I escaped too. I lived in Plattsburgh for several years. Now, I live in Kentucky. People here have no idea what a winter really is. My sister is still up there, so I go back every couple of years.

better than having to switch to emacs for everything.

Some areas are more visual than others. Especially anything with a lot of equations, like physics. Some audiences demand more details than others. Neil deGrasse Tyson would give two very different presentations to a group of children and a group of research physicists. For only one of those groups would the six…

That is exactly what I was going to say. Diesels get much more torque per liter than gasoline engines, and that does change the driving experience.

Trading is the heart of Monopoly. When my in-laws play, they usually wait until most of the properties are bought, and then there is a flurry of trading. Then everybody develops their color blocks and the weeding out of players commences. Their games are usually settled in 90 minutes or less.

How far do you have to go down the Kentucky list until you don't get a basketball coach?

That was two or three years ago. Kernel 3.2.28 was the first that started supporting my wireless adapter. I can get it running now, and I use the adapter on other computers. It is just too late for the old laptop.

This x 20. I had a Windows 2000 laptop that was great for lugging on vacation and checking e-mail. I had no worries about it getting stolen.

IIRC, Ming Mecca is a reference to the movie Pi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_%28fil…

I'm listening to that song right now, by coincidence.

You have to do this more frequently when you have young children. They lock themselves out all of the time.

Has a Miata ever lost on CPONP?

Cool ride. I never got the chance to get to that point. Enjoy.

My wife had a 1998 Escort ZX2 that was fun to drive. It wasn't powerful, but it could take corners with the best of them. It could take some turns 10 mph faster than my 1994 Legacy. I was going to keep it as a project car, but I had a accident with it, and had to get rid of it.

If you just need to change the break pads, I would look into doing the repair yourself. If you have any experience with a wrench, and enough space, then the repair should go OK. I don't know how it is with a Scion, but my Subaru Outback break pads were very easy to change. It was little more than jacking up the…

I see what you did there.

I vote for none of the above.

My advice is to go with a local person the first time. The first time I visited Washington D.C. was to attend a conference. One of the attendees was originally from D.C., and she lead a tour of the monuments. She took us on the Metro, and once I saw how it worked, it was smooth sailing after that.

Now, I want to know if you can get a Cummins 4bt into a Caravan.

The 2000's Thunderbirds have a smile.