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Lexus IS Squeaks and Rattles
Talk about your squeaks and rattles here.
white_trash Posts: 11
ricksterq Posts: 45I'm going on a month with my IS250 AWD and here's what I've noticed...
1. There's an intermittent squeek from the passenger's side dash when driving on bumpy roads. I'll have this looked at when I take it in for the first servicing. It doesn't happen all the time, so that'll be a good test for the Lexus customer service reputation.
2. The suspension is stiff. That's not necessarily a problem, but don't expect a supple, soft ride. It kind of reminds me of my old Plymouth Laser turbo.
3. The brakes are touchy. A feather touch will make them grab. Normal pressure might lead to very quick and sudden stop. Eventually, your foot adjusts.
4. I drive a lot in the sport mode with the manual shifter. Sometimes when up-shifting while accelerating hard, there's a lag in the time from when I upshift to the time the transmission actually shifts. So, it's like, accelerate HARD (think flooring it), upshift at around 3.5K RPMs, 4K RPMs, no actual shift, 4.5K RPMs, it finally shifts. Under normal driving conditions, the shifter works great.
I can live with all this stuff with the exception of the squeek. That needs to get taken care of. There are so many other things that are right with the car that I am more than happy to live with the stiff suspension, brakes and manual shifting issue. -
pbuenafama Posts: 2I think I have the same problem, and I think I know what it is. Take a look to the plastic cover under the rear mirror. There is a little screw that might not be totally tight and makes the cap lose and hense sound when driving over street bumps. I will take a look this weekend, in the mean time I will try a tape to see if this is the problem. Let us know....
I have a manual IS 250 and I took it to the service because it s hard to shift fast, I have to wait a litle time until the crancks are alignes to compeltely shift the gear. It seems like the clutch is not doing the entire job. So if you want to speed up real quick and shif fast to pass will take some training..... any clues? -
red_is Posts: 2My IS250 has the squeaky dash too, plus a rattling sun visor, and a rattle coming from the post between the doors on the driver's side. I brought it to a dealer and they couldn't isolate the sound - so I'm living with it and souring on the car. My sales rep says that if these cars have a common problem Lexus will figure it out and issue a fix. We'll see, but they may have lost my future business by then. The IS250 loaner I was given had the squeaky dash. There are too many nice cars in the IS price range to put up with this stuff.
benzoservceguy Posts: 601) Your sales rep knows NOTHING about the servicing of your car
2) the rattle on the "post" between the front & rear doors is probably the adjustible seat belt. Try raising or lowering the anchor to see if this helps.
3) Squeaky sunvisor. Where is it coming from? When the sunvisor is in front of you or when turned to the side?
If it only happens when in front of you, then it might be plastic on plastic (where the sunvisor "clips" into the base/anchor. Try a little surf board wax or candle wax and rub it lightly on the clip or "button" (where the visor clips into the base/anchor)
4) Why not stop obsessing over silly little things like squeaks & rattles. Cars are built by people. They are not built to exact tollerances and they WILL develop noises. NO CAR IS PERFECT. ALL CARS WILL SQUEAK AND/OR RATTLE. Unfortunately, it's a FACT!
5) If all else fails ... TURN UP THE RADIO. The squeaks & rattles will then vanish.
netwon Posts: 53Truer words cannot be spoken. Despite the fact we are talking about a 35k automobile, we are not talking about Maybach, or another 300+K auto. IS 350 is my second Lexus, and perhaps the problem is Lexus makes the cars too quiet for their own good. Tune down engine/exhaust noise & every little sound comes through with clarity the ML sterio can't produce.
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red_is Posts: 2I must have wandered into the wrong forum. I thought it was the Problems & Solutions forum, not the "I Love Lexus and Can Hear No Wrong" forum. Four owners have noted a dashboard squeak in this forum; the complaint appears numerous times in the lexusownersclub.com forums and it also appears on www.is350forums.com. We're looking for solutions, and benzoservceguy offered some but you're just dripping sarcasm. The ES GS and RX models have had similar problems - 4 technical service bulletins on the ES for dashboard and door panel rattles, and numerous dashboard replacements on the RX noted by owners in the referenced forums.
pat Posts: 10,421You're not in the wrong forum anymore. I've pulled the squeaks and rattles issues out into a separate discussion here.
Some might not have these problems, and that's great. But some clearly do, so now we have a place to explore them.
