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I liked the last and current gen of Insignia?  I had one as a company car in Europe and bought a Regal when I came back to the US.
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InediblePenguin posted:Do you honestly believe the majority of drivers would take seriously an injunction to never change the radio station without pulling over first This is one of those "what is vs. what should be" sort of situations. Powered Descent posted:Got it. I'll stop using the clutch, gearshift lever, cruise control, windshield squirters, window defrosters, and rear-view mirror dimmer switch immediately. drat it I knew I left some things out but I didn't realize it was that many.
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Also the hazards, which you use to slowly pull off the road.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Also the hazards, which you use to slowly pull off the road. What was that? You turn them on when it starts raining?
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When you say 'hazards', do you mean the 'I know it's wrong to park here, but I promise I'll just be a second' signal lights??
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I have mine wired up to the bat signal, it's a lot more useful and people actually notice it.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:When you say 'hazards', do you mean the 'I know it's wrong to park here, but I promise I'll just be a second' signal lights?? I thought they were get-out-of-jail-free-i-can-drive-park-like-an-idiot lights
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If you or your car isn’t road-worthy, but you still really want to drive then hazards are a way to warn people. If cops pulled over everyone with their hazards on they’d probably nab a lot of drunk/high people.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:When you say 'hazards', do you mean the 'I know it's wrong to park here, but I promise I'll just be a second' signal lights?? Heh. No, I mean "I have no idea where the gently caress I am, I'll pull off the road to stop impeding traffic flow" lights. e: Because a congenital inability to recognize landmarks, not because medication.
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Horace posted:I wanted a double DIN touchscreen thing for my car, but literally every one of them has an interface designed by the same guy who did your Winamp skins in 1999. Look at this clusterfuck: All this did was remind me that I desperately miss MilkDrop visualizations.
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Aug 20, 2018 17:54
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Neito posted:All this did was remind me that I desperately miss MilkDrop visualizations.
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There's a calculator thread on Twitter and (mercifully) there's a site which aggregates the whole thing: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1030830856720527360.html Some of my favourites: I kinda want to take a bite out of this one:  The first programmable calculator, with magnetic sticks which actually contained programs! It cost $4k adjusted for inflation:  Heh, 800B: 
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So I dunno if this would do better here or in Tech Relics, but I've been hooked on Oddity Archive for passing time at work and just... Man, there were some weird attempts at weird poo poo in Chicago for some reason.
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I forgot whichever thread this came up in, but I trawled some goodwills today and found something   Still sealed. I mean, not anymore, because I'm listening to it right now. 1985, just barely older than me. I also found a book for the true connoisseur  
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American toilets are pretty obsolete....
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Copy/pasted post in wrong thread, but I'm leaving it. I guess that...books are obsolete?
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The swipe functionality is terrible on those.
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No backlight? What are we, loving cavemen?
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Yes, but the wipe functionality is still unmatched!
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That weight, though. And so wasteful - you end up with the cover and spine left over, and you just have to throw it away like a corn husk.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Copy/pasted post in wrong thread, but I'm leaving it. I guess that...books are obsolete? What thread was that supposed to go to?
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A chat thread.
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Armacham posted:
Holy poo poo, my mom has that book
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LifeSunDeath posted:Holy poo poo, my mom has that book Gross
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LifeSunDeath posted:Holy poo poo, my mom has that book wow how did she get it from T-Bone?
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:I forgot whichever thread this came up in, but I trawled some goodwills today and found something Can't remember if it was this thread or another one that I just talked about that demo album. My parents bought a Ford Tempo in 1988ish and this was included. The car was a possessed nightmare and was traded in within 18 months. The tape stayed, though, as Dad adored the harmony on Africa.
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Can't remember if it was this thread or another one that I just talked about that demo album. My parents bought a Ford Tempo in 1988ish and this was included. The car was a possessed nightmare and was traded in within 18 months. The tape stayed, though, as Dad adored the harmony on Africa. My folks had an album (1970ish) called "Chevrolet Sings Safe Driving and You" - best track was "Rain is a gentle thing but not when you're driving". Lost forever in a fire.
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porktree posted:My folks had an album (1970ish) called "Chevrolet Sings Safe Driving and You" - best track was "Rain is a gentle thing but not when you're driving". Lost forever in a fire. Once upon a time, companies would commission entire musicals for their big yearly board meetings https://www.industrialmusicals.com/songs/
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Iron Crowned posted:Once upon a time, companies would commission entire musicals for their big yearly board meetings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubZ3rwP5Czw
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Iron Crowned posted:Once upon a time, companies would commission entire musicals for their big yearly board meetings I have a set of Apple developer songs. I think one extolled the virtues of the Apple II in all it's 80's sync glory. It's so bad.
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Krispy Wafer posted:I have a set of Apple developer songs. I think one extolled the virtues of the Apple II in all it's 80's sync glory. It's so bad. I like some of the goofy poo poo they did just because. I have a particular attachment to I Think We're a Clone Now
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Explosionface posted:I like some of the goofy poo poo they did just because. I have a particular attachment to I Think We're a Clone Now STOP STOP I'LL TELL YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT TO KNOW IF YOU JUST MAKE IT STOP! 
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Explosionface posted:I like some of the goofy poo poo they did just because. I have a particular attachment to I Think We're a Clone Now Holy poo poo, this is like chicken/egg with the Weird Al song. I know it goes one way but wish it went the other 
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Explosionface posted:I like some of the goofy poo poo they did just because. I have a particular attachment to I Think We're a Clone Now Holy poo poo.  That's so great.
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In the early 2000s, you could buy certain motherboards for building your own computer, that had Dolby audio technology. nVidia got the licensing to include this with their chips and called it SoundStorm. There was a bad, cheesy promotional song for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is4dFncjKPg
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TITTIEKISSER69 posted:In the early 2000s, you could buy certain motherboards for building your own computer, that had Dolby audio technology. nVidia got the licensing to include this with their chips and called it SoundStorm. There was a bad, cheesy promotional song for it: Unleashing a Tsunami of Audio Energy
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No one ever thinks to prepare Protection from Sonic.
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Johnny Aztec posted:No one ever thinks to prepare Protection from Sonic. To be fair, you picked the type upon CAST, not upon prepare. (  )
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