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Honda ordered to pay out in racism lawsuit {Autoblog}
Feb 15th 2008 12:27PM I have to agree with Kevin to an extent. Maybe he shouldn't have just flat-out LEFT the job, but if you're being abused you shouldn't be silent about it until you're terminated. Labor board, Human Resources, a union rep, there must be *someplace* to raise concerns.
If you're putting up with that kind of treatment for 2 years, not being vocal about being abused, and not taking action for yourself, you are in fact contributing to your own problem by not taking steps to get it resolved.
Ford paints the town green with fleet of U-Hauls {Autoblog}
Aug 6th 2007 10:49PM I won't bash "domestics" here, but I'll take a whack at UHaul. I won't touch a UHaul truck ever again in my life. Poorly maintained, unsafe, disgusting interiors, terrible customer service...and that's assuming you can actually get the truck you reserved at the time you reserved it for.
UHaul...never again will they get my money, "green" or not.
Mythbusters fail to foil the speed camera {Autoblog}
Mar 9th 2007 6:07AM verdegrrl, not all states have the "sign when the ticket is issued" policies. It's only the really nasty ones like Ohio that require you to admit to the offense without a judge so much as glancing at your case.
Ten worst traffic incidents of 2006 {Autoblog}
Dec 29th 2006 10:23AM #9 (Dan), the washout was on I-88, which runs from the Albany area to Binghamton.
The flooding from that same weather system did close down the Thruway (I-90) for a couple days causing long detours for that period of time, but it did not wash the road out completely - I drove that stretch less than 2 weeks after the storm.
Ford employee chases spy photographer in 2008 F-250 {Autoblog}
Jul 21st 2006 10:36AM And why did he not call the police and get them on this road-rager? They do take these things seriously and if they saw him in the act, they'd ticket him (at a minimum) for sure.
Will Sirius and XM merge? {Autoblog}
Jul 12th 2006 9:55PM Karmizan did not say that Sirius wants to purchase XM. From http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13773302/site/newsweek/: "I was asked the question. I answered it honestly. Certainly I'd be interested if a company is for sale, if the price is right and if regulators would allow it. In the case of satellite radio, it's hard to argue that strategically [buying XM] would fit. It's not something we're pursuing."
Note that last 2 sentences. There's no strategic reason to purchase XM - IOW, XM doesn't have anything that Sirius wants, or that Sirius can't get.
Sirius added twice as many subscribers as XM did in the second quarter. They've been crushing XM's growth for several quarters now. Stern is only the beginning. As of 2007, there is only one professional sport that XM will have exclusively - MLB. NASCAR, NHL, NFL are all on Sirius (the last 2 are already Sirius exclusives. NASCAR switches after this season). The content producers are hitching their wagons to the horse they think is the best platform.
That sports contingent draw far more subscribers than any one entertainer/DJ/shock jock. My brother was gung-ho about XM, but if MLB ever goes to Sirius, I'm fairly sure he'll switch.
I thought I was getting Sirius for only 2 reasons: NFL and Stern. Then I discovered all the other great programming. I'm literally overwhelmed with choices.
Why must every discussion about Sirius come down to "Stern's a jackass" for some people? It's quickly approaching a Goodwin's Law for the 21st century. If you don't like him, don't listen to him. It's that simple. He's 1.5 channels out of over 120. Choosing XM over Sirius only because Sirius has one program that you don't like? I could make the same argument about Opie & Anthony on XM (who, BTW, can't draw, managed a paltry 35,000 listeners and had to go crawling back to FM in conjunction with the XM broadcast), but it would be similarly ridiculous. Why not choose the service based on the programming you WILL listen to instead?
Today's lesson: don't mow the lawn while listening to your iPod during a lightning storm {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jul 7th 2006 1:31PM The iPod attracted the lightning, not the 100-plus pounds of metal he was sitting on?
Even the article is quick to point out that the iPod had nothing to do with his getting struck - only that the wires may have acted as a conductor after the fect.
Teens just can't keep up with the pressures of 24/7 communication {Engadget}
Jan 10th 2006 9:23AM A couple things I've learned over the past few years (life changes tend to make you change perspective a LOT):
I own my devices. My devices do not own me.
My cell phone/Crackberry/whatever is for my convenience, and my convenience alone. If the phone is ringing, I am NOT obligated to answer. I have caller ID and voicemail.
NO ONE needs to reach me instantly, unless it is truly a life-threating/family emergency. Company's (non-E-commerce) web server crashed? It can wait 10 minutes while I find a place to pull off the road to make some calls.
Report: Black nano outselling white {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Sep 14th 2005 12:47PM Were I to get a Nano, I'd have to get white. My car's interior is all black, and I'd lose a black Nano in an instant.
3 New Apple Stores Coming June 4th {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
May 27th 2005 1:37PM And another coming to Victor, NY (just outside Rochester) later in the summer.
