What does URL stand for?
- Thread starter Androo
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Since the www- world wide web is as common as running water here in the U.S. anymore, how soon we are begining to forget and take for granted the technology that makes it all happen.
It's the same with cars. How many dads now-a-days still rotate their tires, bleed the brakes, and change the oil? What was once simple maintenance practices only a few decades ago has since been forgotten. Kind of sad.
It's the same with cars. How many dads now-a-days still rotate their tires, bleed the brakes, and change the oil? What was once simple maintenance practices only a few decades ago has since been forgotten. Kind of sad.
hazmat
Rusher of Din
I do. And change my transmission fluid, diff fluid, check tire pressures, and more. Then again my car sees a lot of track time, so it's necessary. But all this should be done regularly even on street cars. But btw, I don't rotate my tire, I just swap rear to front, same side. BMW recommends again rotating. I guess it could screw up the car's handling.
edX
mac shaman
or the even simpler things like changing spark plugs, air filter and pcv valve. i try to do this once a year whether it needs it or not. (it always does 
). i think the level of maintainance has alot to do with income brackets to an extent, although i have known some pretty wealthy people who just liked tinkering with their cars. but in general, most of us do more work because we have to. we would go broke paying a mechanic. owing a van, i always do my own inside cover removal before getting smog checked as well. I've replaced plenty of parts on plenty of cars but there are some things i just feel safer having a pro do - like replace my power steering unit.
but i don't think many people ever bled their own brakes. no reason to bleed your brakes unless you are doing major work. i think i've done it once in my life.
). i think the level of maintainance has alot to do with income brackets to an extent, although i have known some pretty wealthy people who just liked tinkering with their cars. but in general, most of us do more work because we have to. we would go broke paying a mechanic. owing a van, i always do my own inside cover removal before getting smog checked as well. I've replaced plenty of parts on plenty of cars but there are some things i just feel safer having a pro do - like replace my power steering unit.but i don't think many people ever bled their own brakes. no reason to bleed your brakes unless you are doing major work. i think i've done it once in my life.
hazmat
Rusher of Din
I suppose on a street car it's not really necessary, but not a bad idea. It's cheap enough. And the nice firm feeling in the brake pedal is great. OTOH, coming to a corner at 120+ mph, the last thing you want is spongy brakes.
Yes, I know I'm in a different world, but I still recommend bleeding the brake fluid even every couple of years, or at least when you change pads.
adambyte
Registered
Hey, let's not forget this: MANY people not only forget to maintain the inside of their cars, but also forget to maintain the outside. If your car isn't washed regularly, it'll look like crap in a few years.
The worst thing you can do to a paint job is just let it get dirty. Letting the dirt pile up not only stains the paint, but starts to destroy the protective clear-coat, too!
I just washed, waxed, and polished my 13 year-old Maxima. (And applied some Armor-all... love that stuff.)
And my Maxima looks *$%&ing awesome, considering how old it is. It looks newer than most 5-year-old cars I see on the road, these days.
The worst thing you can do to a paint job is just let it get dirty. Letting the dirt pile up not only stains the paint, but starts to destroy the protective clear-coat, too!
I just washed, waxed, and polished my 13 year-old Maxima. (And applied some Armor-all... love that stuff.)
And my Maxima looks *$%&ing awesome, considering how old it is. It looks newer than most 5-year-old cars I see on the road, these days.
googolplex
jeff.hume.ca
I'm pretty sure Tim Berners Lee wanted the acronym to be URI - Universal Resource Identifier. But some people had a problem with it and changed it to URL. They didn't like the notion of saying it was Universal when the web was really small and wasn't 'universal'. And for some strange reason they liked locator better then identifier .
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googolplex
jeff.hume.ca
Absolutely everything
