relegated to the past in real life by the time the movie came out. Often it involves computers, but I just noticed a really interesting one that doesn't involve computers or fancy machinery:

Why are bubble canopies the exception rather than the rule for fighters in Star Wars?

LOL nothing in Star Wars makes any sense if you think about it hard enough to come up with a question like that! At least the X-wing has a canopy; the TIE fighters have a single front window, with the pilot sitting so far back his field of view must be absurdly small.

My favorite movie anachronism, if that's what this is, is the computer displays in 2010: Odyssey Two. In the first film, made in the 60s, Discoveryclearly has flat-panel displays, which did in fact exist by the time 2001 arrived, but in the sequel the Leonov is using clunky CRT displays, even though the vehicle is presumably a few years younger than Discovery. And in 2010 it was almost impossible to find a CRT display in real life!

 

[jedidia]

but in the sequel the Leonov is using clunky CRT displays

Hey, it was built by the russians...

 

[Codz]

The regional transit system is also currently adding Santa Monica to the Culver City line. Right now buses are the only way to get there from the city.

 

[MattBaker]

And in 2010 it was almost impossible to find a CRT display in real life!

Silently hides his old computer monitor, used until 2011.

 

[Artlav]

Someone mentioned CRTs?

 

[Notebook]

Very nice, whats your final Anode voltage...

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[Bibi Uncle]

unofficial extensions? haven't heard of those yet. Currently I'm quite simply horrified by the utter inadequacy of CSS3 doing the job that people do with it. Now granted, it wasn't exactly designed to do that job originally, but it was foreseeable. And at least now we really should make something new that is designed from scratch to be a remote GUI framework and not eyecandy on content declarations...

CSS is definitely a nightmare for laying out designs. However, there are some tools that can help you. I use LESS for writing my code. It enables variables, mixins (pseudo-functions) and nested rules (e.g. defining the hover of a link directly into the "a" definition) just to name a few.

In order to ensure compatibility, I use LessHat. It defines mixins so you can use "advanced" features on almost every web browser, without changing your syntax. My websites are all compatible with IE9 and higher, and usually can be browsed on IE8. And it doesn't rely on evil magic that makes your page 10 times slower. It simply adds the browser prefixes (e.g. -webkit, -ms, -opera, etc.) before the instructions.

Finally, for the layout, I use a file that I made from a post on StackOverflow. It defines responsive columns (like Bootstrap) directly in LESS. It's small and convenient.

I compile everything in a single CSS using NodeJS and Gulp and it makes effective CSS that is relatively easy to write.

However, CSS with or without LESS will stay unfriendly as hell. It takes time to get used to it.

 

[Codz]

Went and saw Endeavour in her new permanent home over in Expo Park yesterday. Hadn't seen the orbiter since they flew her out from KSC a few years ago actually!

 

[Andy44]

Went and saw Endeavour in her new permanent home over in Expo Park yesterday. Hadn't seen the orbiter since they flew her out from KSC a few years ago actually!

I should be ashamed; I haven't been to the Udvar-Hazy Center since they traded Enterprise for Discovery. At least I got to see Discovery do a fly-by on the SCA around the Capitol Mall when she arrived in town.