Technology Climax. - Page 3

In that case, no one needs it. Air-cooled car engines belong with the dinosaurs.

Why not a Chevy small block V8 instead? That thing's been around forever, and is an absolutely amazing engine: compact, powerful, efficient, simple. The latest version can be found in Corvettes, but it started out as a truck engine.

--Andre

When the big motor corporations make a car with a lot of power, oftentimes they turn to the truck division to handle that power (I'm reminded of the current S65 AMG and it's use of the insanely old MB 5-Speed automatic gearbox (used in some of its trucks), which is the only the that can handle 738 lb-ft of torque).

Jon.

I apologize. I thought it was about reading on a computer but it was the difference between watching television and reading a book (although computers are supposedly bad for your eyes).


Click on "page 186" and this will explain what I was thinking about... It talks about how the visual cortex works...

Unfortunately, I can't get the link to work (it works when I preview it but when I post it, it doesn't go to the appropriate place). If you search this book for "visual cortex" and then click on "page 186" it will describe how the process works.

LK, based on the thread title I was hoping you had discovered some great advance in teledildonics out of Japan.

If such a thing was to be discovered... it would be by me... and I wouldn't tell anyone ...

He is on to something. I think Vinyl will come back just like all things analog. Digital is crap.

BTW I watched yesterday a horrible film by Antonioni called "Blow Up". The clothes in that movie were exactly what fashionistas wear today. Slim trousers, skinny ties, 2-button fitted blazers, cut-away shirts, chelsea boots. The film is made in 1966 . I never realised that we repeating the 60s minus the personal freedom and sex.

Computer screens are also much lower resolution than paper. Monitors are typically 72 DPI, while even the cheapest inkjet or laser printer will do at least 300 DPI. You'd need at least 4 very large monitors to match a piece of paper.

Computers are also hampered by their own unique set of baggage. For example, many people use PowerPoint for presentations which significantly reduces available resolution with its various decorations and flair, and its inherent bias towards sales pitching.

--Andre

When speaking on the strictly consumer side of technology, yes I would have to agree with LK. Inundating proselytization with robust features and useless synergy while prostrating for the lobotomy that surly waits in the wings. It's a race to see how fast one can do nothing.

I was excited about the Iphone coming out until I realized I never asked for one to be made in the first place, why was I excited to begin with?

Quick question - is balloon angioplasty the same thing as a stent?

I could impove on it. It could be cordless and dimmable.