I'm curious how difficult it would be to have an alternate ROM for Android phones just have a 'USB toggle' that blocks access to the USB module entirely (add/remove kernel module?)
Not as easy as it is for someone who wants to crack an Android phone to go into fastboot or recovery and bypass the ROM entirely. Your user data is stored on data.img, just copy using the Android SDK that and then you can crack it without the device. Even with full disk encryption it's only a matter of time.
Once physical security is broken, breaking encryption is only a matter of time. The only defence against this is having no data on the device.
If any Joe Shmoe can crack an iPhone/Android, it might put public pressure on device manufacturers to close these holes.
Why do you need specialised software?
Both phones have boot modes where you can access the device over a development bridge. The software relies on actually having the device same as using ADB from the Android SDK extract data (IIRC, You can do dd from a device using the SDK, so you can copy that and crack it to your hearts content). Once again we learn that once your physical security is broken, your data security is worthless.
I'd be surprised if BB/WP7 didn't also have something like Android's fastboot.
Security provided BY THE PASSENGERS was ineffective enough to allow 9/11.
Actually the passengers did what they'd been told to do in this situation. Previously, a plane was flown to a politically safe destination (Cuba for the Americans) whilst a big political song and dance was made by the terrorist who then got a pithy concession from the west (a few prisoners) and let everyone go.
Now Hamas et al. must be loving Al Qeida as they can no long do that, no matter what the passengers will fight back and incapacitate the captors.
The failure in 9/11 was the intelligence, you had 18 hostile saudi's in the country, learning to fly, I bet they didn't have jobs either but had regular income (as flying lessons dont pay for themselves). A secondary failure on the flight school for not inquiring about suspicious behaviour.
Does anyone get the feeling that this doesn't feel like the Apple we're used to?
It's the same Apple, they are just using a new form of bait and switch.
Apple's released their mini-DisplayPort royalty free, but burred deep down inside the license agreement is an exclusion that voids the license if the licensee "commence an action for patent infringement against Apple".
I'd be very surprised if Apple hasn't got a similar trap planned for their SIM standard.
The point of Apple's plethora of patents and multitude law suits against their competitors was never money, they get enough of that from the suckers who pay for their products. The point was to stop competitors from being able to compete.
Apple may be in it for themselves but not the for the reason you are thinking. By accepting Apple's proposal as a standard, Apple does not automatically gain other patents. Apple buys patent protection if they manufacture the cards but don't get any protection in any way. All asking is saying is that if their proposal contains other SIM patents from other companies, they should also offer theirs royalty-free. The main threat to other companies is that they get no money from nano-SIM if Apple's design is accepted. Apple with their cash hoard does not need the money but other companies are not so financially solid.
What Apple wants is hand at the neck of the throats of other companies.
The Mini-Dport license is royalty free but has an express provision that voids the license if the licensee were to "commence an action for patent infringement against Apple". So sue-happy Apple gets to hold this over other companies, as a result no-one has taken up mini-dport.
It would not surprise me in the least if Apple has similar retroactive terms in their SIM licenses.
It's a need for a different marketing demographic.
US airline consumers shop purely by price.
Asian airline consumers shop by airline food quality and stewardess attractiveness, and are willing to pay for these qualities (as idiotic as it is). It's not unusual to hear Asian people talk about preferring one airline to another because of these two factors, and they don't blink an eye even if they have to pay an extra $200USD for these perceived differences.
Asian airlines are not that expensive. A flight on Singapore on sale is about $100 more then Air Asia's regular price. It all depends on when you're flying. Try getting a cheap flight on a budget airline on any kind of holiday. Recently I tried to get a cheap flight out of Thailand over Easter. Tiger wanted A$500, Cebu Pacific wanted A$350, I got a flight on Philippine Airlines for US$395 (A$370) and they were the only airline who was not flying in the middle of the night.
Asian airlines are quite cost competitive.
Also, Asian people tend to be more price conscious then westerners.
