From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 18 5:11:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (storm.FreeBSD.org.uk [194.242.139.170]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BAD137B416 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 2002 05:11:23 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with UUCP id g2IDA9V78442; Mon, 18 Mar 2002 13:10:09 GMT (envelope-from mark@grimreaper.grondar.za) Received: from grimreaper (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimreaper.grondar.org (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g2ID9rH5022693; Mon, 18 Mar 2002 13:09:53 GMT (envelope-from mark@grimreaper.grondar.za) Message-Id: <200203181309.g2ID9rH5022693@grimreaper.grondar.org> To: Chip Morton Cc: FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: Free BSD References: <4.3.2.7.2.20020316100234.01b21638@threespace.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20020316100234.01b21638@threespace.com> ; from Chip Morton "Sat, 16 Mar 2002 10:32:14 CST." Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 13:09:53 +0000 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This _is_ -chat, so here goes: :-) > I read an article in which an engineer at one of the major American car > manufacturers said that response time could be improved by placing > braking/acceleration controls on the steering wheel. He argued that the > time required for the driver to move his feet was significant in decisions > requiring split-second responses. But you know how many car makers were > interested in adopting his idea? Zero! Because nobody wants to relearn > how to use his hands rather than his feet to drive the car. I sure > wouldn't rent/buy one. Actually, my car has got hand controls, and I was very intersted in learning how to use them. AND - my ability to hit the brakes is one heck of a lot faster than foot-brakes. My right hand holds the brake "pedal" permanently. Back to the GUI thread. I've said my bit. M -- o Mark Murray \_ O.\_ Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message