One thing about the PSTN cards - make sure you have the right interface modules. They come in two flavors - FXO and FXS. FXO goes to the phone company, and FXS goes to any extensions you might have on the line. Bad things can happen when you get those mixed up, as the FXS interface puts power on the line for ringing any extensions attached to it.:-)
I have a Digium TDM400 card on my Asterisk box at home, with one FXO and one FXS module. Previously I'd had it set up so that local calls went out via PSTN, and long distance went through my VoIP provider, but since then I've gone exclusively VoIP and the FXO interface sits idle. Being able to run regular (i.e. cheap) wireless phones on the FXS jack is quite handy, though.
He means "network effect" in the same sense as "word-of-mouth". A great deal of the iPhone's success is due to people seeing their friends and colleagues with the device, trying it out, and deciding to get one themselves. This is the "network effect" he's referring to.
I knew you had paid* health care, but I thought even the USA gave free emergency care.
Not even close. The only municipality that I know of that offers free emergency transport is the city of Virginia Beach, VA, who (not coincidentally) operates the largest volunteer rescue service in the United States. Note that Virginia Beach also has a number of private emergency transport companies that are most definitely *not* free.
Perhaps you should have thought about having sufficient time and space to overtake the car in front without breaking the speed limit before you started overtaking.
On two lane roads, it happens somewhat frequently that the situation starts out like this, then someone fails to look and pulls onto the main road from a driveway or side street, suddenly making life a lot more interesting.
Most importantly though, it's not your training, or the ability to drive skillfully that makes the difference. It's having the ability to recognize a limitation that you don't have much power to improve, and allowing for it. Kudos to you for seeing that and taking appropriate action.
IMO, being a good driver isn't nearly as much about skill as it is awareness and judgement.
What about the fact that his little projectiles could hit/damage other cars? What about the fact that he is on the losing end of a physics pissing contest with a vehicle that likely weighs at least four times as much and provides much better protection? What about the fact that it's fairly easy for the driver to follow him wherever he's going and administer the well-deserved beatdown then? What about the most likely scenario - the driver of the car has a cell phone and will have the police meeting them in the very near future? The driver has a busted windshield, and the biker has pockets full of bolts and pennies.
Certainly people need to pay more attention when driving so as to avoid problems with people on bikes, but that gives the bikers absolutely zero moral or legal authority to act like assholes.
I told him to set up a nice paint sprayer. Black oil based paint squirted to a windshield level will guarantee they stop tailgating.
Oh, so depriving the driver of visibility and potentially causing a multi-car accident is a good idea in your opinion, eh? Sounds like you and your buddy share an equal quantity of sound judgement.
As an American driver that's spent some time driving in Germany, I have to agree with this 100%, although I would probably extend it to say that Europeans in general are better drivers than Americans.
Americans as a group are largely ignorant of the idea of "situational awareness" and drive *extremely* reactively, instead of paying attention, being able to see dangerous situations beginning to develop, and avoiding them before any action is actually necessary. Half the time, we don't even know the traffic laws. People here in Orlando continue to get upset about being ticketed for not yielding the lane closest to a stopped emergency vehicle, even though the law has been on the books for SEVEN YEARS. And of course, every day on my way to work I see that most people don't have a clue how to determine right-of-way at a four-way stop. It's not rocket science.
No matter how hard you push the brakes it takes a while to avoid an accident when the car before you braked too hard and you're 30 mph over the limit.
That's not a result of speed, it's a result of following too closely and probably not paying attention, which are both problems regardless how fast you're driving. If you're driving 30 mph faster, then there should be correspondingly greater space given to traffic around you to account for it.
How do you think accident rates would drop if you actually forced anyone to drive no faster than 55 mph?
I don't think they'd change appreciably. Sliding off the road sideways and hitting an oak tree at 55 mph will kill you just as effectively as it will at 80 mph. Limiting the speed to 55 mph will not change people's propensity to follow too closely or otherwise practice poor driving habits, and most definitely will not get people to pay closer attention to what's going on around them.
To my knowledge, every car sold in the US nowadays has the ECU set to limit the speed of the vehicle to whatever the tire rating is. My 2002 GMC Sierra does it at 106 mph, just as my '99 Regal did before it at 112 mph. Limiting the top speed of the vehicle to the speed rating of the tires sold with the vehicle is perceived to lessen exposure to liability by auto manufacturers.
If your car came with Y-rated tires, you probably won't ever hit the ECU limit. If it came with N-rated tires, you probably will at some point. The only situation where you truly wouldn't have a limit is if you had Z-rated tires on the car originally.
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Whatever happens, I'm not drinking any f'n Merlot.
Yeah, I know. I haven't had POTS service in years. :-)
Hadn't thought about that - probably a good idea.
One thing about the PSTN cards - make sure you have the right interface modules. They come in two flavors - FXO and FXS. FXO goes to the phone company, and FXS goes to any extensions you might have on the line. Bad things can happen when you get those mixed up, as the FXS interface puts power on the line for ringing any extensions attached to it. :-)
I have a Digium TDM400 card on my Asterisk box at home, with one FXO and one FXS module. Previously I'd had it set up so that local calls went out via PSTN, and long distance went through my VoIP provider, but since then I've gone exclusively VoIP and the FXO interface sits idle. Being able to run regular (i.e. cheap) wireless phones on the FXS jack is quite handy, though.
