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From: Marty H on 7 Dec 2009 07:30 On Dec 7, 10:51 pm, Kevin Gleeson <kevinglee...(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: > On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 03:47:22 -0800 (PST), Marty H <hyt...(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > >On Dec 7, 7:37 pm, "Nev.." <id...(a)mindless.com> wrote: > >> Marty H wrote: > >> > On Dec 7, 5:52 pm, "Nev.." <id...(a)mindless.com> wrote: > >> >> Marty H wrote: > >> >>> On Dec 6, 8:22 pm, "Nev.." <id...(a)mindless.com> wrote: > >> >>>> Jeff R. wrote: > >> >>>>> Still think $12 is steep? > >> >>>> Sure is. I think the most expensive app I have spent money on cost me > >> >>>> $8.99, but that one actually saves me money every time I use it. > >> >>>> Nev.. > >> >>>> '08 DL1000K8 > >> >>> what is a Tachometer worth..? > >> >>> or, what is a audible Tachometer worth? > >> >>> I need one, so "if" I had a iPhone/iTouch, $12 would be a bargain > >> >> Just about every motor vehicle I've ever owned has come with a > >> >> tachometer factory fitted. I find it hard to believe an iphone > >> >> tachometer could be used as anything other than a gimick for a vast > >> >> majority of the population. If you need one then maybe it is value for > >> >> you, but I struggle to think of any circumstance when a tachometer app > >> >> would be of actual non-novelty use. > > >> >> Nev.. > >> >> '08 DL1000K8 > > >> > you have never worked on, restored or rebuilt a bike/engine/carby > >> > then? > > >> No, and neither do the vast majority of the population. The ones who > >> do, have a tachometer. > > >So the worldwide production of Tachometers must stop now because all > >the people that will ever need one, replace one etc has dried up? > > >I think the argument that the neither do the vast majority of the > >population is a little mute, if things always needed the vast > >majority, very little would ever see final production. All that is > >need is a market. > > >>What? You don't have a tachometer? What kind > >> of bike/engine/carby restorer/rebuilder are you? > > >A new one in the market for one > > >> > ever built and played with RC aircraft? > > >> No, and neither do an even more vast majority of the population. > > >again..a mute argument, there is enough people into that hobby to > >justify a device like this (also refer to my ebay link in my last > >post) > > >example > > >http://www.rcgroups.com Members: 291,316 > >(the most popular RC I know of) > > >www.advrider.com Inmates: 116,705 > >(the most popular MC forum I know of) > > >> If you need one then maybe it is value for you. > > >correct, another people who could use it > > >> > you are, like some others in this thread are thinking a Tacho is only > >> > use to change gears > > >> Why would you need a tacho to change gears? Back off the throttle, pull > >> in the clutch, give the gear lever a kick... nope, no tacho ;) > > >you'll keep :-P > > >mh > > Moot. The word is moot. A mute is something you shove up the pointy > end of a trumpet. > > </rant> I thought it looked wrong.. ta mh (moot...moot..moot...got it)
From: F Murtz on 7 Dec 2009 09:39 Kevin Gleeson wrote: > On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 03:47:22 -0800 (PST), Marty H<hytram(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Dec 7, 7:37 pm, "Nev.."<id...(a)mindless.com> wrote: >>> Marty H wrote: >>>> On Dec 7, 5:52 pm, "Nev.."<id...(a)mindless.com> wrote: >>>>> Marty H wrote: >>>>>> On Dec 6, 8:22 pm, "Nev.."<id...(a)mindless.com> wrote: >>>>>>> Jeff R. wrote: >>>>>>>> Still think $12 is steep? >>>>>>> Sure is. I think the most expensive app I have spent money on cost me >>>>>>> $8.99, but that one actually saves me money every time I use it. >>>>>>> Nev.. >>>>>>> '08 DL1000K8 >>>>>> what is a Tachometer worth..? >>>>>> or, what is a audible Tachometer worth? >>>>>> I need one, so "if" I had a iPhone/iTouch, $12 would be a bargain >>>>> Just about every motor vehicle I've ever owned has come with a >>>>> tachometer factory fitted. I find it hard to believe an iphone >>>>> tachometer could be used as anything other than a gimick for a vast >>>>> majority of the population. If you need one then maybe it is value for >>>>> you, but I struggle to think of any circumstance when a tachometer app >>>>> would be of actual non-novelty use. >>> >>>>> Nev.. >>>>> '08 DL1000K8 >>> >>>> you have never worked on, restored or rebuilt a bike/engine/carby >>>> then? >>> >>> No, and neither do the vast majority of the population. The ones who >>> do, have a tachometer. >> >> So the worldwide production of Tachometers must stop now because all >> the people that will ever need one, replace one etc has dried up? >> >> I think the argument that the neither do the vast majority of the >> population is a little mute, if things always needed the vast >> majority, very little would ever see final production. All that is >> need is a market. >> >>> What? You don't have a tachometer? What kind >>> of bike/engine/carby restorer/rebuilder are you? >> >> A new one in the market for one >> >>> >>>> ever built and played with RC aircraft? >>> >>> No, and neither do an even more vast majority of the population. >> >> again..a mute argument, there is enough people into that hobby to >> justify a device like this (also refer to my ebay link in my last >> post) >> >> example >> >> http://www.rcgroups.com Members: 291,316 >> (the most popular RC I know of) >> >> www.advrider.com Inmates: 116,705 >> (the most popular MC forum I know of) >> >>> >>> If you need one then maybe it is value for you. >> >> correct, another people who could use it >> >>> >>>> you are, like some others in this thread are thinking a Tacho is only >>>> use to change gears >>> >>> Why would you need a tacho to change gears? Back off the throttle, pull >>> in the clutch, give the gear lever a kick... nope, no tacho ;) >> >> you'll keep :-P >> >> >> mh > > > Moot. The word is moot. A mute is something you shove up the pointy > end of a trumpet. Or someone with no tongue
From: Lee on 7 Dec 2009 12:16 On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:51:32 +1100, Kevin Gleeson <kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: > > Moot. The word is moot. A mute is something you shove up the pointy > end of a trumpet. > > </rant> <pedant> The blunt end of a trumpet, surely? </pedant> -- Lee (or possibly the loud end?)