And let's politely ask those who are NOT having these issues to be glad they aren't. And let's also ask them to please not bother to tell the people who are having the problems that they really are not.
Thanks muchly!! -
sowku Posts: 18dont' tell us to ignore the problems, if you don't report it, they will ignore it. and you're the one w/ the problems.
and yes... something come up for me. my brake now makes squeaking noise when i brake...
this is bad... bad.... terrible...
i feel like i'm really driving a old old car, and just have a stylist body for show. everything about this car sucks...
instead of ppl checking my car, now they look because how horrible it sounds... -
carhunter3 Posts: 11I had a loud squeal in my brakes one day (I've owned my IS for almost 7 months). It happened as I was turning into a parking space (sounded like metal on metal). I quickly took it to Lexus and they couldn't really find anything but they tightened the caliper bolts and strut bolts that were a bit "loose" and torqued down the brakes and suspension nuts and bolts (I'm just reading what my receipt shows as the solution) and I've never heard the sound since. And that was about 6 months ago. Maybe this will help you sowku.
is3fifty Posts: 1I often drive with the windows down so I don't know when this started but at approx. 6,000 miles I noticed 2 squeaks in my 350. The first one is under the dash, left of the steering column and happens mostly when going over speed bumps. It sounds as if something is flexing. The sound happens when the front wheels start climbing the speed bump (suspension compression) and when, on the other side of the bump, the wheels connect again with the pavement (suspension compression again). All this happens at slow speed.
The other squeak is in the moon roof, with the roof closed. When the screen is pulled back it is very loud and annoying. The squeaks come from all around the glass roof and happen on uneven pavement and during cornering. It feels like the chassis is not rigid enough and is flexing, which my interpretation is the moonroof frame twisting.
I haven't been to the dealership yet and wanted to see if anybody has had similar experience. -
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billdanz Posts: 2First, I purchased my IS250 November of 05. I have been experiencing the squeaking noise from the dash too. Not so much in the Summer but it was driving me crazy in the winter (I live in Chicago). I had my Lexus in the shop approximately 5 times between Nov and March. The problem has never been resolved. I anticipate having the same problems as the cold weather approaches. Regarding the brakes. I too had squeakey brakes around 6000 miles. Lexus replaced the front pads and rotors. This is something that will never be recalled but if you complain about it, they should replace the front brakes. Just don't wait until you have 15000 miles. Has anyone out there had the squeaking from the dash fixed? If so, how was it resolved? It drives me nuts! And regarding people who say that we did not purchase a Maybach, that is complete nonsense! We all still paid a lot of money for this car, my 98 Honda Accord with 120000 miles does not make any noises at all. I think it is a joke that Lexus has not figured a way to fix my particular problem after being in there 5 times.
sowku Posts: 18totally. and they dared to say that it's normal. i called them 3 times, went there, and they looked at it, and said it's normal. WTF!!! they better fix my brake. I'm pissed off. my brake still has the squeaking sound when i brake. i guess my upgrade to a GS in the future is not gonna come true. Lexus sucks. quality goes down, the cost of the car goes up.... hurrrrraaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy!!! yaaeee to the stupid consumer... they believe us... it's normal and they give us the money... that's what going through lexus CEO & managers... they don't care... they got the big pay checks...
sowku Posts: 18call lexus and complain.. i hope many ppl would complain about this problem.. which is becoming a 'normal' issue to them, to count as something not needed to fix. i hope the fix it before something happen to you.. like it fails, and when the check it and it looks 'ok'.
if i have to live w/ the noise, i'm gonna complain til they fix it. -
djwtarheel Posts: 14is3fifty...I too had the squeak coming from my sunroof...it was coming from the back of the sunroof where the rubber meets the metal. My dealer here in Atlanta put some type of rubber lubricant on the rubber and the sound is absolutely gone. This was back in April (got the car in late Feb.). No problems since. I often wonder if they did more than they are telling me since it seems the lubricant would've worn off by now...
ajmtbm Posts: 245late August 06. 5500 miles on it now. came in on that dealers last boat from japan so it was made late in the model year.
seems to be worse when it is very cold. i havent heard it the last couple of weeks (been warming up in the northeast).
i can hear it inside the car with the windows shut, i would assume you can hear it outside.
it is also not consistent. when i went in for 5k service i complained and they were silent (of course).
