Ubuntu loosing its popularity

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:02:21 -0800
Ernest Doub <hideserted at gmail.com> wrote:

> The reason for going to "push button drive" in automobiles has to do
> with the increasing cost reductions made possible by using electronic
> controls instead of mechanical linkages.
> Since the underlying systems are all monitored and controlled through
> integrated circuits it now just makes sense to adopt that control
> scheme for automatic transmissions.
> Manual transmissions still require a mechanical linkage for gear
> changing. Any of the so called auto/manual trans setups is just an
> automatic transmission with an override on the automatic part.
> Now if they would just start using a linux based system for the super
> wiz bang toys instead of the microsoft system...

And, just with fly-by-wire aircraft, the Powers-That-Be can take
control of your vehicle with a powerful enough transmitter /or/ by
using the included back door in the software.

No electro-magnetic pulse needed any more, none of that cumbersome
radiation shielding.

Cybe R. Wizard
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