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- From: z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson -- Agro-Barbarian)
- Subject: Re: BDIVOs in general
- Message-ID: <BxxtAn.43I@news.iastate.edu>
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- Reply-To: z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson -- Agro-Barbarian)
- Organization: International FurHarvester: Combine a Commie for Christ
- References: <1992Nov17.232031.424@twg.com> <lgj3smINN8v1@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 00:27:57 GMT
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- geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM writes:
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- >In practical terms, it would reduce the instances of such things as people
- >self-righteously blocking the fast lane and refusing to move over because by
- >God, they're doing the speed limit, or becoming overly emotional and doing
- >stupid, inconsiderate and dangerous things in general.
-
- Let's not forget how this would work on the people who design
- and build cars too. For one, there would be analog gauges again, just as
- God intended. Idiot lights? No, just a warning buzzer and perhaps a
- light directing your attention to the appropriate gauge.
-
- There is nothing more annoying about a car, to me, than having
- only a speedometer and a gas gauge on the dash. Dammit, I want a tach,
- oil temp, oil pressure, coolant temp, voltage, amperage, cylinder head
- temp, intake and exhaust manifold pressure if appropriate. If this is
- just too much stuff for some and they're afraid they'll be confused,
- I contend that driving is too much for them. These are the same people
- who have trouble tying their shoelaces in a strong breeze, and should
- not be allowed access to anything sharper than a twinkie.
-
- --
- < Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu viking@iastate.edu >
- < ISU only censors what I read, not what I say. Don't blame them. >
- < "This isn't an answer, it's a pagan dance around a midnight fire >
- < written in intellectual runes." -- Rich Young >
-