it does squak only a small percentage of the time, so its not unbearable. -
ajmtbm Posts: 245have an odd rattle on the passenger side, cant really place it almost like a vibration. anyone have a similar issue?
additionally - remiving mats to clean today and noticed that the entire plastic "cover" under the steering wheel area is totally lose. have eard some noises from doen there. is this whole thing being loose normal? i couldnt see where it clipped anywhere. seems like a poor design -
ajmtbm Posts: 245have an odd rattle on the passenger side, cant really place it almost like a vibration. anyone have a similar issue?
additionally - removing mats to clean today and noticed that the entire plastic "cover" under the steering wheel area is totally lose. have heard some noises from down there. is this whole thing being loose normal? i couldn't see where it clipped anywhere. seems like a poor design
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1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, | 1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, |
2 "This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. | 2 "This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. |
3 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household. | 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household. |
4 And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb. | 4 If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. |
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, | 5 The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. |
6 and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight. | 6 Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the people of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. |
7 "Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. | 7 Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. |
8 They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. | 8 That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast. |
9 Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts. | 9 Do not eat the meat raw or cooked in water, but roast it over the fire--head, legs and inner parts. |
10 And you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. | 10 Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it. |
11 In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD's Passover. | 11 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the LORD's Passover. |
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. | 12 "On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn--both men and animals--and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. |
13 The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt. | 13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt. |
14 "This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast. | 14 "This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD--a lasting ordinance. |
15 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel. | 15 For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast. On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel. |
16 On the first day you shall hold a holy assembly, and on the seventh day a holy assembly. No work shall be done on those days. But what everyone needs to eat, that alone may be prepared by you. | 16 On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat--that is all you may do. |
17 And you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day, throughout your generations, as a statute forever. | 17 "Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. |
18 In the first month, from the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. | 18 In the first month you are to eat bread made without yeast, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day. |
19 For seven days no leaven is to be found in your houses. If anyone eats what is leavened, that person will be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a sojourner or a native of the land. | 19 For seven days no yeast is to be found in your houses. And whoever eats anything with yeast in it must be cut off from the community of Israel, whether he is an alien or native-born. |
20 You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwelling places you shall eat unleavened bread." | 20 Eat nothing made with yeast. Wherever you live, you must eat unleavened bread." |
21 Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb. | 21 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb. |
22 Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. | 22 Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. Not one of you shall go out the door of his house until morning. |
23 For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you. | 23 When the LORD goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down. |
24 You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever. | 24 "Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. |
25 And when you come to the land that the LORD will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this service. | 25 When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. |
26 And when your children say to you, 'What do you mean by this service?' | 26 And when your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?' |
27 you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice of the LORD's Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.'" And the people bowed their heads and worshiped. | 27 then tell them, 'It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.' " Then the people bowed down and worshiped. |
28 Then the people of Israel went and did so; as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. | 28 The Israelites did just what the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron. |
29 At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock. | 29 At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. |
30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians. And there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where someone was not dead. | 30 Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead. |
31 Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, "Up, go out from among my people, both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as you have said. | 31 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested. |
32 Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!" | 32 Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me." |
33 The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, "We shall all be dead." | 33 The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. "For otherwise," they said, "we will all die!" |
34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders. | 34 So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs wrapped in clothing. |
35 The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. | 35 The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing. |
36 And the LORD had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians. | 36 The LORD had made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered the Egyptians. |
37 And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. | 37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. |
38 A mixed multitude also went up with them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds. | 38 Many other people went up with them, as well as large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. |
39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves. | 39 With the dough they had brought from Egypt, they baked cakes of unleavened bread. The dough was without yeast because they had been driven out of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves. |
40 The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years. | 40 Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years. |
41 At the end of years, on that very day, all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. | 41 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD's divisions left Egypt. |
42 It was a night of watching by the LORD, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night of watching kept to the LORD by all the people of Israel throughout their generations. | 42 Because the LORD kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the LORD for the generations to come. |
43 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it, | 43 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the regulations for the Passover: "No foreigner is to eat of it. |
44 but every slave that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him. | 44 Any slave you have bought may eat of it after you have circumcised him, |
45 No foreigner or hired servant may eat of it. | 45 but a temporary resident and a hired worker may not eat of it. |
46 It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones. | 46 "It must be eaten inside one house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones. |
47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. | 47 The whole community of Israel must celebrate it. |
48 If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. | 48 "An alien living among you who wants to celebrate the LORD's Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land. No uncircumcised male may eat of it. |
49 There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you." | 49 The same law applies to the native-born and to the alien living among you." |
50 All the people of Israel did just as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron. | 50 All the Israelites did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron. |
51 And on that very day the LORD brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts. | 51 And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions. |
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Couple of years ago I was woken by an awful noise outside - thought it was a cat fight. Dogs inside barking. Went to investigate and found a badger had got into the hen house by lifting the poop hole door. Without thinking (and without gloves!) I grabbed badger by scruf of neck and chucked it as far as I could. It scuttled off, hotly persued by a Greyhound and Giant Schnauzer. Out of 6 hens only one survived. The others were chewed to bits, but not dead. Awful!!