1. Food in the business cabins still tastes how it should.
2. Food I've taken on board still tastes good,
3. The food budget per meal, per seat in economy is around $1-$2
1 and 2 put the lie to the premise, 3 is just the reason why. Price competition has driven airlines to cut every last cent they can. Me, I'd rather have an option to pay ten bucks more for my ticket and not get fed recycled rat-shit.
This depends on which airline you fly. I understand most posters are American and have never flown a proper premium airline but on airlines like Singapore, Emirates and Thai the food is actually quite good, and they hand out extra bread rolls.
However travelling on Singapore, Emirates or Thai costs a bit more then budget airlines like Easyjet or Air Asia but you get what you pay for.
Even Air Asia X's food is OK, not the best but still quite edible. You pay an extra A$7 at booking though. Up to you if you want to eat on a 5+ hour flight to Kuala Lumpur, keep in mind the best restaurant the KLIA LCCT (Low Cost Carrier Terminal) has is a Micky D's.
Oh, avoid QANTAS's food. It really is shredded arse.
You got dehydrated in a hour? Who are you, Sponge Bob Squarepants?
The atmosphere in an plane is very dry. People do dehydrate quicker when flying. I dont normally drink on planes but if I dont keep my fluids up on a 5-6 hour flight, I'll walk off with a hangover like headache. I've learned to drink a lot of water on longer flights.
For some trips, the plane is the best means of transportation, for others it's the train, for still others it's the car. The decision should be made case-by-case.
You're right.
A wee bit of tunnel vision on my part. Just used to living in Australia and travelling in Asia. You fly almost everywhere.
Push-pull steering is a much better way to steer. You should never cross your arms when turning.
Here in the Uk, it's frowned upon but not exactly illegal to cross your arms when turning, but I don't think if you did it in a driving test you'd pass.
Never said it was illegal:)
Just a phenomenally bad idea that should be avoided. Forgetting the airbag, you have a much greater risk of losing control of the vehicle with one arm cross the wheel. I'm sure we've all crossed our arms when driving but it's something we should try to avoid doing.
"Its research shows that Texas, which has comparable high-peak demand, is among the lowest in the world in terms of cost."
Lets just ignore that Texas drills and refines it's own oil.
Also lets ignore that the biggest problem in the Eastern states is the deregulation of the power market which allowed profit centred private corporations to set prices, which was a state government decision, not federal.
Power, as do most utilities in Australia fall under the banner of state government.
Also the study was flawed, their 2011 data started in July 2011 seeing as it's not July 2012 yet, which means half of it was projected, not actual costs.
But lets not let the facts get in the way of an ill informed rant shall we.
Personally, I pay about $120 per quarter on average. Higher in the summer but lower in the winter (due to Air conditioner use). Instant Electric HW systems are a very, very easy way to burn money though.
Actually 1366x768 is bad for almost everything except watching video.
Or gaming on a 13-14" screen, or web browsing on a small screen. Last thing you want is for text to become unreadable because the number of pixels per letter amounts to 4 mm of actual screen space.
For small laptops, 11-14" WXGA is not that bad, for larger, 15+" laptops, I prefer a higher res screen but WXGA has become cheap and the de-facto standard on cheap laptops. 1680x1050 was the sweet spot for 15" IMHO, but you wont find that any more, it's either 1366x768 or 1920x1080. I can get cheapo Clevo-horize W255 laptop with 1920x1080 screen for A$800+99 for the glossy or matte 1080 display, so high res is not restricted to expensive laptops.
Personally I game on a 24" 1920x1200 IPS monitor, paid A$280 for it. The Pixel density on my 14" WXGA laptop is 111 PPI, my 24" monitor has a pixel density of 94 PPI. high resolution monitors are not necessarily better on smaller screens.
Because they didn't break. Throwing-away a still working piece of equipment is what is filling-up landfills and damaging the environment. In addition to the 4:3 CRT and LCD screens, I also still use a TV set from the 70s, a second set from the 90s, a Pentium 4 computer, a Pentium 3 laptop, a Dolby 5.1 surround stereo, and 1987 and 97 cars..... rather than toss them in the trash, I just keep using them until they die. THEN I will upgrade.
