Billy-Joe-Ray: Hey Jeb, what's that buzzin,
Jeb: Poe leese drone.

Given how underpowered a Macbook Air is, an AMD E-Series will run rings around it.

I bought an Asus U36SD for US$800 put a 128 SSD in there for US$170, I'm still up on buying an entry level Macbook and have the performance of an i5 with a 10 hour battery life (Doubly so with the AUD fetching US$1.07 at the time of purchase).

Plus, don't most lights go to flashing yellow (= 4 way stop) at off-peak times?

I've never understood the purpose of the 4 way stop. We dont have them in Australia, the only time I've seen them is in the Philippines and it seems like the most retarded idea ever. In Oz, one road always has priority, if not you put in a traffic control device, traffic lights for high volume and roundabouts for low volume. I dont understand why anyone would use a 4 way stop over a roundabout, a roundabout allows all four sides to enter and exit at the same time rather then forcing everyone to stop.

But the simplest solution is some kind of directional light sensor that picks up headlights of approaching vehicles.

How does this work during the day when people have their headlights off?

The best detection method is induction loops in the road. A few sets of these and a little competent traffic planning cuts down the time spent waiting for lights a lot..

This,

In the (Australian) state I live in, 75% of revenue from speed cameras goes to the Road Trauma Trust Fund, which is used to build and maintain roads. Realistically that money has to come from somewhere otherwise roads end up in disrepair, if not fines then it will end up coming out of tax. So speed camera's are not revenue raisers as much as tax minimisation for people smart enough not to speed.

As of July this year, that number goes from 75% to 100%

The thing about the Android back button is it's highly modal and it doesn't communicate the mode. For example, if I'm in a web page, it might go back to the previous web page. If there's no previous, it goes back to the previous app. There's no visual change to indicate the different behavior.

You say that like its a bad thing.

The back button isn't modal, it's contextual. It does exactly what you need it to in context, if you want to go back to a search page, you press back. If you want to go back to the previous application, you press back. If the keyboard is up, pressing back makes it disappear.

With the Iphone you cant switch easily between applications. If I want to go from the phone to SMS, I have to go back to the homescreen and open SMS, if I want to go back to the phone I have to go back to the home screen and open phone.

It really isn't that hard, it took me about 20 seconds to learn all it's functionality. It took my technologically illiterate dad all of 10 minutes to figure out what back did on his Galaxy Nexus whilst my mum (the parent that actually uses a computer) still hasn't figured out her Iphone.

Gallons AND litres?

Now that's odd, do you receive two bills, one for each unit of measure.

I'm sorry, it seems as if you are saying that her grandchildren getting a royalty cheque is a sign of sanity? I don't know if you are being facetious,

It seems as if you have trouble reading my post. I'm certainly not being facetious nor am I being sarcastic. Why would _ I _ ever be sarcastic.

OK, to hit you with the clue by four, to say that "yes, they'll receive their royalty cheques" is a sarcastic way to say that there is no sanity in copyright laws.

Commando team dispatched.

Please remain at your present location.

So they're going to get a royalty cheque then.

On the contrary, they discouraging the purchase of her songs, they're doing us a favour by not having us listen to Whitney Houston awful songs on repeat.