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    Image of Poop Cooper Poop Cooper
    11/22/09

    In reply to HD Radio Now Standard On All Rolls-Royce Automobiles
    Finally, something I can put on my Christmas list...
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    Image of frigg frigg
    11/22/09

    In reply to HD Radio Now Standard On All Rolls-Royce Automobiles
    Dammit! Why do they always announce a new and improved model the week after I buy a thing!!!
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    Image of franco1975 franco1975
    11/22/09

    @frigg: Too late. I did this joke at 2:29PM
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    11/22/09

    @franco1975: Didn't you hear? Plagiarism is the lifeblood of the internet!
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    Image of franco1975 franco1975
    11/22/09

    @(Starman) Starman: Didn't you hear? Plagiarism is the lifeblood of the internet!

    #tips
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    Image of frigg frigg
    11/22/09

    @franco1975: Looks like your joke has been made obsolete by a new and improved joke a mere 3 hours and 34 minutes later. Perhaps you could upgrade for a small fee?
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    Image of franco1975 franco1975
    11/22/09

    @frigg: improved? i started this joke with a 'damn it ' too without typo'ing the spelling . You owe me copyright fees dude for using it dude LOL
    #tips
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/22/09

    In reply to HD Radio Now Standard On All Rolls-Royce Automobiles

    "Poverty [like analog] Sucks."

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    Image of infmom infmom
    11/22/09

    In reply to HD Radio Now Standard On All Rolls-Royce Automobiles
    Too bad there's almost nothing of interest on the HD channels yet.
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    11/22/09

    @infmom: OH come on, who wouldn't like Classical Music pumped out 24/7 all day? :P
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    Image of subsider34 subsider34
    11/22/09

    @infmom: Really? Houston has several former radio channels that have been restarted on HD Radio channels.
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    Image of infmom infmom
    11/22/09

    @(Starman) Starman: We have that in Los Angeles on the regular airwaves. Of course, what they pump out is Classical Top 40 most of the time. Hundreds of years of classical music to choose from and we get the same old warhorses all the time. My husband used to work there and he still listens to them, but I got bored with them years ago.

    #tips
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    11/22/09

    @subsider34: Los Angeles is pretty much an HD radio wasteland. There are a few interesting stations but most of them are just a waste of air space. Not to mention that we get terrible HD reception at our house because Mt. Wilson, where most of the transmitters are, is blocked from us by other mountains. We've had an HD radio since not long after it got started (husband works in broadcast engineering) and so far I haven't been impressed enough with any of the offerings to bother to find out what's on.

    #tips
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    Image of KassiaHaoe KassiaHaoe
    11/22/09

    @infmom: Um... about every radio station here broadcasts in HD. In fact I don't think I know one that doesn't. Most AM stations not only broadcast in HD, but have a sister station in FM that broadcasts the AM station on one of their HD sub-channels.
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    infmom promoted this comment KassiaHaoe was starred KassiaHaoe was unstarred
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    11/22/09

    @KassiaHaoe: Yes, I know they broadcast in HD. It's just that so little of what's being broadcast is worth listening to.
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    Image of KassiaHaoe KassiaHaoe
    11/23/09

    @infmom: It's... the regular stations being broadcast. If you don't like regular station your opinion doesn't even count.

    #tips
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    Image of VenomIreland VenomIreland
    11/22/09

    In reply to HD Radio Now Standard On All Rolls-Royce Automobiles
    I don't get it, HD Radio?
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/22/09

    @VenomIreland: Yep. Exactly what it sounds like.
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    11/22/09

    In reply to HD Radio Now Standard On All Rolls-Royce Automobiles
    Finally an excuse to buy a Rolls.
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    Image of Identity (Metric) Identity (Metric)
    10/05/09

    In reply to Mercedes Prototype Automatically Slams on Brakes at Red Lights
    I DO NOT WANT this. If other people want to, that's fine. But I do not want this. I prefer to actually drive my car. There are too many scenarios where this wouldn't work for me to be comfortable.
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    Image of spcomputing spcomputing
    10/05/09