I have this thing called a family. They get my old tech junk. I gave my mum a cheap desktop and my old 22" 1680x1050 monitor for Christmas and she loved it. When they dont want the junk I gave them, they give it to charity. There's always someone less fortunate then you happy to take stuff for free.
I think you missed the point of this sub-thread. The point was not that Australians get ripped off, but that they actually don't, because they have the option to buy the phone outright and unlocked and go on a cheaper 'SIM only' plan with no contract.
I got your point, I just wanted to point out that most phones in Oz dont cost $900.
I bought my Desire Z 1 year ago, $550 outright, $30 data and plan. Vodashaft wanted $60 P/M on a 24 month contract for the same thing, I paid A$910, If I had of bought it using a plan I would have paid A$720 with another $720 to go. So to me, that's a "Free" phone every 15 months by not being on a contract.
Many smartphones phones have the ability to be remotely locked or wiped... but not in a permanent way that can prevent the phone from every being used again on any cell network.
I agree, but when it comes to stolen phones both should be done.
Wiping them prevents data from being stolen. This is to protect you.
Bricking them prevents them from being used on a mobile network (in Australia "bricking" consists of carriers locking out an IMEI) thus reducing their value to people who would steal them. It's a preventative measure.
Yep. My iPhone was $900 here in Australia. I have some American relatives and when they visited they were all like "man, you got ripped off, it's only $200 (or whatever) in the US".
Then we added up what it cost me vs. them over 24 months. I was way ahead (since my plan is only $15/month).
We dont always get ripped off on phones, most top shelf Android phones are around $500. You can get an unlocked Galaxy Nexus brand new for under A$500.
The most dangerous part of any flight is the drive to the airport. Which is why I always congratulate myself for getting to the check in counter in piece.
Seriously, over 300 people in my state alone (Western Australia) die on our roads. About 10 Australians die on aircraft per year around the world.
Either that or get a private cabin on a train and enjoy the dining car at your leisure.
Where's the road from Australia to Singapore?
There is no such thing as a short drive from where I live and I've done more then enough of those two day trips up north for one lifetime, besides there's nothing up there but bogans, heat, flies and dust.
Start after normal breakfast, leave after 9:00am (completely miss peak traffic) drive till around 1:00pm, you'll be hungry pick a nice spot to enjoy a meal and an hour break, drive till around 5:00pm
7.5 hours of driving at 120 KPH (10 KM's over the speed limit here in West Oz and you're unlikely to sustain 120 KM/h for that entire 7.5 hours) is 900 KM, good work, you have 2 to 3 more days of this before you reach the nearest capital city, Adelaide. Meanwhile I've flown 5,000 KM's to another country, passed through customs and am now enjoying my holiday at my destination.
Spending 3 days getting to my destination wastes 5 good days of holiday time, talk about the worst way to spend my time off.
Driving eight hours or screwing around for four hours (taxi to airport, wasting time in airport, insanely boring uncomfortable flight, wasting time in airport, taxi to where ever you are going), I prefer driving.
In reality all you've done is limit the places you can go. No crossing oceans, you cant go further then 800 KM's.
What's the point of even taking a holiday if you're not going to see anything new or exciting. Might as well stay home.
Didn't we say in the pre-9/11 days that you couldn't hijack a plane?
To my knowledge, nobody said that you couldn't hijack a plane before 9/11. It was always possible, and still is. The assumption was that if a hijacker came on board with a knife, the people would pummel him/her, whereas a gun was considerably more lethal. Thus, they protected against the latter and not the former. What they didn't count on was thirty years of complacency brought about by a lack of incidents.
Actually, back before 9/11 the assumption was that when a hijacker came on board with a knife the passengers would sit still and await for the authorities to negotiate their release.
Only after 9/11 did it become the reaction of passengers to fight back.
And performance driving instructors have been advocating push-pull steering (rather than hand-over-hand) for a very long time. Not because of the airbag, but because it provides better control. Whether it makes a difference on the road or in the mall parking lot I doubt.
