Damn SG-1, who they blowing up this time..

Personally I like proportional voting systems; example: Say there are 100 seats in the legislature, party "A" gets 40% of the votes party "B" gets 30% of the votes, party "C" gets 25% and party "D" gets 5%. So they get a number of seats proportional to the votes they receive. Party A gets 40 seats and so on. Party D however doesn't get any seats as there is an 8% minimum you have to reach to get in the legislature, to help prevent radical minorities getting a foot hold. (last part is just kinda in-theory)

But I think a system like this would benefit the US a lot, would really get 3rd parties on the map.

I didn't read all the comments to see if someone mentioned it...

But in a the metal manufacturing shop that my father runs all of there presses, breaks and other equipment with some computer controls, like for pre-sets and settings use floppy drives. Equipment that costs several hundreds of thousands of dollars per piece. It's not like they have a lot of pressure to upgrade. =\

I would honestly be very happy with 10mb to my house, well shit, even 2mb would be nice; better than the only service I can get other than dial up. (1mb wireless)

This only really works with some ISPs, my public IP address is given by a co-location that my data is routed from. So it's not uncommon for my IP address to show I am somewhere hundreds of miles away, just depends where the data is going/coming from at the time.

Not entirely true, some newer vehicles ( I would assume most/all but can't say from first hand exp.) electronically monitor oil levels. My care for example (02 Camaro) Throws the oil light whenever it's 2quarts low, (holds almost 6 quarts). Tested this one time before changing the oil. (stared it up, let it run for a minute, and see if the light comes on) Tested it on a 99 dodge RAM as well, same thing.

It amazes me that some people think, just because they can get fast internet cheaply, doesn't mean everyone can. I pay around 65 USD a month for a 1.5MB connection. Which is about as cheap as I can go without going to dialup.

Not sure about you all, but I am getting one of these for my next PC. Who needs HDDs and those cute little SSDs.

http://www.ramsan.com/products/ramsan-5000.htm

Reading your statement I am rather surprised....as I have lived on gravel roads all my life, and I have never had glass problems. (aside when a semi had a flat and threw half of a tire into my windshield)

Well the two vehicle brands you mentioned are US owned... Saab is owned by GM, and Volvo by Ford.

Didn't read more than the first comment from someone who was trying to make something far more complicated than it should be.

What we did, was in our shop (separate building, but electricity runs from the house to it). Is we wired a 220 plug (well pump is 220) on the outside of the shop that fed into the breaker box.

So when the generator was plugged in and on, it would feed the shop, which would in turn feed to the house. So you just have to make sure you don't turn on more stuff than your generator can handle. Or turn off some/many of the breakers in the house to make sure other peeps don't turn to much on.

Only thing with this set-up is you have to have a shutoff for the main feed to the house, otherwise you will be back feeding. Which isn't exactly what you want to do. =p
Of course this exact setup would not work for everyone, but the idea is the same regardless.

We have a 5k watt generator and it powers a fair amount of the house without a problem. We do have a propane furnace (tank in the yard). So don't have to worry about the heat part to much.

Well there is my 2 cents...