Poop hole door now has a bolt on it!. Something about after the horse and bolting I think.
by keen eater
by templecloud
We got our first chickens - 4 Black Rock and 4 Calder Rangers - last week. They are housed in a converted garden shed (Freecycle!) and I am currently installing an automatic VSB door opener - but it sounds as though this could be a badger risk.
The pop hole opens into an enclosure which is about 40 x 20 ft. I've fenced it with chicken wire - two layers: 6 ft vertical and an L shaped layer 3 ft up and 3 ft outwards. I'm planning to add additional wire / barbed wire at a angle outwards from the top to make life more difficult for foxes - but I'm wondering how effective all of this will be against badgers. We have several wandering about our garden, knocking over dustbins and strolling across our terrace most nights.
Welded mesh would cost about £600 for a 4 ft vertical barrier in an enclosure this size - which I can't afford, not to mention extending it out...
Does anyone have any advice about what I can do to make it a safer environment for our new arrivals without spending a fortune? I want them to have adequate space to run and fly. so I don't fancy a smaller more solid run.
Our ducks got taken by the fox at 3pm on a sunny afternoon last June but only rats ever tried to get into their house and run at night - although the pop hole was often open. If badgers weren't interested in them are chickens likely to be more tempting?
Any advice would be welcome as I'm new to all this! Thanks!
by salopfowl
by keen eater
Personally I would concentrate on the shed, making sure that there are no gaps or loose panels at the bottom that a badger can work on.
And lock all doors or holes at night.
If you want welded mesh, have you tried farm dispersal sales? You can get allsorts of stuff for the right money, but be careful as they can be addictive I have lots of rusty evidence of previous bargains.
Good luck
by keen eater
My garden is completely fenced with chicken wire as the birds were loose in the garden during the daytime. The badgers lifted the wire at the bottom to get into the garden in the first place.
I intend to run a single strand of barbed wire attached to the chicken wire at ground level as a deterrent.
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If the crowd reactions at the Silicon Valley premiere of HBO's comedy series "Silicon Valley" are any indication, the show will hit a nerve with tech's power players.
Young programmers said they saw themselves in the show. Lawyers and venture capitalists were happy that people would finally see how much power engineers have these days. And Tesla founder Elon Musk, whose name was dropped in the first few minutes of the first episode, hated it.
Created by Mike Judge, Dave Krinsky and John Altschuler, and filmed on location in Palo Alto, the show, which debuts on April 6, follows six roommates, all programmers, as they try to strike it rich in Silicon Valley. During the first two 30-minute episodes at Redwood City's Fox Theatre, the audience of around 400 locals responded with laughs and sighs as the characters enacted the constant pitching, striving and inanity that felt familiar to those in the recent tech boom.
Afterward, the audience and cast filed uneasily together down Broadway to an after-party at the Fox Forum banquet hall, where a group of Silicon Valley lawyers and venture capitalists formed a tight circle.
"It was no more unreal than real life here," said Selwyn B. Goldberg, a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. "Since the last bubble, it's been complete insanity."
Simon Roy, president of Jemstep, agreed, and said the show captures the enormous power that engineers have today.
"In the '90s, in the 2000s, it wasn't like this."
Elon Musk, whose high-profile companies SpaceX and Tesla have made him a very big star of tech, recognized a friend in the VC scrum, and joined in.
"The truth? It's stranger than the fiction," Musk declared, as the large group debated the verisimilitude of the show and also tech versus Hollywood in general. "Most startups are a soap opera, but not that kind of soap opera."
Musk did not much like the show and continued talking about the issue of truth versus fiction, in what was an instant television review of "Silicon Valley."
The verdict of the digital Roger Ebert? Thumbs very much down.