This,
9/3 is not about airbags, people having a go at airbags in this thread have no clue as to their use, they're meant to stop your head from going into the wheel in the event of an impact, not provide 100% safety.
Push-pull steering is a much better way to steer. You should never cross your arms when turning. To turn left, your right hand should drop to 4 or 5 and push the wheel up whilst your left hand goes up to 10 so it can pull the wheel down when the right hand reaches 2, your right hand then drops back to 4. Once you get the hang of this, it's very fast to go to full lock (1 and1/2 turns of the wheel).
Hand resting on my knee, thumb and forefinger holding the steering wheel at about 5 o'clock. I got power steering, I don't need two hands on the wheel, I need only two fingers.
And that's when he veered into the tree your honour.
Modern ABS responds fantastically fast. All you feel is a pulsing brake pedal as the car quickly stops without skidding. My car is 5 years old. On the way home, I often engage ABS for fun, especially when about to pull into my driveway. Weeee!
TFA makes it sound as if keeping the ban is simply a nice way to preserve some "spiritual" time for yourself when you aren't tempted to use gadgets. That's not nearly as important as the effect on the person sitting next to the gadget user. Flying on airplanes has already become a really miserable experience these days. If I had to sit next to someone yakking nonstop on their cell phone for a 10-hour flight, I would go absolutely nuts. Even in places like the public library or the waiting room for jury duty, there are cell phone blabberers who simply cannot be convinced that their conversation is anappropriate and bothersome to others.
This man speaks the truth.
This sadly is something I've actually heard from a man using his mobile on the plane.
"Guess where I'm calling you from."
"GUESS WHERE I"M CALLING YOU FROM" /brief pause
"I'm on a plane"
"I'M ON A PLANE"
"I'M ON A PLANE"
At this point two of the flight attendants arrive to tell the man to turn off his phone and he asks if they could turn the engines down so he can talk to his friend. They confiscated his phone and he spent the next 20 minutes complaining about it until one of the other passengers said he'd "knock his teeth out if he didn't shut up".
I'd like to add to this the arm swinging. Most people already have enough trouble trying to sit still and not elbow the person next to them. Add a tablet to this and all of a sudden there's arms flailing everywhere, elbows hitting you from nasal to naval and the best this person offers you is a meek "I'm sorry" before going back to having a fit.
Personally, I love flying. It's the other passengers I cant stand.
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I'm curious how difficult it would be to have an alternate ROM for Android phones just have a 'USB toggle' that blocks access to the USB module entirely (add/remove kernel module?)
Not as easy as it is for someone who wants to crack an Android phone to go into fastboot or recovery and bypass the ROM entirely. Your user data is stored on data.img, just copy using the Android SDK that and then you can crack it without the device. Even with full disk encryption it's only a matter of time.
Once physical security is broken, breaking encryption is only a matter of time. The only defence against this is having no data on the device.
If any Joe Shmoe can crack an iPhone/Android, it might put public pressure on device manufacturers to close these holes.
Why do you need specialised software?
Both phones have boot modes where you can access the device over a development bridge. The software relies on actually having the device same as using ADB from the Android SDK extract data (IIRC, You can do dd from a device using the SDK, so you can copy that and crack it to your hearts content). Once again we learn that once your physical security is broken, your data security is worthless.
I'd be surprised if BB/WP7 didn't also have something like Android's fastboot.
Actually the passengers did what they'd been told to do in this situation. Previously, a plane was flown to a politically safe destination (Cuba for the Americans) whilst a big political song and dance was made by the terrorist who then got a pithy concession from the west (a few prisoners) and let everyone go.
Now Hamas et al. must be loving Al Qeida as they can no long do that, no matter what the passengers will fight back and incapacitate the captors.
The failure in 9/11 was the intelligence, you had 18 hostile saudi's in the country, learning to fly, I bet they didn't have jobs either but had regular income (as flying lessons dont pay for themselves). A secondary failure on the flight school for not inquiring about suspicious behaviour.
It's the same Apple, they are just using a new form of bait and switch.
