How good is the LCD in the Dell? Does it have a backlit keyboard? Built in camera? Handy power connector that is less prone to damaged? And you dismiss the software as if it's not a big feature. OS X is half (if not most) of the reason to get a Mac.
He may have innovative business methods, but generally speaking, from the public or consumer's point of view, he is not innovative. The consumers interest lies in the product and services he offers, not in how profitable or efficient his business is.
You can actually get feedback systems for transmitters. Not sure how good they are. I still disagree about the accuracy thing. I think the biggest factor is what you are used to, but I also think a finger vs a foot does natually have a small advantage. But you are right about the input. Small controls generaly have too much authority over the car for normal driving.
I don't think they would nessearily be a good idea for 1:1 car (some big aircraft seem to like them), but the original post make it sound as if small controls were inheritly bad. I think we just have a missunderstanding.
My point is tht over-reliance is not an issue because most never had the skills in the first place. Of course, the exception here is the device that detects blind spots.
Just to clarify: even though a really good driver is better than ABS, they basicly use the same method. It's just that a really good driver is better at it.
Oh yeah, I should say that ice and snow should be part of the "gravel etc." I never drive on snow or ice so forgot to think of them as real-world senarios.
WRONG! The only time locking up the brakes is a good idea is on gravel etc, where locking up the wheel causes them to dig into the harder surface below and also causes material to pile up infront of the wheel. While ABS is not a perfect braking system, to say that a car will stop faster on a dry road when the wheels lock-up is plain false. Optimum braking happens when the wheel is rotating slighly slower than the speed of the road (about 11% slippage). If locking up the brakes was the fastest way to stop, you'd see it being used as an advantage in motorracing.
I race RC cars and fly RC helis. I used my thumbs and fingers to control these. I've never had thumb fatuige any more than I have had my foot get tired from driving a real car. In fact, when I drive a real car, I find the controls big and clumsy. Pressing my foot on a pedal is nowhere near as precise as using my index finger to squeeze a trigger and the big steering wheel feels so slow to turn. Many of the fly-by-wire Airbus Airliners use a small joystick.
I haven't driven a wide range of cars, but from what I have driven, the more moden cars tend to a better job at letting you "feel" the road and also take out the big bumps. Some of the older cars increased the ride comfort by making the suspension nice and mushy, not good for handling or feeling the road.
You sir, have hit the nail on the head. AFAIK, drivers 30 years ago were the same as they are today. 30 years ago, most people didn't take advanced driving courses, or even know that much about their cars. The article makes it sound as if most drivers used to be taught advanced driving skills but nowdays aren't. This is not the case. The systems in todays cars do nothing but increase the safety for both average and advanced drivers.
Perhaps you though it was a mistake. But I'm glade that it evolved to what it is today, rather than just being another tech site competing with Slashdot.
Some people swear that they can tell if a story was written on a word processor.
These are the same kinds of people who can tell the difference between normal high-quality copper cables and gold plated, revsered ionising, high-molecular partical charged, $10,000, copper audio cables.
Dead right. There are about 5 blogs that I keep an eye on (mostly technology ones). And they have really good content, and could probably make them into an interesting video. But I only take an interest in about 1/5 of the posts. Text and images are great because you can skim read them at very fast speeds, ignoring anything you're not interested in.
Sure, most people could still make time for a video, but if everyone started to make video blogs, people would simply track less blogs. I suspect that many video blogs will lose out to text/image blogs, and only the more innovative video blogs will be as sucessful as text/image blogs have been.
Half the time I read an online article, when they mention a website, they never have a fucken link. Often they even have the website's URL slapped down but with no anchor tags around it.
No to mention the lack of multimedia such as photos, diagrams, and videos in many articles where you'd expect such a thing. Nothing more annoying than an article about some new product and the lazy fucks can't even be bothered to get a photo in.
Online newspapers haven't gotten it right because most of them are just bloody lazy.
If you're too stupid to realise that you need to perform basic steps such as cleaning as part of a project like this, the you are probably too stupid to find the article in the first place.
