And, might I add, the car that killed the police officer and his family in California was a Lexus, yet Toyota has only recalled (and stopped selling / producing) Toyota models.
The accelerator pedal assembly used in Lexus & Scion cars comes from a different supplier than the ones with the supposed bushing problem.
Personally I don't think they have a f'ing clue as to what the problem is.
According to AutoBlog, the problem with these Toyotas is a mechanical part in the drive by wire pedal assembly (and so it's not really an issue with the car being drive by wire). The pivot point that the pedal rotates on has a bushing that is apparently wearing out and causing the pedal stick. I'm a little skeptical as it seems much more plausible that it would be an electrical (or software) gremlin, but that's apparently what they're blaming it on.
There is still no excuse for Toyota not coding the ECU to cut throttle when it senses that the driver has BOTH the throttle and the brakes on simultaneously. All drive by wire VW/Audis are setup this way.
If by open formats you mean ogg / vorbis - some have argued that embracing those formats are more of a risk than they are worth because of submarine patents. It's arguably better to just license AAC & MP3 and be safe.
It's more fun this way. Now we have a bunch of "no keyboard! FAIL!! +5 insightful" posts to sift through, since they held off showing the physical keyboard until the end.
Video decoding is done with a dedicated chip built into the handset. Those chips are built to the different baseline profiles provided by the H.264 spec. At the moment, it's the only way to get acceptable playback and battery performance.
You can write classes (which contain properties and methods) and then instance new objects from those classes with JavaScript. How is that not Object Oriented?
If you haven't noticed, cell phones are slowly but surely morphing into computers. My bet is that the majority of phones sold 5 years from now will be "smart phones" - the area where Apple is currently excelling and Nokia is currently lagging. Being kind of yesterday's technology is pretty meaningless.
It's a false limitation though. The software & hardware is completely capable, Apple just doesn't allow it for third party apps. (the first party apps like the Phone & iPod multitask just fine).
I agree though, there are certain apps which definitely need to be allowed to run in the background like Skype and Pandora.
It took me a day or two, but now I'm loving the magic mouse. The scrolling with momentum is my favorite thing about it. The lack of a 3rd button click is the only thing that's really "missing". I find the 2 finger swipe for back and forward to be quite awkward, so I never use it. I imagine the same would apply to most multitouch gestures like pinch to zoom which is why they are absent from the driver.
Power assisted brakes rely on vacuum pressure. Vacuum pressure (on a gasoline engine) is only available when the car is not at wide open throttle. The brake booster will store vacuum pressure, but it only works for 1 or 2 pumps. If you shut the car off while coasting and pump the brake, you will feel it get stiffer and stiffer.
And yet the brakes on this loaner toyota could not stop the vehicle with the throttle stuck open.
Braking systems have this thing called a brake booster. When the throttle plate isn't fully opened, the engine creates vacuum. The vacuum pressure is supplied to the brake booster, which has a diaphram inside. When vacuum is present, the booster assists the brake pedal making it easier to depress.
When the car is at WOT (wide open throttle), there is no vacuum and therefore no brake assist. On a turbo charged car, there is positive pressure at WOT (though there should be a check valve in the vacuum line). If you put positive pressure in the brake booster, you get the opposite effect, and you're not going to stop the car.
In the officer's defense, the car he was driving had a push button starter instead of an old fashioned key switch. To turn the car off, you have to hold the button down for 3 seconds. The car was a loaner, so he was not familiar with it. (I wouldn't have been either)
In my eye's, Toyota's engineers built a death trap. Why didn't the ECU cut throttle when it detected the brake switch engaged? In a VW/Audi, the ECU will cut throttle if you hold down both the brake and the gas for several seconds (why on earth would any DBW system NOT do this?).
The only thing I don't understand, is why didn't he shift into neutral...
Instead of criticizing, you might take pride in the fact that the motorcycle land speed is still the last that isn't set with jet engines dragging rubber across the ground.
I'm pretty sure the wheels on Thrust SSC were metal because we do not possess a rubber compound that will hold together at 760mph. (the tires on the Veyron for example, disintegrate in less than 20 minutes at top speed of just 250mph).
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And, might I add, the car that killed the police officer and his family in California was a Lexus, yet Toyota has only recalled (and stopped selling / producing) Toyota models.
The accelerator pedal assembly used in Lexus & Scion cars comes from a different supplier than the ones with the supposed bushing problem.
Personally I don't think they have a f'ing clue as to what the problem is.