Apple's released their mini-DisplayPort royalty free, but burred deep down inside the license agreement is an exclusion that voids the license if the licensee "commence an action for patent infringement against Apple".
I'd be very surprised if Apple hasn't got a similar trap planned for their SIM standard.
The point of Apple's plethora of patents and multitude law suits against their competitors was never money, they get enough of that from the suckers who pay for their products. The point was to stop competitors from being able to compete.
Apple may be in it for themselves but not the for the reason you are thinking. By accepting Apple's proposal as a standard, Apple does not automatically gain other patents. Apple buys patent protection if they manufacture the cards but don't get any protection in any way. All asking is saying is that if their proposal contains other SIM patents from other companies, they should also offer theirs royalty-free. The main threat to other companies is that they get no money from nano-SIM if Apple's design is accepted. Apple with their cash hoard does not need the money but other companies are not so financially solid.
What Apple wants is hand at the neck of the throats of other companies.
The Mini-Dport license is royalty free but has an express provision that voids the license if the licensee were to "commence an action for patent infringement against Apple". So sue-happy Apple gets to hold this over other companies, as a result no-one has taken up mini-dport.
It would not surprise me in the least if Apple has similar retroactive terms in their SIM licenses.
It's a need for a different marketing demographic.
US airline consumers shop purely by price.
Asian airline consumers shop by airline food quality and stewardess attractiveness, and are willing to pay for these qualities (as idiotic as it is). It's not unusual to hear Asian people talk about preferring one airline to another because of these two factors, and they don't blink an eye even if they have to pay an extra $200USD for these perceived differences.
Asian airlines are not that expensive. A flight on Singapore on sale is about $100 more then Air Asia's regular price. It all depends on when you're flying. Try getting a cheap flight on a budget airline on any kind of holiday. Recently I tried to get a cheap flight out of Thailand over Easter. Tiger wanted A$500, Cebu Pacific wanted A$350, I got a flight on Philippine Airlines for US$395 (A$370) and they were the only airline who was not flying in the middle of the night.
Asian airlines are quite cost competitive.
Also, Asian people tend to be more price conscious then westerners.
Yup. It's bullshit.
1. Food in the business cabins still tastes how it should.
2. Food I've taken on board still tastes good,
3. The food budget per meal, per seat in economy is around $1-$2
1 and 2 put the lie to the premise, 3 is just the reason why. Price competition has driven airlines to cut every last cent they can. Me, I'd rather have an option to pay ten bucks more for my ticket and not get fed recycled rat-shit.
This depends on which airline you fly. I understand most posters are American and have never flown a proper premium airline but on airlines like Singapore, Emirates and Thai the food is actually quite good, and they hand out extra bread rolls.
However travelling on Singapore, Emirates or Thai costs a bit more then budget airlines like Easyjet or Air Asia but you get what you pay for.
Even Air Asia X's food is OK, not the best but still quite edible. You pay an extra A$7 at booking though. Up to you if you want to eat on a 5+ hour flight to Kuala Lumpur, keep in mind the best restaurant the KLIA LCCT (Low Cost Carrier Terminal) has is a Micky D's.
Oh, avoid QANTAS's food. It really is shredded arse.
PanAm used to cook four-course meals on their flights. What happened?
You may have noticed it no longer costs an arm and a leg to fly these days.
There's the cost of it.
BTW, does PanAm even exist any more?
You got dehydrated in a hour? Who are you, Sponge Bob Squarepants?
The atmosphere in an plane is very dry. People do dehydrate quicker when flying. I dont normally drink on planes but if I dont keep my fluids up on a 5-6 hour flight, I'll walk off with a hangover like headache. I've learned to drink a lot of water on longer flights.
You're right.
A wee bit of tunnel vision on my part. Just used to living in Australia and travelling in Asia. You fly almost everywhere.
Push-pull steering is a much better way to steer. You should never cross your arms when turning.
Here in the Uk, it's frowned upon but not exactly illegal to cross your arms when turning, but I don't think if you did it in a driving test you'd pass.
