Buy John Romero's Ferrari On EBay

TheMightyZog writes: "John Romero is selling his Ferrari Testarossa: eBay and his own site. Is anyone else distrubed by the graphic on the top of his home page?" At last check, the reserve was not yet met.

Vale adding feature

[yobbo]

The car comes with 50 free copies of daikatana. That together with 20 dollars of petrol, adds a combined total of 15 dollars to the price of the car! *BARGAIN*

Quite frankly

[Metrollica]

Is anyone else distrubed by the graphic on the top of his home page?

Quite frankly, I am disturbed by all the graphics.

DOESNT HONOR BIDS!

[Romothecus]

Did anyone else notice a comment under user feedback at ebay, claiming that Romero won an auction and didn't pay for the item? Kind of what I felt after buying Daikatana.

about the home page graphic

[Anonymous Coward]

Is anyone else distrubed by the graphic on the top of his home page?

Well, look at the face on the far right of the graphic [www.rome.ro]. I see someone how's definitely not fit to drive. Maybe that explains why he's selling his Ferrari on EBay?

Graphic ...

[YeeHaW_Jelte]

"Is anyone else distrubed by the graphic on the top of his home page?"

Yes, very much so, as it makes my mozilla segfault.

No sidekicks please

[oingoboingo]

I'd bid for it as long as it didn't include any annoying sidekicks that got in the way of your driving and always died at inopportune moments.

Who would want that car?

[KL1NK]

It probably has lots of his long, silky hair in it.

Re:Quite frankly

[CarbonJackson]

Quite frankly, I am disturbed by John Romero.

Question

[Kargan]

Who exactly is John Romero?

Revenge?

[Gogo Dodo]

Is /.'ing his server revenge for Daikatana?

A Geek's Car

[stuffman64]

As stated on his page:

...conversion from Naturally Aspirated (carburator) to Electronic Fuel Injection with a Motec system. You can have your passenger plug a laptop into the computer (behind the passenger seat, inside) and remap the fuel ranges while you're driving!

I can see it now. While driving along peacefully at 65mph, obeying the speed limit, your 14 year old script-kiddie son sitting next to you remaps the fuel injector to inject the fuel at full capacity regardless of throttle position. Since he was running Windows, his computer crashes shortly afterwards and you find yourself cruising down the highway at 200mph. You put her in neutral, in a vain attempt to lose speed, but the engine over-revs and blows up. As you finally coast to a stop (about 10 minutes later), you teach your son a lesson.

Never remap fuel settings in Windows!

(Ok, so the above story wouldn't actually work because the butterfly valves would prevent any air intake to the engine, but who cares..)

Background?

[dayL8]

Could someone post some background on this story, like who is John Romero and why would one care that he is selling his car?

Distrubed?

[arnoroefs2000]

I might feel 'distrubed' if I had a clue what it meant, is it like feeling 'lubed'? Some car slang maybe?

COCK OR CHALK?

[VAXGeek]

should i eat cock or chalk? they both are white and soooooo tasty!

love,

boogerman

Screw the Ferrari

[slashdot.org]

I'm waiting for him to get rid of his girlfriend [stevana.com]

Re:COCK OR CHALK?

[Anonymous Coward]

no wonder you were modded as a troll, cock is not white but a flesh color. the white stuff is what you hungerly gobble up after ejaculation.

-Metrollica

Re:Background?

[Yakman]

Could someone post some background on this story, like who is John Romero and why would one care that he is selling his car?

John Romero was a "rock star" of the computer game industry in the early 90s. He then disappeared to work on the "ultimate computer" game. Instead fucking it up, releasing Daikatana, and now needing to sell his Ferrari to buy Ramen Noodles.

In summary, he's no one relevant and you shouldn't care.

Re:Screw the Ferrari

[Riktov]

...so you can screw THE FERRARI?!

Re:Revenge?

[slittle]

Nothing could ever make up for that.. but this [penny-arcade.com] comes close..

Certainly Newsworthy.

[servasius_jr]

Will /. be running adverts for QVC next?

Times must be tough..

[Nazghal]

Selling his car..
Stooping to doing commander keen clones [monkeystone.com] for pocket pc for a living..
He even recently cut his hair short (expect it on ebay soon?)

Re:to slashdot advertising department

[Chris Burke]

Hey, it's only advertising if you think someone will buy it. And linux users don't pay for anything, remember? :)

Re:DOESNT HONOR BIDS!

[niola]

The one comment in his eBay profile that caught my eye was the one that said he ordered the Dokken video tape. LOL, and I thought he only looked like an 80's reject :) --Jon

Apologies to Office Space and Mike Judge...

