Comment Re:Big deal... (Score 1) 848
I'm ok with that idea. The flip side is you can't do much about it when someone posts something like this (assuming it's all true).
Uh, guys... we can probably stop trying to troubleshoot with all the obvious stuff like turning the car off, shifting to neutral, parking brake, etc.
From the article:
A Renault technician had been on the phone with police throughout the chase trying to help but couldn't come up with a solution.
TFA states that ever since the Top Gear thing, they've put data loggers in all the cars they send to the media
Production vehicies will probably have similar data loggers, but with less data captured
Yep, you got it. From Elon Musk (on Twitter):
"Tesla data logging is only turned on with explicit written permission from customers, but after Top Gear BS, we always keep it on for media."
It comes and goes. Lately I've seen a lot more of it. Modding hardware, improving it, fixing things, build your own, etc. The hobby electronics/diy/maker thing is popular right now. As far as trends go, I'd say it's a pretty good one, and I hope it sticks around.
NOW we're talking. Do those exist?
It reminds me of this guys project...
http://www.tricorderproject.org/tricorder-mark2.html
I assumed that's part of what the $99 is for.
That's not done by cutting corners: the editorial process is thorough, and they use rigorous peer-review.
Some of these make sense. If you're downloading a torrent the bar tells you percentage of bytes received from total, so it never regresses. What changes is the "estimated time remaining". And that's fine... conditions change (peer count, transfer speeds, etc).
The file copy ones used to drive me nuts. If I'm moving files from one source to one destination, you'd think the transfer speeds would be pretty consistent and the time estimates pretty accurate. I can't pretend to know why they used to be so bad, but they do seem better now.
It's here so people can troll. I'm sure anything that mentions religion gets a billion views and comments.
But it is kinda interesting, I guess. The article says it hasn't happened since 1415.
And their IE commercials. Which I have to admit, are clever. I hope the ad firm that did them made good money off em.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD9FAOPBiDk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkM6RJf15cg
Still won't touch IE, but I laugh at the commercials.
The one day you'd sell your soul for something, souls are a glut.
