When a CEO calls me a moron, it really makes me want to do business with them and their company. Nothing encourages me more to do business with a company than when their CEO calls me a moron. Calling customers or potential customers [morons] is a time honored business tragedy.
^^^^THAT!
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non-TL;DR:
When I owned my own business friends would say "Oh, you're so lucky you don't have a boss!" I had hundreds of bosses... we called them "customers" and if we weren't polite, professional, and attended to their needs they fired us.
Sometimes even when we did everything right we'd get fired... because they were "reorganizing" and "money is tight" and "contracts only mean as much as you're willing to pay a lawyer to litigate."
For a CEO of a public-serving corporation to call his customers morons is the height of ... hubris. I can't imagine anyone in a high office in this land calling people morons /s
I am even more relieved that I sold my att stock weeks ago
There are three types of investors.
Those who hold long expecting the company to deliver. Most companies work hard to return these stockholders' investments.
Those who hold short expecting the stock price to soar as others come to buy it. Some companies suck up to these stockholders... but it's so ephemeral and against the previous goals it's tough to do.
People who know nothing about investing and think the company actions in 2020 has anything to do with their divesting weeks ago. That's you.
Thanks for selling. The stock market needs less short-sighted people who are "relieved [they] sold [their] stock weeks ago." Stop playing stock market and go get a job where your whimsical fancy of which-stock-buy-or-sell-today hurts real people.
That's the problem with today's US stock market -- anyone thinks they can play "Day Trader" but the end result is companies working to get that immediate gain and trading off the longer term gain. The stock market came about as a result of companies wanting capital for the LONG game, not the "oh I sold it off yesterday so I'm so..... relieved" short-term players.
How did cable-cutters become a thing? As one, I'll tell you. It's because [as TD has said many times before] I don't know if I want my $15 to go to HBO and my $20 to go Netflix and my $10(/mo) to go to Amazon Prime and ON TOP OF THAT pay Comcast $100 just to access these very same things.
When I say "I don't know" I'm suggesting I do know -- I want NONE of them to get these funds. If I download these shows and watch them myself (Kodi, XBMC, PMS, whatever) I can
That would be "nobody knows as much about TV as I", Stankey.
Likely his knowledge of English and his knowledge of TV reached their zenith (acme?) somewhere around third grade.
Wrong, corporations are public entities owned by the public, that is shareholders.
Please don't be rude while displaying arrogance and a lack of understanding.
Corporations are entities which allow some portion to be owned by non-qualified public investors. They are not "public" in the sense that they are owned by "the public" such as a utility.
Shareholders -- depending on the stock -- may have zero voting, zero dividends, and zero rights -- except, of course to receive voluminous writings and to resell their shares, hopefully for more than they paid for them.
Don't confuse a corporation with shares on the market which we typically do call "a public company" with "a public entity owned by the public" -- which does not exist.
Try starting your answer with something you wouldn't use on your wife, kids or friends. "WRONG!!! BZZT!!!" isn't a good introduction.
Great undefined buzzwords that all feel good in a long time -- can't beat that.
Interplanetary Pot Filled Smoke sounds great. Hope it works out well for
the people who give you money
the money you take from them
Maybe... just maybe... if you're REALLY serious about a content based search that has nothing to do with "servers" (oh my aching gasping laughing chest) you should hire some people who are experts at this ... oh wait... you did? They told you this wasn't viable? Oh, sorry.
TL;DR - It is absolutely wrong to sell the .ORG registry to a for-profit. Shareholder profits depend on the shareholders; some want immediate one-day day-trader style profits. Some want 90 day "I'll hold it for a quarter and see" profit, and some want to hold it for years and pass it on to their kids, like traditional 'Blue chip stocks'.
It's been low cost for nonprofits, and should stay that way, and shareholders can go invest in the market. I hear Tesla is a good buy. No pun intended.
