"Come on, we'll go out for drinks and have a great time. I'll find a woman for you at the bar"
I go, nothing happens, I drink, nothing happens, I stay for hours, nothing happens, I go home feeling the effects of a little alcohol, tired, depressed, alone.
What a great way to spend an evening.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Friday, July 28, 2006
A followup to the "The dealership stole my car" story
If you didn't read it on digg earlier, Bill Heard Chevrolet in Nashville sold a guy a truck and then stole it that night and told him that he could have it back if he paid them more money. First it was $10,000, then it was $11,000. The plot thickens. . .
Bill Heard Chevrolet in Sanford, FL (North of Orlando) has done some nasty shit too. When someone would take a car out for a test drive, they would take the keys of the car they were trading in so the dealership could figure out its value. If the customer decided they didn't want the new car, the dealership would refuse to give them the keys to their old car back. One woman (stupidly) panicked and bought the new car, but another one called the cops and reported her car had been stolen. The cops showed up forced them to give them her keys back.
GM was so embarrassed that they threatened to make the dealership pay for the thousands of cars on their lot (if you didn't know, dealerships make payments on their new cars, they don't buy them outright) which would have cost them millions of dollars as well as losing the right to be an authorized GM dealer. Too bad it never happened.
read more | digg story
Bill Heard Chevrolet in Sanford, FL (North of Orlando) has done some nasty shit too. When someone would take a car out for a test drive, they would take the keys of the car they were trading in so the dealership could figure out its value. If the customer decided they didn't want the new car, the dealership would refuse to give them the keys to their old car back. One woman (stupidly) panicked and bought the new car, but another one called the cops and reported her car had been stolen. The cops showed up forced them to give them her keys back.
GM was so embarrassed that they threatened to make the dealership pay for the thousands of cars on their lot (if you didn't know, dealerships make payments on their new cars, they don't buy them outright) which would have cost them millions of dollars as well as losing the right to be an authorized GM dealer. Too bad it never happened.
read more | digg story
Monday, July 24, 2006
Specter prepping bill to sue Bush
(Republican) Senator Arlen Specter is going to try to stop Bush's "Signing Statements," which is are yet another violation of the "checks and balances" system that the U.S. Government is supposed to have.
If you aren't familiar with what a signing statement is, when Bush signs a bill into law, he puts a note like "I don't have to comply with this law." So, Bush doesn't agree with a law, he signs it with a signing statement thereby altering the actual letter of the law and preventing any sort of veto override by Congress.
You know, It's kind of like crossing your fingers when you tell a lie.
For those of you that say "other presidents have done this before". Sure, but to compare the last successful U.S. President with Bush, Clinton only used it around 80 times while Bush is already over 110.
I've also read that there are more than 800 specific items that he has put into signing statements while all other Presidents combined have only used about 600. I'll try to find a link. . .
[UPDATE]
Here's more info:
The American Bar Association has denounced the signing statements.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/15106725.htm
It also compares the volume of statements as I mentioned before
read more | digg story
If you aren't familiar with what a signing statement is, when Bush signs a bill into law, he puts a note like "I don't have to comply with this law." So, Bush doesn't agree with a law, he signs it with a signing statement thereby altering the actual letter of the law and preventing any sort of veto override by Congress.
You know, It's kind of like crossing your fingers when you tell a lie.
For those of you that say "other presidents have done this before". Sure, but to compare the last successful U.S. President with Bush, Clinton only used it around 80 times while Bush is already over 110.
I've also read that there are more than 800 specific items that he has put into signing statements while all other Presidents combined have only used about 600. I'll try to find a link. . .
[UPDATE]
Here's more info:
The American Bar Association has denounced the signing statements.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/15106725.htm
It also compares the volume of statements as I mentioned before
read more | digg story
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Honda Formula 1 car hits 400 Kph
They set an unofficial record of 400 KM/hour, but it wasn't official because they couldn't make the run twice. They did, however set a few records on the way.
Even more amazing than that was back in 2001, Gil De Ferran set a closed course speed record of 241.428 mph (388.540703 kph) during a qualifying lap at the California motor speedway for what is now known as the Champ Car World Series (cart.com). He was racing for Penske Motor Sports and guess what type of engine he had. . .yep, a Honda.
An article about the race can be found here:
http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=81115&FS=CHAMPCAR
read more | digg story
Even more amazing than that was back in 2001, Gil De Ferran set a closed course speed record of 241.428 mph (388.540703 kph) during a qualifying lap at the California motor speedway for what is now known as the Champ Car World Series (cart.com). He was racing for Penske Motor Sports and guess what type of engine he had. . .yep, a Honda.
An article about the race can be found here:
http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=81115&FS=CHAMPCAR
read more | digg story
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Fuel price set to reach £1 per liter
Once you do the conversion to USD, that is about $8.30 per gallon. Now you have to remember that one of the reasons the Axis of Lies (Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz) invaded Iraq was to secure the oil supply there to keep prices low and thereby keep the global economy stable.
read more | digg story
read more | digg story
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Skilled-worker shortage: fact or fiction?
This article in Network World discusses the skilled-worker shortage that we keep hearing about. As a Comp. Sci. degree holder, a few years experience with multiple platforms and languages, this is a subject I've had to deal with on more than one occasion. Most companies with job postings never even call me back even though I meet (at a minimum) most of the requirements.
read more | digg story
read more | digg story
Monday, July 03, 2006
Net Neutrality: Senator Shows EXTREME Lack of Knowledge
Senator Ted Stevens shows just how much of a moron he really is. He is a worthless person taking up space (as well as taxpayer money) in the Senate. All he does is have some corporate lobbyist say "vote against this" and he does without even knowing what the heck he's voting against.
read more | digg story
read more | digg story
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