Ferrari's implementation of the Heisenberg Uncertainty principle
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From: Champ on 2 Aug 2010 05:16 On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 09:45:52 +0100, "Oily" <martinhill100(a)nospambtconnect.com> wrote: >And most satnavs display the speed at the bottom of the screen. Standalone ones do. Is the same true of built in systems in cars? Surely all that would do is make the speedo error obvious. -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Ace on 2 Aug 2010 05:27 On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:16:38 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 09:45:52 +0100, "Oily" ><martinhill100(a)nospambtconnect.com> wrote: > >>And most satnavs display the speed at the bottom of the screen. > >Standalone ones do. > >Is the same true of built in systems in cars? Not in mine, no. Someone here once said there was a way to make the equivalent systems in a Skoda display true speed on the dash, but I can't remember who. >Surely all that would do is make the speedo error obvious. Which is, of course, exactly what the driver wants, and exactly what the authorities ad manufacturers (in collusion) don't want. In this age of cameras all over the place, I like to know _exactly_ what speed I'm, doing. So I quite often have the Tomtom in the car as well, to give camera warning (again, the built-in one won't) and help me ensure my error-factors are correct.
From: Hog on 2 Aug 2010 05:53 Ace wrote: > On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:16:38 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > >> On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 09:45:52 +0100, "Oily" >> <martinhill100(a)nospambtconnect.com> wrote: >> >>> And most satnavs display the speed at the bottom of the screen. >> >> Standalone ones do. >> >> Is the same true of built in systems in cars? > > Not in mine, no. Someone here once said there was a way to make the > equivalent systems in a Skoda display true speed on the dash, but I > can't remember who. > >> Surely all that would do is make the speedo error obvious. > > Which is, of course, exactly what the driver wants, and exactly what > the authorities ad manufacturers (in collusion) don't want. In this > age of cameras all over the place, I like to know _exactly_ what speed > I'm, doing. So I quite often have the Tomtom in the car as well, to > give camera warning (again, the built-in one won't) and help me ensure > my error-factors are correct. The very reason I'd never buy OEM satnav again, unable to install scamera overlays -- Hog
From: Ace on 2 Aug 2010 05:57 On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 10:53:30 +0100, "Hog" <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: >Ace wrote: >> On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:16:38 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 09:45:52 +0100, "Oily" >>> <martinhill100(a)nospambtconnect.com> wrote: >>> >>>> And most satnavs display the speed at the bottom of the screen. >>> >>> Standalone ones do. >>> >>> Is the same true of built in systems in cars? >> >> Not in mine, no. Someone here once said there was a way to make the >> equivalent systems in a Skoda display true speed on the dash, but I >> can't remember who. >> >>> Surely all that would do is make the speedo error obvious. >> >> Which is, of course, exactly what the driver wants, and exactly what >> the authorities ad manufacturers (in collusion) don't want. In this >> age of cameras all over the place, I like to know _exactly_ what speed >> I'm, doing. So I quite often have the Tomtom in the car as well, to >> give camera warning (again, the built-in one won't) and help me ensure >> my error-factors are correct. > >The very reason I'd never buy OEM satnav again, unable to install scamera >overlays It can be done, but it required burning a new DVD, as all POI files have to be loaded from it, IYSWIM. But there's no capability of getting an audible warning. Having said that, it is _much_ better at the navigation thing than any hand-held ones I've seen. Much faster to acquire sats, to react and to recalculate. The large display also allows a much better facsimile of the road layout to be shown in "3D" display mode.
From: SIRPip on 2 Aug 2010 06:14
Ace wrote: > Someone here once said there was a way to make the > equivalent systems in a Skoda display true speed on the dash That's easy. A Post-It note stuck to the dash with a big "0" on it. Can be subbed for one showing "30" when on the back of the skip wagon, of course. -- SIRPip : B12 |