Daily Archives: August 1, 2012

In theory the build and price configurators on automaker web sites are a great idea…. 7

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In theory the build and price configurators on automaker web sites are a great idea. You can go through and configure exactly the car you want and figure out how much it will cost before you ever walk into a dealership. 

The problem is that there are often many different combinations of stand-alone options and packages on different trim levels and if you want to find the most affordable combination with the must-have features you want you have to go all the way through a lengthy and slow flash-based build process multiple times. 

What I want in a build and price site is a list of all the available features so that I can check the ones that I must have and then have the system tell me which models meet my requirements. From there I can pick the trim level I want and complete the build. 

Is that too much to ask for?

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One of my favorite lines from Vidal was "United States of Amnesia" 6

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One of my favorite lines from Vidal was "United States of Amnesia"

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~Jared

PTSOTL: Gore Vidal on how monotheism has rotted our country to its core
“The great unmentionable evil at the center of our culture is monotheism. From a barbaric Bronze Age text known as the Old Testament, three anti-human religions have evolved–Judaism, Christianity, an…

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My wife who happens to be an avid knitter and long-time participant at Ravelry was…

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My wife who happens to be an avid knitter and long-time participant at Ravelry was telling me about this last week.  The whole #olympics  trademark and IP thing has just gotten completely out of hand. 

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I was just explaining the Knitting Olympics to a friend – this is hilarious that the Olympic Committee would send Ravelry a cease & desist order! Not everyone can be an Olympic athlete but I applaud those who find their own way to participate and enjoy the Games!

Knitters Outraged After U.S. Olympic Committee Squashes Knitting Olympics—and Disses Knitters
If you mess with the Olympics trademark, a cloud of legal hurt will descend on you faster than Tyson Gay in the Men’s 100 meters. Case in point: The U.S.

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