"None of those characters were software engineers. Software engineers are more helpful, thoughtful, and smarter. They're weird, but not in the same way," he insisted. "I was just having a meeting with my information security team, and they're great but they're pretty fucking weird — one used to be a dude, one's super small, one's hyper-smart — that's actually what it is."
Musk continued his lively assessment, as waiters passed trays of sweetbread, truffled potatoes, Brussels sprouts and bacon and waffles around them, making larger points about the tech landscape and offering a kind of on-the-fly script notes session for those gathered.
"I really feel like Mike Judge has never been to Burning Man, which is Silicon Valley," opined Musk. "If you haven't been, you just don't get it. You could take the craziest L.A. party and multiply it by a thousand, and it doesn't even get fucking close to what's in Silicon Valley. The show didn't have any of that."
Musk looked around the circle and asked who had been to colorful annual desert festival that is a favorite of tech's elite. Not a one answered in the affirmative.
Then, Musk made the observation that the geeks are without the same social aspirations as those in the entertainment industry, an aspect which he thought the show completely missed.
"The parties in Silicon Valley are amazing because people don't care about how they're perceived socially, which I don't think Mike [Judge] got. Hollywood is a place where people always care about what the public will think of them … and the show felt more like that," he said. "I've lived in Hollywood 12 years, and I've never been to a fucking good party."
Musk reached for a bacon waffle and proclaimed that he would take Judge to Burning Man this year.
Despite some misgivings about the show, it was clear that Musk was definitely more of a star than anyone present at the premiere. A coterie of millennial women, waiting for him to break away from the group, circled him.
Outside on the street, actor T.J. Miller was having a cigarette. Was he having a good time at the party?
"Yeah, but, and I'm not gonna name names, but if the billionaire power players don't get the joke, it's because they're not comfortable being satirized," said Miller, who plays a buffoonish character named Erlich, who owns the hacker house. "And they don't remember that to be a target of humor is an honor — you have to be venerated to be satirized. Like, I'm sorry, but you could tell everything was true. You guys do have bike meetings, motherfucker."
Also outside smoking was one of the show's writers, Clay Tarver, who said he had been anxious about having the premiere in the heart of the Valley.
"We knew this would be either a lovely evening or the worst night of our lives," Tarver said. "I'm still not sure which it is."
Tarver said he felt that Silicon Valley was a perfect topic for satire — and that the increasing public resentment toward tech means that the show didn't even feel that mean anymore (after all, earlier that morning, protesters had vomited on a Yahoo shuttle in Oakland).
"When I first read the pilot, I thought maybe it was too harsh," he said. "But even just in the last four months, the resentment toward the Valley has come through the roof, so I think it works."
The HBO jet was docked at an airstrip nearby, and the media execs started filing out to head back to Los Angeles. By the photo booth in the back of the banquet hall, the stars of the show were dancing with their girlfriends.
"The Valley is a place that takes itself too seriously, and it has yet to be properly lampooned," said lead character Thomas Middleditch. "So it's time for … it's time for a wedgie."
"It's an interesting way to see how the rest of America sees Silicon Valley — awkward, nerdy, money obsessed but like to talk about helping the world," said John Lee, who works at Viber. "Which is somewhat accurate, but we're a lot more."
Cameron Tompkins, who does business development for a Treasure Island-based food-tech startup currently in stealth mode, said he felt like he was watching his "reflection."
"The name-dropping, the absurdity of what we're all pitching," he said. "I go into corporate offices and their fundamental value proposition is less defined than in the show, and they're multibillion-dollar companies."
Sitting at the long center table as the party closed out was 18-year-old Shahed Khan, who wore a Weebly-branded hoodie. He said he'd started his first company when he was 15. The premiere party was fun, he said, because he was finally meeting — IRL — Marc Bodnick, who was a friend he had made on Quora, the online Q&A platform.
"They nailed it," said Khan. "I think they could have gone a little further, actually."
[Editors update: The headline was changed after posting, because, well, it was meant more as a joke and no one got it and some text was added for clarity. That said, Musk still did not like the show, as the his quotes clearly indicate.]


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Once again, a law professor has stepped up to inform us that we need to join much of Europe in attaching legal penalties to hurtful speech. This time one patient refutation comes from Michael Moynihan [Daily Beast] The idea is about as fresh and new as sleeve garters, notes Jonathan Rauch [Volokh/WaPo] Further rebuttal from Ken at Popehat and Scott Greenfield.
