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  • Brits ready for face off: “In a key report to be published on 19 November, members will highlight a catalogue of concerns – focusing on the huge psychologicaland emotional difficulties patients associated with having a dead person’s face.”

  • When the load gets tough, the tough get loaded.

  • AutoWeek – Car News: “Mitsubishi trimmed 146 pounds of “nonessential” items from its already-stellar Lancer Evolution for even more performance. Those items include the wing; HID lights (replaced with halogens); rear wiper; air conditioning; ABS; power motors for the windows, doors, locks and side mirrors; the entire audio system; trim in the trunk; vanity mirrors; rear assist grips; map lights; lots of sound-deadening material and even that little piece of leather wrapping that goes around the parking brake lever.” All that removed and it’s only $3,000 cheaper. I’ll pass.

  • UPDATE – Microsoft turns to IBM for next Xbox chip: “The next version of Xbox is expected to be announced in January by Microsoft founder and Chairman Bill Gates and to be on sale next fall ahead of the holidays, according to Doherty.” A coworker mentioned to me on Wednesday night that Xbox2 would be out in time for next Christmas. I couldn’t believe him, but here is an outside source saying the same thing. Not that I believe everything on the internet…

  • How to create an OpenBSD 3.4 ISO:

    1. Download the requisite files from ftp://ftp.openbsd.org. (I would suggest ports.tar.gz, src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz and the entire i386 folder.)

    2. On your old OBSD machine (since you all have one), cd to the root of the new CD

    3. Use mkhybrid to make an ISO: mkhybrid -b i386/floppy34.fs -c boot.catalog -l -J -L -r -o obsd34.iso . (That final period is necessary! Isn’t it always?)

  • Howstuffworks “How Dieting Works”: “Try wearing form-fitting clothes instead of sweats. The tight clothing acts as a subliminal reminder of what you are trying to accomplish.” Best dieting advice I’ve heard all year!

  • I need to cut caffeine again. As stated in this survey, my sleep requirements went from 8.5 to 5 hours when I quit caffeine. I wasn’t exactly sure if it was the lack of caffeine or the dramatic increase in exercise that was the cause of the change. Now that I’m still working out just as much (or more) and I’m back on caffeine, my sleep requirements are back at 8.5 hours.



    It wouldn’t be such a bad thing if I wasn’t falling asleep at inopportune moments…

  • So, I decided to add a car to my list:





    The Porsche 911 Carrera.


    So, here are the updated numbers:


    THE RAW DATA

      350Z RX-8 RSX WRX Evo VIII Carrera
    Horsepower 287 250 200 227 271 320
    Torque 274 159 142 217 273 273
    0-60 Time 5.5 5.9 6.1 5.6 5.3 5.0
    EPA City 20 18 24 20 18 18
    EPA Highway 26 23 31 27 26 26
    Price 32136 29900 26907 28540 30529 68800
    Seating 2 4 4 4 4 4
    Transmission 6 6 6 5 5 6
    Wheelbase 104.3 106.3 101.2 99.4 103.3 92.5
    Weight 3188 2933 2775 3140 3263 3020
    Wheels 18 18 16 16 17 17
                 
    Looks 10 9 8 7 7 10
    Power/Weight 0.0900 0.0852 0.0721 0.0723 0.0831 0.1060
    Torque/Weight 0.0860 0.0542 0.0512 0.0691 0.0837 0.0904






    THE NORMALIZED DATA

      350Z RX-8 RSX WRX Evo VIII Carrera   WEIGHT
    Horsepower 8.969 7.813 6.250 7.094 8.469 10   0
    Torque 10 5.803 5.182 7.920 9.964 9.964   0
    0-60 Time 9.091 8.475 8.197 8.929 9.434 10   8
    EPA City 8.333 7.5 10 8.333 7.5 7.5   5
    EPA Highway 8.387 7.419 10 8.710 8.387 8.387   4
    Price 8.373 8.999 10 9.428 8.814 3.911   7
    Seating 5 10 10 10 10 10   6
    Transmission 10 10 10 8.333 8.333 10   3
    Wheelbase 8.869 8.702 9.140 9.306 8.955 10   2
    Weight 8.705 9.461 10 8.838 8.504 9.189   0
    Wheels 10 10 8.888 8.888 9.444 9.444   1
                   
    Looks 10 9 8 7 7 10   11
    Power/Weight 8.496 8.044 6.802 6.823 7.838 10   10
    Torque/Weight 9.507 5.997 5.661 7.645 9.255 10   9
                   
    TOTAL 574.8 548.8 549.7 540.5 559.2 597.9    
    RANKING 2 5 4 6 3 1    


  • My apartment complex is comprised of four seperate buildings that share a single underground parking garage. When Russell and I moved in, we took two of the last parking spots available. They were over by building B while we lived in building A but it is just a short 30 meter walk across the garage. Last night after working out, I followed another car into the garage. They parked over by building A while I parked by building B. We crossed paths as we went to the opposing building. I didn’t think anything of it, but she called out to me just as I was about to enter the building. We traded contact info and decided that we should trade parking spots.

    She was quite attractive as well; maybe that is why I didn’t say anything in the first place.

  • I no longer like investing. MSFT posts improved earnings and profits, beats the street estimate by a cent and our stock goes DOWN $2 the next day. Sigh.