End TL;DR
IPv4 allocations and ASNs used to be free. Then people started grabbing and hoarding (just like toilet paper in the US during COVID-19). ARIN wasn't created to solve that, but to remove the functional aspects of managing that from InterNIC -- which was run by the US Department of Defense. To justify their creation, ARIN instituted fees. Other regional registries (i.e., RIPE, etc.) also got their chunk of the fat.
The DNS registry was also free. Then people started registering gobs of domain names prophylactically to either tie up someone else's name or to sell it to them. Bang. Now domain names are not free.
In the US:
COM was supposed to be for commercial only.
ORG was supposed to be for nonprofit only.
EDU was supposed to be for colleges and universities and the like only.
However, as the joy of receiving fees increased, the registrars now allowed pretty much anyone to get anything.
When we prioritize profits over service what we get is the same quality of service we expect from Comcast, Charter, Frontier, Time Warner, and other Telcos. (Karl Bode has an excellent article in today's Techdirt about removing caps that shouldn't have been there in the first place.)
The .ORG domain and IPv6 networks remain the last two elements of the original "InterNIC" that haven't been monetized to death. While I also respect Mike Godwin immensely, I disagree with his position that this should be sold... and
As a preemptive argument I would add:
If the .ORG was to be sold to someone, it should be a true arm's length transaction, for a fair price, with noticed returns over time. This leveraged buyout is ridiculous.
This doesn't pass the smell test, and ICANN is weak weak weak for taking this long to address it. At least they did so "correctly". (IMO)
Re: Re: Re: Re: Who makes the rules on Internet forums
...this specific part of the forum is dedicated to laughing at you...
You might want to check the title bar on your browser. It's about the NHL and Esports, not about me.
I have...
Again, it's not about you either
...before I do that...
See above.
Really. You don't have two days, but I appreciate you've left off the previous ad hominems. They make you look small.
Yes, and as soon as you
It's not about me. It's a TD forum.
...you're dead set...
See above.
As I've mentioned ...
It's now about you either. It's a TD forum.
...mocking an idiot...
You confuse "mocking" with "laughing" and "debating" but at the end of the day end with an ad hominem. It's not about me, and if you can't "mock" or "laugh" or "debate" without debasing yourself to do it, you should just do what mom said: Don't say anything at all.
Still off topic. You're not "mocking" anyone. You're attempting to debate. Probably some good coaching would help your skills.
Have a great day!
Ehud
P.S. stick to the topic. That's what Internet forums are for... not for "mocking" (lol you can't do that right) or trolling - you're doing that right.
Dude, this whining is old. Just stop. I let you have the last word but you keep on going like there's something here, some "nugget" of truth. Sadly you won't find gold here.
but here we are.
Again with that "we". There is no "we". There is no "us". It's a stupid argument you refuse to abandon, Captain Ahab.
Time to get a job or go back to high school or whatever it is you do best.
I've been a cord cutter for a long time... except I'm now tied to the Comcast cord. I'm not buying ``channels'' but now I have to pay a nice bit to have sufficient outbound bandwidth.*
To truly cut the cord we'd have to develop mesh networks and have a datacenter with bandwidth somewhere in the mesh. Unfortunately that business plan has failed in high density cities
I'd love to see REAL cord-cutters succeed. No Comcast, no Charter, no other telcos or last-mile providers with a mono/duo-poly.
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Outbound bandwidth, also considered "upload" is used for off-site backup of critical devices (laptops, etc.) and security NVR footage.
Lol, you're the one who keeps using it. Look, I'm going to say what I said last time. First, stick to the topic. I've tried to make that message stick, but I admit it doesn't seem to stick with you.
Second, I asked you to stop with the insults.
...you reacted like a child...
Come on, brother, you can do better.
...used some terms completely wrongly[sic]
I repeat my suggestion you and your dog go buy a dictionary.