Never said it was illegal :)
Just a phenomenally bad idea that should be avoided. Forgetting the airbag, you have a much greater risk of losing control of the vehicle with one arm cross the wheel. I'm sure we've all crossed our arms when driving but it's something we should try to avoid doing.
Lets just ignore that Texas drills and refines it's own oil.
Also lets ignore that the biggest problem in the Eastern states is the deregulation of the power market which allowed profit centred private corporations to set prices, which was a state government decision, not federal.
Power, as do most utilities in Australia fall under the banner of state government.
Also the study was flawed, their 2011 data started in July 2011 seeing as it's not July 2012 yet, which means half of it was projected, not actual costs.
But lets not let the facts get in the way of an ill informed rant shall we.
Personally, I pay about $120 per quarter on average. Higher in the summer but lower in the winter (due to Air conditioner use). Instant Electric HW systems are a very, very easy way to burn money though.
Actually 1366x768 is bad for almost everything except watching video.
Or gaming on a 13-14" screen, or web browsing on a small screen. Last thing you want is for text to become unreadable because the number of pixels per letter amounts to 4 mm of actual screen space.
For small laptops, 11-14" WXGA is not that bad, for larger, 15+" laptops, I prefer a higher res screen but WXGA has become cheap and the de-facto standard on cheap laptops. 1680x1050 was the sweet spot for 15" IMHO, but you wont find that any more, it's either 1366x768 or 1920x1080. I can get cheapo Clevo-horize W255 laptop with 1920x1080 screen for A$800+99 for the glossy or matte 1080 display, so high res is not restricted to expensive laptops.
Personally I game on a 24" 1920x1200 IPS monitor, paid A$280 for it. The Pixel density on my 14" WXGA laptop is 111 PPI, my 24" monitor has a pixel density of 94 PPI. high resolution monitors are not necessarily better on smaller screens.
Because they didn't break. Throwing-away a still working piece of equipment is what is filling-up landfills and damaging the environment. In addition to the 4:3 CRT and LCD screens, I also still use a TV set from the 70s, a second set from the 90s, a Pentium 4 computer, a Pentium 3 laptop, a Dolby 5.1 surround stereo, and 1987 and 97 cars..... rather than toss them in the trash, I just keep using them until they die. THEN I will upgrade.
I have this thing called a family. They get my old tech junk. I gave my mum a cheap desktop and my old 22" 1680x1050 monitor for Christmas and she loved it. When they dont want the junk I gave them, they give it to charity. There's always someone less fortunate then you happy to take stuff for free.
I got your point, I just wanted to point out that most phones in Oz dont cost $900.
I bought my Desire Z 1 year ago, $550 outright, $30 data and plan. Vodashaft wanted $60 P/M on a 24 month contract for the same thing, I paid A$910, If I had of bought it using a plan I would have paid A$720 with another $720 to go. So to me, that's a "Free" phone every 15 months by not being on a contract.
I don't believe stories like this, as I've never been able to get a single bar on a plane, anywhere, unless the plane was on the ground.
This plane was at Perth International Airport, on the ground. We couldn't take off until this tool turned off his phone.
Brick != Wipe
Many smartphones phones have the ability to be remotely locked or wiped... but not in a permanent way that can prevent the phone from every being used again on any cell network.
I agree, but when it comes to stolen phones both should be done.
Wiping them prevents data from being stolen. This is to protect you.
Bricking them prevents them from being used on a mobile network (in Australia "bricking" consists of carriers locking out an IMEI) thus reducing their value to people who would steal them. It's a preventative measure.
Yep. My iPhone was $900 here in Australia. I have some American relatives and when they visited they were all like "man, you got ripped off, it's only $200 (or whatever) in the US".
Then we added up what it cost me vs. them over 24 months. I was way ahead (since my plan is only $15/month).
We dont always get ripped off on phones, most top shelf Android phones are around $500. You can get an unlocked Galaxy Nexus brand new for under A$500.
The most dangerous part of any flight is the drive to the airport. Which is why I always congratulate myself for getting to the check in counter in piece. Seriously, over 300 people in my state alone (Western Australia) die on our roads. About 10 Australians die on aircraft per year around the world.