Where is the "network effect" of the App Store?
He means "network effect" in the same sense as "word-of-mouth". A great deal of the iPhone's success is due to people seeing their friends and colleagues with the device, trying it out, and deciding to get one themselves. This is the "network effect" he's referring to.
Maybe it's defined by the aggregate amount of RAM occupied by the product line. It *is* Java, after all...
Okay, whatever kid. Go back to collecting the royalty checks from Daddy's books.
Don't presume to tell someone how they think, especially when you don't know them and they have upwards of twice your life experience.
And tell your idiot friend he needs to learn to drive. I wish I could tell mine.
That's bullshit.
Tell that to the friend of mine that it happened to.
I knew you had paid* health care, but I thought even the USA gave free emergency care.
Not even close. The only municipality that I know of that offers free emergency transport is the city of Virginia Beach, VA, who (not coincidentally) operates the largest volunteer rescue service in the United States. Note that Virginia Beach also has a number of private emergency transport companies that are most definitely *not* free.
Perhaps you should have thought about having sufficient time and space to overtake the car in front without breaking the speed limit before you started overtaking.
On two lane roads, it happens somewhat frequently that the situation starts out like this, then someone fails to look and pulls onto the main road from a driveway or side street, suddenly making life a lot more interesting.
I prefer "mechanical failure - loose nut behind the wheel".
Most importantly though, it's not your training, or the ability to drive skillfully that makes the difference. It's having the ability to recognize a limitation that you don't have much power to improve, and allowing for it. Kudos to you for seeing that and taking appropriate action.
IMO, being a good driver isn't nearly as much about skill as it is awareness and judgement.
Well, now you know why!
So speed limits should vary depending on conditions? Whose deifnition of safe speed is going to matter then? How are you going to enforce it?
Go ask the French government. They seem to have a pretty good handle on the whole "speed limits vary according to conditions" thing.
I also carry a pocketknife and like shooting guns. Want to comment on that as well?
We need to hang out.
Your buddy is an idiot.
What about the fact that his little projectiles could hit/damage other cars? What about the fact that he is on the losing end of a physics pissing contest with a vehicle that likely weighs at least four times as much and provides much better protection? What about the fact that it's fairly easy for the driver to follow him wherever he's going and administer the well-deserved beatdown then? What about the most likely scenario - the driver of the car has a cell phone and will have the police meeting them in the very near future? The driver has a busted windshield, and the biker has pockets full of bolts and pennies.
Certainly people need to pay more attention when driving so as to avoid problems with people on bikes, but that gives the bikers absolutely zero moral or legal authority to act like assholes.
I told him to set up a nice paint sprayer. Black oil based paint squirted to a windshield level will guarantee they stop tailgating.
Oh, so depriving the driver of visibility and potentially causing a multi-car accident is a good idea in your opinion, eh? Sounds like you and your buddy share an equal quantity of sound judgement.
As an American driver that's spent some time driving in Germany, I have to agree with this 100%, although I would probably extend it to say that Europeans in general are better drivers than Americans.
Americans as a group are largely ignorant of the idea of "situational awareness" and drive *extremely* reactively, instead of paying attention, being able to see dangerous situations beginning to develop, and avoiding them before any action is actually necessary. Half the time, we don't even know the traffic laws. People here in Orlando continue to get upset about being ticketed for not yielding the lane closest to a stopped emergency vehicle, even though the law has been on the books for SEVEN YEARS. And of course, every day on my way to work I see that most people don't have a clue how to determine right-of-way at a four-way stop. It's not rocket science.
No matter how hard you push the brakes it takes a while to avoid an accident when the car before you braked too hard and you're 30 mph over the limit.
That's not a result of speed, it's a result of following too closely and probably not paying attention, which are both problems regardless how fast you're driving. If you're driving 30 mph faster, then there should be correspondingly greater space given to traffic around you to account for it.
How do you think accident rates would drop if you actually forced anyone to drive no faster than 55 mph?
I don't think they'd change appreciably. Sliding off the road sideways and hitting an oak tree at 55 mph will kill you just as effectively as it will at 80 mph. Limiting the speed to 55 mph will not change people's propensity to follow too closely or otherwise practice poor driving habits, and most definitely will not get people to pay closer attention to what's going on around them.
I thought Arbeit macht roast beef sandwiches?
To my knowledge, every car sold in the US nowadays has the ECU set to limit the speed of the vehicle to whatever the tire rating is. My 2002 GMC Sierra does it at 106 mph, just as my '99 Regal did before it at 112 mph. Limiting the top speed of the vehicle to the speed rating of the tires sold with the vehicle is perceived to lessen exposure to liability by auto manufacturers.
If your car came with Y-rated tires, you probably won't ever hit the ECU limit. If it came with N-rated tires, you probably will at some point. The only situation where you truly wouldn't have a limit is if you had Z-rated tires on the car originally.
Or just buy an older car without all this tomfoolery installed.
Guess you've never tried to pass someone that speeds up during the attempt, then slows back down if you drop back behind them.
After you've ponied up the appropriate licensing fees for the idea, of course...
Yup, which is why, despite having a prefect driving record
Driving a Ford too, I'll bet.... (Sorry, had to be done.)