All of the future cars in shows from the Jetsons to Bladerunner have made some cool "futuristic" sound. I always thought it was silly. I was wrong. Because apparently, in the future, cars will be required to made "futuristic" sounds.. Who would have guessed?

Who are the ad wizards that came up with this idea?

Your bicycle, feet, and mass transit use the roads. AFAIK no mass transit system in America, and only a few in the world, makes a profit. So my tax dollars are subsidizing your ride on said mass transit. Kinda break even I would say, you pay for my car usage of the road, I pay for your bus.

Seriously, the same folks that worry so about Orwellian 1984 style government have brought us the Nanny State. Fools can't even see that it is the same thing, and they created it. They sit here today supporting it, while in the same breath bemoaning that the conservatives want to control our lives. And since we obviously don't want that, vote for our Nanny State.

HELLO!

Thanks for your understanding. It was an exercise in What If? Not statement of how things are. Some people can't take a joke.

What if evey sci-fi concept was used as prior art? I bet most of the patents would never get issued.

What if?

+1

Not all games are pursuing reality. Just look at games like "Cat God vs Sun King" and "Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet". They don't even try for a realistic name. The author mentions several different games, especially the Alice game as examples of the type he thinks are better than ultra-realistic games. As long as games like this exist, there is balance in the realism of games. And no need to panic.

A great point. Because taxation is nothing but forced crowdsourcing. And inefficient croudsourcing at that, because the government only ever spends a small percentage of the take on projects.

Wow, you have downgraded to just plain silly. I can't answer nonsense, so I will not try. My points are made, whether or not you comprehended them.

Enjoy Life...

LOL. Nope, didn't just learn about that sad argument tactic. My reply is a statement of truth well understood by many for a long time, using appropriate verbiage for this discourse. And another LOL to you for continuing to make @bonch's point.

And like I said, if you insist that I am Anony, I can't stop you. But you would still be wrong. It IS quite amusing that you can conceive of no other truth than that. In my experience, that usually means the accuser is guilty of the accused behavior.

Anonymous Coward much?

It matters that it is considered an insult, no matter how derived. And since it is a gross reference to a sex act, it is not polite, despite how it may have come to be.

Therefore, being used as an insult, it is childish. However it was created. When insults rather than content are used in political discussions, the natural assumption is that the insulter has no content. When people use childish insults in adult discussions, they deserve to be called on it. Whatever the history of said insult.

P.S. Funny how you keep using my AV name when replying to others. On this point somebody else without a login/coward is making supportive statements, but that does not make them me. You can think they are if you wish, but you would be wrong. As you can see, I am perfectly capable of replying with my own login.

Gee thanks. We ALL know what it means. You seemed to have missed the part about it being a juvenile insult. Comprehend much? Oh, that's right, too busy attacking (and hence making @bonch's point).

New technology is available from companies such as Bose and Greensound Technologies. They are expensive, but do produce superior sound, from modern technologies derived from R&D. Sure, the bulk of equipment is low-cost and not superior, but cheap equipment has always been available. To claim that all stereos are inferior to a 30 year old systems is clearly an exaggeration.

http://www.bose.com/
http://www.gstspeakers.com/

I actually laughed out loud at this. I can't wait to have some idiots, like the kind that stay at the spawn points and shoot at each other and spin around, brick me in!!!