Where's the road from Australia to Singapore?
There is no such thing as a short drive from where I live and I've done more then enough of those two day trips up north for one lifetime, besides there's nothing up there but bogans, heat, flies and dust.
7.5 hours of driving at 120 KPH (10 KM's over the speed limit here in West Oz and you're unlikely to sustain 120 KM/h for that entire 7.5 hours) is 900 KM, good work, you have 2 to 3 more days of this before you reach the nearest capital city, Adelaide. Meanwhile I've flown 5,000 KM's to another country, passed through customs and am now enjoying my holiday at my destination.
Spending 3 days getting to my destination wastes 5 good days of holiday time, talk about the worst way to spend my time off.
In reality all you've done is limit the places you can go. No crossing oceans, you cant go further then 800 KM's. What's the point of even taking a holiday if you're not going to see anything new or exciting. Might as well stay home.
To my knowledge, nobody said that you couldn't hijack a plane before 9/11. It was always possible, and still is. The assumption was that if a hijacker came on board with a knife, the people would pummel him/her, whereas a gun was considerably more lethal. Thus, they protected against the latter and not the former. What they didn't count on was thirty years of complacency brought about by a lack of incidents.
Actually, back before 9/11 the assumption was that when a hijacker came on board with a knife the passengers would sit still and await for the authorities to negotiate their release.
Only after 9/11 did it become the reaction of passengers to fight back.
And performance driving instructors have been advocating push-pull steering (rather than hand-over-hand) for a very long time. Not because of the airbag, but because it provides better control. Whether it makes a difference on the road or in the mall parking lot I doubt.
This,
9/3 is not about airbags, people having a go at airbags in this thread have no clue as to their use, they're meant to stop your head from going into the wheel in the event of an impact, not provide 100% safety.
Push-pull steering is a much better way to steer. You should never cross your arms when turning. To turn left, your right hand should drop to 4 or 5 and push the wheel up whilst your left hand goes up to 10 so it can pull the wheel down when the right hand reaches 2, your right hand then drops back to 4. Once you get the hang of this, it's very fast to go to full lock (1 and1/2 turns of the wheel).
Hand resting on my knee, thumb and forefinger holding the steering wheel at about 5 o'clock. I got power steering, I don't need two hands on the wheel, I need only two fingers.
And that's when he veered into the tree your honour.
Modern ABS responds fantastically fast. All you feel is a pulsing brake pedal as the car quickly stops without skidding. My car is 5 years old. On the way home, I often engage ABS for fun, especially when about to pull into my driveway. Weeee!
The tyre shop must love you.
And the other arm hanging out the window.
Holding a fag.
TFA makes it sound as if keeping the ban is simply a nice way to preserve some "spiritual" time for yourself when you aren't tempted to use gadgets. That's not nearly as important as the effect on the person sitting next to the gadget user. Flying on airplanes has already become a really miserable experience these days. If I had to sit next to someone yakking nonstop on their cell phone for a 10-hour flight, I would go absolutely nuts. Even in places like the public library or the waiting room for jury duty, there are cell phone blabberers who simply cannot be convinced that their conversation is anappropriate and bothersome to others.
This man speaks the truth.
/brief pause
This sadly is something I've actually heard from a man using his mobile on the plane.
"Guess where I'm calling you from."
"GUESS WHERE I"M CALLING YOU FROM"
"I'm on a plane"
"I'M ON A PLANE"
"I'M ON A PLANE"
At this point two of the flight attendants arrive to tell the man to turn off his phone and he asks if they could turn the engines down so he can talk to his friend. They confiscated his phone and he spent the next 20 minutes complaining about it until one of the other passengers said he'd "knock his teeth out if he didn't shut up".
I'd like to add to this the arm swinging. Most people already have enough trouble trying to sit still and not elbow the person next to them. Add a tablet to this and all of a sudden there's arms flailing everywhere, elbows hitting you from nasal to naval and the best this person offers you is a meek "I'm sorry" before going back to having a fit.
Personally, I love flying. It's the other passengers I cant stand.