Now have a great evening / night / morning / week and peace out.*
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If you're not a US citizen and "peace out" confuses you, we have this new thing called "google". Use it. It will probably help your "wrongly" and "centre" and other weird dialectisms.
I see you've changed starting every paragraph from "As with other threads" and now it's all
Again,
It's not again. It's not about you crying. It's not about me. Stick to the topic.
I don't know what "self-centred[sic]" is and who "us" is, but take the mouse in your pocket and yourself shopping, get an English dictionary, and center yourself accordingly.
Again, [using your style], it's not about me. There's a topic here. It has to do with NHL and Esports. You don't like my opinion. I think everyone gets that.
NHL - Awesome.
Esports - Awesome.
NHL on Esports - Awesome.
Once C19 is over... I would love to see NHL on Esports continue. Costs EVERYONE less; fans get better coverage; no players are injured; nobody worries about filing into a filled arena and social distancing; it's perfect for a transition period... after which we may not want the original.
Give up your idea that you're part of an "us" or a "we" or that anyone cares about you discussing me (or that frankly I'm a topic). People are here to discuss THE topic.
Best regards and have a great week, and try not to use those bad words anymore. They make you look weak.
Keep on going about me instead of the topic. Especially since you like to start paragraphs this way:
As with other threads where I called him out, he ...
(topical... nope. About me... yup.)
As with other threads where he's lost it ...
(topical... nope... About me... yup.)
Dude, you should stop discussing me and stick to the topic. Like Mike Masnick says we fight disinformation with other disinformation. It's not about me, but it certainly can be about what I say.
PaulT, I get that you want to be argumentative but this isn't the time for that. So to be clear there's no lying nor delusion. Just as you couldn't make "sociopath" stick you can't make "delusional" stick but if it works for you, go ahead and run with it.
Go read what I wrote. If you don't understand it, say "Hey what did you mean?" not "They are completely different" (duh) or whatever else hits your fancy.
At this point I think it's time you ate your Cheerios and got a good start on the day. Adults are talking now, so a big Shhh for you.
Cost to attend 1993 Motreal F1 Grand Prix including airfaire, hotel, shuttle (train), helicopter ride (I had to!!), tickets on turn 2 mid-grandstand, sunscreen, water, and food: $3K or so.
Also met Gary Busey on the flight. NO value stated ;)
Cost to attend 1999 CART/Indycar Grand Prix of Cleveland (see above but no Gary Busey) $2.5K.
Cost to attend Long Beach Grand Prix prior to IRL including reserved grandstand, tents with shade, etc. $2K (I live in Arizona so going to Long Beach is not very expensive).
Cost of attending an eSports race - $0. Do I have to play for it days in advance? No. Do I have to have TSA fondle me or the GF? No. Do I have to "breathe a sigh of relief once we're past Security Theater Checkpoint"? No.
I'm not saying there's no value to sports. I'm a huge supporter of our local University of Arizona Wildcat Men's Basketball Team. I love Juan Pablo Montoya and his racing with Chip Ganassi in both CART and NASCAR. I love Paul Tracy and his drives to the top in CART. I love MIchael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Patrick Ewing, and all the cast of the North Carolina Tarheels who became superstars... then joined the NBA and became wealthy stars.
But at the end of the day (and that's kind of like right now) if I have a choice in CoronaTimes of spending $3K, flying with other people 0.5 feet apart in an enclosed space, staying in a possibly-contaminated hotel, finding a parking spot (Bwahahahahah), to watch a two hour event OR just watch it on TV and the guys aren't at risk and I'm not at risk and I"m not spending the cash and they're not losing the cash and sponsors everywhere are happy... Yeah I like that.
As you said > those are nothing like the same thing.
Tru dat. Maybe for some reasons it's better than the same thing.
Probably not. Pro gamers have been given the short end of this stick for a long time - longer than even e-sports being called "arm-chair quarterback."
Stay with me. Don't run screaming yet.
