Power steering and braking is provided by a cylinder of fluid. You've got enough for probably 4 or 5 hard 'full brake' depressions and at least 3 or 4 good wheel cranks.
Not quite.
Power brakes are vacuum assisted. After shutting off the engine there may be enough residual vacuum in the accumulator for 1 or 2 applications, three if you're lucky.
Power steering is provided by a belt driven hydraulic pump. As soon as the engine stops turning, no power steering. Cars with electric steering assist shouldn't have that problem, but I'm not sure.
Shades of the disproven Audi sudden acceleration fiasco of the 1980's. All those cases were driver error (stepping on the accelerator instead of the brake pedal). People refused to admit they made a mistake.
All cruise control systems I've used disengage when the brake is applied. Even if it didn't disengage, a properly maintained braking system should be able to stop the car, even with the engine at full throttle.
Even with a keyless ignition, there should be a way to shut off the engine. Perhaps the driver was not familiar with the car controls. It's always a good idea to read the manual.
Untimately, my opinion is the auto makers are going too far with automated electronic systems that intervene on the driver's behalf. I'd prefer to hang myself with my own rope.
I need some links to REPUTABLE sites supporting your assertions.
I can't help but think that phenomena such as the Oliver Stone JFK conspiracy "theory" and moon landing skeptics "theory" is all part of the rampant anti-intellectualism in this country (USA). It's simply mind boggling.
Computer noise also happens to be one of my pet peeves. So I built myself a PC using quiet parts.
I bought the CPU cooler and power supply from http://www.endpcnoise.com and I forget where I got the hard disk with fluid bearing drive.
It's very very quiet. So much so that I can leave the PC running (it's in my bedroom) and not be kept awake by fan and hard disk noise. I couldn't so that with my old PC.
When I was a kid back then, video pong came out and I wanted one but it was too expensive for my parents, so they bought me a mechanical pong game.
It was enclosed in a green case that looked sort of like a TV. It was about the size of a 13-inch TV. There was a "screen" in the front and knobs for controlling the paddles that were behind the translucent screen.
Inside the unit, there was an arm pivoted at the rear with a bulb at the end near the screen. The arm was vertically spring loaded and driven side to side by a motor. When you turned it on, the arm went back and forth and you used the paddles control knobs to hit the "ball" which was at the lighted end of the arm.
Worked well enough, but to me it couldn't take the place of actual video.
Nope, I didn't. However, if that's Bush's policy, then he better "stay the course" and stop waffling and flip flopping and get moving on regime change everywhere.
Until it died last year, my parent's had an American Standard steam boiler (circa early 1970's) tied to a millivolt thermostat system. It was natural gas fired.
A small amount of electricity was generated by a thermopile in the pilot flame. That was enough to run the heating system without outside electricity.
That's exactly why I keep my 1981 vintage Vector Research tuner. I love the quality feel of the weighted tuning knob and the way the needle glides across the tuning dial. Also, it sounds really good with my Boston Acoustics VR950 speakers and Technics SL-5 Linear Tracking turntable (also circa 1981).
You can have it both ways! Back in the 70's when I was in my middle school, I wanted a digital watch badly (this was when the TI red LED watches were coming out). Instead of buying me a TI (which was expensive), my parent's bought me a wind up watch with a "digital" display. Basically, it was two wheels, one for hours and the other for minutes, that rotated through two windows to show the time.
Not exactly what I said. Of course I've moved on to new computers from time to time. Of the desktop computers that I've used over the years and have turned off on a daily basis, I've never had a hardware failure.
I'm not trying to imply that turning off computers is better. I'm just stating my personal experience.
I've been using personal computers at home and at work since the early 1980's. Of all the computers I've used in that time, I shut off every one on a daily basis and have never had a failure of any kind.
However, I've had a few servers that stay on all the time lose a hard disk after a restart due to power failures, or other infrequent power downs.
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For home use, why bother with all that complexity? Why would I want a PBX in my house?
Is it? I doubt it very much. Please post a link that supports this assertion.
Cars are designed to expressly NOT do that in frontal ollisions.
I don't want people who watch MTV to vote. Those who voluntarily watch that inane crap just don't deserve it.
Not quite.
Power brakes are vacuum assisted. After shutting off the engine there may be enough residual vacuum in the accumulator for 1 or 2 applications, three if you're lucky.
Power steering is provided by a belt driven hydraulic pump. As soon as the engine stops turning, no power steering. Cars with electric steering assist shouldn't have that problem, but I'm not sure.
