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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
The book I'm reading now has helped me understand better why Mitt Stupid got out of the race so quickly this time around. "Double Down" |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20361 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
@Chris believe me, there are a lot of road/highways you can be on more or less autopilot, because you may see a vehicle once an hour or so. Their are still some people who don't know what cruise control is. They hit the button and think it's like autopilot. My grandfather said he knew somebody who did that in a van and went to get a soda in the back. He ended up in a ditch and scared. |
The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 50 |
Their are still some people who don't know what cruise control is. They hit the button and think it's like autopilot. My grandfather said he knew somebody who did that in a van and went to get a soda in the back. He ended up in a ditch and scared. In my car's handbook, on the page which mentions cruise control, most of the text is in about 11pt font. Then at the bottom, in 16pt, bold and underlined, a phrase to the effect of Caution. Cruise control does not maintain direction of travel, driver must retain control of steering wheel at all times! Can't remember the exact wording, but clearly there's been a court case. Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
@Chris believe me, there are a lot of road/highways you can be on more or less autopilot, because you may see a vehicle once an hour or so. As Admiral mentioned, I said autopilot not cruise control, which I have never used in my life. Also Eric was the driver not me. Just my Rig. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
You drove on the last day to the Koi park :-) I was trying to forget that. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20361 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
You drove on the last day to the Koi park :-) That bad? Should have been with me two snow storms ago this winter. Going to work and was driving up a hill then... The rear end comes unglued from the road. Went completely sideways three times (left right left). I stayed on the road. My coworker next to me went almost white. Then turning the steering wheel to go back down the hill to try it again. |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
The sight seeing was ok, but I like to be in the right lane and not have to cut over at the last minute. Now back to books. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20361 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
Seeing Hummers are a common sight here. |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
MMMM Mods getting a bit off Subject here. Used to see a lot of Hummers, now Priouses are the IT here. Waiting for Ang and Eric's Prious's to write a book. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2475 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
"Thinking Fast and Slow", Daniel Kahneman. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
How is it going? |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2475 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
Slow, Celt. I keep being pulled back into the politics of Hatshepsut. Tough lives, for all, back then. Average life expectancy was 30. |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2475 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
Change-of-pace: "Look Me in the Eye", John Elder Robison. An autobiography of a life with Asperger's. Another book, in the "beautiful" category. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Found it again! Copy: I am nearing the end of the book Double Down. I say it will be Hillary Clinton versus Jeb Bush, and perhaps a third party run. (Ok every one, place your bets here...) |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
My all time favourite is still Hothouse by Brian Aldiss. Read that in high school (1969?), American title "The Long Afternoon of Earth". Stand on Zanzibar, The Sheep Look Up, but also a lot of Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke, McCaffrey, you name them, I probably read them. I have a huge collection of SF&F magazines from the late 60s to about 1995. Met David Brin, Jerry Pournelle, and Robert Heinlein in the early 1980s when I was active in the L-5/National Space Society, and going to World SF Conventions. Got into Murder Mysteries about 1975, both old masters like Elery Queen, Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, Mickie Spillane, and newer writers such as Sue Grafton, Bill Pronzini, Robert B. Parker (Spencer, Jesse Stone). Asimov wrote mysteries, too. What little time I have for reading now, I'm bouncing back and forth between Submarine & Military History and Politics. Ben Carson's book "One Nation" is on top of the stack. And every so often, for something completely different, I pick up one of my (3) copies of Rudyard Kipling's Complete Verse. Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2475 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
@ Celt -- I think you're right. Nobody else on the horizon who's friendly and authorized. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
I am afraid to open a discussion thread in politics about the this election cycle for fear it would denigrate into chaos...... Still Double Down is not a bad read, I think the authors were very concerned with over taxing the minds of the targeted readership.... (This is not a criticism, but the book sort of reads like a Sunday supplement.) |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2475 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
I'm not sure whether a joke that I just received, on-line, would be a candidate for the Café SETI joke thread, or politics. So, will include it under jokes. . . ;o) |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34054 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20361 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
I am afraid to open a discussion thread in politics Doesn't a election cycle have a certain amount of Chaos Theory built into it? Read "Double Star" by Robert Heinlein. How to run for elected office and hold it. Even if the real candidate is incapacitated and later dies. And his double has to go forward in office. |
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