DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
WOW - I did not know that anti-lock brakes had a downside, or that they were controversial. Can you elaborate?
What modern things do you hate/dislike?
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Sometimes locking up the wheels for a moment or two is strategic for a situation. Usually though anti lock system is good when heavy breaking on uneven or slippery surfaces. Anti lock system is used as traction control, later systems, which is almost always good.
0b11011001
Active Member
Unless you are wanted for allegedly committing some crime, or your car or license plate is stolen, nothing is done with that info. Flock cams only flag vehicles that are of some particular interest to law enforcement.
I could go into the system and input your license plate number, and it will return all photos taken where your plate was spotted, but it is only a still image. So there is no useful info to do anything with. There is also video taken at intersection cams. The best use of this is determining who is at fault in an accident. But again, they have to go looking for it.
I don't see a problem with it. So I was at Main and Elm St. on the night of the 27th, That being said, if a cop ask to talk to me, my reply would be, not without my attorney being present. It is never in a citizen's best interest to answer questions from law enforcement, without legal representation.
I have a buddy like that. If you tied the guy's hands behind his back, he wouldn't be able to say anything. He also talked nonstop. Musta been vaccinated with a phonograph needle.
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The early Sony NEX series digital camera would reset the MENU to default when you changed the battery. Like, even the date and time! So annoying!
Great little cameras, but for some weird digital stuff.
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Quadman2
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I really don't like automatic transmissions on vehicles!
Why? Well, for three basic reasons.
To start, the stick-shifts were easier and less costly to repair. I'd do a repair myself.
Secondly, I was more in touch (mentally) with the operation of a means of transport with the constant changing of gears.
Thirdly if going down a hill, esp in the Winter, I had far more control coming up to a stop sign, or be in a certain gear depending upon the road condition.
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Why? Well, for three basic reasons.
To start, the stick-shifts were easier and less costly to repair. I'd do a repair myself.
Secondly, I was more in touch (mentally) with the operation of a means of transport with the constant changing of gears.
Thirdly if going down a hill, esp in the Winter, I had far more control coming up to a stop sign, or be in a certain gear depending upon the road condition.
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I've had a stick shift car since I started driving (I learned on an old VW bug). It's weird for me to drive my wife's Lexus or my son's CV-R. Both are automatics.
You know, I don't even remember shifting anymore. It's so second-nature. Even in stop-and-go traffic.
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
I can't actually reply in detail without my reply being removed instantly. What I can say is that it is easy to find out what the edge cases have revealed about various abuses already. And, we're barely into it. Information confers power.
And less likely to be stolen because many (most?) younger thieves don't know how to drive one anymore.
It's so funny. There are several 30-something guys at work who are Honda fanboys. Only one "knows" how to drive a stick, but declines to try my S2000. He tells me that he's not familiar with Rear-Wheel-Drive cars.
0b11011001
Active Member
What you are referring to is officials who willingly engage in illegal activity. That is not the average LE agency.
Useful information confers power. My daily routine is hardly useful.
shelly_d
Not An Audiophool
Equipment purchases that include subscriptions just to be able to use the hardware or software, like a Brother's printer, or the direction that Microsoft Windows seems to headed in. If I purchase it, I should be able to use it, fix it, modify it, screw it up in the process if I choose, all at my discretion, without paying monthly or yearly fees to continue to use it. That's why I went Linux and never looked back, years ago.
shelly_d
Not An Audiophool
Like the In case of death discontinue use warnings?
Late to the thread here - sorry.
Shelly_D
They tend to oversteer when you get into trouble.
It's so funny. There are several 30-something guys at work who are Honda fanboys. Only one "knows" how to drive a stick, but declines to try my S2000. He tells me that he's not familiar with Rear-Wheel-Drive cars.
With the S2000, it's a lot like a motorcycle. It's very sensitive to throttle input. I use that to correct in the middle of curves.
Dirt bikes are fun once you know the throttle and clutch controls, in turns. Way faster than steering input, only.
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DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
Right. Your individual choice is understood.
shelly_d
Not An Audiophool
There are back end issues with the Flock cameras that I object to. Apparently it is not just municipal agencies that have access to the data, but commercial entities as well. When you think of it, any image taken by a Flock camera will have time of day and location data along with the pic. Without any real control of the data, i.e. it being in the hands of a commercial organization, (read for profit company), I see a real potential for abuse. I may be paranoid about this but sometimes that being safe too.
Shelly_D
Our work has had AI-driven parking and work-hours software since before COVID. There are no more swiping badges or time clocks. It's all camera-monitored now.
I believe that some Dallas-based software company is in charge. All employees' clock-related and other work activities are saved on the servers. Readily accessible by HR. This is for all businesses that employ their system.
Several employees have been fired for trying to manipulate the system or stealing. Those who had fought the firings were shown all the footage of their misdeeds. And as far as I know, none were reinstated.
There are monitoring cameras everywhere these days. I mean everywhere.
I believe that some Dallas-based software company is in charge. All employees' clock-related and other work activities are saved on the servers. Readily accessible by HR. This is for all businesses that employ their system.
Several employees have been fired for trying to manipulate the system or stealing. Those who had fought the firings were shown all the footage of their misdeeds. And as far as I know, none were reinstated.
There are monitoring cameras everywhere these days. I mean everywhere.
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0b11011001
Active Member
Yes it is all time stamped, but I don’t see where I should be concerned about a commercial company having access to it. I am not doing anything that is illegal.
While not paranoid, I am interested in what commercial companies have access to to flock data.
When I worked for the VA (Court of Veterans Appeals) they used Key Logger Software to monitor your work... one day my boss tells me "You haven't typed hardly anything for 90 minutes, what are you doing, taking a nap?" I had to explain to him that since the Court does not have access to the VA electronic medical records, I have to download them all from the VA to my computer then upload them to the Courts computer. The particular veteran whose claim I was reviewing had been treated at 17 different VA hospitals over the last 10 years and I had to get his records from all of those places, which takes some time. He never questioned me again.
It was not unusual to have what we called "rovers" recieving care at multiple locations, most of them were guys who traveled and lived in RV's traipsing all over the country.
It was not unusual to have what we called "rovers" recieving care at multiple locations, most of them were guys who traveled and lived in RV's traipsing all over the country.