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Re: Off-topic question no LBC

To: mhooper@digiscreen.ca, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Off-topic question no LBC
From: Jim Barbuscia <jimbar@centurytel.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:57:28 -0700
Thats because in all that time we've done nothing to upgrade the "Nut 
behind the wheel" !

-jimb

>>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.
>>    
>>


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