What if sports were virtual and we still watched them on the same TV with the same sponsors, and some of our favorites were there... and some we don't know yet were there...
...and we didn't obliterate the environment to run 200 boring laps around an oval track. It would be about the drivers... car setup... situtational awareness, etc.
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Being called a moron is so... inviting.
^^^^THAT!
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non-TL;DR:
When I owned my own business friends would say "Oh, you're so lucky you don't have a boss!" I had hundreds of bosses... we called them "customers" and if we weren't polite, professional, and attended to their needs they fired us.
Sometimes even when we did everything right we'd get fired... because they were "reorganizing" and "money is tight" and "contracts only mean as much as you're willing to pay a lawyer to litigate."
For a CEO of a public-serving corporation to call his customers morons is the height of ... hubris. I can't imagine anyone in a high office in this land calling people morons /s
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Re:
There are three types of investors.
Those who hold long expecting the company to deliver. Most companies work hard to return these stockholders' investments.
Those who hold short expecting the stock price to soar as others come to buy it. Some companies suck up to these stockholders... but it's so ephemeral and against the previous goals it's tough to do.
People who know nothing about investing and think the company actions in 2020 has anything to do with their divesting weeks ago. That's you.
Thanks for selling. The stock market needs less short-sighted people who are "relieved [they] sold [their] stock weeks ago." Stop playing stock market and go get a job where your whimsical fancy of which-stock-buy-or-sell-today hurts real people.
That's the problem with today's US stock market -- anyone thinks they can play "Day Trader" but the end result is companies working to get that immediate gain and trading off the longer term gain. The stock market came about as a result of companies wanting capital for the LONG game, not the "oh I sold it off yesterday so I'm so..... relieved" short-term players.
If you have to ask, it's not your game.
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The whole point of cable-cutters
How did cable-cutters become a thing? As one, I'll tell you. It's because [as TD has said many times before] I don't know if I want my $15 to go to HBO and my $20 to go Netflix and my $10(/mo) to go to Amazon Prime and ON TOP OF THAT pay Comcast $100 just to access these very same things.
When I say "I don't know" I'm suggesting I do know -- I want NONE of them to get these funds. If I download these shows and watch them myself (Kodi, XBMC, PMS, whatever) I can
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Stankey's command of knowledge
"nobody knows as much about TV as me"
That would be "nobody knows as much about TV as I", Stankey.
Likely his knowledge of English and his knowledge of TV reached their zenith (acme?) somewhere around third grade.
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Re: Re: Re: Re:
Please don't be rude while displaying arrogance and a lack of understanding.
Corporations are entities which allow some portion to be owned by non-qualified public investors. They are not "public" in the sense that they are owned by "the public" such as a utility.
Shareholders -- depending on the stock -- may have zero voting, zero dividends, and zero rights -- except, of course to receive voluminous writings and to resell their shares, hopefully for more than they paid for them.
Don't confuse a corporation with shares on the market which we typically do call "a public company" with "a public entity owned by the public" -- which does not exist.
Try starting your answer with something you wouldn't use on your wife, kids or friends. "WRONG!!! BZZT!!!" isn't a good introduction.
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Interplanetary Pot Filled Smoke
Great undefined buzzwords that all feel good in a long time -- can't beat that.
Interplanetary Pot Filled Smoke sounds great. Hope it works out well for
Maybe... just maybe... if you're REALLY serious about a content based search that has nothing to do with "servers" (oh my aching gasping laughing chest) you should hire some people who are experts at this ... oh wait... you did? They told you this wasn't viable? Oh, sorry.
/backs out of room slowly.
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"Free" as in speech, beer, and Internet
TL;DR - It is absolutely wrong to sell the .ORG registry to a for-profit. Shareholder profits depend on the shareholders; some want immediate one-day day-trader style profits. Some want 90 day "I'll hold it for a quarter and see" profit, and some want to hold it for years and pass it on to their kids, like traditional 'Blue chip stocks'.
