Yep, and that throttling is only if the network requires it for QoS. I share a 55+ line with my mom. $60 FLAT a month for two unlimited lines. Data MAY be throttled after 55GB per line. That seems more than fair.
I was doing call answer detection and all that back in the mid 80's with Commodores and Code-a-Phones. Teltone put our a nice line of call progress detection chips back then.
Same thing over on this side of the pond. Having both bought and sold windows back in the day, I have to say it's worse than buying a new car. When going through my one week sales training where we learned to rape^H^H^H^H serve our customers, I found out that we start at three times the price that we will actually agree to.
But you see, these were special windows. They were TRIPLE glazed, with krypton gas! (To be honest, they were sweet windows, often with a better R-value than the wall they were installed in.)
My grandfather use to drive his old car to his sawmill every day, jack it up and throw a belt around the back wheel and cut lumber. At the end of the day, remove the belt and drive home.
The car I had before my '17 Outback was an old '98 Volvo wagon. Of course I had just liability insurance on it. When I got my new Outback I was worried what my insurance cost would be but come to find out that, because of the EyeSight system, it would be less for full coverage than what I was paying for the old V70. That's how much insurance companies like these new avoidance systems. It saves them shitloads on car and human repair.
I know exactly what you mean. But I think that is more to do with the specs of how far the EyeSight can reliably discern an object and providing false positives. But hey, at least it stops!
The only false positive I've had going forward is a slight braking (and beeping) when a plastic shopping bag flew in front of the windshield, but that was just for a moment. Better that than mistake a kid.
Adaptive Cruse Control is something I don't know how I've lived without. My new Outback has it and the five mile drive on a semi-rural two lane road to civilization is now so much better, no more micro road rage. Just set and follow. Best thing since women that bake bread at home. (There is nothing better than a woman that bakes bread for you!)
That and the mild lane assist, just kind of nudges you back in lane, is all I really want from "auto pilot" in a car. I'm getting older and know that I'm not becoming a sharper driver. I do try to follow safety things like following distance and not driving like a fucking idiot, but I'm starting to have those space cadet moments. I like having a car that will say, "Hey!", and get me back on task.
"automatic emergency breaking" [sic] doesn't mean stopping at 65, it means getting it down to a survivable speed. Notice the air bags didn't fire. That means it was at a survivable speed. That crumple in the picture doesn't look like 65mph into a wall.
People drive where they are looking. He was looking at the lights. That's why so many cops get hit on the side of the road. And yeah, that's not 65mph into a wall crumple. If the bags didn't fire then he wasn't going fast enough to die.
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Damn, did you just call him a Presbyterian?
Yep, and that throttling is only if the network requires it for QoS. I share a 55+ line with my mom. $60 FLAT a month for two unlimited lines. Data MAY be throttled after 55GB per line. That seems more than fair.
Quit trying to bring knowledgeable sense to our outrage gunfight.
I was doing call answer detection and all that back in the mid 80's with Commodores and Code-a-Phones. Teltone put our a nice line of call progress detection chips back then.
Yep! If a text exchange goes on for more than two rounds I just call the person, hell, they have their phone in their hand anyway!
I'm ready to help. -Joe
In a Douglas Adams 4th Doctor story he mentions a history book titled, "Why? Why? Why?"
Thank you for your honesty.
Also TT&C of spacecraft is the only time you can use encryption on amateur radio.
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Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?
Gotta practice spike strips too, just in case.
I'm just glad that Arthur C. Clarke is not around to see this.
Same thing over on this side of the pond. Having both bought and sold windows back in the day, I have to say it's worse than buying a new car. When going through my one week sales training where we learned to rape^H^H^H^H serve our customers, I found out that we start at three times the price that we will actually agree to.
But you see, these were special windows. They were TRIPLE glazed, with krypton gas! (To be honest, they were sweet windows, often with a better R-value than the wall they were installed in.)
My grandfather use to drive his old car to his sawmill every day, jack it up and throw a belt around the back wheel and cut lumber. At the end of the day, remove the belt and drive home.
Oh, that's easy. Karen Steele who played Eve McHuron in Mudd's Women.
Oh, you're fun at parties.
The Echo, OTOH, is designed to listen, omnidirectionaly.
That's why my Echo spends all day with my parrot.
That is an Easter Egg on the Android OS. Put the number into the phone and watch the dial button.
...four dead in Ohio.
The car I had before my '17 Outback was an old '98 Volvo wagon. Of course I had just liability insurance on it. When I got my new Outback I was worried what my insurance cost would be but come to find out that, because of the EyeSight system, it would be less for full coverage than what I was paying for the old V70. That's how much insurance companies like these new avoidance systems. It saves them shitloads on car and human repair.
Considering that my lighter socket is deep in a cubby hole..... Damn!
I know exactly what you mean. But I think that is more to do with the specs of how far the EyeSight can reliably discern an object and providing false positives. But hey, at least it stops!
The only false positive I've had going forward is a slight braking (and beeping) when a plastic shopping bag flew in front of the windshield, but that was just for a moment. Better that than mistake a kid.
Adaptive Cruse Control is something I don't know how I've lived without. My new Outback has it and the five mile drive on a semi-rural two lane road to civilization is now so much better, no more micro road rage. Just set and follow. Best thing since women that bake bread at home. (There is nothing better than a woman that bakes bread for you!)
That and the mild lane assist, just kind of nudges you back in lane, is all I really want from "auto pilot" in a car. I'm getting older and know that I'm not becoming a sharper driver. I do try to follow safety things like following distance and not driving like a fucking idiot, but I'm starting to have those space cadet moments. I like having a car that will say, "Hey!", and get me back on task.
"automatic emergency breaking" [sic] doesn't mean stopping at 65, it means getting it down to a survivable speed. Notice the air bags didn't fire. That means it was at a survivable speed. That crumple in the picture doesn't look like 65mph into a wall.
People drive where they are looking. He was looking at the lights. That's why so many cops get hit on the side of the road.
And yeah, that's not 65mph into a wall crumple. If the bags didn't fire then he wasn't going fast enough to die.