Well today, I figured out that my chemistry teacher designed the speedpass used at gas stations such as Exxon and such.
Apparently, since he was a Christian Brother, (Brother Don Alger FSC) he didn't accept the money. So they money went to his family and they bought him some super expensive car.
Talk about news O.o
Use Speedpass at your gas station? You can thank my chemistry teacher for that.
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Mr. SmartyPants - Posts: 12541
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not a fan of speed pass, or its clones. i prefer to use real money, though i admit to useing my bank card at the pump pretty often, its a habbit im trying to end. i dont like the idea of digital money, its valuless enough as it is
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haha I think we have speedpass, thats pretty cool 
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Mr. SmartyPants wrote:Well today, I figured out that my chemistry teacher designed the speedpass used at gas stations such as Exxon and such.
Apparently, since he was a Christian Brother, (Brother Don Alger FSC) he didn't accept the money. So they money went to his family and they bought him some super expensive car.
Talk about news O.o
Ryan, there must have been other people collaberating on this... and Im not sure I understand what you meant when you said
Mr. SmartyPants wrote:Apparently, since he was a Christian Brother, (Brother Don Alger FSC) he didn't accept the money.
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Linksquest wrote:Ryan, there must have been other people collaberating on this... and Im not sure I understand what you meant when you said
No really John? I never knew that! [/sarcasm] But it's still cool knowing that he was the genious (or one of the genious) to speedpass.
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Mr. SmartyPants wrote:No really John? I never knew that! [/sarcasm] But it's still cool knowing that he was the genious (or one of the genious) to speedpass.
Alright then, lol. How did he seem when he told you? Was he all prideful like "Bow down to my awesome skillz!"
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Linksquest wrote:Alright then, lol. How did he seem when he told you? Was he all prideful like "Bow down to my awesome skillz!"
No, he was like "yeah I did" and just walked off.
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Mr. SmartyPants wrote:No, he was like "yeah I did" and just walked off.
HOW.... teacher-ish of him.
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My brother developed the fountain system used for the projector in fantasmic at Disneyland... The company he worked for (a fountain company), though, forced him to sign a contract that said anything he developed while working for them belonged to them, so he didn't see a penny in royalties.
This sort of thing happens a lot.
On a related note, I still remember when... Whatever gas station had the speed pass, they used to run ads saying "Get Gas Faster" but they had an advertisement for their hotdogs right underneath... I was like "Those ads get straight to the point, don't they?"
This sort of thing happens a lot.
On a related note, I still remember when... Whatever gas station had the speed pass, they used to run ads saying "Get Gas Faster" but they had an advertisement for their hotdogs right underneath... I was like "Those ads get straight to the point, don't they?"
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Well turns out I was wrong.
He wasn't the designer of speedpass...
He only designed the Speedpass' physical appearance
He wasn't the designer of speedpass...
He only designed the Speedpass' physical appearance
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Mr. SmartyPants - Posts: 12541
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Mr. SmartyPants wrote:Well turns out I was wrong.
He wasn't the designer of speedpass...
He only designed the Speedpass' physical appearance
After all that... he didn't even design the thing! GWAH! Well, I supposed designing the physical appearance is still something to be proud of!
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lol yeah, i find the super-expensive-car thing humorous: "no no, I shall accept no reward... EXCEPT THAT CAR!!! looks pretty nice, looks a a pretty niice..." 
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