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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 28 Feb 2010 12:55 On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:24:58 -0700, Ashton Crusher wrote: >>I'm sure you must serve some kind of useful service, somewhere. >> >>Are you a doorman? >> >> >> > yeah, I keep people like you out of nice places. Which "Gentleman's club" would that be?
From: mm on 28 Feb 2010 15:08 On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:57:41 -0800 (PST), "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly(a)my-deja.com> wrote: > > >mm wrote: >> >> On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:56:29 -0800 (PST), "larry moe 'n curly" >> <larrymoencurly(a)my-deja.com> wrote: >> >> > I find it hard to believe that any computer-controlled car, whether >> > its throttle is operated directly by the pedal or through the >> > computer, wouldn't have a mechanism to constantly check for >> > abnormalities and take emergency action as needed. >> >> I do too, but doesn't Toyota admit that they didn't have, on at least >> some models, a circuit that turned off acceleration when the brake was >> pressed? I thought I heard that they are going to reprogram the cars >> now. > >That's definitely a stupid failing of Toyota, but they should have >designed their computer program to normally prevent runaway >acceleration in the first place. For example, if the car is traveling >60 MPH, the engine is at 2,000 RPM, the gas pedal is barely pressed, The car doesn't seem to know the gas pedal is barely pressed. But Gilbert said something about two values rising in t he same plane, and too close together in value. Does that mean the acc. pedal position sensor had two parts, each doing the same thing? So that both parts had to fail? I understood almost everything he said but what was he talking about there? >and the manifold vacuum is high, the computer shouldn't speed up the >engine to 6,000 RPM, but even if it happens, a second program >monitoring conditions should prevent that.
From: charlesgrozny on 28 Feb 2010 15:46 "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message news:hmeame$sb9$3(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:24:58 -0700, Ashton Crusher wrote: > >>>I'm sure you must serve some kind of useful service, somewhere. >>> >>>Are you a doorman? >>> >>> >>> >> yeah, I keep people like you out of nice places. > > Which "Gentleman's club" would that be? > > > I still think we're talking to Ashton's alter ego Michael Kelso. . . .. Charles Grozny
From: Ashton Crusher on 28 Feb 2010 23:51 On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:55:26 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:24:58 -0700, Ashton Crusher wrote: > >>>I'm sure you must serve some kind of useful service, somewhere. >>> >>>Are you a doorman? >>> >>> >>> >> yeah, I keep people like you out of nice places. > >Which "Gentleman's club" would that be? > > Which ones do you frequent?
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 1 Mar 2010 18:15
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:51:23 -0700, Ashton Crusher wrote: > On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:55:26 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > >>On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:24:58 -0700, Ashton Crusher wrote: >> >>>>I'm sure you must serve some kind of useful service, somewhere. >>>> >>>>Are you a doorman? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> yeah, I keep people like you out of nice places. >> >>Which "Gentleman's club" would that be? >> >> >> > Which ones do you frequent? Touche! ;) Ashton gets two points! |