Who decides which distressing speech ought to be made illegal?
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- 1 02.06.14 at 3:04 pm
Who decides?
Why, the Czar for Hurt Feelings, of course.
I'm sure this agency could be created and provide employment for at least a few thousand university and law school grads currently living in their mother's basements.
- 2 02.07.14 at 5:16 am
Why, the Czar for Hurt Feelings, of course.
It took more than a few thousand engineers and scientists to close the missile gap. How many law school grads will it take to close the czar chasm?
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Who knows you might get lucky. ""toss them on the compost"" wouldn't get much compost out of it anyway and it will become compost in the ground too. Sprinkle crushed egg shells around it and shield from direct sunlight if the day gets too hot.. Similar happened to a Daylily I bought, then the slugs got to it and the whole thing just vanished. I didn't do either. |
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Such a shame that hes gone now.
Where did he go? I think he is still alive but his son is still in politics and will probably run in the future. However, very few people in the United States and around the world are in favor of a "hands off" policy being adopted by the US. Like it or not they are in favor with our money being handed out to them. The Middle east problems are real and they will not resolve themselves by "leading from behind" We have real enemies there as evidenced by the last two weeks. They are not going to just go away but will look for weakness in our leadership. The Iranian president reiterated his position despite being warned to tone down the rhetoric.This is a guy who prosecuted his own people for secretly having cable tv and accessing the internet.Read his speech, he is just crazy enough to attack Israel. If he were to block a third of the worlds oil from being transported, it would be the US who would re-open the shipping lanes.
Thomas Jefferson ideally saw the US as having trade relations with all nations but being an ally of none. It's a different world today with the types of arms we have today and things should be monitored. Bill Clinton said in an interview that most of these dictators started out young and fresh but kind of end up overstaying their welcome. Maybe he has a point and the UN should insist on some kind of terms limits for leaders of other countries much as I hate their meddling.
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The Color of Seven
Dark, Book 1
Deep in the woods that slide off into Stone Creek Swamp, teenage drug dealers retrieve their stash and receive an unexpected dividend—the unwitting resurrection of Cain, powerful Bokor of Black Magic. Atop Coleman Hill, two young attorneys renovate a decrepit relic for their home and office. A house with a past it wants to share, gifting rising young attorney Ria Knight with tantalizing scenes of its original owner. The past, like evil, never dies. It just—waits.
Dark, Book 1
Deep in the woods that slide off into Stone Creek Swamp, teenage drug dealers retrieve their stash and receive an unexpected dividend—the unwitting resurrection of Cain, powerful Bokor of Black Magic. Atop Coleman Hill, two young attorneys renovate a decrepit relic for their home and office. A house with a past it wants to share, gifting rising young attorney Ria Knight with tantalizing scenes of its original owner. The past, like evil, never dies. It just—waits.
the unexpected beginning, Gail Roughton weaves a tale set in the past
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you in Ms. Roughton's novel, not letting you go until the last page is
turned." ~5 Stars, Writer Stuart West
Chapter One
Twin dirt bikes tore through the night,
shattering the stillness of the woods. The riders couldn't ride fast enough to
escape the vision chasing them. The vision of the skeleton sprawled across the
cave floor, the rotting stake lying against its rib bones. Or of the
resurrection begun when they'd pulled the stake from its resting place.
Back in the cave, that resurrection
accelerated. Arms and legs rippled with muscle. The rib cage re-fleshed itself
as the face re-formed. The skeleton moved its arms and worked its mouth. A
croak issued from newly formed vocal cords. A shout split the dark.
"I'm alive!"
The echoes bounced off the cave walls as
the figure inched forward and stood. The man, a coal black giant with shaved
skull and massive shoulders, tore off the rags clinging to his new flesh and
stood naked in the night. His new body raged with thirst. He sniffed the air
and caught the scent of prey.
The man didn't know where he was, though he
knew where he'd been. He knew who'd drained his body of life-sustaining blood
and buried him in the cave. He didn't know how much time had passed but it
didn't matter. If he was alive again, then his nemesis, that interfering
highfaluting white doctor, the recipient of the dark powers he himself had
unleashed—he was somewhere near as well. And by all the dark gods, he would
find him. But first, he must have blood. He sniffed the air. He didn't care if
the prey was animal or human. He must hunt. He must stalk and capture, bite and
tear. And drink. And drink. And drink.