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How good is the LCD in the Dell? Does it have a backlit keyboard? Built in camera? Handy power connector that is less prone to damaged? And you dismiss the software as if it's not a big feature. OS X is half (if not most) of the reason to get a Mac.
He may have innovative business methods, but generally speaking, from the public or consumer's point of view, he is not innovative. The consumers interest lies in the product and services he offers, not in how profitable or efficient his business is.
I don't think they would nessearily be a good idea for 1:1 car (some big aircraft seem to like them), but the original post make it sound as if small controls were inheritly bad. I think we just have a missunderstanding.
True. I forgot about that. Better than old ABS systems, perhaps?
My point is tht over-reliance is not an issue because most never had the skills in the first place. Of course, the exception here is the device that detects blind spots.
Please read my reply to the other post. I never said small controls would be a good idea on a full-scale car. Just that they weren't nessearily bad.
I'm not saying that small controls are a good idea for a real car, but just setting the record straight. Small controls do have their advantages.
Just to clarify: even though a really good driver is better than ABS, they basicly use the same method. It's just that a really good driver is better at it.
Oh yeah, I should say that ice and snow should be part of the "gravel etc." I never drive on snow or ice so forgot to think of them as real-world senarios.
WRONG! The only time locking up the brakes is a good idea is on gravel etc, where locking up the wheel causes them to dig into the harder surface below and also causes material to pile up infront of the wheel. While ABS is not a perfect braking system, to say that a car will stop faster on a dry road when the wheels lock-up is plain false. Optimum braking happens when the wheel is rotating slighly slower than the speed of the road (about 11% slippage). If locking up the brakes was the fastest way to stop, you'd see it being used as an advantage in motorracing.
I race RC cars and fly RC helis. I used my thumbs and fingers to control these. I've never had thumb fatuige any more than I have had my foot get tired from driving a real car. In fact, when I drive a real car, I find the controls big and clumsy. Pressing my foot on a pedal is nowhere near as precise as using my index finger to squeeze a trigger and the big steering wheel feels so slow to turn. Many of the fly-by-wire Airbus Airliners use a small joystick.
I haven't driven a wide range of cars, but from what I have driven, the more moden cars tend to a better job at letting you "feel" the road and also take out the big bumps. Some of the older cars increased the ride comfort by making the suspension nice and mushy, not good for handling or feeling the road.
You sir, have hit the nail on the head. AFAIK, drivers 30 years ago were the same as they are today. 30 years ago, most people didn't take advanced driving courses, or even know that much about their cars. The article makes it sound as if most drivers used to be taught advanced driving skills but nowdays aren't. This is not the case. The systems in todays cars do nothing but increase the safety for both average and advanced drivers.
Perhaps you though it was a mistake. But I'm glade that it evolved to what it is today, rather than just being another tech site competing with Slashdot.
These are the same kinds of people who can tell the difference between normal high-quality copper cables and gold plated, revsered ionising, high-molecular partical charged, $10,000, copper audio cables.
An SLR with a big collection of lenses is nice, but you can't keep it in your bag all the time.
Major drawback is not the right word. Not for this camera's target market.
Yeah, you're right. He just whipped up those thousands of sites that the ads link to.
Sure, most people could still make time for a video, but if everyone started to make video blogs, people would simply track less blogs. I suspect that many video blogs will lose out to text/image blogs, and only the more innovative video blogs will be as sucessful as text/image blogs have been.
Half the time I read an online article, when they mention a website, they never have a fucken link. Often they even have the website's URL slapped down but with no anchor tags around it.
No to mention the lack of multimedia such as photos, diagrams, and videos in many articles where you'd expect such a thing. Nothing more annoying than an article about some new product and the lazy fucks can't even be bothered to get a photo in.
Online newspapers haven't gotten it right because most of them are just bloody lazy.
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New Zealand isn't too bad, yet.
Are you saying that this study is flawed and offers no insight?
If you're too stupid to realise that you need to perform basic steps such as cleaning as part of a project like this, the you are probably too stupid to find the article in the first place.
...You're also not a hacker, either.
Then obviously, you are not a true photographer.