THE 10,000 Post Thread

[Korot 6]

5222. How bad? BSOD bad, or CTD bad?

[Duke87 1,070]

(5223)

Originally posted by: Muck308

Has anyone else seen this "Earth" feature on Google Maps? It reminds me of the Google Earth program they used to have, allowing for a 3d look at the world.quote>

What, they don't have Google Earth anymore? It's still on my computer, and it still works....

The in-broswer version is nifty, although it lacks all the extra features of the independent version.

back then, it was too much information for my computer to handle, but this new feature is where the "Terrain" feature used to be. It's pretty cool.quote>

The topo map ("Terrain") is still there, under "More"

[un1 41]

Originally posted by: Korot

5222. How bad? BSOD bad, or CTD bad?quote>

neither, freeze for a few minutes because I was trying to close it before I manually had to turn off FF.

5224

[astronelson 339]

5225. Just (well, several hours ago) finished Kingdom Hearts.

Ooh, palindromic post number.

[Korot 6]

5226. Un1: If you consider freezing the same as crashing, then my laptop is crashing continuously.

Edit: Got sniped.

[Duke87 1,070]

(5227)

A freeze is just a fender-bender.

[jj88 23]

5228 - fender bender is an American term

[Korot 6]

5229. And it means what?

[un1 41]

5230 - Well when my computer freezes all the programs on it crash (when I used IE it CTD all the time), some recover some dont.

[Muck308 55]

5231

My computer hasn't frozen in years.

[Duke87 1,070]

(5232)

Originally posted by: Korot

And it means what?quote>

A minor traffic accident.

You know, no serious damage, the fender on your car just gets bent out of shape.

[Korot 6]

5233. Ah, now I understand.

[Larks2242 251]

5234.

Never want to benda your fender.

[Skimbo 304]

5235

Has anyone of you had ever an accident?

[Duke87 1,070]

(5236)

I've never been in a serious accident, although I have been in a few scrape-ups. One was while I was still just a kid (and obviously not the one driving!). Another was while I was learning to drive (everyone gets one...). A third wasn't my fault, someone hit me (clipped the sideview mirror). The fourth one, however, which I was totally responsible for, is the fun story:

Last summer, I stopped last-second at a red light and pulled too far into the intersection. To correct for that, I backed up to get out of the way. But then I neglected to put the car back in drive and when the light turned green, well, you figure out the rest... 

Put a a few paint marks on the car behind me. Also put a couple nicks in my license plate and a barely noticable dent in my back bumper, both of which are still there. No big deal.

[Vahr 341]

5237

....nice one there (the last one), Duke

[twinsfan14 36]

5328

I accidentally bought the wrong sized lead for my mechanical pencil

[Duke87 1,070]

(5239)

Did it make your pencil crash?

[Muck308 55]

5240

They warned us about people doing that in Driver's Ed, Duke. I've never been a bystander to it. I rear-ended an F-150 a couple years back. I was on a an on-ramp with a stop sign at the end. I thought the truck in front of me went and I hit the gas to merge but he was still there. I did minimal damage to his truck since I was driving my Civic, which was quite mangled. All cosmetic though except for a busted radiator. That was the first at-fault accident I've ever had. I have had a couple people crash into me, however.

Edit: We got a little off track there.

[Vahr 341]

5241

Nice catch.

I've been in a few crashes before, all of them being another driver's fault.

EDIT for clarification: As a passenger. Most of you know very well I can't drive yet

[un1 41]

5242 - I havent really been in any crashes that I remember.. there was the one when I was little but thats about it.

[Duke87 1,070]

(5243)

Originally posted by: Muck308

They warned us about people doing that in Driver's Ed, Duke. quote>

They taught us to stop behind the line, but they never taught us about what to do if you end up stopped too far forward. This idea of backing up to get out of the intersection I picked up from seeing other drivers do it and thinking "hey, that's a good idea!".

[astronelson 339]

5244. Most drivers I see who cross the line don't bother reversing.

[pagenotfound 53]

5245. Over half way there?! Where the hell have i been?

Oh and what do we do when we hit 10,000?

[Vahr 341]

5246

Somewhere over the rainbow...

Nah jk. We'll know what to do when we get there.

Speaking of backing up, my dad did the backing up thing yesterday.

[un1 41]

5246 AE chat event today!

[Duke87 1,070]

(5248)

Originally posted by: astronelson

Most drivers I see who cross the line don't bother reversing.quote>

Well, it's not just crossing the line. People stop in front of the line quite naturally and intentionally all the time. You've got a bit of a buffer zone and then the crosswalk to work with, and depending on the intersection geometry you may have a bit of space after that, too.

No, the reason to back up comes when you're stopped so far forward that not only are you over the line but you're physically in the intersection, blocking cross-traffic. At that point, you have to move.

Of course, it's very unusual that you'll find yourself in this situation. Generally it happens when you slam the brakes at a yellow light that you really should have just gone through.

[Skimbo 304]

5248

I personally never had an accident (But I'm only driveing for aout 2 years now)

[Vahr 341]

5249

Well my dad had to back up because he would have blocked the path of the cars turning left from the street to the right (the left turn lane stop bar he was at isn't recessed, so that doesn't help either)

[Duke87 1,070]

(5251)

Now, by "recessed", you mean set back from the intersection, I assume?

EDIT: un miscounted.