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Author: Dave HughesDave Hughes
Date: Jun 8, 2010 08:50
On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:11:18 +0100, John Burnham wrote:
> So, not for use in the UK.
Unless I'm wrong (again!), tell that to OZJ, Ibyib, IJ, Zreprqrf, etc. I'm
fairly sure most of their models do the hazards on heavy braking thing.
--
Dave Hughes - dave@ hired-goons.net
"Until we understand quantum gravity, we're not going to be
running Linux on a black hole" - Seth Lloyd
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Author: Dave HughesDave Hughes
Date: Jun 8, 2010 08:49
On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:10:58 +1000, TimC wrote:
> We managed for 80 years to drive with no power assist; surely it's still
> possible to pull the car safely to the side of the road.
The problem is that the designer specced the steering rack assuming that
it'd have power steering. That means that when the power goes the effort
to turn the wheel can be quite ridiculous. It's possible to control the
car's direciton, but I question whether it can be done safely for a large
majority of people (ignoring the fact they have trouble with car control
at the best of times).
--
Dave Hughes - dave@ hired-goons.net
If you call blowing things up experiments, there were a lot of
chemistry experiments. -- Neal Stephenson
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Author: SethSeth
Date: Jun 8, 2010 06:23
In article <86vda5x0fj.fsf@gareth.avalon.lan>,
Gallian linuxmail.org> wrote:>> The earlier original sentence was "My favourite beer is Amstel."
>>
>Again, I may not be a native speaker, but Amstel is still the subject in
>that sentence, isn't it?
No, the subject is "My favourite beer".
English is just that way.
Seth
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Author: SethSeth
Date: Jun 8, 2010 06:19
>Decades ago the fine folks at Bruel & Kjaer (now DPA) released a CD
>demo of the dynamic range of one of their microphones. They had placed one
>under the rails at a railway crossing, and recorded the sound of a
>train approaching and then passing. I'd still like to get my hands on
>(a copy of) that one.
I believe I have a B&K demo CD somewhere, if it didn't disappear in a
move. I don't recall that particular track, but it might be present.
I'll have to see if I can find it.
Seth
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Author: Brian KantorBrian Kantor
Date: Jun 7, 2010 23:48
Roger Burton West nospam.firedrake.org> wrote:>How does the vehicle know that it is on a motorway or unrestricted dual
>carriageway?
Because it's a German car and they don't have this stupid law nor people who
would worry about it during an emergency braking maneuver??
I dunno about YOUR car, but on mine, the rear hazard lights ARE the brake lights,
so they're just flashing them while you're bending the brake pedal.
- Brian
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Author: Brian KantorBrian Kantor
Date: Jun 7, 2010 21:31
In article <9nqvd7-4a12.ln1@mikea.ath.cx>, mikea wrote:
>Being sick Just Plain Sucks.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
>I think I'm going to start an audiobook on the iPhone and try to sleep.
I don't know anyone who can stay awake the entire length of Koyaanisqatsi
if they've seen it at least once.
- Brian
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Author: SeebsSeebs
Date: Jun 7, 2010 21:30
On 2010-06-07, mikea wrote:
> My mind won't focus, either.
I can tell when I'm getting sick about a day before I have any other
symptoms because I become Hilariously Stupid. If it starts taking me 4-5
tries to find common words, or I trail off in the middle of sentences a
lot more than usual, either I've been overworked for a longish time, or
I'm coming down with even a very mild cold.
-s
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Author: Thomas WomackThomas Womack
Date: Jun 1, 2010 12:25
In article bob75-2-81-56-47-196.fbx.proxad.net>,
Olivier Galibert pobox.com> wrote:>On 2010-05-28, Alexander Schreiber wrote:>> And plenty of idiots get all upset if you
>> - ask them to dig their corp id card out of their bag|purse|pocket|whatever
>> - wear the damn thing visibly, as required by company security policy
>
>Wear it visibly and increase the forgetting/loss/damage probability by
>one or two factors of magnitude?
The other problem with wearing ID cards visibly is most easily
exemplified by going to the Cheltenham Waitrose at 5pm on a Friday:
there will usually be someone with their GCHQ pass (with their name on
it) around their neck on a fetching green lanyard ...
Tom
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Author: Brian KantorBrian Kantor
Date: Jun 1, 2010 11:09
Peter H. Coffin ninehells.com> wrote:>> You do realise that a large chunk of the nsty sound effect distortion is
>> artifacts introduced by the autotune system?
>> Now imagine what it would sound like if they didn't use it.
Yesterday's visit to the local [FFL] grocery store for my weekly
supply of cookies and meat was an experience in pain - from the
"soulful renderings" of various artists presented on the store's
overhead sound system.
It must have been "soulful renderings" as I cannot fathom why they
would be playing recordings of cats in heat, seemingly at half speed.
Such does speed my shopping, as I never seem to remember my ear plugs.
- Brian
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Author: David SkinnerDavid Skinner
Date: Jun 1, 2010 11:02
In article <86typt89qm.fsf@gareth.avalon.lan>, gallian@ linuxmail.org
says... >
> Well, that was a laugh. I went out to buy some necessary kitchen
> supplies, and I burst out laughing upon seeing the following sign at the
> checkout counter:
>
> "In order to respect your privacy, we are not able to help you
> while you are on the phone."
The sign by the till in our canteen is more direct than that. I suspect
I was witness to the incident that spawned it. The girl in line two-in-
front of me remained on her phone, at the front of the (long) queue,
with the server staring at her for around half a minute, before hanging
up and asking for a coffee in a surly voice. the server gave her a
sarcastic remark before getting the coffee.
The sign was there the following morning.
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