It's been low cost for nonprofits, and should stay that way, and shareholders can go invest in the market. I hear Tesla is a good buy. No pun intended.
End TL;DR
IPv4 allocations and ASNs used to be free. Then people started grabbing and hoarding (just like toilet paper in the US during COVID-19). ARIN wasn't created to solve that, but to remove the functional aspects of managing that from InterNIC -- which was run by the US Department of Defense. To justify their creation, ARIN instituted fees. Other regional registries (i.e., RIPE, etc.) also got their chunk of the fat.
The DNS registry was also free. Then people started registering gobs of domain names prophylactically to either tie up someone else's name or to sell it to them. Bang. Now domain names are not free.
In the US:
COM was supposed to be for commercial only.
ORG was supposed to be for nonprofit only.
EDU was supposed to be for colleges and universities and the like only.
However, as the joy of receiving fees increased, the registrars now allowed pretty much anyone to get anything.
When we prioritize profits over service what we get is the same quality of service we expect from Comcast, Charter, Frontier, Time Warner, and other Telcos. (Karl Bode has an excellent article in today's Techdirt about removing caps that shouldn't have been there in the first place.)
The .ORG domain and IPv6 networks remain the last two elements of the original "InterNIC" that haven't been monetized to death. While I also respect Mike Godwin immensely, I disagree with his position that this should be sold... and
As a preemptive argument I would add:
If the .ORG was to be sold to someone, it should be a true arm's length transaction, for a fair price, with noticed returns over time. This leveraged buyout is ridiculous.
This doesn't pass the smell test, and ICANN is weak weak weak for taking this long to address it. At least they did so "correctly". (IMO)
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Who makes the rules on Internet forums
Really. You don't have two days, but I appreciate you've left off the previous ad hominems. They make you look small.
Keep on laughing! (And have a great weekend!)
Ehud
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Re: Re: Who makes the rules on Internet forums
Have a great weekend,
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Who makes the rules on Internet forums
Go ahead, have the last word. Also, yeah, I do get to tell you that an Internet forum is about discussing the topic. Have a great day!
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Re: Re: Time to get over yourself
Still off topic. You're not "mocking" anyone. You're attempting to debate. Probably some good coaching would help your skills.
Have a great day!
Ehud
P.S. stick to the topic. That's what Internet forums are for... not for "mocking" (lol you can't do that right) or trolling - you're doing that right.
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Time to get over yourself
Dude, this whining is old. Just stop. I let you have the last word but you keep on going like there's something here, some "nugget" of truth. Sadly you won't find gold here.
Again with that "we". There is no "we". There is no "us". It's a stupid argument you refuse to abandon, Captain Ahab.
Time to get a job or go back to high school or whatever it is you do best.
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Xfinity (Comcast) pricing
I've been a cord cutter for a long time... except I'm now tied to the Comcast cord. I'm not buying ``channels'' but now I have to pay a nice bit to have sufficient outbound bandwidth.*
To truly cut the cord we'd have to develop mesh networks and have a datacenter with bandwidth somewhere in the mesh. Unfortunately that business plan has failed in high density cities
I'd love to see REAL cord-cutters succeed. No Comcast, no Charter, no other telcos or last-mile providers with a mono/duo-poly.
E
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Re: Re: PaulT crying some more
Lol, you're the one who keeps using it. Look, I'm going to say what I said last time. First, stick to the topic. I've tried to make that message stick, but I admit it doesn't seem to stick with you.
Second, I asked you to stop with the insults.
Now have a great evening / night / morning / week and peace out.*
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PaulT crying some more
I see you've changed starting every paragraph from "As with other threads" and now it's all
It's not again. It's not about you crying. It's not about me. Stick to the topic.
I don't know what "self-centred[sic]" is and who "us" is, but take the mouse in your pocket and yourself shopping, get an English dictionary, and center yourself accordingly.