He stood, naked under the moonglow, and
reveled in his rebirth.
"I'm aliiiiiiiiive!" he shouted again. His
laughter rushed out over the woods and moved on further, filling the deepest
reaches of the swamp. Night fishermen, tending their lines along Stone Creek,
stopped dead in their tracks and shivered. The night noises of the frogs and
crickets ceased. No hoot-owl or whippoorwill sent forth its distinctive calls.
Even the swamp snakes ceased to slither. The heartbeat of the woods and swamp
stopped. It took a remarkably long time for it to resume.
* * *
The house on Orange Street sat and waited.
While it waited, it remembered the glory of
its early years. It felt unloved and unwanted as it sulked within the narrow
boundaries of its city lot, pouting in the humid haze of the July heat.
The gracious two-story brick had been such
a happy house. In its past life, its rooms were open and airy, painted in light
colors, with golden woodwork and scrolled mantles over the fireplaces. A
fitting haven for the golden couple who laughed within its walls.
The succession of owners hadn't been kind
to the house. They'd partitioned its interior into apartments and later into
offices, allowing it to slide into shabby disrepair. Its spacious rooms were
now small and dark, the glowing woodwork raped by paint. The hardwood floors
lay hidden beneath cheap carpet. The ceilings looked down on the walls and
floors and sighed.
Still, the house hoped. Perhaps it had
absorbed into its bricks and boards the optimism and vitality of the young
doctor who'd been its first master.
A 'For Sale' sign stood in the front yard.
Maybe someone special would walk through its front door and see it not as it
was, but as it had been, as it could be again. Maybe even today.
And as the house sat lonely under the
blazing sun, a car pulled up and parked at its curb. A young man got out of the
car and slapped another notice over the 'For Sale' sign. He stepped back to
survey his handiwork.
* * *
Sunset streaked in lines of purple and
crimson over the horizon. It faded into streamers of rose and mauve before
dying away into full dark.
Deep in the woods near Stone Creek, the
giant emerged from the cave in the side of the hill. He stood, tall and still
naked, and sniffed the air. His bare chest and upper arms were roadmaps of
dried blood from the prior night's frenzied feeding, his hand reddish-brown.
His animal intelligence knew there were things he must investigate. He didn't
know exactly where he was. He assumed he was still near Macon, Georgia, the
city he'd chosen for his last and greatest victory. He didn't know what amount
of time had passed since the hated white man snatched triumph from his waiting
He felt stirrings of the dark powers he'd
first explored the prior night when he'd cast himself out in the night,
disincorporating into a whirlwind of swirling molecules, coming together again
into solid form by the power of his thoughts. Now, removed from the red mist of
his urgent hunt for blood, he remembered the night of his defeat, his enemy's
strength, the relentless attacks, no moment spared for the actual act of moving
from one point to another. Now he understood.
He stood, upraised nostrils quivering to
catch the scent of blood. He gave his body a mental push and disappeared into
the thick trees. Every living wood creature went on high alert, fully aware of
the new predator who appeared and disappeared silently with no warning.
The hours of the hunt flew by. He looked up
at the moon, then back at the body of the wild dog he was holding in his hands.
He tossed the carcass casually into the pile of fur that only an hour before
had roamed through the undergrowth in a large pack.
He laughed. His bloodlust lingered as a
dull echo. He sensed that echo would never fully die away, no matter how much
blood he guzzled. But for tonight, he'd had enough, which was as good as a
feast. There were matters to be tended to, things to be considered.
He sent his swirling essence into the air
and returned to his lair, where he sat in cogitation for some half-hour. The
woodlife, sensing the cessation of the active hunt, gradually resumed some
measure of normality.
First, he needed to be sure he was still
where he thought he was, somewhere on the fringes of the city. Then he needed
to check how much time had passed in dark limbo. A very long time, he was sure.
During the course of his hunt strange noises off in the distance reminded him
of the rushing sound of a locomotive, but he knew that wasn't it, exactly.
He needed an acolyte. Someone to introduce
him to this new world. An acolyte to follow him blindly and serve him
devotedly, do all things needful and necessary to be done to ensure his
continued well-being.
Struck by a sudden idea, he got up and
paced off the clearing in measured strides. Someone else had been here last
night. Someone had uncovered the cave and pulled the rotting wood from his rib
cage. He sniffed and came to point.
