ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 157, Issue 28
Prasanna Karunarathna
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Wed Sep 27 16:16:13 UTC 2017
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> 1. Re: offtopic - Re: Setup for a dash cam. (Doug)
> 2. Re: offtopic - Re: Setup for a dash cam. (Ralf Mardorf)
> 3. Re: offtopic - Re: Setup for a dash cam. (Ralf Mardorf)
> 4. Re: offtopic - Re: Setup for a dash cam. (Grizzly)
> 5. Re: offtopic - Re: Setup for a dash cam. (Ralf Mardorf)
> 6. Re: offtopic - Re: Setup for a dash cam. (Ralf Mardorf)
> 7. Re: offtopic - Re: Setup for a dash cam. (First Name Last Name)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:18:40 -0500
> From: Doug <dmcgarrett at optonline.net <javascript:;>>
> To: compdoc at hotrodpc.com <javascript:;>, "Ubuntu user technical support,
> not for
> general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com <javascript:;>
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> Subject: Re: offtopic - Re: Setup for a dash cam.
> Message-ID: <59C964A0.3010208 at optonline.net <javascript:;>>
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> On 09/25/2017 02:50 PM, compdoc wrote:
> > Facts about cams:
> >
> > In Russia, drivers began using them because pedestrians were jumping
> > in front of their cars in an attempt to collect insurance money.
> >
> > In America, its well known that carloads of people will try to have
> > freeway accidents with 18-wheelers, risking their lives in an attempt
> > to collect insurance money.
> >
> > There are millions of hours of recorded videos, and they are just
> > average people driving normally and not being aggressive or doing
> > anything wrong.
> >
> > And lastly, its the sad truth, but people behave themselves when they
> > know they're being watched or recorded. Retailers advertise video
> > surveillance to their shoppers.
> >
> > The idea that drivers are more aggressive when they have a cam is just
> > wrong.
> >
> > For just a hundred bucks or more, you can protect your assets, your
> > reputation, and prevent having your license taken away from you.
> >
> > kiss kiss, nothing but best wishes
> >
> Be careful of what you buy! One Internet retailer was advertizing a
> dash-cam that had its own internal battery--ONLY. So you'd have to
> change the battery every so often. Who needs that hassle?
>
> --doug
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 07:42:35 +0200
> From: Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com <javascript:;>>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com <javascript:;>
> Subject: Re: offtopic - Re: Setup for a dash cam.
> Message-ID: <20170926074235.78d349b2 at utnubu>
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> So the best solution would be a surveillance state. Officers and cams at
> each street corner and don't forget to track your children.
>
> http://www.parents.com/parenting/technology/best-
> apps-for-paranoid-parents/
>
> ;)
>
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 07:55:28 +0200
> From: Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com <javascript:;>>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com <javascript:;>
> Subject: Re: offtopic - Re: Setup for a dash cam.
> Message-ID: <20170926075528.6df9bb22 at utnubu>
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> On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 07:42:35 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >So the best solution would be a surveillance state. Officers and cams
> >at each street corner and don't forget to track your children.
> >
> >http://www.parents.com/parenting/technology/best-
> apps-for-paranoid-parents/
> >
> >;)
>
> Is there an app to track children available by the official
> Ubuntu repositories?
>
> Btw. on German television they showed a nice promotional video some
> years ago. Somebody who looked like a NAZI skinhead run to a man and
> chuck him on the ground. After that a zoom out showed that the skinhead
> saved him from something falling down a scaffold.
>
> By the original angle of vision it looked like a NAZI skinhead
> attacking somebody and by the other angle of vision it looked like the
> skinhead saved the life of the man.
>
> That's one of the reasons why footage from dash cams extremely rarely
> could be used for lawsuits in Germany.
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 07:17:44 +0100
> From: "Grizzly" <Real_Grizz_Adams at yahoo.co.uk <javascript:;>>
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com <javascript:;>>
> Subject: Re: offtopic - Re: Setup for a dash cam.
> Message-ID: <59C9F108.7585.235E33 at Real_Grizz_Adams.yahoo.co.uk
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> 26 September 2017 at 7:55, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Re: offtopic - Re: Setup for a dash (at least in part)
>
>
> >Btw. on German television they showed a nice promotional video some
> >years ago. Somebody who looked like a NAZI skinhead run to a man and
> >chuck him on the ground. After that a zoom out showed that the skinhead
> >saved him from something falling down a scaffold.
>
> IIRC that was
>
> The Guardian's 1986 award-winning "Points Of View" / "Skinhead" advert
>
> You missed the bit where it also looked like he stole a lady's handbag at
> the
> start of his run
>
>
>
> .
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 08:23:41 +0200
> From: Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com <javascript:;>>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com <javascript:;>
> Subject: Re: offtopic - Re: Setup for a dash cam.
> Message-ID: <20170926082341.5ebceda9 at utnubu>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 07:55:28 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >By the original angle of vision it looked like a NAZI skinhead
> >attacking somebody and by the other angle of vision it looked like the
> >skinhead saved the life of the man.
> >
> >That's one of the reasons why footage from dash cams extremely rarely
> ^ most likely
>
> >could be used for lawsuits in Germany.
>
> There isn't something like an objective camera view, even an unforgeable
> 360° view is missing information. Did the driver of the wronged party
> read a SMS? At least to value contributory fault far too much
> information would be missing. You at least need a 360° view + a view of
> everything happening inside the car, but even calling this objective
> still is fishy.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 08:41:28 +0200
> From: Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com <javascript:;>>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com <javascript:;>
> Subject: Re: offtopic - Re: Setup for a dash cam.
> Message-ID: <20170926084128.00c48f1a at utnubu>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
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> On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 07:17:44 +0100, Grizzly via ubuntu-users wrote:
> >26 September 2017 at 7:55, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >Re: offtopic - Re: Setup for a dash (at least in part)
> >
> >
> >>Btw. on German television they showed a nice promotional video some
> >>years ago. Somebody who looked like a NAZI skinhead run to a man and
> >>chuck him on the ground. After that a zoom out showed that the
> >>skinhead saved him from something falling down a scaffold.
> >
> >IIRC that was
> >
> >The Guardian's 1986 award-winning "Points Of View" / "Skinhead" advert
> >
> >You missed the bit where it also looked like he stole a lady's handbag
> >at the start of his run
>
> It was this video or a remake,
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SsccRkLLzU and perhaps it wasn't a
> zoom out ;).
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 23:43:42 -0700
> From: First Name Last Name <hideserted at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
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> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com <javascript:;>>
> Subject: Re: offtopic - Re: Setup for a dash cam.
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> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 11:23 PM, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com
> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 07:55:28 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > >By the original angle of vision it looked like a NAZI skinhead
> > >attacking somebody and by the other angle of vision it looked like the
> > >skinhead saved the life of the man.
> > >
> > >That's one of the reasons why footage from dash cams extremely rarely
> > ^ most likely
> >
> > >could be used for lawsuits in Germany.
> >
> > There isn't something like an objective camera view, even an unforgeable
> > 360° view is missing information. Did the driver of the wronged party
> > read a SMS? At least to value contributory fault far too much
> > information would be missing. You at least need a 360° view + a view of
> > everything happening inside the car, but even calling this objective
> > still is fishy.
> >
> >
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> Boys and Girls, this is getting way off topic.
> Ed On the Mojave
> Who had early experience with Dash-Cams for commercial liability issues
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