Again, [using your style], it's not about me. There's a topic here. It has to do with NHL and Esports. You don't like my opinion. I think everyone gets that.
NHL - Awesome.
Esports - Awesome.
NHL on Esports - Awesome.
Once C19 is over... I would love to see NHL on Esports continue. Costs EVERYONE less; fans get better coverage; no players are injured; nobody worries about filing into a filled arena and social distancing; it's perfect for a transition period... after which we may not want the original.
Give up your idea that you're part of an "us" or a "we" or that anyone cares about you discussing me (or that frankly I'm a topic). People are here to discuss THE topic.
Best regards and have a great week, and try not to use those bad words anymore. They make you look weak.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: PaulT crying
Keep on going about me instead of the topic. Especially since you like to start paragraphs this way:
Dude, you should stop discussing me and stick to the topic. Like Mike Masnick says we fight disinformation with other disinformation. It's not about me, but it certainly can be about what I say.
Sorry you lost it. Have a great week!
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PaulT crying
Pretty much everything you wrote is all about you and waahhh!
Have a good pout and a good cry.
Pro tip: don't call people names.
Have a great week.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Future
PaulT, I get that you want to be argumentative but this isn't the time for that. So to be clear there's no lying nor delusion. Just as you couldn't make "sociopath" stick you can't make "delusional" stick but if it works for you, go ahead and run with it.
Go read what I wrote. If you don't understand it, say "Hey what did you mean?" not "They are completely different" (duh) or whatever else hits your fancy.
At this point I think it's time you ate your Cheerios and got a good start on the day. Adults are talking now, so a big Shhh for you.
E
Have a great week.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Future
You're totally right!!
Cost to attend 1993 Motreal F1 Grand Prix including airfaire, hotel, shuttle (train), helicopter ride (I had to!!), tickets on turn 2 mid-grandstand, sunscreen, water, and food: $3K or so.
Also met Gary Busey on the flight. NO value stated ;)
Cost to attend 1999 CART/Indycar Grand Prix of Cleveland (see above but no Gary Busey) $2.5K.
Cost to attend Long Beach Grand Prix prior to IRL including reserved grandstand, tents with shade, etc. $2K (I live in Arizona so going to Long Beach is not very expensive).
Cost of attending an eSports race - $0. Do I have to play for it days in advance? No. Do I have to have TSA fondle me or the GF? No. Do I have to "breathe a sigh of relief once we're past Security Theater Checkpoint"? No.
I'm not saying there's no value to sports. I'm a huge supporter of our local University of Arizona Wildcat Men's Basketball Team. I love Juan Pablo Montoya and his racing with Chip Ganassi in both CART and NASCAR. I love Paul Tracy and his drives to the top in CART. I love MIchael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Patrick Ewing, and all the cast of the North Carolina Tarheels who became superstars... then joined the NBA and became wealthy stars.
But at the end of the day (and that's kind of like right now) if I have a choice in CoronaTimes of spending $3K, flying with other people 0.5 feet apart in an enclosed space, staying in a possibly-contaminated hotel, finding a parking spot (Bwahahahahah), to watch a two hour event OR just watch it on TV and the guys aren't at risk and I'm not at risk and I"m not spending the cash and they're not losing the cash and sponsors everywhere are happy... Yeah I like that.
As you said > those are nothing like the same thing.
Tru dat. Maybe for some reasons it's better than the same thing.
Have a great week,
E
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Re: Re: Re: Future
Probably not. Pro gamers have been given the short end of this stick for a long time - longer than even e-sports being called "arm-chair quarterback."
Stay with me. Don't run screaming yet.
What if sports were virtual and we still watched them on the same TV with the same sponsors, and some of our favorites were there... and some we don't know yet were there...
...and we didn't obliterate the environment to run 200 boring laps around an oval track. It would be about the drivers... car setup... situtational awareness, etc.
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