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faulty device
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Maya calendar
On Dec. 21, or thereabouts, the ancient Maya calendar rolls over to start a new 394-year century, or baktun. And that's pretty much it, despite all efforts by writers and filmmakers to market the notion that the Maya predicted the crack-up of Earth this year.
"People tend to worry about the wrong things," says MIT physicist Max Tegmark, who ( Read more... ) -
new safety systems
I think it is backward that the new safety systems they are making for vehicles claim to "connect the driver more with driving." It is more likely a disconnect.
Unless when the system overrides the driver it yells, "WHAT ? ARE YOU STUPID ? NOT PAYING ATTENTION ?"
"YOU ARE AN IDIOT !"
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Full Instrumentation
Not that long ago automobiles had meters, gauges, for the driver to use.
Monitoring road speed, engine speed, water temperature, oil pressure, charging system, fuel amount......
Not enough knew what the information was telling them.
Not enough bothered looking at all.
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