The Member's Systems Discussion Thread

[Mirakledba]

Im sure it is! If my mom wants something from somewhere ill drive there alone soon.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Ayyyy I passed and got my drivers license !!!!!

Congrats!

 

[MrRockyboxer]

Ayyyy I passed and got my drivers license !!!!!

Congrats! I had a feeling you would pass

Just be careful when you drive on your own.

 

[g-unit1111]

Ayyyy I passed and got my drivers license !!!!!

Congrats!

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Downloading Ubuntu 15 right now for my laptop. I want to make sure that I purchase the Witcher 1 and 2 from steam on a secure computer since, well, I'm quite suspicious my desktop has some malware and I don't want to take any risks. I'll be reinstalling Windows anyway in a few days when I get my motherboard.

Basically, in task manager Service Host: Local System always uses 25% of my CPU.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

I have soooo many distros of Linux on this laptop drive...

 

[Mirakledba]

Thanks everybody 😀

Rocky - Yep will do!

 

[Mirakledba]

Just drove to albertsons alone and got some sushi and AirZona iced tea 😀 Felt awesome. I found myself hating everyone on the streets cause they drive like idiots 😛

 

[Bossyfins]

My aunt just got hospitalized. She has rheumatoid arthritis. But, she recently got a sinus infection. But, today she collapsed, roughly 7pm PST. Just got back from the hospital, with the words that she would need to stay there for another 2-3 days. Sad part is, I am leaving to Prague, as a school trip on the 1st of january. Damn...

 

[Mirakledba]

My prayers are wit her Bossy. InshAllah she gets a full recovery! The doctors will take care of her just enjoy your trip man.

 

[tiny voices]

Just drove to albertsons alone and got some sushi and AirZona iced tea 😀 Felt awesome. I found myself hating everyone on the streets cause they drive like idiots 😛

Lots of people are idiots. It amazes me how many people I see texting and driving nowadays on my commute to/from work.

I do generally drive faster than the majority of traffic, but I am never in anyone's way or put anyone in any danger or anything like that.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I get annoyed by the people who drive 25 in the 35 zone and then once it turns into a 25 zone they all drive 40. There's this area by me where that always happens, because the 35 zone is more residential and the 25 zone is more commercial.

 

[tiny voices]

We have an issue on the highway I take to/from work where the speed limit is 70, but the on-ramps are short as it passes through many densely populated areas. This causes people to not be at highway speed when they are merging, because they underestimate how fast the need to accelerate. Realistically traffic is usually moving about 80-85mph and then people try to merge in doing like 45-50. It's awful and TONS of accident happen as a result of it. They need to put in signs that say highway speed limit is 70, please merge accordingly at the beginning of all the on ramps so people will know to hammer it and get up to speed.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

And even then, you have some people with cars that can't even make it to 70-85 on time.

 

[tiny voices]

I doubt it. The ramps are not THAT short. People are just uncomfortable with accelerating quickly. That is the issue. I recently had a rental Chevy Spark base (CVT, 84hp, 12 seconds to 60mph) and I had no issues, you just have to wring it out and you will be fine. I have no idea why people have an issue with this.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Gosh that's really slow.

 

[Mirakledba]

Yeah Tiny, I see way too many people on their phones while driving.....

 

[tiny voices]

Gosh that's really slow.

Exactly, and I had no trouble getting up to speed and merging on even the really short on ramps.

 

[Onus]

I've never been able to figure out how people can text and drive at the same time. I hated to even take calls while driving, and never make calls. I've got Bluetooth now, so taking them isn't so bad, but I will either pull off or at least wait for a long stop before trying to call someone.

 

[tiny voices]

I voice to text completely hands free if I need to, but I avoid it. I take calls all the time but hands free as well.

 

[MrRockyboxer]

Tiny - I agree with you. People merging in 20 KM/H under the highway's 100 km/h limit is really stupid, not to mention, people are going a lot faster then the limit. I see it all the time. Gotta give them the flash, or a honk to tell them to go faster.

In my opinion, if you're not comfortable with driving at higher limits, you shouldn't be driving on those roads.

 

[tiny voices]

I usually just lay on the horn as I go barreling by. The limit on my commute to work is 70mph, and people routinely do 90mph or so in the left lane.

 

[Mirakledba]

Onus - EXACTLY! I was driving somewhere right now (taking my mom so she can shop) and I set up the GPS and I found it very hard to change stuff to it while driving (It was my phone in a small cutout covering a screen)

My dad texts and drives a lot and im like how can you do that??? Its hard and scary! Sure id probably set up bluetooth to the car to take calls but id never even voice text....

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I don't text while drive, nor do I really get text messages ever.

 

[Mirakledba]

"nor do I really get text messages ever." :lol:

Doesnt matter really, even though Im in a group chat with my friends, I just put my phone on silent while driving....