[geeks] What is Microsoft planing with this?

Dan Sikorski me at dansikorski.com
Sat Dec 14 15:58:49 CST 2002


On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 05:40, David Cantrell wrote:
> Uh-huh.  You do that every day do you?  Do you not, perhaps, think it
> might be more cost-effective to have a smaller car, and on the rare
> occasions you need to ship something too big to put in it, hire a
> trailer, or <horror> use a delivery service?

Not likely, given what increased insurance cost i would have for driving
two vehicles. And on top of that, when i leave the house in the morning,
i don't always know specifically what i will be doing the entire day.
 
> >         But weather i have a reason or not to drive it, why the hell
> > does it matter to everyone else?  Yes, it's big, i bought a big vehicle
> > because i'm a damn tall person, and many cars, while i can drive them
> > (drove the saturn for a while) are uncomfortable.
> 
> But there's also many smaller cars which you could drive comfortably.

Show me.

> And what has that to do with anything?  Yes, bad drivers die.  A bad
> driver in the latest SUV-of-the-week would be just as screwed if they
> pulled out in front of an artic.  Here's a free clue.  Small cars can
> be safe.

And larger cars can be even safer

> I really wish people who make the selfish decision to drive outrageously
> large private vehicles would be honest about their reasons for doing so,
> and the effect they have on everyone else.

Ok then, is the person who runs a large computer in their home selfish
because they consume more electricity, and in effect cause the burning
of more fossil fuels?

	-Dan Sikorski



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