According to AutoBlog, the problem with these Toyotas is a mechanical part in the drive by wire pedal assembly (and so it's not really an issue with the car being drive by wire). The pivot point that the pedal rotates on has a bushing that is apparently wearing out and causing the pedal stick. I'm a little skeptical as it seems much more plausible that it would be an electrical (or software) gremlin, but that's apparently what they're blaming it on.
There is still no excuse for Toyota not coding the ECU to cut throttle when it senses that the driver has BOTH the throttle and the brakes on simultaneously. All drive by wire VW/Audis are setup this way.
If by open formats you mean ogg / vorbis - some have argued that embracing those formats are more of a risk than they are worth because of submarine patents. It's arguably better to just license AAC & MP3 and be safe.
It's more fun this way. Now we have a bunch of "no keyboard! FAIL!! +5 insightful" posts to sift through, since they held off showing the physical keyboard until the end.
Or they could be programmers looking for the best tool for the job.
Preview.app begs to differ.
Video decoding is done with a dedicated chip built into the handset. Those chips are built to the different baseline profiles provided by the H.264 spec. At the moment, it's the only way to get acceptable playback and battery performance.
You can write classes (which contain properties and methods) and then instance new objects from those classes with JavaScript. How is that not Object Oriented?
Anyone who thinks the tablet is going to be $300 is an idiot. The iPhone is $600+. How could the tablet possibly be cheaper than an iPhone?
I hate to break it to you, but Apple makes more money selling iPhones than any other cell phone company in the world, including Nokia. They make 32% of the profit of the entire cell phone market, not just smart phones.
I guess it depends on how you define "big dog". Apple's market cap is 188 Billion vs Nokia's 47 Billion.
If you haven't noticed, cell phones are slowly but surely morphing into computers. My bet is that the majority of phones sold 5 years from now will be "smart phones" - the area where Apple is currently excelling and Nokia is currently lagging. Being kind of yesterday's technology is pretty meaningless.
It's a false limitation though. The software & hardware is completely capable, Apple just doesn't allow it for third party apps. (the first party apps like the Phone & iPod multitask just fine).
I agree though, there are certain apps which definitely need to be allowed to run in the background like Skype and Pandora.
It took me a day or two, but now I'm loving the magic mouse. The scrolling with momentum is my favorite thing about it. The lack of a 3rd button click is the only thing that's really "missing". I find the 2 finger swipe for back and forward to be quite awkward, so I never use it. I imagine the same would apply to most multitouch gestures like pinch to zoom which is why they are absent from the driver.
Because a lot of people who use these jailbreak tools have no idea what they are doing.
Not to mention - the best map is the one you have with you.
And here's a citation for my post: http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2009/11/video-how-not-to-stop-a-runaway-car-dont-pump-the-brakes.html
Yeah, if the engine stalls. What if it's stuck at WOT? You missed the point of my post.
Power assisted brakes rely on vacuum pressure. Vacuum pressure (on a gasoline engine) is only available when the car is not at wide open throttle. The brake booster will store vacuum pressure, but it only works for 1 or 2 pumps. If you shut the car off while coasting and pump the brake, you will feel it get stiffer and stiffer.
And yet the brakes on this loaner toyota could not stop the vehicle with the throttle stuck open.
Braking systems have this thing called a brake booster. When the throttle plate isn't fully opened, the engine creates vacuum. The vacuum pressure is supplied to the brake booster, which has a diaphram inside. When vacuum is present, the booster assists the brake pedal making it easier to depress.
When the car is at WOT (wide open throttle), there is no vacuum and therefore no brake assist. On a turbo charged car, there is positive pressure at WOT (though there should be a check valve in the vacuum line). If you put positive pressure in the brake booster, you get the opposite effect, and you're not going to stop the car.
In the officer's defense, the car he was driving had a push button starter instead of an old fashioned key switch. To turn the car off, you have to hold the button down for 3 seconds. The car was a loaner, so he was not familiar with it. (I wouldn't have been either)
In my eye's, Toyota's engineers built a death trap. Why didn't the ECU cut throttle when it detected the brake switch engaged? In a VW/Audi, the ECU will cut throttle if you hold down both the brake and the gas for several seconds (why on earth would any DBW system NOT do this?).
The only thing I don't understand, is why didn't he shift into neutral...
Bullshit. If the Nokia N900 is so good, why are people buying 10x as many iPhones?
Actually, the entry level Plastic MacBook has firewire too.
I'm pretty sure the wheels on Thrust SSC were metal because we do not possess a rubber compound that will hold together at 760mph. (the tires on the Veyron for example, disintegrate in less than 20 minutes at top speed of just 250mph).
Your point is well taken though :)
Okay, I take it back - flightcaster is now updated and shows my flight being delayed.