    In reply to Mercedes Prototype Automatically Slams on Brakes at Red Lights
    Cool, looks like they found a solution for all of those texting while driving accidents.
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    Image of Azraeus Azraeus
    10/05/09

    @spcomputing: Approving and hoping it's sarcasm...love it either way
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    10/05/09

    In reply to Mercedes Prototype Automatically Slams on Brakes at Red Lights
    Most likely won't take long to figure out how the lights talk to the cars. "Hey Bob, watch this" SCREEEEEEEEETCH!!!!! As all the cars on the freeway suddenly stop.
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    Image of Doug Judson Doug Judson
    10/05/09

    In reply to Mercedes Prototype Automatically Slams on Brakes at Red Lights
    i'd hate to be the person behind the rich idiot who isn't paying attention.
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    Image of Doug Judson Doug Judson
    10/05/09

    In reply to Mercedes Prototype Automatically Slams on Brakes at Red Lights
    i'd hate to be the person behind the rich idiot who isn't paying attention.
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    10/05/09

    @Doug Judson: Who's the bigger idiot, the idiot not paying attention, or the idiot following the first idiot too closely?
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    10/05/09

    In reply to Mercedes Prototype Automatically Slams on Brakes at Red Lights
    I think they ought to skip this step and move to the next logical area of research; cars that drive themselves. If that's the case, everything will be much more efficient and there's won't even be a need for traffic lights. Cars can just time their passage through intersections so that they do not collide.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/05/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: That's what I was thinking too, but it would probably give people heart attacks going through an intersection through a swarm of cars without stopping.

    Hmm. Maybe that's why future cars don't have windows...
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    Image of lostgame lostgame
    10/05/09

    In reply to Mercedes Prototype Automatically Slams on Brakes at Red Lights
    Yes, because while my wife is pregnant and in need of a rush to the hospital, we're both going to appreciate it when my car suddenly comes to a halting stop as I'm trying to rush through a light.

    Fuck cars.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/05/09

    @lostgame: So you would put your (pregnant) wife and yourself in greater danger by rushing through a light, despite the fact that you have no siren or emergency lights to alert people at the intersection that you're about to run by? Good plan!
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    Image of HonusWScruggs HonusWScruggs
    10/05/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Luckily, since not everyone lives in the middle of a large city, what he said isn't as idiotic as you imply. In many rural areas there are signals that can be approached cautiously while observing the intersecting road, and then passed through in perfect safety.
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    10/05/09

    @HonusWScruggs: His words were "trying to rush through a light".

    I don't think that's anywhere near "approached cautiously".
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    Image of HonusWScruggs HonusWScruggs
    10/05/09

    @ripfire: Okay. But just to be clear, is my underlying point that 'just because it's always easy to find ways to mock people doesn't mean everyone's an idiot' invalidated by your choosing to ignore that anything short of waiting out the complete term of the red signal could easily be considered "rushing through the light"?
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/05/09

    @HonusWScruggs: The easiest, legal, and "Safest" thing to do is to call 911.

    Why make it complicated?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/05/09

    @HonusWScruggs: I remember driving through the backwoods of Minnesota a few times, and have come across these intersections, which are generally easy to cross early in the morning or very late at night, but rushing through the red light is still never recommended. I've come across spots early in the morning and seen people zip by on bicycles. Sure, they're not everywhere, but if I were to hit one of them while rushing through the light trying to get my wife to a hospital, her urgent situation will not be an adequate excuse for leaving the poor victim laying on the side of the road.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/05/09

    In reply to Mercedes Prototype Automatically Slams on Brakes at Red Lights
    I just hope that cars of the future don't all have these wacky watchmen gizmos in them while the only cars free from the most constraining equipment are high end sports cars.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/05/09

    In reply to Mercedes Prototype Automatically Slams on Brakes at Red Lights
    The only time I would ever approve of this is when the car can drive itself 100% of the time.
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