I've heard that the second (and bigger) part of the firmware update was that you couldn't shift the Toyota's into neutral if the throttle was past 50%. The thinking was that it would prevent engine damage if you bumped the shifter while accelerating. They didn't think that a stuck throttle could then leave you with a car stuck into gear.
For 99.99% of the street drivers out there - sure. For that matter, even for most race drivers this is also true. However, there are instances where on the track I've needed to use both pedals at the same time. Primarially it's when I'm accelerating out of a tight chicane, and need to settle the car quickly before entering a tight sweeper. If I actually lifted off the gas much it would unsettle the car too much, causing a spin, whereas a SLIGHT touch of the brakes will settle the car quicker, without loosing too much speed.
Thus the air pump - just dump a certain percentage of ambient air into the exhaust prior to the test section, and magically your #'s start to look better.
Same here. It seems the only diesel's available are either in pickups (as part of a very expensive option package) or in a few VW cars. Even then, VW doesn't offer it across their entire model line as they do in Europe. You can only get it in a few models, from a few years, and with very limited additional options. For instance, when my wife bought her New Beetle, we couldn't find a 5 speed + diesel + convertible combination from ANY model year. We ended up having to go with an older 1.8T model to get the 5 speed in a convertible.
I know for a fact they're not 100% accurate - Verizon's map shows 100% 3G coverage for all land within a 20 mile radius of my in-laws house. However, Verizon customers (them) get zero signal there (even when standing outdoors away from any obstructions) - not even enough to send a text message.
Conversely, AT&T shows zero 3G coverage there, and "spotty" EDGE coverage within a 20 mile radius. However, I (AT&T) get nearly full 3G signal there, with great speeds.
However, one case point like this only shows they're not 100% accurate, it makes no indication of a general trend between the two.
What would be very interesting to see is an exhaustive third-party study with a decent resolution. What would be involved in calculating this for all major nationwide carriers (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, etc.).
While I agree with the parent, that accepting incoming connections is a bad thing - it may also be the "killer feature" to implement IPv6. Auto-configuring clients to support incoming connections is inherently difficult in NAT.
This also raises an interesting legal question - can a "platform" lock-out non-platform apps? For instance, imagine the fallout if Microsoft released a "patch" which removed all copies of Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera from user's machines. They are just a "duplication of functionality" found within IE, right?
Hmm... I've yet to find any app without at least two or three "duplication of functionality" clones. Heck, if you broadened your definition of "functionality" from "twitter" to "entertainment", there must be 1000 duplicates of that one.
Once fully loaded, I doubt. The biggest gains will be in how quick you can go from power off to fully loaded in your web browser. My iPhone is significantly less powerful and has many less features than my desktop, but there are many times at home that I find it's quicker to just grab my phone and look something up than to power up my whole desktop PC.
Public safety was taken into consideration - and in this case it was determined 'safer' to NOT tell the public, as the expected crowed that would produce would make matters WORSE.
Anyone who can play bass well, could be taught to play 'reasonably good' guitar within a few days (if that)... although realistically most bass players already know how to play guitar.
Guitar players can often also play bass, and if not, could certainly be taught how to do so within a few hours.
Normally the only thing that keeps a person tied to one or the other is: practicality ($$ to own both), ego or just plain ignorance.
I believe distrust predated this option. Distrust also allows you to mark specific time periods to remove from your browsing history - allowing you to keep the good, but hide the bad.
What is the biggest obstacle in getting 100% Win32 API compatibility? Is it undocumented "features"? Inaccurate documentation from Microsoft? Fundamental differences between "Windows" and "Linux"? Other technical limitations?
You don't need a big car for adequate headroom. While I can't see over traffic (although in a few years I imagine I'll be able to see UNDER it)... a 6'6" person easily fit into my car (Porsche 944)... even with a helmet.
Worth mentioning.... the aforementioned McLaren was designed by Gordon Murray... the author of the article.
He's also been a very successful designer in Formula One.
Which means, of course, that less power is being generated by other means elsewhere. You make this sound like a bad thing.... Personally I'd rather see a larger share of energy being taken from the wind than from coal/gas/oil, etc. While we could never be a 100% wind powered society (unless we have adequate battery capacity for when the wind stops blowing), every bit that we do generate from wind power "saves" a proportionate amount from other (non-renewable) sources.
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Thousands of people do it every weekend: http://www.scca.com/hub.aspx?hub=3
I've heard that the second (and bigger) part of the firmware update was that you couldn't shift the Toyota's into neutral if the throttle was past 50%. The thinking was that it would prevent engine damage if you bumped the shifter while accelerating. They didn't think that a stuck throttle could then leave you with a car stuck into gear.
