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Talk of overloads ! I wonder what its like standing a tractor up on its nose !

 

Nah.., he probably got neighbors and family help

 

Now Thas can be a "really" big headache ↑↑

 

Thanks---will report back once the taste testing is all finished!

Sorry to hear about your step-mom. Logan ain't too far away but I've not spent a lot of time there. I had a customer in/near Rockbridge so halfway there.

 

this seems better fact than fiction !

Moore’s law of ever-increasing miniaturization seemingly never reached the automotive industry. Dozens of chips found in everything from electronic brake systems to airbag control units tend to rely on obsolete technology often well over a decade old. These employ comparatively simple transistors that can be anywhere from 45 nanometers to as much as 90 nanometers in size, far too large—and too primitive—to be suitable for today’s smartphones. So just maybe our new production vehicles aren't really state of the art but instead state of decayed unreliability !

 

Interesting thought, but the automotive industry is different than telecommunications. While they COULD miniaturize all the chips down to nearly invisible, why would they? They are all serviceable parts that are prone to failure and in need of replacement. The replacement isn't typically done at the chip level, but the container (plug) that contains all of the interconnects. Using the same chip that's been in place for 10 years simplifies repair and keep parts on the "active" list a lot longer.

 

I'm sure one reason is making things more and more small cost of that process adding significantly to the cost of such items. Once upon a time I was talking with a printed circuit board manufacturing rep who told me they made major effort to avoid the auto industry because price was the major factor in their specifications. That has probably NOT changed in the time since!


That's YOUR opinion and like butt cracks everyone has one and they all stink to some degree! Your 1-in-500 deaths is a huge fib so bring on the stink!

We don't want to go down this thread path too far coz if it becomes political then it'll be closed or removed completely. Take such conversations to "the club" please.

 

Agreed, it is my opinion, no need for politics, it shouldn't be political, just common sense. If you or anyone else don't wanna get the shot, don't.

 

Our lives have gone back pretty much to normal here. Live ones life pretty much like normal and each day isn't a Douchebag Qualifier is my thoughts. Of course I'm Retired but it sometimes seems like I am working harder now ! Doing the things I wish to do and decide when I want to do them are the key words now !
(We still aren't going out to restaurants or shooting Pool and indoor Target practice !) We plan to start when weather chills some more !
(1.) more entry also !

 

. I guess the point is encouraging things to move forward as fast as possible. The natural progression are devices will handle more. Much smaller in size but more Capacity/power ! Is the future & EV with total 'semi Conductor Control of all parts of the vehicle. The future of a Artificial Intelligence Vehicle fully Aware of its surroundings. The douchebag part is the owner asleep in the chair !

 

A bit off track, but hopefully interesting...

I was hired into a major computer manufacturer back in 1980. One of the first things I did was get acquainted with a computer called the Star 100. (I'd be stunned if anyone else here has every heard of it.) It was radical for its day in that it was designed for data modeling in an era before computers were a single chip the size of your thumbnail. It had iron core memory, discreet transistors throughout, Freon cooled, and took a massive amount of floor space. About 3 years later the Star had evolved into the Cyber 203 and by '85 the Cyber 205 with all modern (for the time) electronics. But it still required massive amounts of power and cooling, and 24' x 28' of floor space. (At a cost of about $15M once installed.) It became the first commercially available computer to do 1 billion calculations/second. By '86 it had been reworked into a 10 board version that when immersed in liquid nitrogen ran 10 times faster, and reduced to a single air-cooled board (that ran slower than the full sized model).

Those were fun times. But Moore's law killed the industry and the typical cell phone today puts more computing power in the palm of your hand than $10M bought back in 1985, and as much as existed in the entire world in 1975.

 

Its easy to surmise that everything in our lives in 20 years will be electronic and most IT controlled from a smart phone ! Hopefully drop resistant unbreakable ! I loved my Military style flip phone of 2010. Still got it in the Man Cave. Probably won't hold a charge now but it was tough as a grenade !

 

I've still got mine, too. Even an old brick and an LG that flipped from the side (perhaps my favorite phone!).

That brick wound up in 2' of water when I lost it while launching my boat. Took it home and buried it in rice overnight and it never missed a beat.

When it later showed signs of failure I went into the Verizon store and told them I was looking for a j-phone to replace my phone. "J-phone??" "Yeah, Just-A-Phone". (He was not amused....)

 

Stupid Human trick at 380 feet. Here's yer sign!