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| From | "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> |
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| 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 | 2020-09-28 19:35 +0100 |
| Organization | X |
| Message-ID | <op.0rn293w4wdg98l@glass> (permalink) |
| References | <ydtuxwkhhh.fsf@UBEblock.psr.com> <op.0q9c0c0swdg98l@glass> <hsqlgvFjriqU1@mid.individual.net> <op.0re5uthxwdg98l@glass> <ht2g45Fq86cU7@mid.individual.net> |
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On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 03:55:01 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> 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. I don't wrap at all, I don't see the point. If your monitor is narrower than my line, presumably it folds it round anyway. And nothing should ever re-wrap. Because the indents are eventually going to make it exceed the tipping point. >>>> 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. You're always primed in a car. Driving makes you alert, which is why it's impossible to fall asleep at the wheel. >>>>>>>>>> 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. What do you mean shrunk? The centre consoles are BIGGER. >>>>>>>>> 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. The ASCII set was never written properly. I think it started out with only 127 characters, then was updated to 255, and now it's enormous. Quite why anyone used 7 bit I don't know. Computers operate in powers of two. Anyway the smaller sets were country specific I've found. Sometimes the British pound sign doesn't work on American software. I said British pound because I believe you use a symbol for the weight pound? We write lb (for the Latin word Libra meaning scales), but you write the hash/octothorpe symbol? ROFL, it's not even on my keyboard, I have an American keyboard and hash is on the number 3, but if I use it, I get a British pound, as I reprogrammed it to be a UK keyboard. Using hash for pounds in the UK would get confusing, because we use hash to mean "number". Hash 3 would mean "number 3 in the list". >>> 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. I've bought a 7 seater in roadworthy condition and running perfectly for £500. Mind you it was French and didn't remain running perfectly for long, but that could be down to the way I treat them. I broke the first engine by overrevving it, since I assumed all cars had rev limiters since the dawn of time. I left it in 2nd slightly too long when overtaking, it didn't complain at the time, but a loud rattling noise the next day made me take it at 10mph (that's all it would do) to the nearest garage, who asked if I'd been racing it, since I'd smashed the sparkplugs up inside the engine. I guess the timing couldn't cope at those revs. Strangely enough, that same car at Knockhill racetrack (where I'd gone to be a spectator) - they assumed I was taking it to the track day event and going to race it. I think it was because it was so old and beat up. and the second engine seized solid in France when it repeatedly overheated, despite having a new water pump and being full of water. Apparently with Renaults you actually have to bleed the air out in seven places every time you add water!
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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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