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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Mustang / January 2006Another reason to have an accident
Briefs: Broadband expands in-car entertainment Car video entertainment is taking steps toward becoming ubiquitous through the use of wireless broadband technologies on display in Las Vegas this week. Freescale Semiconductor had its Ultra-Wideband (UWB) on display at the Delphi booth, where visitors at the Consumer Electronics Show saw an in-vehicle system stream two simultaneous videos on to a pair of liquid-crystal screens mounted in the front-seat headrests. The screens do not require hard-wiring to a server in the vehicle, and the system can handle high-definition signals and MPEG2 format movies. Boosters tout UWB as being ideal for global positioning data and for passenger diversions that include on-line gaming. Copyright 2006 by United Press International This news is brought to you by PhysOrg.com Jeezus.... enough already..... Most of us have a conscience so we have little need of unproductive input. I think it is admirable that you can stop surfing porn long enough for your grip to relax..... but you need to contain the grip you have on reality. All of your posts deal with people having the opportunity to abdicate common sense..... Since you are posting in a group comprised, by and large, of those that take their cars and what they do with them seriously, it becomes apparent that you are preaching to the choir. If you have a question, ask it.... it you have a fix, post it..... if I want to read UPI or CNN, I'm pretty sure that I can figure that Google or Yahoo thingie out. I'm getting the feeling that you and Rich are the "new" "Designer Guys"...... > Jeezus.... enough already..... Most of us have a conscience so we have > little need of unproductive input. In fact, he orta do a blog... it's really easy to set up just go to blogger and register. Guarantee you will get two or three hits everytime you post... and if it's NOT directly about politics, probably some will read it. But I'm getting tired of hearing about that stuff, here. Like there's gonna be backseat video gaming in a Mustang.  SignatureYeh, I'm a Krusty old Geezer, putting up with my 'smartass' is the price you pay..DEAL with it! >> Jeezus.... enough already..... Most of us have a conscience so we have >> little need of unproductive input. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > But I'm getting tired of hearing about that stuff, here. Like there's > gonna be backseat video gaming in a Mustang. There's a back seat in the Mustang?!? :() Some installations are (inexplicably and unbelievably) being put into driver's compartments. I didn't think it was legal anywhere to put a video screen in the front seat, but apparently, in some states it's not against the law. Maybe because of navigation aids? Indeed.... a quick trip to Circuit City and everyone in the car can have personal DVD player.... that even one could be a major distraction should be no surprise to anyone (I had this sudden flashback..... it will be 50 years ago this summer.... my sister and I in the back seat of a 49 Dodge as we moved from Camp Borden, Ontario to Vancouver Wireless Station in BC..... The Transcanada Highway wasn't much better than a game trail, back then, and smart people went through the states.... Long distance entertainment was "count the blue cars", Burma Shave signs and colouring books..... ever see what happens to crayons when you leave them on the parcel deck of a black car in North Dakota?). We only need to listen to the traffic report on our daily commute to hear of all those fools that tried sharing their attention between drving and any other number of tasks. Back when my loving bride and I lived in a major centre, on any given morning you sould see someone reading a newspaper as they drove, someone shaving, applying makeup or even enjoying a "waker-upper" (not the beverage, if you know what I mean.... nudge nudge wink wink). Rich and his boyfriend/alter-ego seem to be aghast that prices are on the rise (I now earn more in one hour than I used to make in a week at my first full time job) and that modern people are too full of something to pay proper attention to what is happening around them. What they fail to realize is that paying too much attention to minor details has the affect of us losing situational awareness (something I can't afford on my scooter)..... if we pay too much attention to the guy getting a hummer in his jeep, we might not notice his arrival.... both in the carnal sense as well as in OUR lane.... Of course, this is just curmudgeon to curmudgeon and we need not distract others with our ramblings..... (Sorry, Kate... the jeep thing just "fell out" of my keyboard... Land Rover just didn't sound right) > We only need to listen to the traffic report on our daily commute to > hear of all those fools that tried sharing their attention between > drving and any other number of tasks. First noted when I was driving back from a meeting in Chicago in early eighties.... guy in evening freeway rush hour stop and go traffic, watching the news on a dashboard propped TV. I mean WHAT was the freakin' point! I happened to know Chicago had an all news radio station even back then. And that's not to mention the H2 I passed on I70 outside Columbus couple months ago, that had porn playing, and not just back seat screens, either. SignatureYeh, I'm a Krusty old Geezer, putting up with my 'smartass' is the price you pay..DEAL with it! OK -For something positive about the prospect of broadband in cars... Anybody here suscribe to Rhapsody? Imagine having 100's of thousands of song available to you and your choice of programing and NOT lugging anything around with you (Ipod). Wouldn't that be cool? >> We only need to listen to the traffic report on our daily commute to >> hear of all those fools that tried sharing their attention between [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > And that's not to mention the H2 I passed on I70 outside Columbus couple > months ago, that had porn playing, and not just back seat screens, either. That sounds like someone scrolling through a list of 100s of thousands of songs without looking at the road. FWIW, the Nav System that is available on some Fords. cannot be accessed for input when the vehicle is in mtion.... wasn't that long ago someone was looking for a "crack" so they could bypass this safety feature... > (Sorry, Kate... the jeep thing just "fell out" of my keyboard... Land Rover > just didn't sound right) Shut up Warman. Hey, there, pricey.... Good Xmas? Santa good to you? You can save yourself some tedious typing if you save your usual well thought out comment to a text file (on youre desktop for convenience)... Copy and paste when you feel the urge. >> (Sorry, Kate... the jeep thing just "fell out" of my keyboard... Land >> Rover just didn't sound right) > > Shut up Warman. > Hey, there, pricey.... Good Xmas? Santa good to you? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> >>Shut up Warman. highight, ctrl+c, ctrl+v >> Hey, there, pricey.... Good Xmas? Santa good to you? >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > highight, ctrl+c, ctrl+v That's your highlight? God bless you. dwight >>>Hey, there, pricey.... Good Xmas? Santa good to you? >>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > dwight Wahhhhhhhhhhh. >>>>Hey, there, pricey.... Good Xmas? Santa good to you? >>>> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Wahhhhhhhhhhh. It's not enough that you post this inanity here, you have to also email it to me, to make sure I've read it? That's rather pathetic, don't you think? dwight >>>>>Hey, there, pricey.... Good Xmas? Santa good to you? >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > dwight WaaaahhAhhhhhhhhhhhh >>>>>> Hey, there, pricey.... Good Xmas? Santa good to you? >>>>>> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > WaaaahhAhhhhhhhhhhhh Dwight, you may now rest your case. SignatureWound Up ThunderSnake #65 See the official AHPBBFM posting rules, links repository, member map and more at http://tinyurl.com/9yulk. > Jeezus.... enough already..... Most of us have a conscience so we have > little need of unproductive input. I think it is admirable that you can stop [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > I'm getting the feeling that you and Rich are the "new" "Designer > Guys"...... Shut up Warman. OK... you win... I'll shut up now...... Jeez, you are one dumb f.ck!!!! Take a shower and put on some deodorant...... grow up and grow some brains.... maybe then you will find a friend that will actually talk to you and you wont have to fill her with air once a week.... |
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