For 99.99% of the street drivers out there - sure. For that matter, even for most race drivers this is also true. However, there are instances where on the track I've needed to use both pedals at the same time. Primarially it's when I'm accelerating out of a tight chicane, and need to settle the car quickly before entering a tight sweeper. If I actually lifted off the gas much it would unsettle the car too much, causing a spin, whereas a SLIGHT touch of the brakes will settle the car quicker, without loosing too much speed.
Someone not hungry enough for 8 pieces. That, or a group of 3 or 6 people.
Thus the air pump - just dump a certain percentage of ambient air into the exhaust prior to the test section, and magically your #'s start to look better.
Same here. It seems the only diesel's available are either in pickups (as part of a very expensive option package) or in a few VW cars. Even then, VW doesn't offer it across their entire model line as they do in Europe. You can only get it in a few models, from a few years, and with very limited additional options. For instance, when my wife bought her New Beetle, we couldn't find a 5 speed + diesel + convertible combination from ANY model year. We ended up having to go with an older 1.8T model to get the 5 speed in a convertible.
Was considering a switch (for our locally cached DNS servers parent servers), but glad I ran a benchmark first:
Cached relative performance:
Uncached relative performance:
In all cases, Google's one of our slower options. If anything, it appears I'd be best off using local DNS backed by level 3 for non-cached results.
I know for a fact they're not 100% accurate - Verizon's map shows 100% 3G coverage for all land within a 20 mile radius of my in-laws house. However, Verizon customers (them) get zero signal there (even when standing outdoors away from any obstructions) - not even enough to send a text message.
Conversely, AT&T shows zero 3G coverage there, and "spotty" EDGE coverage within a 20 mile radius. However, I (AT&T) get nearly full 3G signal there, with great speeds.
However, one case point like this only shows they're not 100% accurate, it makes no indication of a general trend between the two.
What would be very interesting to see is an exhaustive third-party study with a decent resolution. What would be involved in calculating this for all major nationwide carriers (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, etc.).
As has been said before, never underestimate the bandwidth of a stationwagon...
While I agree with the parent, that accepting incoming connections is a bad thing - it may also be the "killer feature" to implement IPv6. Auto-configuring clients to support incoming connections is inherently difficult in NAT.
This also raises an interesting legal question - can a "platform" lock-out non-platform apps? For instance, imagine the fallout if Microsoft released a "patch" which removed all copies of Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera from user's machines. They are just a "duplication of functionality" found within IE, right?
Hmm... I've yet to find any app without at least two or three "duplication of functionality" clones. Heck, if you broadened your definition of "functionality" from "twitter" to "entertainment", there must be 1000 duplicates of that one.
Once fully loaded, I doubt. The biggest gains will be in how quick you can go from power off to fully loaded in your web browser. My iPhone is significantly less powerful and has many less features than my desktop, but there are many times at home that I find it's quicker to just grab my phone and look something up than to power up my whole desktop PC.
Anna Nicole's death still ranked higher.
Public safety was taken into consideration - and in this case it was determined 'safer' to NOT tell the public, as the expected crowed that would produce would make matters WORSE.
My racing instructor once gave this timeline to learning:
Stage 1) unconscious incompetence
Stage 2) conscious incompetence
Stage 3) conscious competence
Stage 4) unconscious competence
Anyone who can play bass well, could be taught to play 'reasonably good' guitar within a few days (if that)... although realistically most bass players already know how to play guitar. Guitar players can often also play bass, and if not, could certainly be taught how to do so within a few hours. Normally the only thing that keeps a person tied to one or the other is: practicality ($$ to own both), ego or just plain ignorance.
I believe distrust predated this option. Distrust also allows you to mark specific time periods to remove from your browsing history - allowing you to keep the good, but hide the bad.
What is the biggest obstacle in getting 100% Win32 API compatibility? Is it undocumented "features"? Inaccurate documentation from Microsoft? Fundamental differences between "Windows" and "Linux"? Other technical limitations?
hmm... I was gonna say "is embrace, extend, extinguish" that much of a secret?
You don't need a big car for adequate headroom. While I can't see over traffic (although in a few years I imagine I'll be able to see UNDER it)... a 6'6" person easily fit into my car (Porsche 944)... even with a helmet.
Worth mentioning.... the aforementioned McLaren was designed by Gordon Murray... the author of the article. He's also been a very successful designer in Formula One.
Interesting that they say it has 'enough graphics power to render Quake 3 @ 40fps'... does Quake 3 actually run on any non win/x86 platform?
No, but it makes a really great "ultraportable".