From: hippo on 7 Dec 2009 14:42 Marty H wrote: > > On Dec 7, 7:20�pm, Moike <bmwmo...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Marty H wrote: > > > On Dec 7, 7:27 am, Moike <bmwmo...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Marty H wrote: > > >>> On Dec 6, 8:22 pm, "Nev.." <id...(a)mindless.com> wrote: > > >>>> Jeff R. wrote: > > >>>>> Still think $12 is steep? > > >>>> Sure is. �I think the most expensive app I have spent money on cost me > > >>>> $8.99, but that one actually saves me money every time I use it. > > >>>> Nev.. > > >>>> '08 DL1000K8 > > >>> what is a Tachometer worth..? > > >>> or, what is a audible Tachometer worth? > > >>> I need one, so "if" I had a iPhone/iTouch, $12 would be a bargain > > >>> mh > > >> A silly question, perhaps, but why? > > > > >> The tachos on most modern bikes are digital and ought be at least as > > >> accurate. �Would any slight error make any real difference?. > > > > >> Moike > > > > > who was talking about a modern bike? > > > > > think '79 vintage > > > > > mh > > > > Yes, I was. > > > > Moike > > '79 R00RS > > I think mine works off a rubber band.. > > mh > (bounce bounce bounce) > > I think my analogue Hella tach from about 1980 would still work, although I haven't used it for about 3 years on even a car. -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: hippo on 7 Dec 2009 14:50
F Murtz wrote: > > Kevin Gleeson wrote: > > On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 03:47:22 -0800 (PST), Marty H<hytram(a)gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> On Dec 7, 7:37 pm, "Nev.."<id...(a)mindless.com> wrote: > >>> Marty H wrote: > >>>> On Dec 7, 5:52 pm, "Nev.."<id...(a)mindless.com> wrote: > >>>>> Marty H wrote: > >>>>>> On Dec 6, 8:22 pm, "Nev.."<id...(a)mindless.com> wrote: > >>>>>>> Jeff R. wrote: > >>>>>>>> Still think $12 is steep? > >>>>>>> Sure is. I think the most expensive app I have spent money on cost me > >>>>>>> $8.99, but that one actually saves me money every time I use it. > >>>>>>> Nev.. > >>>>>>> '08 DL1000K8 > >>>>>> what is a Tachometer worth..? > >>>>>> or, what is a audible Tachometer worth? > >>>>>> I need one, so "if" I had a iPhone/iTouch, $12 would be a bargain > >>>>> Just about every motor vehicle I've ever owned has come with a > >>>>> tachometer factory fitted. I find it hard to believe an iphone > >>>>> tachometer could be used as anything other than a gimick for a vast > >>>>> majority of the population. If you need one then maybe it is value for > >>>>> you, but I struggle to think of any circumstance when a tachometer app > >>>>> would be of actual non-novelty use. > >>> > >>>>> Nev.. > >>>>> '08 DL1000K8 > >>> > >>>> you have never worked on, restored or rebuilt a bike/engine/carby > >>>> then? > >>> > >>> No, and neither do the vast majority of the population. The ones who > >>> do, have a tachometer. > >> > >> So the worldwide production of Tachometers must stop now because all > >> the people that will ever need one, replace one etc has dried up? > >> > >> I think the argument that the neither do the vast majority of the > >> population is a little mute, if things always needed the vast > >> majority, very little would ever see final production. All that is > >> need is a market. > >> > >>> What? You don't have a tachometer? What kind > >>> of bike/engine/carby restorer/rebuilder are you? > >> > >> A new one in the market for one > >> > >>> > >>>> ever built and played with RC aircraft? > >>> > >>> No, and neither do an even more vast majority of the population. > >> > >> again..a mute argument, there is enough people into that hobby to > >> justify a device like this (also refer to my ebay link in my last > >> post) > >> > >> example > >> > >> http://fat.ly/e913u Members: 291,316 > >> (the most popular RC I know of) > >> > >> www.advrider.com Inmates: 116,705 > >> (the most popular MC forum I know of) > >> > >>> > >>> If you need one then maybe it is value for you. > >> > >> correct, another people who could use it > >> > >>> > >>>> you are, like some others in this thread are thinking a Tacho is only > >>>> use to change gears > >>> > >>> Why would you need a tacho to change gears? Back off the throttle, pull > >>> in the clutch, give the gear lever a kick... nope, no tacho ;) > >> > >> you'll keep :-P > >> > >> > >> mh > > > > > > Moot. The word is moot. A mute is something you shove up the pointy > > end of a trumpet. > > Or someone with no tongue > > > Or an L200 - Mitsubishi Ute? -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au |