Two. There'd been two. One of the scents,
though faint, still gave off the pleasing aroma of terror. The other scent,
much stronger, was the scent of another predator leaving its spoor. Its strong
smell of fear mingled with something else, something broadcasting simultaneous
strength and weakness, flavored with a hint of madness. He smiled. Even a human
should be able to track this spoor. And he was anything but.
(C) Copyright 2012 Gail Roughton


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the best lancome foundation (i have used every single one and this is a winner), really, light, blends perfectly, not cakey at all, and doesn't make me break out + enhances my skin
I was given this foundation by my mother, and I use it during the summer, it goes on fresh and stays on with powder, It has an okay packaging meanings its no super luxurious or anything but if you are looking for a fresh wear makeup that does not feel super heavy this is it, have fun and enjoy !
Awful!!!! Ok let's start off with the small tube of foundation. .8 oz for $34?! Seriously? I thought I'd give it a try because of the 18 hour long lasting gimmick. I've heard this stuff was supposed to be good. I don't even have oily skin, and this stuff greased up and slid right off within hours. Awful. For that much money it should hold up better. Now keep in mind I used primer, and powder. The consistency is thin, but even though it's thin, I can't see how this foundation would last that long in the tube. If it worked on me I'd probably pay the price, but honestly Mac Prolongwear foundation holds up much better for like $10.00 less. I don't have bad skin, but it did accent a few flaws as soon as it started to slide off. I was almost embarrassed to walk around at work for a few hours.
Ok so I really do like this product. It is kinda thin and watery and the tube does not allow you to control how much comes out. It is more like a tinted moisurizer. I did like the color on me (NC45=suede 0N) which is almost the darkest color they have. The coverage is ok but could still see some of my hyperpigmentation through the makeup so is probably best for someone without a lot of skin problems. It's a great prouduct but probably would not purchase again.
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I had high hopes for this product but it fell short of my expectations. At first it sat in my pores but I stopped using my oil free primer and that fixed the problem. It's long lasting but sheerer than Teint Idole Ultra, which is a welcomed change in the summer. It also does help reduce shine. In addition, one bottle goes a long, long way. Having said all that, what I find lacking is that it doesn't transform my skin the way other Lancome foundations do. However, if you have naturally beautiful skin and want a sheer, long lasting foundation that reduces oil, this could certainly be pretty darn perfect.
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I have never bought a liquid foundation before because it either rubs off, makes me super oily, or I can't find a good color match. Every single time in the past when I tried a foundation on at the counter, I've been disappointed. However, I think I might have found my HG :D
I'm usually NC25-30 in MAC's foundation range and I got matched to Buff 6W for this one. The SA tried 3 different shades on me and this one was an exact match to my skintone. This foundation really does feel like a second skin, like I'm not wearing makeup. It's extremely watery in the bottle and at first I thought that the coverage would be like nothing, but surprisingly it gives medium coverage on my skin. I don't stay shine free for 18 hours like Lancome claims I will, but without primer or setting powder, I'm good for about 4 hours.
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I was matched to Bisque 6 at the Lancome counter one day, in hopes I could finally match a color to my skin. Well, the color was perfect. Even after I went outside and wore it for the rest of the day, I was pleased with this product. It has perfect coverage for me, as I have fairly nice skin but I just want to even out redness. I haven't tried this product with a primer + powder yet, as I am still using up the sample portion I received. It's nice that a little goes a really long way. I also like that it's non-comedogenic because my skin can be pretty oily and break out when it doesn't agree with a product. When I'm done with my sample I will definitely purchase this and also go back to the counter when my summer tan fades to be matched to something lighter. Thanks, Lancome!
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I love how it feels on the skin and it gives me just the right amount of coverage BUT! the color selection is very limited and I think it would be hard for an asian girl to find her shade...I bought mine and totally regret it now because it is a little too pink for my taste.
For most of the year, I have oily, but manageable skin. In the summer, it becomes an oil slick. In early June, I decided to hunt for a lighter, summer, ridiculously oily friendly foundation. I've been a huge fan of Lancome for a while, especially since Michelle Phan would introduce products from them, and I decided to give this one a try. It is sweat resistant, light, decent coverage, and long wearing. I wouldn't say that it stayed oil free for 18 hours, but it stayed on, looked good through a really hot summer, which included dance practices. If you have oily skin, I highly recommend this foundation. I will def where/buy this foundation next summer.