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Old 01-06-2009, 10:03 AM   #16
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Yes, but we were talking irony, which doesn't need a car, either.
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Old 01-06-2009, 10:06 AM   #17
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Old 01-06-2009, 10:06 AM   #18
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exactly ! who needs em when you've got feet, bicycles, and a good public transport system ?


of course, i do occasionally wish i had one, for things like going to ikea...
Isn't that what friends are for?

Also, I'm confused about irony.

I've always understood it to be:
"the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning".

But I'm frequently wrong.
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Old 01-06-2009, 10:07 AM   #19
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good point. note to self : try to find yourself some friends with driver's licences / cars.
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Old 01-06-2009, 10:08 AM   #20
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good point. note to self : try to find yourself some friends with driver's licences / cars.
I've got both. Including a short bed pickup. What do you need hauled?
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Old 01-06-2009, 10:09 AM   #21
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I've got both. Including a short bed pickup. What do you need hauled?
addendum to note above : *preferably on the same continent as you.
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Old 01-06-2009, 10:25 AM   #22
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Hey, I don't have a driver's license either. Cars are for dinosaurs.
Denver, the last dinosaur !!
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Old 01-06-2009, 10:41 AM   #23
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Old 01-06-2009, 11:44 AM   #24
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exactly ! who needs em when you've got feet, bicycles, and a good public transport system ?


of course, i do occasionally wish i had one, for things like going to ikea...

Why us country dwellers out in the middle of nowhere!
I do as much of my shopping online. Technology is a wonderful thing (when it works!!!), and the UPS, FedEx and mail/catalog carriers who haul all the stuff I buy!
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Old 01-06-2009, 12:31 PM   #25
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the company is DeCarta, they made the technology used in Google maps, and it's a similar application to that. there is a map in the page (like google maps) and a search function and you can search for a business / service or a location.!
Sounds excellent. We have a Garmin GPS which we use while biking, which we then interface with Google Earth Plus vis USB port so that we can show our route(s) on Google Earth. We can save our routes and send them to friends.

We also have another make of GPS in the car, which is needed in this bridge entrapped, mayhem traffic bottlenecked city.

An over-the-airways way of keep up-to-date with the latest routes (i.e. avoiding constrution, seeing new roads, even avoiding accidents) would be fantastic (buying upgrades to existing maps can get expensive since as soon as they are made they are out-of-date). The devices get input from about 12 satellites to triangulate (multiangulate/pinpoint) your exact locaction but it'd be interresting to know how the new info (routes/pointes of interest/businessess etc.) would get downloaded.

Thanks for the heads-up, looking forward to the news release and am very proud of you for having any part in it.
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Old 01-06-2009, 01:29 PM   #26
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Hey, I don't have a driver's license either. Cars are for dinosaurs.
If only that were so true on this side of the Atlantic... I'm in Atlanta, GA, a city which makes doing without a car very, very difficult. I got around okay for a while on a 50cc scooter, but a couple weeks ago had a bad enough accident that I've realized my "under 30" invincibility must have worn off early. So car shopping for me .
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Old 01-06-2009, 01:33 PM   #27
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exactly ! who needs em when you've got feet, bicycles, and a good public transport system ?


of course, i do occasionally wish i had one, for things like going to ikea...


Maybe people who live in rural areas with no public transport system (good , bad, or mediocre) and live far away from shops, grocery stores, etc.
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Old 01-06-2009, 02:59 PM   #28
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Thanks for the heads-up, looking forward to the news release and am very proud of you for having any part in it.
thank you, but once again, i really had very little to do with this project and i can't take credit for anything important. just a bit of code !
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If only that were so true on this side of the Atlantic... I'm in Atlanta, GA, a city which makes doing without a car very, very difficult. I got around okay for a while on a 50cc scooter, but a couple weeks ago had a bad enough accident that I've realized my "under 30" invincibility must have worn off early. So car shopping for me .
ouch !! i'm sorry to hear that, i hope you are okay ! be careful !!!
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Also, I'm confused about irony.

I've always understood it to be:
"the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning".

But I'm frequently wrong.
Does this help?




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