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Re: speaking of spammy crossposting....

From % <persent@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.computer.workshop, alt.survival, comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy, talk.politics.guns
Subject Re: speaking of spammy crossposting....
Date 2020-09-24 07:21 -0700
Organization Altopia Corp. - Usenet Access - www.altopia.com
Message-ID <dgevhu.cil.19.3@news.alt.net> (permalink)
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On 2020-09-23 7:55 p.m., Snit wrote:
> On Sep 23, 2020 at 3:53:07 PM MST, ""Commander Kinsey""
> <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 04:38:08 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>   On Sep 20, 2020 at 12:42:02 PM MST, ""Commander Kinsey""
>>>   <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> wrote:
>>>
>>>>   On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 00:43:23 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
>>>>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>    On Sep 15, 2020 at 3:37:35 PM MST, ""Commander Kinsey""
>>>>>    <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>    On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 22:57:19 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
>>>>>>    wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     On Sep 14, 2020 at 1:59:24 PM MST, ""Commander Kinsey""
>>>>>>>     <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>        And don't mention thinking time, because we recently tried
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that response
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>        time test and everyone got 2 or 3 times faster than the highway code
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>      states.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>        When primed to be hyper alert.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>       Which you automatically are as soon as you spot something running
>>>>>>>>>>>>   in front
>>>>>>>>>>>>      of
>>>>>>>>>>>>       your car.  It's called shitting yourself.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>       Right: "as soon as", unlike the test which was before. And that before
>>>>>>>>>>>      makes a
>>>>>>>>>>>       big difference.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      Bullshit.  Your brain reacts in about a millisecond.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>      Cite.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     Well I thought up this entire sentence in not much more than that.  Simply
>>>>>>>>     noticing an object in my path and deciding to press the brake pedal is
>>>>>>>>   a lot
>>>>>>>>     simpler calculation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     Show where this has been tested in terms of actual reactions, not your
>>>>>>>    guess.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    No point in testing the obvious.  It's like a CPU doing a calculation then
>>>>>>    writing the result to disk.  The physical part takes 1000 times longer.
>>>>>
>>>>>    So you do not know of the tests. They have been done -- maybe I will pull
>>>>>   some
>>>>>    up later -- or at least ones with similar ideas. Basically real-world
>>>>>   braking
>>>>>    distances.
>>
>> Do you really have to wrap the quoted text like that?  Look at all those
>> orphaned words.  So many fucked up newsreaders that wrap to 72 chars, then a
>>> appears and it's 73!  Oh no!  Wrap again!
> 
> The tool I am using is supposedly going to get better re-wrapping. I think I
> can turn off what it has.
> 
>>
>>
>>>>   The results of those depend on who is doing the test and what their agenda
>>>> is.
>>>
>>>   In short: you do not think the evidence backs your view.
>>
>> No, I've seen proper tests.  And it's fucking obvious that a modern car will
>> brake faster than those that were around when the health and softy book was
>> written.
> 
> The question was if you can brake as fast in a car when you are driving in
> normal conditions as you can click a mouse when primed.
> 
>>>>>>>>>>      My car only has a warning light for not wearing a seatbelt.  With black
>>>>>>>>>>     paint
>>>>>>>>>>      over it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>      Try a newer car. Rent one for a day.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     I'm sure I've mentioned the rental van recently which pissed me off with a
>>>>>>>>     bong! and no light to say what it was warning me of.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     Get one with a damned screen. Some are not SO bad. Toyota seems to have
>>>>>>>   lost
>>>>>>>     their mind.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Mine had what I thought was a fancy clock, on a large screen next to the
>>>>>>    rearview mirror.  Turns out if you "switch it on" it becomes a satnav.
>>>>>
>>>>>    Maybe it is only in the US, but they have music, mapping, phone, sensors to
>>>>>    tell you if you are too close to something, sensors to tell you if you went
>>>>>    out of your lane, sensors to tell you if you are speeding, sensors to tell
>>>>>   you
>>>>>    if your tire pressure is low, sensors to tell you if your fart smells too
>>>>>    bad... whatever. Beeping and warning about everything.
>>>>
>>>>   Thankfully we consider that shit to be optional extras.  Everything like
>>>> that
>>>>   should be customizable.  Some people may find a proximity sensor useful when
>>>>   parking, others would just find it annoying.  Some people might want to be
>>>>   reminded they're not wearing their health and softy belt, I do not.  I
>>>>   deliberately chose not to.
>>>
>>>   These are rentals where I see them -- I assume there is an option. And you
>>> can
>>>   turn these things off but NOT when the car is in motion, even if you are the
>>>   passenger and the console is in the middle. Which is stupid.
>>
>> On the subject of consoles, why do so many modern cars have no knee room in
>> the middle?  WTF is that huge console for?  Why does it stick out a foot?  Is
>> the engine inside it?!
> 
> They have shrunk everything down and had to make concessions. Or they store
> alien larva there.
> 
>>>>>>>>>      Buy the insurance and toss it off a
>>>>>>>>>      cliff. On accident, of course.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     I detest rental companies.  When I went to rent the van, there were 5
>>>>>>>>     choices.  3 had run out, 1 was twice the price, so I used the only one
>>>>>>>>   left.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     We rent a fair amount (not tons, but every couple months or so) -- and are
>>>>>>>     good to our rental company as far as being kind. They bend over backward
>>>>>>>   for
>>>>>>>     us. It is pretty cool.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Surely if you rent that often it would be cheaper to buy a vehicle?
>>>>>
>>>>>    We have looked at the cost of doing so... and likely will at some point.
>>>>>   Part
>>>>>    is testing to see what type we want. And it is just every couple months or
>>>>>    so... not like it is weekly.
>>>>
>>>>   Then buy an old banger for =A3500.
>>
>> What is an =A3500?  That is not what I wrote.
> 
> I see your comments like that. Not others. But the program I am using is not
> even quite out of beta and the developer has said he is going to add a new
> editor.
> 
>>
>>
>>>   I have had a number of those... now would need a bigger vehicle for a
>>> family.
>>
>> You can get big old bangers.
> 
> They would be more expensive... but have looked into it. Might do so again at
> some point.
> 
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Re: speaking of spammy crossposting.... "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-09-14 21:59 +0100
  Re: speaking of spammy crossposting.... Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-09-14 21:57 +0000
    Re: speaking of spammy crossposting.... "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-09-15 23:37 +0100
      Re: speaking of spammy crossposting.... Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-09-15 23:43 +0000
        Re: speaking of spammy crossposting.... "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-09-20 20:42 +0100
          Re: speaking of spammy crossposting.... Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-09-21 03:38 +0000
            Re: speaking of spammy crossposting.... "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-09-23 23:08 +0100
              Re: speaking of spammy crossposting.... Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-09-24 02:57 +0000
            Re: speaking of spammy crossposting.... "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-09-23 23:53 +0100
              Re: speaking of spammy crossposting.... Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-09-24 02:55 +0000
                Re: speaking of spammy crossposting.... % <persent@gmail.com> - 2020-09-24 07:21 -0700
                Re: speaking of spammy crossposting.... "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-09-28 19:35 +0100
                Re: speaking of spammy crossposting.... Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-09-28 18:56 +0000
            Re: speaking of spammy crossposting.... "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-09-24 19:08 +0100

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