Just saying it can be a bad thing. FWIW, this is from someone who drove heavy truck for over 20 years and also been building his own computers for just as long.
Really depends on what you computerize. This feature can be handy. Unless there's a glitch and the vibration doesn't stop. Or a feature that should turn on your lights at dusk... but doesn't.
It actually took me quite some time to get used to anti-lock brakes. And I still hate them. There is simply not the full control most experienced drivers are used to. But they had to learn how to brake. It ain't just stepping on the pedal. It's how you do it. And that system doesn't always get it right.
As far as computer controlled gas pedal? Wow. A simple cable worked for 100 years and pretty much failsafe. I still scratch my head over the Toyota fiasco. They never really explained it. Said the computer didn't cause it. But was it another case of a company "too big to fail"? I suppose we'll never know.
At any rate, we just have to learn to point and shoot.
And while I'm on the rant, I still miss vent windows.:)
Sorry but I find all this computer controlled garbage kinda dangerous. One glitch and you die. It's gotten to the point where you no longer have to learn how to drive, you just learn how to point it.
There is a truth in advertising law in the states. Any company can be fined or officers jailed unless their ads are truthful. Deception is not tolerated.
The only exception? Politicians.
Friggin' weird.
Computers shouldn't be running gas throttles or braking systems in cars either. But it seems "cool" to be cutting edge. Even tho plain old mechanical systems are cheaper, safer and easier to use.
Computer controlled isn't always better. And in some cases it's down right stupid.
In a word... keyboard. Maybe they'll get a pile of PC gamers who detest the controller. The only use I find for it is streaming video because I detest the controller.
"And in the absence of verifiable alien contact, scientific opinion will forever remain split as to whether the Universe teems with life or we are alone "
Ok, so it would seem most think it impossible not to have other life forms somewhere. But can't figure out why we can't find any.
Could it be that they've found us but consider us too primitive and dangerous? After all, we still shoot each other and blow things up daily. I'm not sure I'd want to be around a race like that. How about you?
As far as UFO's... are they real? Who really knows? But could it be they are advanced life forms dropping in now and then to see if we are still stupid?
Remember, they may have a billion years of evolution on us. Where do you think we'll be in just a hundred. Or a thousand? (Provided we don't blow ourselves up first)
Still trying to figger out the method to the madness of going back wards. They had a 9000 series and then a 500 series. Then a 200 series. I'm waiting until they come out with the zero series.
And it's not just Nvidia. Seems a lot of companies are doing it.
Uhh... actually Pentax does have a pro line. Most don't realize they've been around nearly 100 years. Pentax, Canon and Nikon were born just at just about the same time. And their intermediate K20D or K5 (at $1k plus) runs rings around canon and nikon IMHO.
At any rate for a simple point n shoot, virtually any modern camera even under $100 (on sale) will run rings around any phone cam. And anything over 8mp is really over kill for the average user.
Agreed. Don't get it. Tried a Mac... didn't get it. Over priced, over hyped, under powered.
But he will remain as one of the most brilliant marketing geniuses of our time. Or perhaps of all time.
No one wants to see anyone suffer and die. His passing is sad. But have to wonder (without his ingenious marketing skills) if Apple's days are now numbered.
Remember, the post office as well as social security ran in the black for many many years. Until the gov decided they're making too much and began to "borrow" from them.
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Just saying it can be a bad thing. FWIW, this is from someone who drove heavy truck for over 20 years and also been building his own computers for just as long.
Really depends on what you computerize. This feature can be handy. Unless there's a glitch and the vibration doesn't stop. Or a feature that should turn on your lights at dusk... but doesn't.
It actually took me quite some time to get used to anti-lock brakes. And I still hate them. There is simply not the full control most experienced drivers are used to. But they had to learn how to brake. It ain't just stepping on the pedal. It's how you do it. And that system doesn't always get it right.
As far as computer controlled gas pedal? Wow. A simple cable worked for 100 years and pretty much failsafe. I still scratch my head over the Toyota fiasco. They never really explained it. Said the computer didn't cause it. But was it another case of a company "too big to fail"? I suppose we'll never know.
At any rate, we just have to learn to point and shoot.
And while I'm on the rant, I still miss vent windows. :)
Sorry but I find all this computer controlled garbage kinda dangerous. One glitch and you die. It's gotten to the point where you no longer have to learn how to drive, you just learn how to point it.
There is a truth in advertising law in the states. Any company can be fined or officers jailed unless their ads are truthful. Deception is not tolerated. The only exception? Politicians. Friggin' weird.
Computers shouldn't be running gas throttles or braking systems in cars either. But it seems "cool" to be cutting edge. Even tho plain old mechanical systems are cheaper, safer and easier to use. Computer controlled isn't always better. And in some cases it's down right stupid.
In a word... keyboard. Maybe they'll get a pile of PC gamers who detest the controller. The only use I find for it is streaming video because I detest the controller.
"And in the absence of verifiable alien contact, scientific opinion will forever remain split as to whether the Universe teems with life or we are alone " Ok, so it would seem most think it impossible not to have other life forms somewhere. But can't figure out why we can't find any. Could it be that they've found us but consider us too primitive and dangerous? After all, we still shoot each other and blow things up daily. I'm not sure I'd want to be around a race like that. How about you? As far as UFO's... are they real? Who really knows? But could it be they are advanced life forms dropping in now and then to see if we are still stupid? Remember, they may have a billion years of evolution on us. Where do you think we'll be in just a hundred. Or a thousand? (Provided we don't blow ourselves up first)
Intelligent life on earth, to be sure. Sadly, none of it is in congress.
Still trying to figger out the method to the madness of going back wards. They had a 9000 series and then a 500 series. Then a 200 series. I'm waiting until they come out with the zero series. And it's not just Nvidia. Seems a lot of companies are doing it.
Heh, or just buy a Pentax and don't sell a thing. Every lens every made for Pentax STILL fits the pentax.
Uhh... actually Pentax does have a pro line. Most don't realize they've been around nearly 100 years. Pentax, Canon and Nikon were born just at just about the same time. And their intermediate K20D or K5 (at $1k plus) runs rings around canon and nikon IMHO. At any rate for a simple point n shoot, virtually any modern camera even under $100 (on sale) will run rings around any phone cam. And anything over 8mp is really over kill for the average user.
And the new blackberry tablet is just released at the same price as the fire. With 10 times the power and features. It's war I tell ya! http://www.buy.com/loc/blackberry-playbook/69184.html
Mailwasher does it. Can do it automatically so you won't even see it. But not free. http://tinyurl.com/6fprnb9
Actually it first appeared in the 50's, not the 70's. Sucked then, sucks now. Nothing's changed. At all.
Agreed. Don't get it. Tried a Mac... didn't get it. Over priced, over hyped, under powered. But he will remain as one of the most brilliant marketing geniuses of our time. Or perhaps of all time. No one wants to see anyone suffer and die. His passing is sad. But have to wonder (without his ingenious marketing skills) if Apple's days are now numbered.
Too late. Woot sold out to Amazon.
So you're saying there wasn't a cloud in the sky, huh?
Remember, the post office as well as social security ran in the black for many many years. Until the gov decided they're making too much and began to "borrow" from them.
Have to ask. Why on earth would they destroy them all in the first place?
In many parts of the world it already exists. It's called a coin. You just flip it.