You've been driving a Triumph for how long and still haven't asked yourself if
it wouldn't just be faster to get there on foot? ;^)
I'm doing up a presentation related to digital technology and I've been trying
to find a way that a non-technical person can relate to the real-world
changes. The normal things the geeks like to talk about like clock speeds etc.
have almost no relation to the real world impact of the technology. For
example, in 1940 your 20-30 hp car would happily do 50-60 mph on the highway,
but the roads were smaller so you averaged 30 mph getting to work. Today over
50% of new cars have greater than 200 hp can get up to 80 mph in a few seconds
and the road system is 5 times larger. However, traffic has reduced the
average speed of getting to work to... 30 mph. Therefore some 65 years of
technology and digital control has resulted in no effective difference.
Anyway, the subject sort of started me thinking and the old man vs. horse
thing came to mind.
Cheers,
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave1massey@cs.com [mailto:Dave1massey@cs.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 7:58 AM
To: Mark Hooper; triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Off-topic question no LBC
In a message dated 4/19/2005 11:01:02 PM Central Standard Time,
mhooper@digiscreen.ca writes:
I have often heard references to the fact that a man can carry food and run
longer and farther than a horse (or at least a man on a horse). Due to the
amount of time herbivores must spend grazing, it sounds plausible over the
long term, but perhaps also wishful thinking. Any supporting/disproving
knowledge out there?
I, too, have heard this. In fact the numbers I heard were 20 miles for a
horse and rider and 40 miles for a man. Of course I think that all depends on
how many tack shops are encountered along the way.
On the other hand, I heard this on a TV program. So it may be a fiction.
On the third hand, if the pedestrian were carrying food, rest assured the food
is prepared (jerky, dried fruit, baked bread, etc.) and for the comparison to
be fair the food preparation time would have to be added to the man-on-foot's
time.
But I'm still confused as to how this ties into Triumphs.
Dave
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