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Reply #1335 - Mar 27th, 2014 at 8:26am
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Reply #1336 - Aug 25th, 2014 at 11:49pm
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http://www.mtreiber.de/MicroApplet_html5

Really neat traffic simulator. Play with some of the settings. Shows just how easily slowdowns develop randomly with no accidents or incidents.
  

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Reply #1337 - Mar 25th, 2015 at 8:13am
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You guys might not be huge Top Gear nerds, but Mere and I have watched it religiously for years.  Jeremy Clarkson, one of the show's hosts and arguably the driving force behind it, has just been sacked by the BBC.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11493270/Jeremy-Clarkson-to-be-sac...

He threw a punch at a producer a couple weeks back, so it's somewhat hard to argue that he didn't deserve this, but it's undoubtedly the end of Top Gear as we know it.  It'll be interesting to see where he lands.


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Reply #1338 - Mar 26th, 2015 at 8:16am
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So many people seem to be upset at the BBC for this.  I mean, ok he yelled at a guy for 20 minutes (that seems like a long time to be angry at someone).  But then to assault them, ya - why stand up for him?

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Reply #1339 - Mar 26th, 2015 at 2:43pm
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Yeah, I would have canned him too.  BBC didn't really have a choice.  Nonetheless, it's sad to see Top Gear come to an end (at least as we know it), even if Clarkson absolutely deserved it.


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Reply #1340 - Mar 27th, 2015 at 9:50am
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Guy sounds like an asshole.
  
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Reply #1341 - Mar 28th, 2015 at 12:49am
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I am a Top Gear fanatic. This upsets me Sad  Clarkson was way out of line... but.. sigh.

It would be neat if Netflix picked up all 3 presenters for a new, but similar show, as the internet seems to believe.
  

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Reply #1342 - Mar 29th, 2015 at 12:28pm
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That would be amazing.  Netflix just gushes money at their in-house shows.  House of Cards has a budget of $3.8m per episode.  Top Gear has a budget of ~$750,000 an episode.  Can you imagine what the Top Gear guys could do with five times the budget?


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Reply #1343 - Mar 30th, 2015 at 7:59am
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If you haven't checked out the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, it's pretty classic and funny.  I'd give it two or three eps to grab you but I'm glad I binged on it.

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Reply #1344 - Mar 31st, 2015 at 8:58pm
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Richard Hammond and James May have declined to sign new contracts with the BBC, so it looks like all three Top Gear presenters are now free agents.

https://motortorque.org/articles/top-gear-presenters-richard-hammond-and-james-m...


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Reply #1345 - Apr 9th, 2015 at 7:35am
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Just finished Going Clear that is on the FTP server and HBOGo.  It is a really great documentary.  Covers everything about Scientology and wow, does it destroy that cult utterly.

160 lawyers vetted it and are on standby for HBO in case lawsuits come out.

Give it a watch!

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Reply #1346 - Jun 11th, 2015 at 8:32am
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Christopher Lee has passed away.  Sad

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11666316/christopher-lee-dies-live...


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Reply #1347 - Nov 14th, 2015 at 5:40am
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-12/five-strange-things-that-have-...

I'm not sure what all this means but anytime Bloomberg is confused points to high market volatility.

I think just the fact that Facebook can overshoot the 100 year old GE company in 12 years and that the Fed (the criminal organization) hasn't raised interest rates in years and more and more people "disappearing" from unemployment numbers points to some not good things approaching.

My prediction is that college tuition is the next big bubble to burst and I'm giving it 7 years to burst...if not sooner.

Thought the link had some interesting items so I'm putting it here.

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Reply #1348 - Nov 13th, 2016 at 11:54pm
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A very interesting video for an old topic:

Why Captain Jellico Is Actually Pretty Awesome



Does he make the case?

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Reply #1349 - Nov 15th, 2016 at 9:10am
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Meredith and I watched this a couple days ago.  I can't speak for her, but I couldn't agree more.  If anything, I thought it was somewhat embarrassing that Jellico temporarily inherited such a broken crew.  Sure, the Federation fleet isn't primarily intended to be a military force, but considering the amount of conflict that occurs in the series you'd think they'd be able to get their act together in a hurry.


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