Shades of the disproven Audi sudden acceleration fiasco of the 1980's. All those cases were driver error (stepping on the accelerator instead of the brake pedal). People refused to admit they made a mistake.
All cruise control systems I've used disengage when the brake is applied. Even if it didn't disengage, a properly maintained braking system should be able to stop the car, even with the engine at full throttle.
Even with a keyless ignition, there should be a way to shut off the engine. Perhaps the driver was not familiar with the car controls. It's always a good idea to read the manual.
Untimately, my opinion is the auto makers are going too far with automated electronic systems that intervene on the driver's behalf. I'd prefer to hang myself with my own rope.
Rats! Fat fingers and fat brain.
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should read "are all part of the
Haha, I love it.
Statements/arguments are taken more seriously when people can actually spell and compose sentences properly.
It's so "aggravating"
LOL
I need some links to REPUTABLE sites supporting your assertions.
I can't help but think that phenomena such as the Oliver Stone JFK conspiracy "theory" and moon landing skeptics "theory" is all part of the rampant anti-intellectualism in this country (USA). It's simply mind boggling.
Computer noise also happens to be one of my pet peeves. So I built myself a PC using quiet parts.
I bought the CPU cooler and power supply from http://www.endpcnoise.com and I forget where I got the hard disk with fluid bearing drive.
It's very very quiet. So much so that I can leave the PC running (it's in my bedroom) and not be kept awake by fan and hard disk noise. I couldn't so that with my old PC.
Just an FYI,
US auto manufacturers switched to metric years ago. Even my 1987 Dodge B250 Van uses metric fasteners.
FYI, Cats hasn't been on Broadway for quite a long time.
Already been done in the 1970's.
When I was a kid back then, video pong came out and I wanted one but it was too expensive for my parents, so they bought me a mechanical pong game.
It was enclosed in a green case that looked sort of like a TV. It was about the size of a 13-inch TV. There was a "screen" in the front and knobs for controlling the paddles that were behind the translucent screen.
Inside the unit, there was an arm pivoted at the rear with a bulb at the end near the screen. The arm was vertically spring loaded and driven side to side by a motor. When you turned it on, the arm went back and forth and you used the paddles control knobs to hit the "ball" which was at the lighted end of the arm.
Worked well enough, but to me it couldn't take the place of actual video.
Nope, I didn't. However, if that's Bush's policy, then he better "stay the course" and stop waffling and flip flopping and get moving on regime change everywhere.
Well, there's always OCP.
Err, hmm, that was a movie...
Never mind...
Bush better get crackin' then. There are lots of other crackpots out there and billions of people waiting to be liberated.
Wrong.
Until it died last year, my parent's had an American Standard steam boiler (circa early 1970's) tied to a millivolt thermostat system. It was natural gas fired.
A small amount of electricity was generated by a thermopile in the pilot flame. That was enough to run the heating system without outside electricity.
Hehe, FYI, the mid to late 60's Oldsmobile Toronado had a "digital" speedometer. It was a cylinder that turned to display current speed.
Actually, my 1986 Ford Thunderbird had a green LCD speedometer. Other than being a bit laggy, it was pretty good in terms of visibility.
Amen.
Personal data point.
I have lots of trees around my house. My XM radio works OK as long as the trees are not wet with rain. Bad weather? Forget XM.
Err, badly crafted sentence. The speakers are new, I just bought them last year.
That's exactly why I keep my 1981 vintage Vector Research tuner. I love the quality feel of the weighted tuning knob and the way the needle glides across the tuning dial. Also, it sounds really good with my Boston Acoustics VR950 speakers and Technics SL-5 Linear Tracking turntable (also circa 1981).
You can have it both ways! Back in the 70's when I was in my middle school, I wanted a digital watch badly (this was when the TI red LED watches were coming out). Instead of buying me a TI (which was expensive), my parent's bought me a wind up watch with a "digital" display. Basically, it was two wheels, one for hours and the other for minutes, that rotated through two windows to show the time.
Not exactly what I said. Of course I've moved on to new computers from time to time. Of the desktop computers that I've used over the years and have turned off on a daily basis, I've never had a hardware failure. I'm not trying to imply that turning off computers is better. I'm just stating my personal experience.
What exactly does that prove?
I've been using personal computers at home and at work since the early 1980's. Of all the computers I've used in that time, I shut off every one on a daily basis and have never had a failure of any kind.
However, I've had a few servers that stay on all the time lose a hard disk after a restart due to power failures, or other infrequent power downs.
Is that better than my Lite-Brite panel?