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Use Speedpass at your gas station? You can thank my chemistry teacher for that.
PostPosted: Wed May 17, 2006 3:08 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
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
PostPosted: Wed May 17, 2006 3:15 pm
by Slater
never heard of it
Srry ^^;
PostPosted: Wed May 17, 2006 5:22 pm
by Shinja
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
PostPosted: Wed May 17, 2006 5:41 pm
by Sakura15
haha I think we have speedpass, thats pretty cool
PostPosted: Wed May 17, 2006 6:08 pm
by Linksquest
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.
PostPosted: Wed May 17, 2006 7:29 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
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.
PostPosted: Wed May 17, 2006 8:59 pm
by Linksquest
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!"
PostPosted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:14 pm
by Joshua Christopher
So? I invented breathing.
I bet you use that more.
PostPosted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:41 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
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.
PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2006 12:17 pm
by Linksquest
Mr. SmartyPants wrote:No, he was like "yeah I did" and just walked off.
HOW.... teacher-ish of him.
PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2006 1:05 pm
by Bobtheduck
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?"
PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2006 5:43 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
Well turns out I was wrong.
He wasn't the designer of speedpass...
He only designed the Speedpass' physical appearance
PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2006 5:52 pm
by Linksquest
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!
PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:54 pm
by JediSonic
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..."
