Logarithmic chart axis scales are used to make logarithmic functions easier to draw by hand-- when you show a logarithmic function against a logarithmic axis scale, they present as a straight line instead of a curved line. Zip, the straight edge does all the work to make the result very nice, thank you Mr. Straight Edge and Mr. Light Table. Logarithmic axis scales are also used in the case of a computer-drawn chart of a function formerly/typically shown with logarithmic axis scales when drawn by hand. This disc performance chart is neither! It's simply confusing, because the slower drives' functions appear to be bigger than they normally would in comparison to a linear scale. Does any other site or graph show disc performance data on a logarithmic chart?

It's not that difficult to see the throttle position sensor values, via OBD-II with something like a ScanGauge.

My car's ECU reports the TPS values, and I don't think it even has electronic throttle control.

I address e-ink before (basically for me the contrast sucks) but most people hot on ereaders seem to like it:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=170

I really don't get all of this "LCD screens are going to make your eyes cry out in pain while E-ink is just about the same as paper" stuff floating around. Reading pulp fiction paperbacks in low light is surely the cause for my need of glasses today - way before LCDs ever hit the market. Since then I have done all my reading on a CRT or an LCD and I think my vision has actually improved. Living in Nepal, I hardly ever see anything printed on paper anymore and certainly don't read it. I don't miss paper and have never seen E-ink...who needs it. Books and magazines on my iphone, laptop, and iMac look grand, and read just fine. Blaming LCDs for eyestrain sounds like thousands of people whining about nothing...or how WiFi gives them headaches.

clue: OS != dev toolchain

you're welcome.

Old people can't use computers. Even if it involves lightly pressing on the accelerator.

Streets packed with parked cars, pedestrians, nearby buildings, et. al. are generally more dangerous precisely because clear lines-of-sight are cut off.

So those streets are more dangerous.

Sane drivers know this, reduce their speed, and then -- making wild hand-waving guesses, here -- wind up with about the same overall level of "dangerousness" as when driving on uncluttered roadways.

So those streets are not more dangerous.

Which is it?

What do you need DHCP for? Neighbor discovery protocol works fine. My router at home is already using 6to4 to connect to the nearest IPv6 entry point and advertising the prefix to the rest of the network. My Windows XP, Windows 7 and Linux machines all pick up IPv4 and IPv6 addresses just fine, and access to both networks is seamless. I haven't seen any problems setting it up at all. It took all of about an hour to setup.

Google doesn't have "explicit ANDs".

I've personally felt like the whole thing was a scam from the beginning. But I tend to be skeptical of government in general. I just feel like it's easier to run a smear campaign on Toyota than to fix the reputations of General Motors and Ford. But it seems like if the Toyotas have as many problems as the media makes it seem, we would actually see Toyotas having problems. Also, it didn't seem to affect sales. It seems like the only people who don't trust Toyota anymore are people who drive non-Toyota vehicles. It reminds me of the Linux users who say Windows crashes all the time. Also, I noticed recently millions of General Motors vehicles were recalled due to power steering problems. They didn't get nearly as much publicity as Toyota.

Like this? http://www.cio.com/article/514673/Kiss_Microsoft_Office_Goodbye_Three_Alternatives_to_Office_2010

Or this? http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/better-office-alternative-softmaker-office-bests-openofficeorg-445

Thanks for making that point. I looked up information on rods and cones. Apparently cones are responsible for high-resolution vision (near the center of your visual field) AND for color vision. The site I found says that for the cones, 64% are red, 32% are green, and 2% are blue. The cones in a color blind person still work, they just aren't divided into red or green cones. You give up color perception in favor of higher visual acuity.

It would be interesting if this was something that was reversible. If someone could "try out" color vision, or color blindness for that matter, and choose to keep it or not. It's much less of a difficult question if you can just go back to the way you were. But I dream...

Uh oh. Somebody opened a political can of worms. And he was marked +5 Insightful besides. Alright. I'll bite.

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>>>Damn Obama, first healthcare and now cutting nukes whilst keeping your shield intact. You're good.
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I'm going to be fined $1000 for not belonging to an HMO, and my personal taxes will increase $1500 (according to a CNN Sunday Morning report). If you think I'm going to praise Obama for that, then please think again.

Yes Obama is good for having eliminated some of those missiles. Good job.

But IMHO the number of things he's done wrong outweight the good. Like renewing the Patriot Act. Given himself (or any future leader) power to turnoff the internet, and so on. In general I view Obama as just a continuance of Bush's policies.