[edmudama]

Adrian Carmack: That's it? If you had a million dollars, you'd do two chicks at the same time?
John Romero: Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think with my rippin' Ferarri and my wad I could hook that up, cause chicks dig a dude with money.
Carmack: Well, not all chicks.
John Romero: Well the kind of chicks that'd double up on a dude like me do.

Re:Revenge?

[Lord Sauron]

Nothing beats Walter Mercado [waltermercado.net] and his mystic powers. And, yes, it's a man.

Moderation.

[Night0wl]

Why is it they never give me moderation points when good stories come along?

I'm a funny guy, I prefer to moderate when things are funny. Instead they give it to me when some company is fined millions involving thinks I don't know or care about.

Or when something scientific has happened over my head. I don't have a clue what's going on.

But this story, I see lots of moderation needing to be done here. "Who the fuck is John Remero?" +1 Interesting.

"Daikatana sucked!" +1 Insightfull

"I can't believe it's not butter" +1 Funny.

But for once, I find my self joining those usually modded down. This is news for nerds? Stuff that matters? Please.

I don't care if bill gates sells his wifes vibrator. I don't want to hear about it. We might as well start posting submissions for Penny Arcade.

"It's Monday, and PA is back at it!"
Posted by Whomever: Todays, 2:45AM
Timmy_l33t was first in line this morning, with important news about penny arcade! Amazingly they've posted yet another comic, this one apperently asking /. to stop linking them, and that HomeLAN is considering cancelling there sponsorship, isn't that a hoot?

Flame, troll, funny, I don't really care. :p

Not even street legal

[Faeton]

There's no muffler and no catalytic converters, just pure sound blasting out of the turbo, which acts as a kind of muffler.

The lack of muffler and cat makes this car illegal for use on normal roads. But nowhere in the ad does JR mention that. Yet another undocumented feature.

I would buy it...

[k0der]

but the mileage has past 31337

Re:Screw the Ferrari

[Anonymous Coward]

Personally I'd like to fuck her tits [stevana.com]

Thank for for your attention.

Moderation advice: +5 Tits

To win this car...

[rimdo]

...you must outbid me, John Romero. Hey, if someone would buy it for $1e5, why not up the ante to $1.2e5 to help make up for the Diakatana bust?

Re:Screw the Ferrari

[grum]

The funny part is that she's "heavily modified" [stevana.com] too!

Re:Revenge?

[schlach]

Puh-leeeze! Everyone knows the best thing to come out of the Daikatana fiasco (excepting Old Man Murray [oldmanmurray.com]'s coverage of said fiasco; who can forget "Daikatana Development to be aided by Helpful Monkey", and "John Romero Reserves the Right to Suck It Down"?) was the Laziest Men on Mars' Superfly's Johnson [mp3s.com]. From mp3.com's description:

A parody of one of the worst games ever made, "John Romero's Daikatana." A game that was notoriously late, terribly designed and without any redeeming qualities... except... when the characters' dialogue is taken out of context and laid over a trashy 70's waka-chika porn groove, the game suddenly becomes _much_ more interesting. A must-have for Romero bashers and FPS players.

If you haven't ever listened to this, I strongly recommend you download it. You'll never feel like Daikatana was worthwhile until you do...

Re:Quite frankly

[arkanes]

You know, what I find disturbing is that he's just now learning DirectX. And that he's REALL EXCITED about the new games! Because! His page has lots! Of exclamation points!

Re:Comments from an Auto Enthusiast

[BitwizeGHC]

Incidentally, "testa rossa" is Italian for "redhead" -- I believe it was a reference to the fact that at least some of these had red valve covers (or something like that -- anyone know?) in the engine. Most are red to go with the meaning of the name.

Whatever the case, I've taken to calling them Testosteronas for reasons which should be obvious.

I wouldn't buy it with *his* money...

[Thaidog]

New engine ehh? -Oh yeah... that means this thing's been ragged out like my mom in a junior high crackfest...

"Heavily modified"... Car lingo for: "Yeah.. we run drugs..."

"you will swear you're in a top fuel dragster as the car geometrically accelerates to a top speed of 200 mph..." Yeah... down hill in tropical storm bertha..

"A 10% non-refundable deposit will be required within 48 hours, and the balance must be paid within 5 working days..." Translation: My swiss bank account has mad interest so get yo ass a job

"This is the most awesome Ferrari Testarossa you'll ever see." You.. have... *seen* a Ferrari... right?

"Inside the car, add-ons include a cell phone, a Kenwood CD player, woofer-speaker box, and front and rear radar detectors." Golly gee really?

"The floor mats are slightly worn as are the edges of the seats, but there are no tears or cuts anywhere inside." -Translation: Hey! I know your girlfriend... eh..

"The rest of the body is just beautiful." ...but you'll see those sides after you pick it up, heh...

"Amazing handling & smooth ride" -You've... never felt the clutch on a sports car have you?....

Ebay Feedback

[nyquist_theorem]

From his feedback:

minakokenshou (387) Jan-05-01 10:11:29 PST 503523037

Praise : Took awhile, but very polite. Thanks!

Hmmm, sounds rather like that last game attempt of his, doesn't it?

hidden stereo

[sunhou]

From John's description of the car:
The stereo is in a hideaway spot in the center of the car so when someone looks in, it's not there.

Yeah, people often break the window of a $100,000 car just to steal the stereo. I'm glad whoever buys this car won't have to worry about that. He better also make sure he doesn't leave a $20 bill lying out in the open on the dashboard.

Re:Moderation.

[bachelor3]

I don't care if bill gates sells his wifes vibrator.

Really?!? Where?
;)

Re:Moderation.

[Raleel]

Actually, if you have information on Bill Gate's selling his wife's vibrator, I'm sure slashdot and several other news papers would love to know about it.

Inquiring minds want to know, after all ;)

Re:Screw the Ferrari

[buckeyeguy]

In other words, with lungs like those, she's 'unnaturally aspirated' ;)

Re:Shop around first

[cgleba]

Forget that. Why woud you want a Ferrari when you can have a 10-second K-car?

Check out this video [thedodgegarage.com].

The cheer from the crowd is much cooler then the looks one gets for driving a Ferrari :).

(BTW check out this guys site. . .he did it with a 2.2L 4-cylinder, lots of boost and no nitrous).

Re:Personal cutdowns

[Anonymous Coward]

I think he needs a hug now.

Re:A Geek's Car

[Don Negro]

No script-kiddie son of mine will be running Windows!

BG's wife's vibrator

[rarose]

Nope... wouldn't happen. Her vibrator was licensed, not sold. But don't blame Bill... it's those damn vibrator manufacturers and their "per-vagina" licensing model.

Re:His girlfriend's server

[Anonymous Coward]

I wonder how much she charges... Oh, you said *looker*.

Re:Heavily modified

[Fishstick]

AUDI - Automobile Unsafe Designs, Inc.
BUICK - Big, Ugly, Import Car Killer
CHEVROLET - Constantly Having Every Vehicle Recalled Over Lousy
Engineering Techniques
CHEVROLET - Can Hear Every Valve Rattle On Long Extended Trips
CHEVY - Charged HEaVilY
CHEVY - Cheapest Heap Envisioned Yet
CHEVY NOVAS:- (are actually designed by Toyota: Chevota or Toyolet?)
DATSUN - Disgraceful Auto That Stalls UNceasingly
DODGE - Driven Only During Grey Evenings
DODGE - Drips Oil, Drips Gas Everywhere
FIAT - Fails In Attempted Turns
FIAT - Fix It Again Tony
FIAT - Fine Italian Automotive Technology
FORD - Fought Off Recall Demands
FORD - Found On Road Dead
FORD LTD - Found on road dying, Left to die.
FORD - F___er Only Runs Downhill
FORD - Fix Or Repair Daily
FORD - First On Race Day
FORD - First On Rust Development
FORD - Fork Over Repair Dough
FORD - Founded On Reservation Dump
GEO - Good Engineering Overlooked
GEO - Gets Eventually Over 50
GMC - Gets More Chicks
GMC - Garage Mechanic's Companion
JEEP - Junk Engineered Executed Poorly
LTD - Laughable Trash Dump
MAZDA - My! Another Zany Detroit Assassin!
OLDS - Old Ladies Driving Slowly
OLDSMOBILE - Old Ladies Drive Slow - Mostly Over Bridges Into Lake Erie
PINTO - Paid Inspector Nicely To Overlook
PLYMOUTH - Police Laugh, Young Men Ogle, all Underestimating This Heap
PONTIAC - Penniless Old Nicaraguan Thinks It's a Cadillac
PONTIAC - Poor Old Nick Thinks It's A Cadillac
PONTIAC - Pours Out Noxious Toxins In American Cities
PORSCHE - Proof Only Rich Suckers Can Have Everything
SAAB - Sad Attempt At Beauty
SAAB - Sorry Auto, Always Broken
SUBARU - Screwed up beyond all repair usually.
TRIUMPH - This Really Is Unreliable Man, Please Help!
TRIUMPH - Tried Repairing It Until My Parts Hurt!
TRIUMPH - The Risk In Useless Machinery Pays Heavily
TOYOTA - Toyauto
TOYOTA - Towed Often, Yearly Overrunning Triple A

Re:His girlfriend's server

[Anonymous Coward]

That type of girl won't be sticking around for long if he is having to pawn his car off on ebay...